Eligibility:
Minimum Cumulative GPA: 3.5 out of 4.0( WMU will convert all international grading systems to a 4- point scale)
Terms and Conditions:
The Global Education Undergraduate Merit Scholarship is a scholarship awarded to international undergraduate students based on the criteria of merit and the student’s total estimated cost balance. The Global Education Undergraduate Merit Scholarship offers annual awards of up to $10,000 per year disbursed in up to 8 semesters for international undergraduate students admitted.
Deadline to Apply: March 1
Renewal Criteria:
- Earned a minimum of 3.0 GPA during the previous academic year
- Enrolled in a minimum of 12 credits in each of the fall and spring semesters (or approved SEVIS RCL*)
- Successfully completed a minimum of 24 credits per academic year (or approved SEVIS RCL*)
- Continued to hold active F-1 or J-1 student status
- Continued to hold nonresident status for tuition purposes
- Are not otherwise fully funded by a scholarship through third parties or a full assistantship award
Termination of Scholarship:
- You leave WMU or transfer to another college or university or are academically dismissed
- You fail to meet any of the renewal criteria above
- You fail to timely return to WMU on completion of a mandatory government military service for which you applied and received an approved absence from I3S. (Requests for notice of departure for absence must contain a beginning and end date for consideration for approval by I3S. Failure to timely return by the next semester will result in termination of the scholarship).
