IIT Roorkee provides financial assistance to students by offering them scholarship schemes like Inspire She Scheme and various other schemes. Economically weaker students can avail of the tuition fee waiver benefit. Students having a strong academic background can also benefit from the IIT Roorkee scholarships. Check the list of IIT Roorkee scholarships mentioned below:
| Scholarship Name | Details |
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Merit-cum-Means Scholarship (MCM) |
- IIT Roorkee awards this scholarship to the students who are meritorious but have financial constraints - MCM scholarship is offered to 25% of undergraduate students - Students admitted in MSc second year can also apply for it |
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Convocation Awards/ Scholarship |
- IITR distributes these awards and scholarships during the convocation ceremony to the graduating students - There are two set criteria for these awards: Type A1: Based on Academic Performance Type A2 Based on Academic Performance and other various activities. |
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Non-Convocation Awards/ Scholarship |
- These are given to current students of various classes - Awarded on the basis of the following criteria: Type A1: Based on academic performance Type A2: Based on various other achievements |
IIT Roorkee Scholarship FAQs
Given below are the FAQs about the scholarships offered at IIT Roorkee:
In the Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme, a student gets his/her tuition fee waived as per the following criteria.
Full Tuition Fee Waiver– Offered to the most economically backward students having a family income of less than INR 1 LPA during the previous financial year or current assessment year.
2/3 Tuition Fee Waiver– Offered to economically backward students having a family income in the range of INR 1 LPA to INR 5 LPA during the previous financial year or current assessment year
The Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme is available only for the normal duration of the programme. For dual degree programmes, it is available only up to the 4th year.
Under the Free Messing scheme, a student can avail of a free messing (only basic menu) facility and a pocket allowance of INR 250 per month. Such students are also exempted from payment of hostel room rent. In case a student does not seek free messing, he/she gets a pocket allowance of INR 1,000 per month. To avail Free Messing scheme, a student is expected to fulfil the following conditions:
- Applicant belongs to SC or ST category.
- The applicant is a student of BTech, BArch, Integrated Dual Degree (IDD), Integrated Master of Technology (IMT), Integrated Master of Science (IMS), and BS-MS programmes admitted through JEE (Advanced) or MSc programmes admitted through JAM.
- The Gross Income of parents (Father and Mother or Guardian) during the previous financial year is not more than INR 5 LPA.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a year ago
IIT Roorkee offers three different scholarships to its BSc students. Each scholarship is aimed at providing financial aid to deserving and meritorious students of the college. Listed below are the available scholarships along with the eligibility criteria:
1. MCM Scholarship
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a year ago
IIT Roorkee offers three different scholarships namely MCM Scholarship, Inspire She Scholarship, James Thomason Scholarship. For each of these scholarships, student needs to submit different set of documents. Listed below are the documents required:
To apply for James Thomason Scholarship student mus
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a year ago
The highest amount of scholarship is offered under the MCM scholarship. In this scholarship IIT Roorkee offers various benefits. A student availing MCM scholarship will get INR 1,000 per month for 10 months per academic year and refund of the remaining tuition fee.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 years ago
Yes, IIT Roorkee offers around three scholarships, including Merit-Cum-Means (MCM), James Thomason Scholarship, INSPIRE Scholarship IITR. Apart from this, the institute also offers several fee waivers and assistantships on need and merit basis. For more details, students are advised to visit the adm
Contributor-Level 10
Answered 6 days ago
No, you cannot apply for B.Des programme at IIT Roorkee even if you have cleared the UCEED Entrance Exam because Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics are compulsory subjects in 10+2. But you can apply for B.Des programme at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad and IIT Indore.
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The tuition fee waiver / concession in IITs and NITs are as follows:
For GEN and OBC students having annual family income less than Rs. 1 Lacs and all SC, ST & PwD students: 100% tuition fee waiver. Only fee in other heads like exam fee, hostel and mess fee, gymkhana fee, etc., need to be paid.
For GEN and OBC students having annual family income between Rs. 1 Lacs and Rs. 5 lakh: 2/3rd waiver in tuition fee. Only 33.33% of tuition fee need to be paid.
For GEN and OBC students having annual family income above Rs. 5 Lacs or those students who are not desirous of obtaining fee waiver or have not submitted income certificate: Full tuition fee need to be paid.