NIIT University announces scholarships, fee waivers for academic year 2023; Eligibility here

NEW DELHI: NIIT University has announced scholarships for students for the academic year 2023-24. Interested students can apply for the NIIT University scholarships on the official website- niituniversity.in. Candidates can check eligibility for each scheme here.

The NIIT University scholarships are applicable for programmes such as BBA, MBA, and BTech programmes in computer science and engineering (CSE), electronics and communication engineering (ECE), data science (DS) , Cyber Security (CyS), biotechnology (BT) and integrated MSc in computer sciences.

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NIIT University scholarships, fee waivers

The university offers an annual scholarship between Rs 50,000 and Rs 2,00,000 on the tuition fee on the basis of their merit. A step further is a special scholarship, this scholarship is given to students that are expectational merit holders and are top performers in the country. This scheme provides a full tuition waiver in each programme.

CoX scholarships are offered to applicants who have excellence in any area of co-curricular activity such as sports, music, fine arts, theatre, dance, or social service by participating in and receiving individual awards at school board, state, and national or international levels. In addition to this, special fee waivers are offered to students of they meet any one specific criteria.

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NIIT University Scholarships: Eligibility and conditions

The scholarships are awarded to students based on their academic performance in Class 10 and 12 or on their performance in national level entrance examinations. The available scholarships will be valid for the full time duration of the programme in which as student is enrolled if the students manages to maintain the minimum of 6.0 in their annual CGPA.

The scheme will be offered to the student on the basis of the Class 10 performance on the assumption that the Class 12 performance will remain on the same level. In case a student scores higher than their previous Class 10 result, the amount of the scholarship will be upgraded, vice-versa if the their performance downgrades.