• Q:What is the Astro Scholarship?
  A: Astro Scholarship is a bursary reserved for Astro subscribers and their immediate family members. To reward our loyal customers, an applicant must have been an Astro subscriber in good standing for a minimum of 12 months at the time of application. Scholarships will be awarded for students to pursue areas of studies related to the media and broadcasting industry. These include Engineering related to media and broadcasting technology, Computer Science, Science, Humanities, Mass Communications, Dramatic Art, Acting, Stage Design, Film Production, and Computer Graphics. For overseas education, a bursary of up to RM150,000 per student per year will cover tuition, living expenses, international travel where warranted and mandatory insurance. For local scholarship, the scholar will receive minimum RM8,000 per year. Students on Astro scholarship are expected to work in Astro or related companies for 3 to 5 years.
• Q: How many scholarships will be given out a year?
  A: Astro plans to give 10 scholarships every year. However, this may increase or decrease over time. We expect to see extremely high competition for the scholarship and only the best students enrolled in top universities locally or overseas will be given the scholarship.
• Q: Does Astro Scholarship cover Masters or PhD programmes?
  A: Scholarships will be given to qualified students to pursue Masters programmes in Malaysia in broadcast-technology-related areas such as Engineering, Computer Science, Science, Mathematics, Computer Graphics or other relevant areas as well as in relevant Humanities area.
• Q: What is the uniqueness of the Astro Scholarship?
  A: Astro Scholarship offers up to RM150,000 a year for a maximum of 4 years for a foreign degree and minimum RM8,000 a year up to 4 years for a local degree. Besides the financial support, Astro is committed to helping students experience and learn from industry leaders such as Astro’s content suppliers during internship. Each scholar will be assigned a mentor who will be committed to guiding the scholars throughout his or her studies including charting his or her career path. Upon graduation, Astro scholars will be given employment opportunity. This process ensures that our scholars pursue an area of study relevant to their interest with a clear vision of their career path right from the start. This is a very significant and critical change Astro has introduced to making the environment conducive for Malaysian students to develop their skills and interests.
• Q: Why is this Scholarship limited to media and broadcasting industry?
  A: As industry leader, Astro is committed to raising the standards in areas such as sound Engineering, Scripting, Digital Imaging, Animation, Cinematography, Production, and even Acting. This can be achieved by either importing human capital or providing the opportunity for promising Malaysians to acquire the skill and knowledge overseas. Astro chooses the latter to give young promising Malaysians the opportunities to excel and contribute to this area. We also believe that Malaysians who understand our own culture, social setting, and language, given the skill and training, can contribute better in the area of film, art, and dramatic scene. Their work and output is expected to be more relevant and better appreciated by Malaysians. It is worth emphasizing that The Astro Scholarship is not limited to only this arena. Competencies such as Engineering, Computer Science, Science, Humanities and Mass Communications are valuable across multiple industries.