Featured byUniversity of Nevada, Reno
Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Up to $5,000 per year
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The University of Nevada, Reno provides a high-quality education at a competitive price with various funding opportunities.
Approximately 80 percent of international graduate students receive graduate assistantships from academic departments.
Benefits
OISS offers scholarships to new undergraduate students and continuing undergraduate and graduate students in amounts ranging from $300 - $5,000 per year.
Eligibility
- Any continuing or new F-1 or J-1 student enrolled in a degree-seeking program at the University.
- Continuing students who have completed the Graduate and Undergraduate Scholarship Application in MyNEVADA between November 1 and February 1 annually.
- Students that meet the University Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirements.
- Undergraduate students with a total cumulative University GPA of at least 2.75 and graduate students with a total cumulative University GPA of at least a 3.0 in graduate level courses.
- During the semester(s) of the award, undergraduate students must be enrolled in 15 University credits. Graduate students must be enrolled in 9 University credits or 6 with graduate assistantship).
- Last semester students may enroll in at least 6 credits and must have applied for graduation to receive their semester award. Students may be enrolled less than full-time with a Disability Resource Center approved reduced course load.
- Students may have other scholarships and awards.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United States
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
01 Feb 2027
To be eligible for any scholarships/awards, you must complete the Graduate & Undergraduate Scholarship (GUS) Application in your MyNEVADA account between October 1 and February 1 annually by going to Student Center, Supplemental Forms, Scholarship Application.
The GUS application is available until May 31, but scholarship application preference is given to those that complete it by February 1.
The GUS application is required to be eligible for scholarships/awards offered by the Office of International Students and Scholars and many other University departments.