Georgia Southern International Merit Scholarship

About the Scholarship

Georgia Southern University waives the out-of-country fee for selected international students, a saving the university puts at roughly $13,000 a year and $52,000 across a degree. With the waiver, it says tuition and fees come to about $3,700 a semester.

This is one of the few American university awards that weighs financial need alongside grades and asks for an essay rather than handing the award out automatically. The essay includes a question about how you intend to use the education after returning to your home country.

Two limits worth knowing: it is for autumn entry only, not spring or summer, and students already enrolled cannot apply. The application form is still headed with the previous cycle's year, so confirm the current dates before relying on them.

What It Covers

Tuition
Fees

A waiver of the out-of-country fee charged to international students, which the university values at approximately $13,000 a year and around $52,000 across four years. It says a recipient pays about $3,700 a semester in tuition and fees, on an estimate of 15 credit hours a semester that excludes housing, food and mandatory health insurance.

Eligibility

Good academic standing, demonstrated financial need, and commitment to the university and the community. First-year recipients can renew for eight semesters and transfer recipients for four, on an overall 2.5 grade average.

Eligible Countries

New international first-year and transfer students in F-1 visa status beginning in the autumn term are eligible to apply. Students already enrolled are not.

All countries

How to Apply

A separate scholarship application alongside the admission application, including a 500-word essay covering educational intent, community service, financial need, and how the student intends to use the education after returning home. Applicants must be accepted for admission before being considered, and decisions come no later than 1 April. The timing described here belongs to the previously published call. The next-cycle application dates are not yet confirmed. Dates in the provider’s previous call should not be assumed to repeat.