East West University: Scholarship

Since its inception, East West University has been awarding merit scholarships and need-based financial assistance to deserving students. Every year the university distributes at least 9% of its total earnings among 20% or more of its regular students. Such scholarships/financial assistance are not available to those students who have already spent the normal study time required for the programs for which they are enrolled (e.g. Bachelor’s degree program students are not eligible for any scholarship/financial aid beyond the four years that are required to complete the course as a regular student).  No student of the university is entitled to benefit from more than one scholarship/financial aid facility at any point of time.
According to the provision of the Private University Act, 1992, private universities are required to provide scholarships to 5 (five) percent of its enrolled poor but meritorious students. Since its inception, the founders of East West University have adopted a policy of not paying any profit or dividend to themselves but to use a good part of its operating surplus towards nurturing merit and providing financial support to those in need. In the last eight years, the scholarship and financial aid policy adopted by East West University has become a source of great encouragement to meritorious but financially constrained students. The academic world has greeted this policy pursued by East West University enthusiastically.

EWU has generous Merit Scholarships and Financial Aid Programs. Taka 2,89,55,780 was awarded to 923 students in 2010.

Benefits to students are awarded in the following forms:

Merit Scholarships

(i) 2 top scorers in admission tests with a minimum score of 75%  marks;

(ii) Candidates scoring GPA 5.00 (excluding 4th subject) in the latest SSC & HSC examinations or 7 A's in 'O' Level (at one sitting) and 3 A's in 'A' Level (at one sitting) will be awarded 100% merit scholarship at entry level for 4 years subject to maintenance of minimum CGPA 3.50 in each semester.

(iii) Top 10% students of each batch of each Department of undergraduate     programs of each Department who have completed at least one-fourth of the total credit requirement of the program during the immediate past year with a CGPA of 3.97 and above, will get full tuition free Merit Scholarship for equal number of credits to be adjusted in the next three consecutive semesters and those with CGPA of 3.90 to CGPA 3.96 will get half tuition free Merit Scholarship for equal number of credits to be adjusted in the next three consecutive semesters. To be eligible for Financial Aid and Merit scholarship a student of Undergraduate Program must earn credits as mentioned in the table below, in the last three consecutive semesters:

 

Programs	Credits
B. Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering* (CSE)	36
B. Sc. in Information & Communication Engineering* (ICE)	35
B.Sc. in Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering* (ETE)	35
B. Sc. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering* (EEE)	35
Bachelor of Pharmacy** (B. Pharm.)	40
BBA with major in Accounting, Finance, HRM, Marketing, Management, MIS & ITB	30
BA in English (ENG)	30
BSS in Economics	30

Scholarships are extendable, subject to fulfillment of requirement in (iii) above. The Merit Scholarship is discontinued if any student of the undergraduate or graduate program violates the East West University disciplinary code for students, 2008 and/or if his/her CGPA falls below 3.50.

 

Freedom Fighters' Scholarship

As a mark of respect to the valiant freedom fighters of the War of Liberation and Independence, the university reserves 5% admission quota for the wards of freedom fighters of all categories, subject to their fulfillments of the minimum admission requirement at East West University. The university also considers maximum 100% tuition waiver scholarship to the wards of wounded, deceased and financially needy freedom fighters, subject to the fulfillment of the following requirements:

The candidate must qualify in the EWU admission test; the candidate must provide proof that his/her parent was a freedom fighter. The Tuition Fee waiver as above will then be continued provided that the CGPA in each semester remains 2.70 or more.

To avail financial aid, undergraduate students must register for at least three courses (9 credits) in each semester. (For the students of B.Pharm. this requirement is at least four courses) Financial Aid is discontinued if any student of undergraduate or graduate program violates the East West University Disciplinary Code for students and/or if his/her CGPA falls below 2.70. The same is applicable for the beneficiaries of siblings and other similar cases and for Freedom Fighters' Scholarship.

Directors Scholarships
Each of the fifteen Founder Directors of the university, at a point of time, awards two full-tuition scholarships to two students or splits the scholarships into half or quarter tuition waiver/scholarships. This is renewable at the discretion of the Founder Director concerned unless the recipient scholar performs poorly.