University of Balamand
• Types of Financial Aid
• Application Procedure
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• Financial Aid: Facts and Figures
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TYPES OF FINANCIAL AID
Financial aid is offered to undergraduate students in the form of
Need scholarships, merit scholarships, scholarship support, and sibling
Grant, student work, and deferred payment. As for graduate students,
They are eligible to apply for graduate assistantships.
Need Scholarships
Need scholarships are grants of assistance awarded to academically qualified
Undergraduate full-time students who demonstrate a
Financial need.
• Financial assistance ranges from small grants to full tuition
Support.
• Application forms may be obtained from the Office of Financial
Aid. Selection is made on the basis of need, and academic
performance.
Eighty four percent of students who applied for Need
Scholarships in 2009-2010 were awarded a scholarship.
Merit Scholarships
I. Students with outstanding academic qualifications are eligible
for the merit scholarships. Hundred percent merit scholarships
are awarded yearly to:
A. Newly admitted students who rank first in the Lebanese
Baccalaureate Official Exams in each Muhafaza.
B. The top four newly admitted applicants who scored 2000 or
Above on the SAT.
These scholarships are renewable at the beginning of each academic
Year provided the recipients score a cumulative general average of
85 or above.
II. The best four students who have completed the semester with
a general average of 95 or above and who will be
Continuing their undergraduate studies will receive a full tuition
Scholarship for the upcoming Fall or Spring semester.
III. Students with excellent academic qualifications are eligible for
Merit scholarships. Fifty percent merit scholar ships are awarded
to:
A. A. The top six newly admitted students who scored 1750
or above on the SAT.
These scholarships are renewable for each academic year
Provided the recipients maintain a cumulative general average of
80 or above.
B. The top three students at the end of the first year of
Medicine (MED I)
These scholarships are renewable for each academic year
Provided the recipients remain in the top three.
IV. Continuing full time undergraduate students who demonstrate
Academic excellence by obtaining a general average of 85 or
above for the semester are eligible for a merit scholarship which
will be announced by the University at the end of each
Semester.
Please note that no application is required for the merit scholarship.
Scholarship Support
Most faculties at the University of Balamand offer scholar ship
support for students with good academic standing:
Undergraduate scholarship Graduate scholarship
Faculty of Arts
and Social Sciences25% 50%
Faculty of
Health Sciences* 30%
Faculty of Sciences 50% for best five
Students majoring
in either Mathematics
or Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Business
and Management** 40% for best two applicants
30% for 3rd, 4th and 5th
best applicants
25% for 6th through
10th best applicants
*Deferred Payment
Deferred payment is handled during the registration process through
the Comptroller’s Office. (Monthly installments with 0% interest)
Graduate Assistantships
Students can earn financial support through the Graduate
Assistantship program. Applications to this Program are submitted
through the respective Faculties and reviewed before the start
of each academic semester. Eligible students are allocated a
certain number of hours per week to work in one of the following
categories:
1. Teaching Assistant
2. Graduate Assistant
3. Research Assistant
4. Technical Assistant
Normally, these assistantships cover from 20% to 50% of the
tuition fees. However, the number of these assistantships and the
number of hours assigned per week will depend on:
• The fund allocated by the University
• The academic merit of the applicants
• The availability of positions with faculty members and technical
centers
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
(For Need Scholarship and Student Work)
Students should submit an application for financial aid to the
Office of Financial Aid and/or for student work to the Office of
Student Affairs
In order to qualify, students should:
1. Be enrolled as regular students
2. Have a Good Academic Record
3. Be in financial need
4. Not on disciplinary probation
Continuing students who are interested in applying for Financial
Aid for the next academic year should apply by mid May.
New students may also apply for financial aid. They should
submit the application by mid October (if joining UOB in the Fall
semester), or by mid March (if joining UOB in the Spring semester).
Student Work opportunities are available on campus with jobs
varying from clerical work to laboratory and library assistance.
Student-Work applications should be completed and submitted
to the Office of student Affairs at the end of each semester.
New Students are not eligible for student work.
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