Manipal University Merit cum Means Scholarship

Name of the Organisation : Manipal University (manipal.edu)
Type of Announcement : Scholarship

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SCHOLARSHIPS :
With the objective of encouraging meritorious students and academic excellence, many scholarships are offered for deserving candidates. The quantum of scholarship and the number of scholarships are subject to change from time to time. Changes, if any will be updated in our website.

MERIT-CUM-MEANS SCHOLARSHIP :
Candidates admitted to MBBS course within the first 500 ranks and BDS, BTech, BPharm courses within the first 1000 ranks of the respective merit list are offered merit-cum-means scholarship. Scholarship amount shall be determined based on the parents’ annual income (from all sources) as mentioned below:
Parents’ annual income Scholarship on course fee :
Upto Rs.3 lakhs 100%*
Above Rs.3 lakhs upto Rs.5 lakhs 90%
Above Rs. 5 lakhs upto Rs. 7.5 lakhs 75%
Above Rs.7.5 lakhs upto Rs.10 lakhs 50%
Above Rs.10 lakhs upto Rs.12.5 lakhs 25%
Above Rs.12.5 lakhs 10%

*Candidates need to pay a nominal amount of 5% of course fees or 5% of total family income as yearly installment, whichever is minimum.

The merit-cum-means scholarships are subject to 5% of the general category intake and will cover only the course fee payable for the particular course of study. The candidate will however be required to pay the appropriate first year course fee (excluding scholarship amount), registration fee payable at the time of counseling/admission. This scholarship will not cover the expenses such as hostel accommodation, books etc.

Eligible candidates should produce attested photocopy of the Income Tax (IT) return form for proof of parents’ income at the time of counseling/admission. Non working parent should produce a notarized affidavit indicating that they are not employed.

The award of merit-cum-means scholarship for the subsequent years will be same as given at the time of admission in the first year. The percentage of scholarship amount will be constant throughout the course duration, irrespective of changes in income group. Continuation of scholarship for subsequent years will be based on academic performance of the students in the university exam.

AICTE SCHOLARSHIP – AICTE has introduced the scheme on tuition fee (course fees includes tuition and other fees) waiver for economically backward and physically handicapped meritorious students to Bachelor’s programmes in Technology, Pharmacy and Hotel Management. The proposed scheme will be applicable only to the students with parents’ annual income (from all sources) less than Rs. 4.5 lakhs. Eligible candidates should produce the family income certificate by the concerned Tahsildar or attested photocopy of the Income Tax return form at the time of counselling. Non working parent should produce a notarized affidavit indicating that they are not employed.

Such scholarships are subject to availability and will not exceed 5 % of the total intake. As the number of scholarship has been considered based on the intake of the particular BTech branch, if any student changes the branch in the second year then he/she is not eligible for the scholarship.

In pursuance of the policy framework for promotion of post graduate education and research in Engineering & Technology of MHRD, AICTE provides financial assistance to the GATE qualified students enroll for MTech/MPharm courses.

ITC SCHOLARSHIP :
ITC Hotel Limited has also instituted scholarship worth Rs.3.5 lakhs to the BHM students excelling in operational subjects and for the best all round graduating student.

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS :
Teaching assistantships are available to meritorious students joining MTech & MSc Tech courses with a monthly remuneration of upto Rs.5000.

SCHOLARSHIP FOR KONKANI SPEAKING STUDENTS :
10% tuition fee waiver for admission to all courses of Manipal University for Konkani Speaking students only. They have to pay other fee as well as remaining tuition fee. Eligible students need to apply separately after the admission. However, these candidates should pay the full fee at the time of admission and the fee waiver will be given separately after scrutinizing their eligibility. The waiver will be 25% for those students joining Allied Health Sciences or Nursing courses. This would be applicable to General Category only.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ACADEMY OF GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS (SAGES) :
There are a few seats reserved for students who have studied their two years of PUC for undergraduate courses or qualifying examination (all years/ semesters) for other courses in the AGE colleges.

Admission will be done as per the admission criteria mentioned for the respective course. The award of scholarship amount will be based on the percentage of marks secured in the qualifying examination (as per the eligibility requirement of the course) and parents’ annual income .In addition to the above mentioned scholarship students are also eligible for Interest Subsidy on Education Loan scholarship. Please write to admissions@manipal.edu for more details.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE STUDENTS :
Manipal University offers scholarships in the form of 50% tuition fee concession for top 10% of students admitted to the respective post graduate programmes at School of Information Science based on Manipal University Online Entrance Test (MUOET), from the academic year 2011. During the academic year 2012-13, twenty one (21) scholarships were awarded. There must be atleast 20 students in respective programme for the scholarship.

Students from School of Information Science were awarded with scholarships from GE Healthcare and NXP Semiconductors. GE had offered 18 Scholarships from 2001 to 2008 and NXP had offered 17 Scholarships from 2005 to 2008, to the students of School of Information Science.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NURSING STUDENTS:
Manipal University offers merit cum means scholarships for students joining BSc Nursing courses. To be eligible, candidate should have secured above 80% in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English in 10+2 board examination. Scholarship amount shall be determined based on the parents’ annual income ( from all sources) as mentioned below:
Parents’ annual income Scholarship on course fee :
Upto Rs.5 lakhs 50%
Above Rs.5 lakhs upto Rs.7.5 lakhs 40%
Above Rs.7.5 lakhs upto Rs.10 lakhs 30%
Above Rs.10 lakhs upto Rs.12.5 lakhs 20%
Above Rs.12.5 lakhs 10%

The above scholarship is applicable only to general category students and will cover only the course fee payable for the particular course of study. The students will however be required to pay the remaining first year course fee (excluding scholarship amount) and registration fee payable at the time of counseling/admission. The candidate should submit their 10+2 marks card at the time of admission to avail this scholarship. This scholarship will not cover the expenses such as hostel accommodation, books etc.

Eligible candidates should produce attested photocopy of the Income Tax (IT) return form for proof of parents’ income. Non working parent should produce a notarized affidavit indicating that they are not employed.

The award of this scholarship for the subsequent years will be based on the performance of the candidate in the university examinations. They will have to obtain minimum aggregate 65% marks in each academic year with pass in all subjects.

KADAMBI SCHOLARSHIP :
Two scholarships of Rs 30,000 each for Medical/Dental science and engineering science is given for the final year students who are good in both academics and sports.