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Merit Scholarships for Local and International Students in the University of Houston, Texas

It is known as the third-largest university in Texas, USA, and founded in the year 1927. The University has a friendly environment for students, and offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The University of Houston is a public research university in Houston, Texas.The University offers a wide range of scholarships to local and international high achieving students. The international merit scholarships will be awarded for spring and summer semesters for undergraduate and graduate full-time study at University of Houston.

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Eligibility

Applicants Must:

  1. Admitted student to UHV
  2. At the time of award the student must be registered for a minimum of 12 credits at UHV for undergraduate students, 9 credits for graduate students.
  3. Returning/or current students must have two semesters remaining to graduate (semester receiving the scholarship cannot be the final semester)
  4. Returning/Current students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or above for undergraduate students and cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above for graduate students.
  5. Spring semester scholarship recipients will receive the scholarship only for the spring and summer semesters. In order to maximize the scholarship opportunity all spring scholarship recipients are required to register for a full-time course load online (summer only) or face-to-face. If applicable all spring scholarship recipients must re-apply for the fall merit scholarship before the deadline (see below).
  6. International students or students on other non-immigrant visa status
    • F-1 and J-1 students must be on the relevant visa status on or before the state date of their immigration document
    • F-1 and J-1 students must attend mandatory International Student orientation at Victoria or Katy
    • All non-immigrant status students must be on good academic and immigration status
  7. Have a demonstrated record of academic achievement.
  8. Complete BOTH the scholarship application forms
    • First submit the online UHV General Scholarship Application.
      • Sign in using your UHV username and password.
    • Second submit International Student Merit Scholarship Application. Please note, you will need to attach the necessary application requirements. Once you hit submit the application, along with the uploaded attachments will be sent to the International Programs Office automatically.
    • Both the above mentioned applications MUST be completed in order for your scholarship application to be eligible for review .

 

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Maintaining the International Merit Scholarship

  1. Recipients must maintain full-time status.
  2. Scholarship recipients must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.5 for undergraduate students and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 for graduate students throughout the duration of the scholarship.
  3. Contribute 10 volunteer hours assisting International Programs Office in hosting events such as International Education Week, International Sash Ceremony and International Festival during fall, spring and summer semesters.
  4. International students on F-1 and J-1 status
    • New international students must attend mandatory orientation
  5. Recipients continuing from a bachelor’s to a master’s degree program must reapply for the scholarship.
  6. International Merit Scholarship is not guaranteed every year/semester. Students must re-apply on or before the deadline.

Closing Date:

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Completed applications need to be submitted by the following dates:

  1. Fall semester deadline: June 15th
  2. Spring semester deadline: November 15th

Application Link: https://www.uhv.edu/international/scholarships/merit/

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