Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Programme – Complete Guide

ISLAMABAD: The government has opened the Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Programme for the academic year 2020-2021. The prospective students can submit their scholarship applications online on using the web portal.

Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Programme is created for the deserving students who cannot afford higher education. To overcome the poverty and uneven distribution of education, it is important for the lower-income students to have higher education.

The Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Programme is just the right step taken by the government to tackle the issue of uneven distribution of education make higher education accessible to more students.

Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Programme Application Submission Deadline

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation Sania Nishtar tweeted on Tuesday to announce the last date for the application submission for the Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship. She said the portal is open till October 30.

Furthermore, Dr Sania Nishtar stated that prospective students must enter the name of the university concerned in the application. The special assist tweeted saying:

All students studying in four or five-year undergraduate programs in 119 public sector universities of the country can apply for scholarships. Students whose family income is less than Rs. 45,000 can apply for Ehsaas Scholarship.

The Ehsaas Scholarship also includes a 100% tuition fee and a monthly subsistence allowance of Rs. 4,000. The scope of the program includes public sector universities in the four provinces, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.

The Objectives of Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Programme

As pointed out in the HEC website the objectives of the Scholarship Program are as under:

• It is a paradigm shift in a policy of the Government of Pakistan to support undergraduate level students who after completing FA/FSc./Intermediate are unable to pursue university education due to limited financial resources. Unlike past financial assistance schemes that were aimed at MS or PhD programs, the Ehsas Undergraduate Scholarship Project focuses on the most critical segment, namely the 4-5year undergraduate programs, which contributes the most to income of the individual who completes the bachelors degree.
• It is one of the sizeable project funding under the Government of Pakistan’s Ehsaas social safety net program which aims to provide 50,000 undergraduate scholarships with an average budget of Rs.6 billion annually. Over a period of the next four to five years, these scholarships will be increased to around 200,000.
• The scholarship covers university tuition fees and stipend throughout four-five years of degree duration. It is a significant step to ensure affordable higher education in all major fields of education including agriculture, arts and humanities, business education, engineering, medical, physical sciences, and social sciences.
• The project aims to support female education therefore 50% of scholarships are reserved for the female students in the overall Project’s target.
• To encourage physically challenged students, 2% of the scholarships are reserved for them.
•  It is a vibrant program that will facilitate the creation of the competent workforce thus enhancing employability factors in youth.
• It foresees to create a drive for education among those students who have discontinued studies due to limited financial issues. 
• By targeting the most vulnerable segment of the young population through this initiative, poorer households would be enabled to come out of poverty, which is the long-run expected to have a positive impact on individuals, their families and the community.

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Eligibility Criteria for Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Programme

Scholarships are offered for:

1. Newly admitted students
2. Admissions secured on merit only. Merit means that the student has fulfilled the admission criteria of the institution in which he/she intends to study
3. Degree programs allowed by the HEC.
4. The age limit set by institution’s regulations, i.e., the maximum age of the eligibility for the Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Program is the same as the maximum age for applying for admission in undergraduate programs at the HEI.

Ineligibility Conditions:

A student is ineligible for the scholarship if found

1. Availing any other scholarship or continuous grant 
2. Enrolled in distant learning programs and  affiliated colleges (both public/private )
3. Secured admission on a self-sustain/ self-support/ self-finance basis, or in evening programs with higher fee structures

Documents Required

After submission  of the online application form of Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Project, the applicant is required to take a printout of the application form and attach the following supporting documents:

Important Note: The hard copy of the application form along with the supporting documents will be submitted to the Student Financial Aid Office of the university only.

Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Program Award Process

• All students are required to apply through https://ehsaas.hec.gov.pk/ online system and SUBMIT the application form. Applications in the “Saved” mode will not be acceptable.
• Applicants are required to submit hard copies of the application form along with the supporting documents to the financial aid office of the university by the given deadline.(list of supporting documents are specified on the website)
• The Scrutiny Committee of the university  will short list all candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria, based on the information provided in their applications, and who have provided all the information sought for under the rules such as proof of family income, assets, past academic record, age (where appropriate) etc.
• Incomplete application form in any respect will be rejected.
• The Institutional Scholarship Award Committee of the universities will interview/ recommend potential applicants for the award of scholarship.
• Scholarship awardees will be asked to sign a deed of agreement on a stamp paper.
• Financial Aid Office of the university   shall issue the Final Scholarship Award Letter.
• Awarded scholarship is not transferable to any other university/ academic program/ academic session.
• Scholarship funding shall continue for next semester/ year subject to satisfactory academic performance.

Note: Students are advised to fill the online application form very carefully and provide authentic documentary proof of household income and expenditure for assessment and evaluation by the scholarship award committee. If during any stage of the degree program it is found that the Scholarship Awardee has provided false information in the application form/forged/tampered the application form or income certificate in order to secure the scholarship, the university will be liable to take strict disciplinary action as per rules which may include, but not limited to the refund of all scholarship funding. 

Financial Support

The Program covers funds for the following expenses:

1. University fee as per actual fee as per actual
2. Annual Stipend 

List of Universities

SINDH

1. Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law, Karachi
2. Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Benzirabad Nawabshah
3. Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
4. Sukkur Institute of Business Administration, Sukkur
5. Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari, Karachi
6. Dawood UET Karachi
7. QUEST Nawabshah
8. Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur
9. The University of Karachi
10. SHAHEED MOHTARMA BENAZIR BHUTTO MEDICAL Larkana
11. Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi
12. Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
13. BBSUTSD) Khairpur Mirs
14. Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences Jamshoro
15. MUET JAMSHORO
16. Peoples university of medical and health science, Sindh
17. NED , Karachi
18. Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University of Veterinary And Animal Sciences Sakrand
19. SMI,Karachi
20. The University of Sufism and Modern Sciences, Bhitshah
21. University of Sindh jamshoro
22. PAQSJIMS, GAMBAT
23. Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi
24. Government College University, Hyderabad
25. The Shaikh Ayaz University, Shikarpur

PUNJAB

1. Punjab Tianjin University of Technology-Lahore
2. GCU-Lahore
3. Government College Women University, Sialkot
4. Information Technology University Lahore (ITU)
5. King Edward Medical University
6. Kinnaird College For Women, Lahore
7. Lahore College for Women University (LCWU)
8. National College of Arts (NCA)
9. National Textile University -FSD
10. Fatima Jinnah Medical University-Lahore
11. Rawalpindi Medical University (RMU)
12. UVAS-Lahore
13. PFID-Lahore
14. University of Narowal
15. Fatima Jinnah Women University-Rwp
16. University of Okara
17. UET-Taxila
18. University of Sahiwal
19. University of Gujrat
20. UET-Lahore
21. University of Punjab, Lahore
22. University of Education
23. University of Health Sciences, UHS
24. University of Sargodha
25. PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi
26. GCU, Faisalabad
27. GCWU, Faisalabad
28. UAF, Faisalabad
29. Ghazi University, D G khan
30. BZU, Multan
31. Women University, Multan
32. MNS UET, Multan
33. MNS Agriculture University, Multan
34. NFCEIT, Multan
35. Nishtar Medical University, Multan
36. IUB, Bahawalpur
37. GSCWU, Bahawalpur
38. Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur
39. Khwaja Fareed University (KFUEIT), R Y Khan
40. Faisalabad Medical University, Faisalabad
41. Rawalpindi Women University, Rawalpindi
42. University of Mianwali
43. University of Home Economics, Lahore

ICT

1. Air University, Islamabad
2. Bahria University, Islamabad
3. Federal Urdu University of Arts , Science and Technology
4. Islamic International University (IIUI)
5. Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad
6. NDU-Islamabad
7. NUML, Islamabad
8. National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi
9. NUST, Islamabad
10. NUTEC-Islamabad
11. PIEAS-Islamabad
12. Quaid-E-Azam University, Islamabad
13. SZAB Medical University, Islamabad
14. COMSATS-Isb

KPK

1. FATA University, Kohat
2. Agriculture University Peshawar
3. Women University Mardan
4. UET Mardan
5. Women University Swabi
6. University of Swabi
7. IMS Peshawar
8. Islamia College Peshawar
9. UET Peshawar
10. University of Haripur
11. Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak
12. UoT Nowshehra
13. KUST Kohat
14. University of Buner
15. AUST Abbottabad
16. Khyber Medical Peshawar
17. Gomal University
18. Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Shringal, Dir Upper
19. Abdul Wali Khan University
20. University of Swat
21. University of Malakand
22. University of Lakki Marwat
23. Hazra University Mansehra
24. University of Peshawar
25. University of Chitral
26. University of Science & Technology, Bannu
27. Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar
28. Bacha Khan University

BALOCHISTAN

1. UET Khuzdar
2. Lasbela University of Agroculture Water and Maring Sciences Uthal
3. Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University Quetta
4. University of Turbat
5. University of Loralai
6. Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and
7. Management Sciences(BUITEMS), Quetta
8. Bolan University of Medical and Health Sciences. Quetta
9. University of Balochistan, Quetta

GILGIT BALTISTAN

1. Karakorum Internatinal University, Giglit
2. University of Baltistan

AJ&K

1. MUST, Mirpur, AJK
2. AJKU, Muzaffarabad
3. Women University, Bagh, AJK
4. University of Poonch, Rawlakot
5. Kotli University, Kotli, AJK

Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Programme – Apply Online

The students are required to apply through HEC Online Application system. The following link will take you to the HEC online apply portal. Click on the following link.

Ehsaas Scholarship Pakistan

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