Scholarship for INT. Students

Scholarship and Waiver Policy for Undergraduate and Master’s Students

Fall 2023

Financial Aid is monetary assistance from institutional, governmental, or private source that is available to assist students in affording educational costs. This financial aid could be in the form of academic scholarships, tuition fee waiver and study loans.

Green University of Bangladesh (GUB) offers scholarship and financial aid under the provision of Private University Act 2010. In the year 2022, GUB has spent about Taka 10 (ten) CRORE in Scholarship and Waiver purposes. This was a significant step forward for GUB to encourage academic excellence in Bangladesh. We are committed to persistent investment in the “Scholarship and Waiver Program” in the coming years too. We encourage dedicated students, aiming for a bright career to apply for admission at GUB. During admission, students can also apply for scholarship and waiver in a prescribed form paying Tk. 100.00.

The following types of Scholarships and Waivers are available in Green University of Bangladesh:

1. Merit Based Scholarship (based on previous academic attainment)
2. Semester Result Based Scholarship (based on high academic attainment at GUB)
3. Tuition Fee waiver for GUB and US-Bangla Group employees and their Children, Siblings & Spouse
4. Full-free Tuition Fee Waiver to the Sons and Daughters of Freedom Fighters

Various types of Scholarship and Waiver policies of GUB are appended below:

1. Merit based Scholarship
2. Scholarship Policy for the Undergraduate Programs

Table # i: Scholarship for the Students of SSC and HSC or its Equivalent Examinations

Table # ii: Scholarship for the Students of SSC and Diploma examinations for Regular/Day Programs

Table # iii: Scholarship for the Students of English Medium background

Table # iv: Scholarship for the Students of SSC and Diploma passed from Polytechnic Institutes for weekend programs

2. Scholarship policy for Graduate Programs

For LLM

3. Special waiver (One student can avail only one option from following categories)

4. Full-time Government employees including the personnel of Armed Forces and autonomous organizations getting admission to graduate programs would be entitled to 30% (fixed) Tuition Fee Waiver. (Eligible students can avail only one option of scholarship/ tuition fee waiver whichever is higher).

5. If any candidate is eligible for a 30% to 50% scholarship in both campuses for undergraduate programs (Day batch), then he/she will not be eligible for any additional scholarship/waiver during admission.

Semester Result Based Scholarship

Undergraduate students can avail the following scholarship based on their previous semester

Results at GUB. (In addition to their previous result-based scholarships during admission):

1. Tuition Fee waiver for GUB and US-Bangla Group employees and their Children, Sibling & Spouse

GUB/US-Bangla Group Faculty Members/ Staff or their ward (maximum two)/ spouse or first blood relatives will get 25% extra tuition fee exemption and they will have to maintain semester GPA required for a particular level of waiver. No restriction will be imposed in taking courses on the employees of GUB/ US Bangla Group. The waiver will be effective only if the employee has one year of work experience, otherwise the waiver will not be enjoyable. They must serve at GUB/ US-Bangla Group for at least two years after the completion of degree. Otherwise, they have to return half of the benefit received while quitting the service. The employee will have to submit a confirmation letter that he is serving in GUB/US-Bangla Group in each semester to continue the waiver for next semester.

2. Full-free Tuition Fee Waiver to the Sons and Daughters of Freedom Fighters

The scholarship/ waiver for sons/ daughters of the Freedom Fighters may be provided as Stated below:

1. At must 3% students will be eligible for 100% scholarship/waiver.
2. The scholarship/waiver will be given on tuition and registration fees
3. The scholarship/waiver will be given according to the University policy.
4. The scholarship/waiver will be given after verification of the certificates and relevant documents.
5. Applicants will have to apply in the prescribed Financial Aid Form on payment of Tk 100/-(Hundred) only.

Conditions for getting Scholarship and Tuition Fee Waiver

1. This policy will be effective from Fall-2023 for the new students who are entitled for tuition waiver based on their previous academic results.
2. All types of scholarship/ waivers based on previous academic results (SSC, HSC, Bachelor and Masters) will continue for first two semesters. For third and consecutive semesters, scholarship will depend on the results of the 2nd and subsequent semesters. After first two semesters, if any student fails to maintain his/her required GPA; s/he will get the following opportunities for subsequent semesters:
3. If a student fails to maintain the minimum semester GPA required for a particular level of waiver, s/he will be entitled for a lower level of waiver entitled to a student equivalent to his achieved GPA. Examples as below:
4. If a student has got 50% scholarship for which minimum semester GPA requirement is 3.50 or above, but fails to maintain this GPA and gets GPA 3.25 to below 3.50, s/he may be allowed to enjoy 30% scholarship for that semester.
5. If a student has got 30% scholarship for which minimum GPA requirement is 3.25 or above, but fails to maintain this GPA and gets GPA 3.00 to below 3.25, s/he may be allowed to enjoy 20% scholarship for that particular semester.
6. If a student has got 20% scholarship for which minimum GPA requirement is 3.00 or above, but fails to maintain this GPA and gets GPA 2.50 to below 3.00, s/he may be allowed to enjoy 10% scholarship for that particular semester.
7. If a student has got 10% scholarship for which minimum GPA requirement is 2.50, but fails to maintain this GPA and gets GPA 2.00 to below 2.50, s/he will not be allowed to enjoy any waiver for that particular semester.
8. If a student officially dropped any semester (maximum two semesters and have to be approved by the Registrar) s/he may be allowed for next semester waiver as approved before.

5. Semester-wise minimum credit loads

1. For Trimester System: To enjoy scholarship and tuition fee waiver (except previous result-based waiver etc. or female, ethnic minority group, siblings, faculty and staff reference and spouse waiver) undergraduate program students must take at least twelve (12) credits and master’s programs students must take at least nine (9) credits in each semester. If any department offers less credit/ fewer credits (not less than 09 credits for undergraduate programs and 06 credits for graduate programs), the condition will be relaxed.
2. For Bi-Semester System: To enjoy scholarship and tuition fee waiver (except previous result-based waiver etc. or female, ethnic minority group, siblings, faculty and staff reference and spouse waiver) students of undergraduate and master’s program must take at least eighteen (18) credits in each semester. If any department offers less credit/ fewer credits (not less than 15 credits), the condition will be relaxed.
3. If any student registers in a semester for 12/09 or more credits for trimester and 18/15 credits for bi-semester, s/he have to pass all registered credits and to maintain the required GPA to enjoy or to continue his or her scholarship/ tuition fee waiver.
4. If a student drops a semester /drops all courses registered in a semester within the stipulated time, his/her tuition fee will not be refunded, rather it will beadjusted with the tuition fee payable during the next registration of courses. Besides, if the student cancels his/her admission after dropping a semester/ dropping all courses, such tuition fee will not be refunded either.
5. Scholarship and tuition fee waiver benefit is applicable only for credit fee and is never applicable for Admission fee, Semester fee, Library fee, Laboratory fee, Extra Curricular activities fee, Internship/Dissertation/Project/Thesis/Research Writing/Monograph Writing, Course Improvement fee, Make-up or Retake examination and viva-voce fee.
6. Facilities, such as, scholarship, tuition fee waiver, etc. will instantly be cancelled forever if any student is found taking part in any activity which goes against the rules and regulations of the university. This policy will be followed strictly.
7. In case of Master’s Program, education gap may be considered.
8. Applications of course waiver/ credit transfer must be submitted to the respective department before registration for classes in the 1st Different departments may have some additional requirements.
9. A students can enjoy maximum 30% or 50% (fixed) scholarship/waiver for all undergraduate programs from one or more categories except Word of Freedom Fighters, needy but meritorious students and Players of National Cricket Team
10. The waiver and scholarship category will be the same for both campuses from Spring-2023 as well as the conditions will also be the same for both campuses.

Required Documents

Photocopies of all certificates, marks sheet / transcripts, testimonials, two copies of recent passport size photograph, NID of Parents, NID/Birth Certificate of the applicants are required to be submitted with the online/ printed admission form.

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