Scholarship Pathways for the Upcoming Intake
What kinds of scholarships are typically available through our partner universities, who tends to qualify, and how to find out what applies to you.
Cost is usually the first question a family asks, and scholarships are often the deciding factor in whether studying abroad is realistic at all. Here's an honest overview of how scholarship support typically works across our partner network — and, just as importantly, what it doesn't guarantee.
The main categories
- Merit-based tuition waivers — a percentage reduction in tuition fees, usually tied to academic performance in qualifying exams and, where applicable, NEET score.
- Partial scholarships — a fixed reduction applied for the full duration of the course, offered by some partner universities to strengthen their applicant pool from India.
- Full scholarships — comparatively rare, typically reserved for exceptional academic profiles, and usually subject to maintaining a minimum grade requirement each year.
- Hostel and accommodation waivers — offered independently of tuition scholarships by some institutions, which can meaningfully reduce total cost of attendance even when tuition itself isn't discounted.
What typically affects eligibility
- Academic performance in 12th/Plus Two and, for medical programs, NEET-UG score.
- Timing of application — many scholarship allocations are limited and assessed on a rolling basis, so earlier applicants generally have more options.
- Demonstrated financial need, for need-based awards specifically.
- Program and country — availability varies significantly by university and by intake cycle; a scholarship offered last year isn't guaranteed to repeat on the same terms.
How AEC Studies handles this in practice
Because scholarship terms change by university and by intake, we don't publish fixed amounts on this website — anything specific enough to be useful would likely be outdated within a cycle. Instead, once a student's academic profile is reviewed, our counsellors identify which of our partner universities currently offer scholarships that realistically match that profile, and handle the additional documentation those applications require.
A note on affordability beyond scholarships
Scholarships are one lever, not the whole answer. When we counsel a family on cost, we look at total cost of attendance — tuition, hostel, travel, and living expenses across the full program — rather than tuition fees in isolation, since a "cheaper" headline tuition figure can sometimes hide a higher total cost once everything else is added.
If you'd like a realistic sense of what might be available for your specific academic profile, the most useful next step is a direct conversation rather than a generic number on a webpage.