Global Wildcat First-Year Tuition Award

The Global Wildcat Tuition First-Year Award is a highly competitive undergraduate tuition scholarship offered annually to a select number of international students attending Arizona.

• Students selected for this scholarship will receive an email.
• Offers are non-negotiable and are not increased to match offers from other institutions.
• The award must be used the semester for which it was first offered.
• Awards are not offered for any summer term.

Eligibility

• International student status.
• Offers are non-negotiable and are not increased to match offers from other institutions and remain the same as the initial offer for continuing students, even if a student improves their GPA at Arizona.
• Awards are for undergraduate studies only.
• The award must be used the semester in which the student is enrolling at the University, after an an approved admissions deferment.

Availability

Four consecutive years (eight semesters total) for fall and spring semesters only, based on academic year renewal requirements. This award is not available for use in Distance campus, Arizona Online programs, Global Partner Programs or for Global Microcampus program use.

Students who complete their undergraduate degree in less than 4 consecutive semesters may use the remaining semester(s) toward full-time graduate tuition (only) at Arizona in the semester immediately following undergraduate degree completion.

Similarly, undergraduate students who have completed some undergraduate coursework at Arizona and are accepted into certain professional programs, such as Pharmacy, which do not require the completion of a Bachelor's degree, may qualify to use their remaining semester(s) of their merit tuition award towards this program after completing their undergraduate coursework and are admitted into the PharmD program at Arizona.

Please contact OSFA to inquire about full eligibility requirements.

Students who are enrolled in the College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture's 5-year Bachelor of Architecture degree program will receive three consecutive years (six semesters total) for fall and spring semesters only, based on academic year renewal requirements.