Grants
Undergraduates:
Undergraduate beneficiaries are eligible for AUI grant for a maximum of eight (8) semesters. To be eligible for aid and to retain eligibility, a student must be making satisfactory academic progress by achieving a minimum GPA .Therefore; all undergraduate financial aid recipients must maintain a minimum 2.00 semester grade point average. Students who fail to meet this requirement during the fall or spring semester are placed on financial aid probation for the following semester. If they are unable to re-achieve satisfactory academic standing at the conclusion of the probationary semester they will be placed on "financial aid suspension" until such time that they satisfy the semester grade point average requirement. If, on the other hand, students obtain a semester grade point average below 1.50, they will lose their eligibility to financial aid for the following semester. The summer session GPA will not be taken into account either for probation, suspension or reinstatement.
N.B: Financial aid is not available during the summer session.
The following table summarizes the data above:
Semester Status |
Grant Decision |
SGPA ≥ 2.00 |
Good standing, maintain grant for the following semester |
SGPA between 1.50 – 1.99 |
Probation and maintain grant with condition to obtain
SGPA 2.00 or better for the following semester |
SGPA ≤ 1.49 |
Grant suspension for the following semester until
you reach SGPA 2.00 or higher |
SGPA between 1.50 – 1.99 for two
consecutive semesters |
Grant suspension for the following semester until
you reach SGPA 2.00 or higher |
Please note also that students with a need-based grant are not allowed to benefit from a single room (except with a special permission from the Vice President for Student Affairs and only in exceptional circumstances).
A separate financial aid system is also applicable to students with AUI grant enrolled in Language Center courses with or without CAD courses in their first or second semester at AUI. At the end of the semester:
- Students who are left with a maximum of 4 language center courses (for e.g. those passing from level 1 to level 2) obtaining a passing grade of (A,B or C) in their CAD and / or regular courses, can maintain their grant for the following semester.
- If the student obtains a failing grade of (D, F or WF) in one course, he will be placed on financial aid probation with a conditional grant for the following semester.
- If the student fails in more than one course, he will automatically lose his grant for the following semester Moreover, students who receive the grade of « F » in one or more language center courses, whether in level 1 or 2, will be placed on scholarship suspension for the following semester regardless of their grades obtained in their CAD or other courses. The cost of one language center course corresponds to that of 3 credits.
The following table summarizes the data above:
Maximum 4 courses at the Langue Center with a grade of « P » and
a passing grade of (A, B or C) in other courses (CAD or regular) |
Good standing
Maintain grant for the following semester |
Maximum 4 courses at the Langue Center with a grade of « P » and
a failing grade of « D », « F », or « WF » in one course (CAD or regular) |
Financial Aid Probation with conditional grant for the following semester |
Receiving a grade of « P » in language center courses and a failing grade of « D », « F », or « WF » in two courses or more (CAD or regular) |
Financial Aid Suspension
for the following semester |
Failed language center course(s) in the first semester regardless of their grades obtained in their CAD or other courses. |
Financial aid suspension for the following semester(s) |
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