20,000 MyBrain15 scholarships this year

All smiles: Idris (left) and his deputy Datuk Mary Yap (fourth from left) posing for a picture with the recipients of the MyBrain15 scholarship at the Higher Education Ministry in Putrajaya.

PUTRAJAYA: Students under the MyBrain15 programme are being offered 20,000 scholarships this year, the Higher Education Ministry said.

Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh said from this figure, 15,000 scholarships were targeted for students under the MyMaster programme and 5,000 for those under the MyPhD programme.