Azlan Othman
The Ministry of Education (MoE) announced that the first round of the Higher Education Centralised Admission System (HECAS) 2022 online application for local higher education institutions (HEIs) and for the Brunei Government Overseas Scholarship for the academic year of 2022/23 opens today at 8.30am.
The local institutions are Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA), Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB) and Politeknik Brunei (PB).
The programmes on offer are Level 5 Diploma, Higher National Diploma and undergraduate degree.
The HECAS online application is open for holders of valid Brunei Darussalam issued identity cards. HECAS does not process applications of civil servants applying for in-service training or foreign applicants who do not have valid Brunei Darussalam issued IC.
Applicants are allowed to use their predicted results to apply to local higher education institutions (UBD, UNISSA and UTB) or for overseas scholarship.
They will receive a conditional offer upon meeting the entry requirement set by the institutions.
It will be closed on the fifth working day after the result announcement of the GCE ‘A’ Level for November 2021 by the Examination Department at the MoE. The actual closing date will be announced later in the HECAS portal.
Before the closing date, applicants are required to settle overdue payments of HECAS registration through BIBD Mobile app or by cash at the payment counter at Tutong Sixth Form Centre and Sultan Hassan Secondary School in Temburong District.
Applicants are also required to fulfil requirements stated in the Institution Checklist.
For information, visit the MoE’s portal at www.moe.gov.bn or the new HECAS portal at hecas.moe.gov.bn.
