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Scholarships for International Students

Khalifa University of Science and Technology offers the following scholarships to support qualified international students enrolled in undergraduate programs on a full-time basis. The University reserves the right to make changes to the published scholarship benefits and conditions without prior notice.

• The scholarship may consist of full or partial tuition assistance.
• Scholarships for international students are provided for the total degree credits of the program in which they are enrolled. Attempted credits that are beyond the total degree credits and credits that do not count towards the degree will be charged at the full rate per credit tuition fee unless the excess credit is the result of university curriculum changes.
• Upon graduation, international students on Tier I scholarship undertake to either join one of the University’s graduate programs or to accept employment with the University or any other entity nominated by the University for a period of time which is at least equal to the study period. The decision of whether or not to offer graduate program admission or employment is at the discretion of the University.
• Tuition Fee Scholarships will be as per the received offer and subject to terms and CGPA requirements specified during admission, as below:

Tier I

• Full coverage of tuition fees.
• Textbooks provided by the University.

To retain the Tier I scholarship (100%), student must maintain a CGPA of 3.3 on scale of 4.0. Students who do not maintain this CGPA in a semester will consequently be charged at the full rate per credit tuition fee, as below:

Status	Engineering Majors	Science Majors
International with CGPA >= 3.3	100%waiver of the tuition fees	100%waiver of the tuition fees
International with CGPA 3.0 – 3.29	75%waiver of the tuition fees	75%waiver of the tuition fees
International with CGPA 2.50 – 2.99	50%waiver of the tuition fees	50%waiver of the tuition fees
International with CGPA 2.49 – 2.0	25% waiver of the tuition fees	25% waiver of the tuition fees
International with CGPA < 2.0	0%waiver of the tuition fees	0%waiver of the tuition fees

 

Tier II

• Partial waiver of 50% or 75% of tuition fees. 

• Textbooks provided by the University.

To retain the Tier II scholarship (50% for Engineering majors or 75% for Science majors), student must maintain a CGPA of 3.0 on scale of 4.0. Students who do not maintain this CGPA in a semester will consequently be charged at the full rate per credit tuition fee, as below:

Status	Engineering Majors	Science Majors
International with CGPA >= 3.0	50% of tuition fees	75% of tuition fees
International with CGPA 2.50 – 2.99	35% of tuition fees	50% of tuition fees
International with CGPA 2.0 – 2.49	20% of tuition fees	25% of tuition fees
International with CGPA < 2.0	0% of the tuition fees	0% of the tuition fees

 

Tier III

• Textbooks provided by the University.

Active Student Scholarship

Students on Tier III scholarship, when initially admitted to Khalifa University, will receive an award of up to 30% remission in tuition fees if they achieve a minimum CGPA of 3.8 following the completion of at least 12 credit hours.

The Percentage is provided in the below table:

Status	Engineering Majors	Science Majors
CGPA >= 3.8	20% of the tuition fees	30% of the tuition fees
CGPA < 3.8	0% of the tuition fees	0% of the tuition fees