California Institute of the Arts Eligibility

International students are offered merit-based scholarships upon being admitted to California Institute of the Arts. The merit-based scholarships are highly competitive and only top 30% of students are able to get these scholarships each year. Merit-based scholarships at CalArts are given based on the following criteria: The student demonstrates outstanding academic and artistic potential.The work is imbued with a strong personal aesthetic and sense of originality.The award supports a diversity of voices and a diversity of practices, in alignment with CalArts’ focus on experimentation, diversity, and interdisciplinarity.The award ensures balance and representation within each programme and throughout the school.The student’s prior academic and artistic achievement, and evaluation of each student’s placement within their group of peers.