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Scholarships available to engineering students

For engineering students

  • Freshman Academic Achievement Award

    Class Level: Freshman
    Major: Any in Engineering
    Number of Awards: 120
    Amount of Award: $3,000 (non-renewable); $1,500 (non-renewable); $500 (non-renewable)
    Application Deadline: March 1
    Eligibility: Outstanding high school seniors who plan to enroll in engineering.
    Contact: If you are a Wisconsin high school student, see the math or science teacher in your high school for further information and an application form. If you attend high school outside Wisconsin, please write us (Freshman Academic Achievement Awards, 1150 Engineering, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706) to request an application, or download one online.

  • New Freshman LEED (Leaders in Engineering Excellence and Diversity) Scholarship (formerly the Diversity Affairs Scholarship)

    Class Level: Freshman Students
    Major: Any in Engineering
    Number of Awards: Varies
    Amount of Award: Varies
    Application Deadline: March 1
    (Adobe Acrobat PDF application form)
    Eligibility: Underrepresented minority students

    Contact: Libby A. Lee, Diversity Affairs Office, 608/265-9042.

  • Department scholarships

    Class Level: Sophomore, Junior, Senior. For currently enrolled engineering students only.
    Major: Any in engineering
    Number of Awards: Varies
    Amount of Award: Varies
    Application Deadline: Usually March 15, but can vary by department.
    Eligibility: Scholarships generally go to students admitted into a degree-granting department. Pre-engineers may apply for a scholarship if they have also applied for departmental admission.
    Contact: The specific department office.
    Ask about the application process and other scholarship opportunities.

    Biomedical Engineering. Scholarships are available for students who are currently or will be registered BME undergraduate students for the fall 2008 semester. To apply, please complete the application form and return it to the Student Services Office, Room 3182 Mechanical Engineering Building. The deadline is April 15th, 2008.
    Chemical and Biological Engineering. To apply: http://www.engr.wisc.edu/che/current/. The application form is available online or outside of 2035 Engineering Hall. Deadline is early May.
    Civil and Environmental Engineering. An application form is not necessary; all civil engineering students are automatically considered for departmental scholarships.
    Industrial and Systems Engineering. To apply: http://www.engr.wisc.edu/ie/current/undergrad/scholarships.html Visit the department office, 360 Mechanical Engineering Building, for the application form. Deadline is end of the third week in September.
    Electrical and Computer Engineering
    To apply: http://www.engr.wisc.edu/ece/current/ The application form is may be downloaded online or picked up in the CEE/ECE/GLE Student Services main office (2312 EH). The application deadline is March 15.
    Engineering Physics. An application form is not necessary; all students are automatically considered for the departmental scholarships after they enter the Nuclear Engineering, Engineering Mechanics or Engineering Physics major.
    Geological Engineering. An application form is not necessary; all geological engineering students are automatically considered for departmental scholarships.
    Materials Science & Engineering. Visit 276 Materials Science & Engineering Building for the application form and more information.
    Mechanical Engineering. To apply http://www.engr.wisc.edu/me/current/undergrad/getstarted.html#scholarships. The application form is available outside of the ME Student Services Office, 3107 Mechanical Engineering Building. Deadline: March 15.

  • Grainger Outstanding Power Engineering Student Awards

    Class Level: All Undergraduate and Graduate
    Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Number of Awards: Varies
    Amount of Award: Range from $5000
    Application Deadline: March 15
    Eligibility: These awards are intended to reward highly qualified and motivated students following programs of study in electric machines and drive systems, industrial motion control, power electronics and electric power systems.
    Contact: Wisconsin Power Electronics Research Center, bjohnson@engr.wisc.edu, 608/262-3934.

  • Polygon Awards

    Class Level: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
    Major: Any in Engineering
    Number of Awards: Varies
    Amount of Award: Varies between $300 and $5,000.
    Application Deadline: Varies; usually in early March
    Eligibility: Outstanding student.
    Contact: Polygon Engineering Council, 608/265-2212.

  • Engineering Professional Organizations

    A number of engineering student organizations and their national affiliates, such as the Society of Women Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, offer scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students. Consult individual student organizations registered with the COE Student Leadership Center for more information.

  • Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Scholarship

    Contact your high school guidance counselor or one of the three military training programs at UW-Madison.

Of interest to all students

  • Undergraduate Academic Awards Office

    The UAA Office is a resource center for UW undergraduates and recent graduates interested in applying for campus-wide and nationally competitive scholarships.

Please see the Undergraduate Scholarship Booklet courtesy of the Office of Student Financial Services.



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Date last modified: 27-Mar-2008.
Date created 24-Jan-2001.
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