Undergraduate and graduate engineering or computer science students are eligible to apply for scholarships offered by Maseeh College through PSU's scholarship portal, Scholarship Universe.
Please browse this Google spreadsheet to see the scholarships available, including award amounts and general descriptions and criteria.
PSU scholarship applications will open on November 1. The deadline to apply for PSU scholarships is February 1 and scholarship recipients will be notified of their awards in early May. Most scholarships require full-time enrollment (12 or more credit hours) per term. If you enroll less than full-time, you must contact the Maseeh College to find out if you are still eligible to receive the award.
All applications are through the Scholarship Universe website. After creating an account and entering some basic information, you will be matched with all scholarships that you are eligible to be awarded. There is only a single application to fill out for all of the Maseeh College scholarships. There are some simple yes/no questions and a brief required essays on:
- how you work to create and advocate for an environment that welcomes and serves individuals of all backgrounds;
- defining and providing an example of leadership;
- description of your present financial situation;
- list of any awards or honors you have received; and
- your interest areas, career plans, and research goals (if applicable) in your field of engineering or computer science.
One suggestion is to consider tailoring your responses in the essays to the scholarships that are your best match. You will need to upload the following:
- Resume
- Transcripts (unofficial ones are acceptable)
Finally, you will need two reference letters. Requests for these are sent by email from the system. Letter writers should speak to your contributions in the above areas and are best if they are from faculty, supervisors (especially technical), or others who know you well (but not family or friends). We suggest you seek letters from faculty members, if possible, as departmental faculty committees make the scholarship selections.
External scholarships (scholarships awarded by organizations outside of PSU) are also available through the Scholarship Universe portal and will have varying application deadlines.