Scholarships

AIR UNIVERSITY offers following schemes to assist the needy cum talented students at Bachelor & Master level programs:-

AU Sponsored MS & PhD Programs

AU pays back to society through Graduate Research Initiative Program. This program enables the students to take on professional challenges for excellent leadership careers in academia and industry. This scheme offers following benefits for selected candidates.

Scheme-I

  • -A stipend of Rs. 40,000/- per month(In Engineering Depts. and Rs. 20,000 per Month in Faculty of Computing & Artificial Intelligence)
  • -100% Tuition fee waiver
  • -Career progression through Lab Engineer, Teaching/ Research Assistant, Post-doc and faculty positions at Air University.
  • -Eligibility Criteria : ≥ 3.5 CGPA in Bachelor Degree
  • -A bond with University would be required.

Scheme-II

  • -100% Tuition Fee Waiver
  • -The selected students would be required to perform Teaching Assistant/ Research Assistant role with Dept.
  • -Eligibility Criteria : ≥ 3.5 CGPA in Bachelor Degree
  • -A bond with concerned Dept.. would be required.

Scheme-III

  • -50% Tuition Fee Waiver
  • -The selected students would be required to perform in Dept. as assigned by the Head of Dept.
  • -Eligibility Criteria : ≥ 3.0 CGPA in Bachelor Degree
Note:

All fee waivers are subject to continued academic performance in semester studies.

Educate to Innovate Scholarship Scheme (Only for MS Information Security and MS Avionics Engg)

  • -This scheme offers Full and Partial fee waiver to students with bright academic record.
  • -Eligibility criteria is CGPA 3.00 or above in the relevant bachelor degree

Additionally the selected students would have following opportunities:

  • -Chance to work as apprentice in industry projects after 1st semester for students with bright academic record and relevant skills
  • -The student will be working on Industry/Research Projects
  • -Data sharing for aerial vehicles
  • -GSM Security
  • -Sensor Fusion for mobile nodes

AU Need-Based Financial Grant

Through this scheme AU funds in each semester to needy students who face the financial constraints ranging from 25% to 100% of tuition fee discount. The range of discount is determined based on individual’s financial circumstances.

AU Merit-Based Scholarship

Air University offers Merit based Scholarships to all outstanding students enrolled in different undergraduate and graduate programs based on their semester results. The distribution of award is as noted below:-

For BS Program:-

  • (a) 1st Position Holder     50% Tuition Fee Waiver
  • (b) 2nd Position Holder    40% Tuition Fee Waiver
  • (c) 3rd Position Holder     30% Tuition Fee Waiver
  • (d) Students attaining SGPA of 4.0 will get 100% Tuition Fee waiver.
    However, they would be included in the first three position holders in the class.

For Masters Programs:-

  • (a) 1st Position Holder     35% Tuition Fee Waiver
  • (b) 2nd Position Holder     30% Tuition Fee Waiver
  • (c) 3rd Position Holder     25% Tuition Fee Waiver
  • (d) Students attaining SGPA of 4.0 will get 50% Tuition Fee waiver. However, they
    would be included in the first three position holders in the class.
Note:

Terms and conditions as per AU policy are applied.

PAF Ward concession & AU Employee Concession

AU grants 25% tuition fee discount to PAF Wards and 50% discount to AU Employees and their wards

Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Project (EUSP)

Ehsaas Scholarship program launched in 2019 by the Govt through HEC. The students having combined family income ≤45,000 per month can apply for this scholarship at HEC portal as and when scheme is announced every year. The selected candidates would get 10% Tuition fee waiver and Rs. 20,000 per semester stipend.

Fazaia Educations Welfare Scheme (FEWS)

Other than 25% Tuition Fee discount PAF Wards studying at AU campuses can avail additional funding from FEWS ranging from 25% to 100%. They can also apply for Qarz-e-Hasana from FEWS.

Punjab Education Endowment Fund Scheme (PEEF)

This scheme offers AU students to avail 50% of Tuition Fee discount in each semester through PEEF as per the laid down criteria set by the Punjab Govt to sponsor the higher education of deserving students. Max income threshold is ≤ Rs. 30,000 per month.

PM Tuition Fee Reimbursement Scheme

Through this scheme students hailing from the less developed areas of Pakistan (Selected areas) can avail the funding opportunities at Graduate and Postgraduate level from Higher Education Commission (HEC).