About the Financial Award
Established in 2016, the KMVCL Exchange Scholarship is available to full-time undergraduate students at the Singapore Management University (SMU) participating in international student exchange programmes with SMU partner universities. It seeks to encourage and provide financial support to needy students who wish to broaden their global and cultural perspectives by spending a semester of study abroad and not be deprived of such opportunities in complementing one’s education due to financial considerations.
Eligibility Criteria
- Full-time undergraduates participating in international student exchange programmes with SMU partner universities
- Good academic achievements or made significant contributions in the community
- With demonstrated financial needs (gross monthly household per capita income not exceeding $1,900)
Benefits
- Valued at $6,000
- Tenable for the recipient’s one semester of study abroad with any of SMU’s partner universities.
Application
Applications will be invited through Centre for Global Education and Opportunities' call for exchange applications:
- February to March (Fall exchange application)
- July to August (Spring exchange application)
Apply via Oasis > Self-service App (Financial Aid Application)
Enquiries
Centre for Student Financial Assistance
Office of Admissions and Financial Assistance
Email: finasst@smu.edu.sg
About the Donors
The KMVC Endowment Fund and the KMVC Exchange Scholarship are supported by husband and wife, Kenny Mah and Valerie Loh, both of whom are SMU alumni from the School of Economics and the School of Accountancy, respectively. In 2016, to mark the 10th year anniversary of their graduation from SMU, as well as to welcome a new addition to their family, they had decided to make a gift to the University to support financially needy students.
Having had valuable experience on their overseas exchange programmes during their course of study at SMU – a period which they still fondly reminisce – and appreciating the impact it had on their lives and work perspectives, they were inspired to enable other undergraduates to embark on such programmes with the view that no deserving student should be deprived of such an exposure due to financial considerations. Kenny and Valerie hopes that the recipients of the KMVC Exchange Scholarship will experience the same benefits from their overseas exchange programmes, and be able to pay-it-forward in the future.
In 2019, the couple welcomed their second child and renamed the fund and scholarship to KMVCL Endowment Fund and KMVCL Exchange Scholarship. They hope to continue to lead by example and introduce philanthropic values to their children at an early stage.
