International Student Scholarship & Financial Assistance
This page provides international students attending Texas Tech with information about scholarships available to them. Since applications and deadlines sometimes change, please contact the applicable department to obtain the most up to date information.
UNDERGRADUATES:
• Fill out the Scholarship Application for new, transfer or currently enrolled students from the Scholarship Office. Applications are located in 305D West Hall and online at
http://www.fina.ttu.edu and are due by March 1st for awards for the following academic year.
• Check out the Honors College at http://www.honr.ttu.edu for merit scholarships and other resources.
GRADUATES:
• Check the graduate school website at http://www.depts.ttu.edu/gradschool/gradfin.htm for financial opportunities.
ALL STUDENTS:
• Check with your department or advisor for applications. This is usually your BEST source.
• Ask your professors if they are aware of any resources.
• Check the Scholarship Office Bulletin Board in West Hall, 3rd floor. Postings change frequently.
• Join a Professional Organization for your major. Check with your department and/or departmental website.
Scholarships and assistance offered in Spring 2008
Florence Terry Griswold Scholarship 1: $2,500 (one award)
For a woman who is a citizen of a Pan American country (other than the United States) and is pursuing a graduate degree at a state-supported college or university in Texas. More than $2,500 may be awarded in years when funds are available. Go to http://www.partt.org/ and go to “Florence Terry Griswold Scholarship” for more information. Applications CANNOT be submitted by fax and must be post-marked by no later than January 31, 2008.
Good Neighbor Scholarship 2008-2009 Program
Provides for out of state tuition waiver for citizens born in and at least a five-year current resident of a politically independent nation in the western hemisphere (excluding Cuba and the United States); student must be unconditionally admitted to Texas Tech University and intending to enroll for the upcoming Fall 2008 Semester; or enrolled full-time maintaining satisfactory academic progress; student should be planning on returning to country of origin upon successful completion of the academic program. Students cannot be receiving an out of state waiver from any other scholarship.
The deadline for applying for the Good Neighbor Scholarship for the 2008-2009 academic year has passed. The GNS application for the 2009-2010 academic year will be available around the third week of January 2009.
From your major department
Your best chance for getting a scholarship is, believe it or not, from your own major department. If you qualify with the proper grade point average, you are eligible to be considered. Contact the department.
Tuition Assistance for Students of Mexico
For citizens or permanent residents of Mexico; students must be planning to return to Mexico after completion of program; students must be enrolled full-time; and, they must demonstrate financial need. Assistance allows Mexican nationals to pay in-state tuition.
Tuition Assistance for Students of Mexico Application Form
Study Abroad Competitive Scholarship (SACS)
All international students are eligible to apply for the Study Abroad Competitive Scholarship program. Applications are due by a designated deadline. For international student awardees, the SACS may provide a certain monetary award for an appropriate academic term or summer session. Every TTU student pays the SACS fee every academic term that he or she is enrolled at Texas Tech University, and therefore, is eligible to apply each term. Interested students should attend one of the scheduled information sessions at the Office of International Affairs.
Study Abroad Competitive Scholarship Link
International Students Texas Public Education Grant (TPEG)
The Texas Public Education Grant (TPEG) is for very special situations where there is a critical and compelling need to assist a student who has had a sudden and major financial problem. Examples might be currency fluctuations in one’s home country, or a natural disaster in one’s home country which affects the economy and the financial services sector and, thus, a student’s ability to receive enough funds from his native country to pay his financial obligations here in the United States. Any application for a TPEG must be correctly and timely documented.
International Students TPEG Application