Scholarships & Grants

Alumni Bursary:

Value: 25% grant
Applicable to: AGU alumni
Status: January intake now open

AGU alumni qualified to enroll in the university’s postgraduate or undergraduate programs can avail an alumni bursary of 25% off credit hour tuition fees for 2019 admission.

Alumni Government Employees Grants:

Value: 35% grant
Applicable to: AGU alumni employed by the government
Status: January intake now open

AGU alumni currently employed by UAE government companies and who are qualified to enroll in the university’s undergraduate or postgraduate programs can avail a 35% grant off credit hour tuition fees for 2019 admission.

Government Employees Grants:

Value: 10% grant
Applicable to: Government employees
Status: January intake now open

Employees working in UAE government organizations who are qualified to enroll in the university’s postgraduate or undergraduate programs can avail a 10% grant off credit hour tuition fees for 2019 admission.

Terms and Conditions:

1. To avail any of the discounts and scholarships students must register a minimum of*:

• 12 credit hours per semester for semester-based programs for winter and fall intakes
• 9 credit hours for any of the programs for the summer semester
• 6 credit hours for term-based programs for winter and fall intakes

*Except for the final term/semester of study for any of the programs and except for the Master of Law program where the minimum required number of credit hours to be registered is 9 per semester for the fall and winter semesters to avail the grant of study

2. Students eligible for more than one scholarship, grant or bursary can only choose to avail one. Students cannot combine any scholarships, grants or bursaries together except for the family grant that can be combined with either the Merit Scholarship or Alumni Bursary provided that the combined maximum amount of discount granted to the student does not exceed 50%

3. Scholarships, grants and bursaries do not apply to ETP core courses

4. Scholarships, grants and bursaries apply to core courses and foundation courses including the foundation courses of masters programs

5. The new 2018 scholarship scheme applies to all students registered from the summer of 2018 onwards

6. Any scholarship, grant, discount or bursary will be granted to new or existing students via students filling in and signing a scholarship application form prior to registering in each term/semester

7. Returning students on old scholarship/discounts scheme can opt for the new 2018 scheme by signing an undertaking form stating that they are aware of the new scheme’s terms and conditions and agree to switch from the original scheme to the new scholarship/grant/bursary

8. Students availing any of the government, corporate or AGU employee grants need to submit to the admission department (in case of new students) or registration department (in case of returning students) a recent stamped letter from their workplace verifying the status of their employment at the time of registration for courses before the start of the semester/term to be able to avail or continue to avail the applicable grant

9. Scholarships, bursaries, grants and discounts apply to bachelor and masters programs only

10. Scholarships, bursaries, grants and discounts apply to Bachelor & Master Degree programs only ( not PG diploma as it has a separate discount scheme)