KU International Transfer Award Application

PLEASE NOTE: THIS APPLICATION IS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ONLY. IF YOU ARE NOT AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT, DO NOT FILL THIS APPLICATION OUT.

KU International Excellence Award
A full tuition award valued at $25,000+. The KU International Excellence Award is available for NEW freshmen and transfer students who begin studies in the fall term. To be considered, you must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 and be admitted for the upcoming fall semester.

KU International Transfer Award
An award of $3,000-$7,000 for transfer students. To be considered, you must have a minimum GPA of 3.5.

All awards are renewable up to 4 years.

Award
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Supplemental Questions
  1. U.S. Permanent residents are not eligible to receive the KU IEA. Students must be F-1 or J-1 while attending KU to be eligible for the KU IEA.

    Have you or someone on your behalf applied for US permanent residency? If you are in the process of applying for permanent residence please contact ISS (iss@ku.edu) to discuss your eligibility. Depending on where you are in the process, it may be to your benefit to apply to KU as a U.S. domestic student and be considered for other scholarships.
  2. Please upload a resume or CV describing all your extracurricular activities, leadership, service and awards.
  3. Please select three activities from your resume/CV and explain how they have helped you develop leadership skills.
  4. Additional materials or write a 500 word essay on one of the following topics:

  5. Your personal and academic goals and how you hope to achieve them at KU;

  6. Your field of study and specialized interests within it;

  7. The ways you intend to use what you learn at KU when you return to your home country; or

  8. A topic of your choice
  9. Please provide your TOEFL total score. If you did not complete the TOEFL, please type N/A.
  10. Please provide your IELTS overall band Score. If you did not complete the IELTS, please type N/A.
  11. Please upload your first letter of recommendation.
  12. Please provide the contact information (name/email) for the writer of your first reference letter.
  13. If you would like to have your first reference upload their letter of recommendation, please enter their name and email here:
  14. Please upload your second letter of recommendation.
  15. Please provide the contact information (name/email) for the writer of your second reference letter.
  16. If you would like to have your second reference upload their letter of recommendation, please enter their name and email here:
  17. (For community college transfer students only) Are you a Phi Theta Kappa member?
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