Scholarship Overview

Academic Merit (Presidential) - UG provides financial support, to academically excellent Indian students, for pursuing any Bachelors Degree course at the Washington University of Science and Technology, This scholarship is specifically meant for Indian students who are pursuing full-time Bachelors Degree course in Bachelor of Science In Information Technology,Bachelor of Business Administration from the Washington University of Science and Technology. Academic Merit (Presidential) - UG at the Washington University of Science and Technology, involves a year scholarship award of 5670 that can be used to pay for the tuition. Students must note that accommodation, health cover, application fees, etc. do not fall within the purview of this scholarship. Moreover, this scholarship will be awarded to maximum number of students, depending on the University, one of whom might belong to a country other than India. To be eligible for this scholarship students must have appeared for 12th grade. International students seeing to avail this scholarship need to appear for English proficiency tests like TOEFL, IELTS and PTE. The following documentation is required from students in order to apply for the scholarship: SOP, Financial Documents and Official Transcripts. Students are not required to submit a separate application for applying to the Academic Merit (Presidential) - UG, as their application will be automatically considered at the time of course application. Students are expected to return to India after the completion of their academic course.

Applicable course, university and country

This scholarship is applicable for Bachelors Degree

This scholarship is applicable for the following courses in Washington University of Science and Technology in USA

• Bachelor of Science In Information Technology
  Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

• The scholarship is applicable to all UG and PG courses

Scholarship amount details

Max scholarship per student: USD 5,670 => Rs 4,74,239

Conversion rate used: 1 USD = Rs. 86.62 (last updated 17th January 2025)

Scholarship amount will be given: Yearly

Scholarship amount can be used for

Type of Expense	Indicates if scholarship can be used for this type of expense
Tuition & Fees	✔Scholarship amount can be used for this
Living Expense	×Not covered in scholarship
Accommodation	×Not covered in scholarship
Air Fare/Travel Expenses	×Not covered in scholarship
Spouse/Child Care	×Not covered in scholarship
Health Cover	×Not covered in scholarship
Application	×Not covered in scholarship
Others	×Not covered in scholarship

• Students will receive the award as per the following criteria-
  • with a GPA of 4.0: 30% of the tuition
  • with a GPA of 3.5: 20% of the tuition
  • with a GPA of 3.0: 10% of the tuition
• The scholarship is awarded for the life of the program
• Each scholarship recipient is required to maintain the eligibility requirements of the scholarship awarded to him/her throughout the duration of the study
• The amount of the award will be credited against the tuition balance a student has to pay in each term (There are four terms in a year, students will receive $1,012.50 each term )

Student Awards

Number of students to be awarded: Varies

Scholarship Eligibility

Special Restrictions

• No Special Restriction applicable

Exams Details

Exam name	Indicates if exam is required and cutoff (if any)
TOEFL	Required (minimum score 70)
IELTS	Required (minimum score 5.5)
PTE	Required (minimum score 50)
12	Required (minimum score 3.0 GPA)

Eligibility

• Applicant must have passed High School
• Applicants should have achieved 4.00 GPA (for 30% of tuition fee reduction), 3.5 GPA (for 20% of tuition fee reduction), or 3.0 GPA (for 10% of tuition fee reduction) in High School
• English Language Proficiency:
  • TOEFL: 70
  • IELTS: 5.5
  • PTE: 50

Application Process for this scholarship

Application Documents

Type of documents	Indicates if this type of document is required to be submitted
SOP	Required
Financial/Tax Documents	Required
Official transcripts	Required

Required Documents:

• Statement of Purpose 
• Financial Documents
• Official High School Transcript or Equivalent

Scholarship Application

This scholarship needs a separate external application.

Important Dates

	Date	Additional Details
Application final end date	Not Available	The deadline for application is always 2 weeks before the first day of class

Please note that these dates could be in local country times and may not be IST (Indian standard time).