Scholarships for Egyptian Public School Students

Type: Bachelor's (Undergraduate)
Who: Egyptian students interested in studying at AUCE
What: - Payment of full-tuition fees and any other related expenses during the university study years (four to five years based on the major). This could be preceded by a preliminary year in the cases of the AUC and Zewail City for Sciences, Technology and innovation. - Improving the students’ English language skills required to facilitate their learning process and to prepare them for the labor market in Egypt. - Offering the opportunity for some scholars to study in some universities in the USA for one semester/summer semester. - Providing opportunities to work on improving ideas and innovative projects and executing them as actual projects. - Contributing to increasing post-graduation job opportunities through the enhancement of their business, leadership, and other skills required by the labor market. - Enhancing scholarship students’ leadership skills and commitment towards their societies and country in order to prepare them to be future leaders and advocates for the development of their local communities. - Enabling students to participate in and benefit from internships and funding opportunities for innovative projects through private sector organizations. - Provide residence or residence allowance (as needed and in compliance with scholarship criteria). - Books and lab fees are covered by the program. - Monthly allowance during the school year. - Personal Laptop.
When: 2021-2022
Where: The American University in Cairo, Cairo University, Ain Shams University, Alexandria University, Assiut University, Mansoura University, and Zewail City for Sciences, Technology and Innovation.
Program Length: 1 year
Deadline to Apply: 10 August 2021
Citizenship: Egypt
Destination Countries: Egypt
Academic Subject(s): All Subjects
Description:
The USAID Scholars Activity, implemented by the American University in Cairo, offers scholarships that cover four or five years of bachelor’s-degree study at a number of public and private universities in Egypt. Participating institutions are: the American University in Cairo, Cairo University, Ain Shams University, Alexandria University, Assiut University, Mansoura University, and Zewail City for Sciences, Technology and Innovation.
The program will be offered for approximately 140 students in the academic year 2021-2022.
Program participants will be selected to study in fee-based/credit- hour system distinguished programs administered in English based on the strength and quality of the application form and they have to meet the prospective university’s admission criteria.
The scholarship accepts primarily students who graduated from secondary school in the Science and Math sections. It accepts students from the Arts section only if they have disabilities.
Deadline: August 10, 2021
Benefits:
– Payment of full-tuition fees and any other related expenses during the university study years (four to five years, based on the major). This could be preceded by a preliminary year in the cases of the AUC and Zewail City for Sciences, Technology and innovation.
– Improving the students’ English-language skills required to facilitate their learning process and to prepare them for the labor market in Egypt.
– Offering the opportunity for some scholars to study in some universities in the United States for one semester/summer semester.
– Providing opportunities to work on improving ideas and innovative projects and executing them as actual projects.
– Contributing to increasing post-graduation job opportunities through the enhancement of their business, leadership, and other skills required by the labor market.
– Enhancing scholarship students’ leadership skills and commitment towards their societies and country in order to prepare them to be future leaders and advocates for the development of their local communities.
– Enabling students to participate in and benefit from internships and funding opportunities for innovative projects through private sector organizations.
– Provide residence or residence allowance (as needed and in compliance with scholarship criteria).
– Books and lab fees are covered by the program.
– Monthly allowance during the school year.
– Personal Laptop.
Eligibility:
– The student must be Egyptian.
– The student has to have been enrolled in a public, experimental or STEM school throughout all secondary education years.
– The student must obtain a secondary-school certificate (Thanaweya Amma) in the school year 2020-2021, first exam round.
– The student must obtain a total score not less than 85% from public schools, experimental schools, or their equivalent in STEM schools.
– Students must submit all required family financial documents.
How to Apply:
Apply through the following link.