How to Apply:
The deadline to apply for the 2024 - 2025 scholarship is March 29, 2024. Required application materials include:
- Scholarship Application, which requires you to upload the following:
- Transcript from the most recent semester of enrollment (attach to scholarship application)
- 500-word maximum personal statement indicating your academic excellence, community engagement, leadership ability, and why you are applying for the scholarship
- One academic or professional letter of recommendation
Eligibility Criteria:
- F-1 international student seeking a degree full-time at the University of South Carolina Columbia
- Cumulative GPA of 3.5 or above
- Enrolled at the University of South Carolina for at least two semesters
- Demonstrate academic excellence, community engagement, and demonstrated leadership ability
- No student conduct violations
- Graduating at least 1 to 2 semesters in the future
- Preference given to those not currently receiving financial assistance from other sources, i.e. graduate assistantships, sponsors, or athletic scholarship
Information about scholarship:
- The International Student Excellence Scholarship is $500/academic year, broken down into $250/semester.
- In addition to the $500 per academic year, the International Student Excellence Scholarship may reduce your tuition substantially.
- Two scholarships will be awarded each year; one graduate and one undergraduate.
- Students must apply for the scholarship each year. Obtaining the scholarship one year does not guarantee or imply that the student will be awarded the scholarship the following year.
- Students are eligible to apply for the scholarship every year; being awarded a scholarship in the past does not preclude a student from being awarded the scholarship in future years.
International Student Excellence Scholarship Awardees:
Year |
Students |
| 2022 - 2023 |
Graduate: Kidochukwu Atube Undergraduate: Batraz Albegov |
| 2021-2022 |
Graduate: Asma Alzahrani Undergraduate: Laisa Antunes Machado |