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Beasiswa S1 Internasional: The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Undergraduate Scholarship Programme for Muslim in Non-Member Countries

This Programme provides training opportunities for Muslim students from non-IDB member countries to pursue undergraduate or first-degree courses in fields relevant to their communities and countries.

1. INTRODUCTION
The Scholarship Programme for Muslim Communities in Non-Member Countries was launched in 1404H (1983G) with an objective to provide education opportunities for the academically meritorious and financially needy young Muslim students from non-IDB member countries to pursue an undergraduate or first-degree study in university and to train them in specified fields in order to improve their social and economic conditions, preserve their cultural and religious identities and make a meaningful contribution to the development of their communities and countries.In the first year of implementation (Academic Year 1404H / 1983-84G), 53 students from India, Sri Lanka and Kenya became the first beneficiaries of this programme.At present, the Scholarship Programme focuses on Medicine, Engineering, Agriculture and other related fields such as Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary Science, Nursing, Nutrition Study, Computer Science, Forestry and Fishery. Only for the CIS countries (or former Soviet Republics) with their special needs has the IDB approved the inclusion of additional areas of study such as Administration, Management, Marketing, Finance, Banking and Accountancy.The IDB Scholarship is tenable at any recognized government or private universities in the students` own countries but if not possible, the students may be sent to IDB member countries which participate in the Programme.

2. CONCEPT OF THE PROGRAMME
The IDB Scholarship Programme is more than just a scholarship programme in the traditional sense, namely as a straight financial assistance to needy and qualified students. It is also a tool for the improvement of the social and economic conditions of the Muslim communities as a whole. It is a scholarship programme and a development programme at the same time, since the scholarship is given as an interest-free loan (Qard Hasan) to the students and as a grant to the Muslim communities to which they belong.Under the Programme, the students are required to repay the loan after graduation and gainful employment, in easy installments, to a Waqf (Trust) fund set up by the IDB in each non-member country benefiting from the Programme. Besides, the students are also required to take part in the development of their communities, through their respective professions. The repaid fund will be used to provide scholarships for other deserving students from the same community to complement the IDB Programme and to ensure its continuity in the long run while the community development services rendered by the students and graduates will contribute to the overall development of the community.The Scholarship Programme is also a joint effort between the IDB and the Muslim communities. To participate in the Programme, the Muslim communities are required to form themselves into a Counterpart Organization and to establish a Selection Committee. The Counterpart Organisations are requested to announce the Programme on behalf of the IDB, to deal with the applications and the pre-selection process (which includes interview and verification of documents), to distribute stipends to the IDB students and to undertake other activities as necessary. They are also required to form the Trust (Waqf) to facilitate loan refund and to launch and manage post-study programmes to support community services and development.The Programme gives priority to students who have secured admission to universities in their own countries. When this is not possible, the IDB will seek the help of some of its member countries to provide places for them. As such, the Programme is also a joint effort not only involving the Muslim communities in non-member countries but also some of its member countries.The IDB and its partners have a dream and a vision to develop the human potential of the Muslim communities. That is why the IDB has been consistently making commitments to these communities ever since the implementation of the Programme in 1404 H (1983/84). In brief, the IDB wishes develop the MIND (of the recipients of the IDB Scholarship Programme), the CHARACTER (of the IDB-sponsored students/scholars) and the COMMUNITY itself (which is the final target of the IDB investment).Through Guidance and Counseling activities, the IDB also wishes the young Muslim professionals to be ready to dedicate themselves to their communities and countries. This is not possible without the motivation gained by proper understanding of, and commitment to Islam in all aspects of their lives including social, technical, personal and professional.The IDB also expects its students to play a leading role in guiding and assisting the development of their communities, both morally and materially. Therefore, the IDB expects them to be good Muslims and good professionals at the same time. In other words, the IDB aims to create committed Muslims and competent professionals.All the above features (a loan to individual students, a grant to the community, repaid loan as a funding base for a complementary in-country scholarship programme, local implementation by community organizations in the form of Counterpart Organization and Waqf, emphasis on in-country study and post-study community development services) are linked together in an integrated manner to constitute the basic concepts that characterize the IDB Scholarship Programme as a distinct community-oriented development programme.

3. PLACE OF STUDY
Consistent with the concept of the Programme, most of the IDB-sponsored students are studying in their own countries. The remaining are studying in 10 member countries that have been generous enough to provide places for the IDB students in their universities.In response to a request for places for some of the selected students who could not secure admission in their own countries, the Republic of Turkey was the first member country to respond positively to the IDB request. Since 1987 this positive gesture has been followed by Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, Sudan and Tunisia.

4. ELIGIBILITY
The IDB Scholarship Programme is intended to be for academically qualified but financially needy Muslim students with strong desire to engage in social services and community development.They must also be able to meet the following eligibility criteria:Maximum age of 24 years;Completion of senior secondary education (or the equivalenceof approximately 12 years of education) with good grades in major subjects (i.e. Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Mathematics);Secured admission in one of the disciplines covered under the Programme at a recognized college or university in their own countries; andNot in receipt of any other scholarship at the time of aplication and/or during studies.

5. IMPLEMENTATION
As a joint effort, the Programme has been implemented by the IDB in cooperation with the Counterpart Organizations established specifically for that purpose. The implementation of the Programme therefore depends on many organisations as well as committed and dedicated individuals from all over the world.

5.1 Counterpart Organization for the IDB Scholarship Programme This organization consists of a properly registered Islamic society or institution or committee representing several Muslim organizations acting as the local implementor and a communication link in the country.As part of their contributions to the Programme, the IDB Counterpart Organizations:-announce the Programme;-distribute the Application Forms;-examine applications;-interview the candidates;-short-list the candidates interviewed (in cooperation with a local selection committee);-forward the documents to the IDB;-disburse the cheques or monthly stipends and allowances;-reimburse medical expenses, or send the students’ claim to the IDB;-monitor academic performance; and-recover the scholarship loan (in cooperation with the Education Trust)

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5.2 Selection CommitteeTo facilitate pre-selection at the local level, a Selection Committee is formed by the Counterpart Organization. This Committee is to be formed each year at the time of the pre-selection process and to be disbanded at the end of the process. Its membership should not be permanent but change or rotate every year among the various leaders from the community and/or academics (preferably with Medicine or Engineering background) in order to encourage greater community participation and a more open selection process.The Selection Committee helps to:-assess the applicants’ academic qualifications;-determine their financial conditions and the level of their commitment to their communities;-assess their character and knowledge about Islam;-conduct interviews, and-submit report on the whole pre-selection process to the IDB.At the IDB Headquarters where the final selection is made, the Scholarship Programme is supervised by two committees namely the General Committee and the Executive Committee of the Scholarship Programme:

5.3 The General Committee of the Scholarship Programme, which meets once a year to: -advise and review policy,-make recommendations,-review the progress report on the implementation of the Programme for the year as presented by the Scholarship Office, and-discuss and approve the Operations Plan and its proposed budget for the subsequent academic year.

5.4 The Executive Committee of the Scholarship Programme which meets periodically to review minor policy matters related to the implementation of the Programme and to select new students based on OSP reports.

5.5 Office of the Scholarship Programme (OSP) The day-to-day implementation of the Programme is vested in the OSP which facilitates the final selection process and out-of-country placement, undertakes all matters related to the administration and financial maintenance of the students while they are studying, and monitors their academic performance.In recent years, the implementation of the Programme has been taking some new dimensions associated with the much-anticipated post-study programmes. With the Programme gaining more momentum and with the number of IDB-sponsored students graduating and returning to their communities being significant, the need to support the demands for post-study follow-up activities (such as scholarship/loan repayment, fund collection and management, locally funded scholarship programme, community services, establishment of graduate associations, etc) are becoming more and more urgent.Along with new functions come new elements that will also be more instrumental in taking the Programme from a traditional scholarship programme (involving recruitment, selection and funding) to a scholarship programme with a distinct developmental orientation (involving loan repayment, collected fund management, complementary in-country scholarship and community services). The roles of Education Trusts and Graduate Associations will become more and more crucial as the Programme continues into the future.

5.6 The IDB Education Trusts In order to ensure the continuity of the Programme in the long run, the IDB (with the assistance of its Legal Department) has so far been to establish IDB Education Trusts (Waqfs) in some 20 countries to handle scholarship/loan refund, to develop in-country programmes using collected/repaid loans, and to assist the graduates in their community development activities/services.The trustees of the Waqf are drawn from various Muslim organizations and personalities and its core members consist of some of the active members of the Counterpart Organizations. As such, it is the hope of the IDB that the IDB Education Trust will function in the community as the only Counterpart Organization for the implementation of the Programme in the long run. This is consistent with the concept of the Programme as a community-based scholarship and development programme and fits the need of the Programme with more and more post-study follow-up activities coming in operation.The creation of Trust organizations in other countries is an on-going process and more of this vital arm of the implementation is expected to be established in other countries as the number of graduates returning to their communities are ready to contribute to the development of their communities and countries also increases.

5.7 IDB Graduate AssociationsAs the number of graduates increases, the need to create a forum where they can work together to exchange ideas and information becomes more necessary. The Bank encourages the graduates to form graduate associations in their own respective community or country. Once formed, the associations may submit proposals for funding some community service activities to the IDB. The IDB may consider funding selected good proposals to launch small scale Community Service Projects as part of its Post Study Activities to assist the graduates to actively contribute to the development of their communities and countries by building and strengthening their physical and social infrastructures such as schools, technical colleges, clinics, etc ......IDB Graduate Associations >>

6. BENEFITS AND FACILITIES
The IDB Scholarship Programme covers the following items:-tuition-fee and other related academic expenses, such as examination fees, laboratory fees, etc., payable to the universities directly;-monthly stipend commensurates with the cost of living of the country of study;-books/clothing/educational materials allowance, the equivalent of three months of the monthly stipends, once a year;-cost of medical treatment (either at the university or local state hospital); and-cost of one pair of eye-glasses, once during the entire period of study.For the students who are selected to study outside of their own countries, the IDB also provides them with return tickets to and from the countries of study (once at the beginning and at the end of stuyd and once during study).To help students prepare themselves for their future role in the development of their communities and countries, the IDB also provides them with extra-curricular activities under a special programme called Guidance and Counseling, which include:

6.1 Appointment of Honorary Counselors with the task of motivating the students to perform well in their study and to adjust to the new environment more easily, advising them on their personal problems if needed, monitoring and evaluating their progress and liaising with the Bank and the universities where the students are studying;

6.2 Distribution of Books each year on different subjects (particularly Islam, Development and Management);

6.3 Publication of the quarterly ‘Amanah’ Newsletter as a forum of communication to foster understanding, cooperation and development of writing skills among the students;

6.4 Organization of meetings, training seminars and/or training camps that include educational tutoring during vacation under the supervision of the Honorary Counselors, or by the students themselves directly or through IDB Students Associations;

6.5 Arranging visits to the students studying in the IDB member countries by scholars and community leaders from the Muslim communities benefiting from the Programme to maintain close relationship between the students and their sponsoring Muslim communities.

6.6 Organization of annual Umrah visits by students selected on the basis of their outstanding progress in their studies and involvement in the Guidance and Counseling activities, and nominated by the Honorary Counselors, Counterpart Organizations, or other approved bodies.

6.7 Formation of Student Associations in places of study so that the students will be able to maintain unity, discuss their mutual interests, concerns and problems and improve their knowledge and awareness of Islam and coordinate their efforts to make positive contributions.

6.8 Provision of extra academic support under the Coaching Programme to the needy students in the pre-university grades, competitive tests, etc. in selected countries.The IDB attaches great importance to the Guidance and Counseling activities. Since they are part and parcel of the Programme, all students are required to attend the meetings, seminars or training camps organized for such purposes.

7. INQUIRY AND HOW TO APPLY
To inquire (in countries where there is an IDB Scholarship Programme ), contact the Counterpart Organizations in the country. In countries where there is none (not yet), inquiries may be dirceted to the IDB dircetly and/or contcat:


The Head, Office of the Scholarship Programme
Islamic Development Bank
P.O. Box 5925, Jeddah 21432
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Telephone: (966-2) 636-1400; 646-6835 (direct)
Telex: 601137 - 601407 ISDB SJ
Fax: (966-2) 636-6871; 646-6887 (direct)
E-mail: scholar@isdb.org

To apply, also contcat the Counterpart Organizations in the country and not the IDB directly.

The Application Form must be properly completed and submitted to the Counterpart Organizations in the country, accompanied by all the required documents, as follows:
attested copies of birth certificate
diplomatranscripts
proof of admission
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