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Undergraduate Scholarships |
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Undergraduate scholarships, financial support and funding for study abroad and international study abroad programs are amongst the most important issues for all students having to pay for their education, whether it is closer in another country.
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The task of locating an undergraduate scholarship to assist with your student finance for your period of study abroad need not be impossible.
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While undergraduate scholarships are commonplace for graduate-level study, students seeking financial support for their first degrees can find the task much more difficult than those applying for a Masters or PhD programs.
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Excellent students, offering good academic qualifications and well-rounded applications always stand a chance of obtaining some kind of financial aid or scholarship if a university has funds to offer its incoming undergraduate student. Universities in India, well known colleges and institutes, Universities in Australia, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, The Netherlands, the UK and the USA all offer prospective undergraduate students financial aid, based on either their financial circumstances or academic ability.
Under Graduate Scholarship Programs
The main purpose of the undergraduate scholarship program is to encourage scholastically outstanding advanced undergraduate students in academic preparation for a career and to attract and encourage outstanding students to enter the field of science and technology. The scholarships are also designed to serve as a recruitment tool for colleges and universities, but are not open to applicants still in their first or second year of college.
General Eligibility Requirements for Undergraduate Scholarships:
- Applicants should be a current AACC International Student Division member.
- Applicants must have a grade point average of not less than 3.0 both cumulatively in all courses and in all science and mathematics courses then completed. The applicant should have at least one term remaining at the time the scholarship is to be awarded.
- Interest in and intent to pursue a career in science and information technology or in a related area, including oilseeds, in industry, academia, or government must be demonstrated. The applicant must have completed or projected course work that would support such an objective, and must indicate how the course work would do this.
- A scholarship recipient who completes degree requirements, withdraws from school or transfers to a different curriculum during tenure of a scholarship becomes ineligible for further payments. It is the separate responsibility of both the department head and the student to notify the AACC International Foundation within thirty days of such an occurrence. In the case of a change of curriculum, the scholarship jury will, at the request of the recipient, review the new curriculum and determine whether or not the applicant is still eligible for support.
- The recipient must register in an academic schedule that meets the minimum requirements for full-time students of the college/university being attended, and must be pursuing an approved course of study leading to a degree from that institution.
- The educational institution at which the applicant is enrolled must be conducting fundamental investigations for the advancement of science and information technology or related areas.
- Age, sex, race, financial need, or previous receipt or non-receipt of an AACC International scholarship is not conditions of eligibility for any award.
- The terms and conditions of any scholarship are subject to change upon agreement with the donor.
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