Thapar University offers various merit and need based scholarships to UG and PG students under all the programs. Scholarships awarded are in the form of tuition fee waivers or direct money deposits. The article below elaborates each scholarship offered at Thapar University.

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Scholarship to BTech/BE students 

TIET offers 337 merit scholarships to BTech/BE students based on the eligibility criteria as set by the institute. Students pursuing Thapar University BTech or BE program can apply for these scholarships:

Name of the Scholarship Criteria for First Year Number Value of Scholarship Criteria from 2nd year and onwards 
Merit Scholarship 1 Aggregate Marks* > 95% at 10+2 level. First 35 students irrespective of branch on the basis of AIR of JEE Main -2022. 35 TF + DF waived off In case of Merit scholarship 1 and 2- Minimum 8.50 CGPA and 8 CGPA in case of Merit scholarship 3 in all the preceding semester(s) and should not have any backlog in the year of consideration and must have passed all the courses offered in the semester(s) prior to the year of consideration. The Merit Scholarship-I, II, III will be awarded on the basis of their AGPA scored in the year of consideration irrespective of marks obtained in 10+2. 
Merit Scholarship 2 Aggregate Marks* > 90% at 10+2 level. Next 45 students irrespective of branch on the basis of AIR of JEE Main -2022 45 TF waived off
Merit Scholarship 3 Aggregate Marks* > 85% at 10+2 level. First 10% of admitted students (other than over and above intake) in each discipline on the basis of AIR of JEE Main-2022.  240 (approx) Half of the tuition fee is waived off
Merit Scholarship 4 (A) Aggregate Marks* > 95% at 10+2 level. Top student irrespective of branch (Biotechnology or Biomedical Engg.) on the basis of Institute rank assigned by TIET on the basis of PCB marks at 10+2 1 TF + DF waived off Same as that of Merit Scholarship -I and II
Merit Scholarship 4 (B) Aggregate Marks* > 90% at 10+2 level. Next 01 student irrespective of branch (Biotechnology or Biomedical Engg.) on the basis of Institute rank assigned by TIET on the basis of PCB marks at 10+2. 1 TF waived off
Merit Scholarship 4 (C) First 10 % of admitted students (other than over and above intake) in BTech (Biotechnology) and BTech (Biomedical Engg) on the basis of Institute rank assigned by TIET on the basis of PCB marks at 10+2. The students must also have aggregate marks* > 85% at 10+2 level.  3 (approx) Half of the tuition fee is waived off Same as merit scholarship III
Merit Sscholarship 5 (For Lateral entry students admitted in 2nd year of BE/BTech) This scholarship shall be awarded on the basis of CGPA obtained in the 3rd semester i.e. CGPA obtained in the first semester of the second year.  12 (approx) Eligible candidates can avail this scholarship only in the 3rd and 4th year of BTech/BE program

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Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Scholarship to other UG students 

TIET offers need based scholarships to UG students pursuing BA, BBA, or BSc program at the institute. There are total 25 such scholarships available. 

Name of Scholarship Criteria for award of scholarship for First Year Total Number of Scholarships Value of Scholarship Proposed Criteria from 2nd year and onwards
Merit-CUM-Means Scholarship_Normal Gross family income ≤ 10.00 lac. Given on the basis of ascending order of income. (In case of a tie in family income, Girl students coming from families having no male child will be given preference) Note: Scholarship cases shall be finalized by Committee consisting of Deans and Registrar. 20 TF + DF waived off Gross family income ≤ ₹10.00 lac. CGPA ≥ 7.00, Income criteria to be followed, No backlog at the time of applying for scholarship. 
Merit-Cum-Means Scholarships_Special Gross family income ≤ 10.00 lac to deserving cases not covered in “Merit-CumMeans Scholarships _ normal” 5 (maximum) TF + DF waived off Deserving cases of UG students not covered in “Merit-Cum-Means Scholarships _ normal” will be considered.

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Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Scholarship for ME/MTech Students

The candidates admitted in Thapar University M.Tech/ ME will be eligible for the scholarship as per the following: 

Scholarship from AICTE: Candidates with valid GATE score, will be considered to receive scholarships only if approved and the amount released by AICTE or any other funding agency (applicable only for intake approved by AICTE). 

Scholarship from TIET: Candidates with valid GATE score who are getting the scholarship from AICTE or from any other funding agency as mentioned at ‘I’ above, shall also be eligible for an additional scholarship of INR 5000/- per month from TIET.

Candidates with valid GATE score who are not getting the scholarship from AICTE or from any other funding agency as mentioned at ‘I’ above, shall be offered a scholarship of INR 12,400/- per month.

ME/MTech Candidates who are not GATE qualified shall be offered INR 10,000/- per month for 10 months in an academic year. A minimum 70% (65% for SC/ST) of marks in qualifying degree will be required to avail these scholarships. For continuation of Scholarship in the second year, a minimum of 8.00 CGPA at the end of the first year will be required with no backlog.

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Scholarship for MSc students 

General category students pursuing MSc program at Thapar University get merit based scholarship. Merit scholarship will be awarded only if the number of students registered in a discipline is at least five. The scholarship is awarded in the 2nd semester based on performance in 1st semester. In the 2nd year, scholarship awarded is on the basis of students performance in the 1st year. 

Eligibility: The eligible students should not have AGPA less than 8.00 and should not have any backlog in the year of consideration and must have passed all the courses offered in the semester(s) prior to the year of consideration. 

Value of Scholarship: Scholarship awarded in second semester will be full value of tuition fee. In the 3rd semester, half amount of tuition fee will be removed. And, in the 4th semester, quarter of tuition fee will be removed. 

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Scholarship to MCA students 

10% of the amitted strength are given scholarship based on their performance in the academics. Scholarship amount for the Thapar University MCA 1st year is awarded in second semester based on performance in first semester. Scholarship amount for the second year will be awarded on the basis of student’s performance in first year. 

Eligibility: The eligible students should not have AGPA less than 8.00 and should not have any backlog in the year of consideration and must have passed all the courses offered in the semester(s) prior to the year of consideration. 

Value of Scholarship: INR 40,000 per annum.

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Scholarship to MBA students 

LMTSM offers 75 merit scholarships to MBA students who have valid institute-based test scores or NMAT by GMAC score. Scholarship to Thapar University MBA students is provided on the basis of ranking in the admission evaluation process. The table below gives deatils about the no. of scholarships available for different categories of students:

Scholarship type No. of scholarships available
for Candidates Applying through NMAT by GMAC scores for Candidates Applying through other test scores
50% tuition fee waiver 10 15
30% tuition fee waiver 10 15
20% tuition fee waiver 10 15

Other Popular Scholarships at Thapar University

Name of the Scholarship Amount
Vimlasons Charitable Foundation Scholarships INR 50,000 per annum
A.C.Khanna-Balraj Chexal Scholarship INR 10,000 per annum
Shakuntla-Juneja Memorial Scholarship INR 10,000 per annum
Late Dr. H.S. Kasana Scholarship  INR 10,000 per annum
Dipesh Chawla Memorial Scholarship INR 32,000 per annum
Sardarni Mohinder Kaur Sidhu Memorial Scholarship INR 10,000 per annum
Amir Chand and Dewki Bai Batra Scholarship INR 15,000 per annum
Prem Sagar Gupta Merit Scholarship INR 5,000 per annum
National Thermal Power Corporation Scholarship Scheme INR 18,000 per annum

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