Are there any scholarships available at Chandigarh University?

To demonstrate its commitment to public service and nation-building through education and skill development, Chandigarh University has instituted several key scholarships for students with varied academic, social and financial backgrounds. Chandigarh University believes one of the important ways to keep our ‘tryst with destiny’ is by removing all possible impediments and road-blocks in the path to quality education, hence Chandigarh University scholarships. The following is a brief run-down of the various scholarships offered by Chandigarh University:

Merit Scholarship Schemes: To attract the best and the brightest to its campuses, CU offers a slew of merit scholarships in Chandigarh University to students with splendid academic performance the year before, with fee waivers going as high as 100 percent.

As per the information available on the institute’s official website, the university offers a 100% semester fee waiver for students with an All India Rank (AIR) between 1 and 25,000 in the IIT Joint Entrance Test. There is some fee waiver — ranging from 100% to 10% — for students with an AIR as low as 125,000.

Chandigarh University offers similar scholarships to students taking admission in MBA, architecture, post-graduate and undergraduate courses, certificates and diplomas. The only criterion to avail the scholarship is demonstrable academic excellence.

Scholarship Scheme for Wards of Defence Personnel: As a token of its appreciation and gratitude for everything the armed forces endure to keep the rest of us safe, Chandigarh University has set up a special scholarship for wards/spouses of defense personnel. 5% seats in all courses across disciplines are reserved for defence martyrs’ immediate dependent family members.

The following is a brief rundown of the priority reservation scheme:

• War widows and wards of war casualties.

• War injured and released defence personnel, spouses and their wards.

• War disabled defence personnel, getting superannuated, spouses and their wards.

• Wards of serving defence personnel.

• Wards of retired defence personnel.

CU Sports Scholarships: Chandigarh University recognizes impressive sporting talent and promise with generous sports scholarships that can easily see students through college. For example, sportspersons in category “O” get a 100% fee concession, free lodging and board, and a stipend of upto Rs. 15,000. There are other sports scholarships as well that offer partial fee waivers. Interested students check out the CU website to learn more.

Scholarship for Family Members of Chandigarh University Staff: Chandigarh University fulfils its moral obligation to its incredible staff, who work tirelessly to make the university the premier destination for higher education, by offering a 50% fee waiver to their wards, spouses, or siblings. The only requirement to avail the scholarship is that the staff member must have worked for the university for minimum one year.

Other Miscellaneous Concessions

In addition to the above, Chandigarh University scholarships offers a number of concessions to students to ease their financial burden. For the sake of brevity, only a few are listed below:

A.) Old Student Concession Policy to Promote Higher Education:-

The students of the entire CGC group, who seek admission in Chandigarh University after qualifying degree / diploma are provided scholarship equivalent to 10% of yearly fee for the entire duration of the course.

B) Single Girl Child Concession:-

The Chandigarh University provides a 10% concession on yearly fee to the single girl child for the entire duration of the course.

C) Teacher’s Ward Concession:-

The Chandigarh University provides 10% concession on yearly fee to the wards of teachers for the entire duration of the course.

D) Sibling Concession:-

The University offers a 10% concession on yearly fee to one of the siblings studying in any institute of Chandigarh University. The concession is allowed to continue even after one sibling graduates.

E) Concession to Girl Sibling:-

The Chandigarh University provides a 10% concession on yearly fee to both female siblings for the entire duration of the course. The concession is allowed to continue even after one sibling graduates.