UTP campus cares for poor students through zakat and waqaf unit


Student welfare at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) is strengthened by the contributions of its generous alumni to its zakat fund.

The impact was immediate. A recently formalised zakat-funded mechanism to support financially-challenged students at UTP has borne the exact results it was rooting for – the undergrads stayed on course.

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