Scholarship Awarding Criteria
The Financial Aid & Scholarships office will coordinate and award scholarships to incoming freshmen and transfer undergraduate students. Information below provides detailed steps regarding scholarship awarding and awarding process.
Any prospective freshmen and/or transfer students who are interested in being awarded a scholarship. Additional information can be found at affordability.ku.edu.
Prospective students must submit a complete admission application by the appropriate deadline to be considered for scholarships offered by Financial Aid & Scholarships.
- Freshman deadline is December 1. Applicant must be coming directly from a high school and have earned no college credit after graduating from high school. If applicant has graduated from high school and attended another university, college, or community college, the applicant is considered a transfer student, and not eligible for freshman scholarships.
- Transfer student deadline is May 1. If applicant had previously attended KU as a degree-seeking student applicant is not eligible for a transfer scholarship.
A complete freshman application will consist of the following.
- Admission application found at www.admissions.ku.edu/apply
- Application fee
- Official or unofficial high school transcript
A complete transfer application will consist of the following:
- Admission application found at www.admissions.ku.edu/apply
- Application fee
- All official college transcripts
Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships
1502 Building
1502 Iowa Street
Lawrence, KS 66045
financialaid@ku.edu
785-864-4700
Information on FAS Scholarship Awarding Criteria is updated annually by Financial Aid and Scholarships.
12/12/2022: Reviewed and updated policy regarding transcripts and additional information.
11/15/2021: Reviewed and removed bariers to transfer students.
12/09/2020: Reviewed policy and Added Edwards Campus.
10/15/2019: Updated policy.
12/21/2018; Updated policy.
