Bachelor's Scholarships at The American University in Cairo

AUC launched the Public School Scholarship Fund (PSSF) in 1990 to expand opportunities to academically outstanding and financially disadvantaged students. Selection of finalists is based on high academic achievement, need and geographic diversity. Supported by both individuals and corporations, the PSSF has graduated more than 280 students who attended public schools and who have demonstrated exceptional academic potential while at AUC.

Today, over 100 PSSF recipients are enrolled at AUC; over 30 of them are supported by individual and corporate donors, while the remaining students are awarded scholarships funded by AUC.

Eligibility:

Applicants should:

• Apply for admission at AUC before the assigned deadline for the Fall and Spring semesters.
• Be Egyptian students graduating from public schools (not including language schools), Experimental, STEM and Nile schools.
• Have an outstanding secondary school academic record.
• Demonstrate financial need.
• Meet AUC admission requirements.
• Students with thanawiya amma certificates from public and experimental schools in the Arab Republic of Egypt (not including language schools), and STEM certificates as well as EICE certificate "for the graduates of the Nile school" for the academic year 2018-2019.
• Minimum acceptance score is 97 percent for the science section and 94 percent for the arts section.  Minimum acceptance score is 92 percent for the STEM certificate and EICE certificates.
• Students must pass either the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) with a minimum band score of 5.5 and writing score of 5.5 or the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum total score of 62 and writing score of 17.

To maintain the scholarship selected students have to maintain a GPA of 3.0 or above.

About the University

Founded in 1919, the American University in Cairo is a leading English-language, American-accredited institution of higher education and center of intellectual, social and cultural life of the Arab world. Its community of students, parents, faculty and staff, trustees, alumni, and other generous sponsors represent more than 60 countries. The University stands as a crossroads for the world’s cultures and represents a vibrant forum for reasoned argument; spirited debate; and understanding across the diversity of languages, facilities, and human experiences.

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