Global Education Graduate Merit Scholarship

Renewal Criteria

The scholarship will be automatically renewed to the next year if you:

Earned a minimum of 3.0 GPA during the previous academic year
Maintained full time enrollment in each of the fall and spring semesters (or approved SEVIS RCL)
Continued to hold active F-1 or J-1 student status
Continued to hold nonresident status for tuition purposes
Are not otherwise fully funded by a scholarship through third parties or a full assistantship award

The scholarship is usually posted approximately a week prior to the beginning of the semester.

The Haenicke Institute for Global Education awards the Global Education Graduate Merit Scholarship to international students admitted Fall semester 2025. The Global Education Graduate Merit Scholarship is a scholarship awarded to international graduate students based on the criteria of merit and the student's total estimated cost balance. Scholarship applies only to WMU academic tuition.

Eligibility:

Initial F-1 or J-1 international graduate student applicants admitted for Fall 2025

Minimum GPA: 3.5/4.0 (WMU will convert all international grading systems to a 4-point scale)

Exclusions:

Visa holders other than F-1/J-1 international student

Students fully funded for tuition through Governmental/NGO scholarships or fully funded WMU assistantships.

International graduate students applying for and enrolled in fully online degree programs (programs comprised of all online courses)