University of Houston – Victoria Merit Scholarships 2020/2021 for International Students

The University of Houston – Victoria is offering the International Student Merit Scholarship to incoming/currrent undergraduate and Postgraduate (Masters) students of international visa status

University of Houston – Victoria Merit Scholarships

All undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply for the International Merit Scholarship. The award is a $1000 award for the academic year (fall, spring and summer), if the recipient is a spring semester recipient, the award is for spring and summer only.

The scholarship will reduce the student’s tuition and fees by $500 every fall, spring and summer.

For international students on F-1 and J-1 visa the scholarship will reflect the residency tuition rate. The award only applies to tuition and fees. All other costs such as housing, meals, transportation, personal expenses, books, supplies, and health insurance are not included in this scholarship. The scholarship award can only be used to study at UHV. The awards and waivers are available for fall recipients for the fall, spring, and summer semesters, and for spring recipients this scholarship and waivers will be awarded for spring and summer semesters for undergraduate and graduate full-time study at UHV.

University of Houston – Victoria Merit Scholarships Eligibility

Applicants Must:

1. Be admitted student to UHV
2. At the time of award the student must be registered for a minimum of 12 credits for undergraduate students, 9 credits for graduate students.
3. Returning/or current students must have two semesters remaining to graduate (semester receiving the scholarship cannot be the final semester)
4. Returning/Current students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or above for undergraduate students and cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above for graduate students.
5. Spring semester scholarship recipients will receive the scholarship only for the spring and summer semesters. In order to maximize the scholarship opportunity all spring scholarship recipients are required to register for a full-time course load online (summer only) or face-to-face. If applicable all spring scholarship recipients must re-apply for the fall merit scholarship before the deadline (see below).
6. International students or students on other non-immigrant visa status
   1. F-1 and J-1 students must be on the relevant visa status on or before the state date of their immigration document
   2. F-1 and J-1 students must attend mandatory International Student orientation at Victoria or Katy
   3. All non-immigrant status students must be on good academic and immigration status
7. Have a demonstrated record of academic achievement.

Value of Program:$1000 award

Duration of Program: full-time

Masters Scholarships

How to Apply for University of Houston – Victoria Merit Scholarships

1. Complete BOTH the scholarship application forms
   • First submit the online UHV General Scholarship Application.
     • Sign in using your UHV username and password.
   • Second submit International Student Merit Scholarship Application. Please note, you will need to attach the necessary application requirements. Once you hit submit the application, along with the uploaded attachments will be sent to the International Programs Office automatically.
   • Both the above mentioned applications MUST be completed in order for your scholarship application to be eligible for review .

Important Notes: Merit scholarship for spring semester is only awarded for spring and summer semester. All spring scholarship recipients must take  part time or fulltime summer course load (online or F2F) and is required to take summer courses. All spring merit scholarship recipients must re-apply for the following year Merit Scholarship.

Application Deadlines: 

• Fall semester deadline: 15th June 2020
• Spring semester deadline: 15th November 2020

For more information, visit the University of Houston – Victoria Merit Scholarships.