Scholarships for B.E. (Hons.) Programs at BITS Pilani Dubai

I. Scholarships (for New Admissions)

I-1 Board Toppers

Students who have secured top three positions in 12th standard in their respective boards (General Secondary Education Certificate Exam of Ministry of Education, UAE or CBSE-India or any other State, National or International Boards) are given the following scholarship for the first semester only.

• First Rank holder: 100% of the first semester tuition fee
• Second Rank holder: 75% of the first semester tuition fee
• Third Rank holder: 50% of the first semester tuition fee

I-2 Merit in Qualifying Examination

a. Students who have obtained 90% and above in the aggregate of the Qualifying Examination are given a scholarship of 20% of  first semester tuition fee at the time of admission.

b. Students who have obtained 80% and above and less than 90%  in the aggregate of the Qualifying Examination are given a 15% of the first semester tuition fee at the time of admission.

I-3 Merit in Competitive Examinations

Students who have taken up the various competitive examinations for admission to engineering programmes such as the AIEEE, JEE, BITSAT etc are awarded scholarships ranging from 25%-100% in the first year based on their merit in the competitive exams.

I-4 Sports Excellence

a. Students who have participated and won medals in International championships are given scholarship of 50% of the first semester tuition fee and students who have participated in the International Championships are given scholarship of 15% of first semester tuition fee.

b. Students who have participated and won medals in National tournaments are given scholarship of 20% of first semester tuition fee and students who have participated in National Tournaments are given scholarship of 5% of first semester tuition fee.

II. Merit Scholarship for Continuing Students
All students who obtained a CGPA of 9.0 on a 10.0 scale at the end of a semester are given a merit scholarship of 20% of tuition fee for the following semester.

III. Other Concessions
III-1 Special Concession for UAE Nationals

All students who are UAE Nationals and who meet the eligibility criteria of admission to the institution will be offered full scholarship throughout the programme which includes a full waiver on tuition fee, hostel fee, transport fee and cost of books.

III-2 Concession on sudden bereavement of earning member of the family
The Institute helps such students by waiving off 100% tuition fee for a semester for those students who face financial hardships due to the sudden and untimely demise of the sole earning member of their family in that semester. A scholarship of upto 75% can be offered in the subsequent semesters, on a case to case basis, depending on means and need and the overall performance/ discipline of the student.

III-3 Physically challenged Students
All physically challenged students satisfying the conditions laid out are given a 15% concession on the tuition fee throughout the programme subject to satisfactory academic performance in each semester.

III-4 Sibling Concession
For families that have more than one child enrolled concurrently, a concession of 25% on the tuition fee is offered to the second child until the first child graduates.

Please note:

• All students must pay their fees in full at the time of Admission and any amount awarded as scholarship will be adjusted with the subsequent fee payment.
• At any given time, a student can avail more than one scholarship unless otherwise mentioned, provided the total scholarship amount does not exceed more than 50% of the tuition fee amount of that semester including all or any scholarship availed by the student. However this does not apply in the case of Sl No. I-1 of scholarships and Sl.No.III-1 and III-2 of other concessions mentioned above.

The decision of the institute shall be final and cannot be contested on all matters of scholarships and concessions at BITS, Pilani Dubai. The institute has the right to discontinue the scholarship at any time in case the student is found in any disciplinary case.