In 2021, AKU-ISMC signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Min​istry of Higher Education ​of the Maldives​ outlining a Joint Scholarship for up to 5 Maldivian Scholarships each year from 2021 to 2026.

The Scholarship is aimed at allowing students from the Maldives the possibility to attend the lifechanging Master of Arts in Muslim Cultures​ in London.