Scholarships Granted in the Campuses

Student Activities Scholarship

This scholarship is administered by the Student Council of each campus. It is aimed to take care of special needs. The funds for this scholarship come from funds raised from activities carried out by the Student Council.

Choir, Tuna, Theater and Band Scholarship

This scholarship provides stipends to students participating in any of these extracurricular activities. This will depend on the availability of funds.

Special Fund Scholarship

This special fund aims to take care of the economic need of students who have depleted their eligibility for the Federal PELL Grant and who still have a semester or trimester to complete the requirements of their program.

Incentives of the Honors Program

Students belonging to the Honors Program qualify to receive an economic incentive, based on their academic performance and subject to the availability of funds of this program in each campus. The amount of the incentive awarded is to cover the partial or total cost of the credits in which the student is registered, and depends on the level to which the student belongs. The three established levels are described in the section of the Honors Program of this Catalog.

Engineering Scholarship

The Bayamón Campus has a special scholarship fund for engineering students. This is known as the Honor Engineering Scholarship and has the objective of recruiting new talented students to the Bayamón Campus. The School of Engineering of the Campus can provide information on the eligibility requirements of this Scholarship.

Athletic Scholarships

Inter American University assigns funds annually to offer athletic scholarships to eligible students who stand out in their abilities in sports. Institutional financial aid may be used to pay for studies and other expenses as provided by the Interuniversity Athletic League (LAI) regulations, and to the extent to which the economic resources permit.

Student athletes who, in addition qualify to receive federal or state financial aid, must meet the current requirements and regulations to receive this aid.

Student athletes recruited by the athletic department of IAU must meet the following requirements to receive financial aid for their participation in athletic activities:

1. Be full-time students of Inter American University.
2. Be recruited or recommended by a member of the team of trainers, in harmony with the required minimum mark or level of achievement established by the Institutional Athletic Director, in consultation with the coordinators in the academic units.
3. Comply with the satisfactory academic progress norms, as established by the institutional norm of IAU and by the regulations of the LAI.
4. Accept the financial aid that is offered.