Financial Assistance

• Scholarships for New Applicants
• VA educational assistance
• NPU's student on-campus work-study opportunities
• Industrial cooperative projects and internships opportunities

Currently the financial aid programs available to the students at NPU are limited to the following:

NPU Scholarships

The NPU scholarship program is established to honor meritorious and multifaceted students.

Scholarships for New Applicants

The NPU scholarship for new applicants is a merit-based financial award offered to applicants interested to pursue degree programs at NPU. The applicants will be rewarded with a tuition scholarship of US$500 per semester for three semesters leading to a cumulative tuition scholarship of US$1500 under the condition that the student maintains satisfactory progress in his/her academic study at NPU (undergraduate students should maintain a CGPA of 3.0; graduate students should maintain a CGPA of 3.3), be in good standing, and has contributed to the activities sponsored by either the NPU Student Association, any NPU student club, a professional society, or NPU's administrative activities under the supervision of qualified personnel. The student is required to enroll full-time during the first three semesters. Each qualified applicant is eligible to receive this scholarship only once, i.e., once per person.

Eligibility:

In order to be considered for this scholarship, applicants must meet all of the following criteria:

• Must have a GPA of 3.0 on a scale of 4.0, or 8.0 on a scale of 10.0, or 65% out of 100% (in Indian, Pakistan, Nepal universities' grading system)
• For international students: Must have scored 90 (IBT); 233 (CBT); 577 (PBT) on the TOEFL test or 7.0 bands on the IELTS
• Must request ETS/IELTS to submit your official test scores directly to NPU
• Must submit a detailed resume. Details about academic performance, extracurricular activities, work experience, if any, should be mentioned.
• Must submit the required documents along with all other application material.

Selection Process:

The scholarship recipients will be selected by the NPU Scholarship Review Committee.

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VA educational assistance

The University is authorized by the U.S. Veterans Administration (VA) to accept qualified veterans who receive veteran's education benefits. In administrating student financial and academic affairs for veteran and military students, the University follows VA and related military regulations. A newly admitted student is required to submit a Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty Form (Form DD-214). Please contact the NPU Administrative Office for additional information.

NPU's student on-campus work-study opportunities

Limited openings in NPU's work-study programs are available to highly qualified degree-seeking candidates. NPU work-study application forms are available at the Information office.

The students may apply for Learning Assistantships (LAs) and Administrative Assistantships (AAs). These assistantships are offered primarily on the basis of outstanding academic and professional achievement.

Each trimester the administration works with the faculty to assign Las. The purpose of LAs are to assist faculty by grading student homework and to help students by holding office hours in order to tutor students who have questions about the instructor's class. They are available at the LA office when the instructors may not be available.

The University also assigns administrative assistants (AA) to provide computer systems and administrative services for students including computer systems support, campus direction, school information and administrative routine assistance.

The objectives of offering assistantships are as follows:

1. To provide students with more convenient assistance in mastering knowledge they have learned in class;
2. To promote student-to-student and student-to-faculty communication and academic contact;
3. To improve assistants' abilities in solving problems as team leaders and in-handling assignments as qualified professionals.

Industrial cooperative projects and internships opportunities

Highly selective internship opportunities are available for qualified students with a number of local companies. For further information, please contact the Administration Office.