University of Wisconsin-Madison

Scholarships

The College of Letters and Science (L&S) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison celebrates and rewards the diverse talents and achievements students bring to enhance the university's mission to "discover, examine, critically preserve and transmit knowledge, wisdom, and values that will help insure the survival of this and future generations and improve the quality of life for all."

The college seeks to expand the Wisconsin Idea beyond our state and nation by providing an education that prepares students to contribute to and flourish in the multicultural, multinational world of the 21st century.

To recruit and retain quality students, the College of Letters and Science awards scholarships on the basis of a combination of factors, including: academic merit, creative accomplishment, financial need, diversity of background, force of character, leadership, and commitment to community.

The College of Letters and Science strongly supports the University’s commitment to increasing need-based aid and scholarships to provide increased affordability and access to undergraduate students and to improve the undergraduate experience at UW-Madison.

Whenever possible (and in-line with donor criteria and college values) scholarships are awarded to students with financial need to attract and retain our brightest and most promising students.

To be eligible for an L&S Scholarship, students must be pursuing a degree in Letters & Science. Continuing students must have completed at least two full-time semesters at UW-Madison and have a minimum cumulative 3.0 grade point average.

If a recipient transfers to another school or college on the UW-Madison campus or graduates, s/he will no longer be eligible to receive L&S scholarship funds, unless explicitly noted in the scholarship's description.

Apply for Scholarships

Find the "Application" tab at top of this page and select the appropriate application.

The Freshmen Application for the 2012-2013 year will open on November 1, 2011 with a deadline on February 1, 2012. Applicants are encourage to apply for scholarships prior to the admissions decision to ensure submitting the scholarships application on time.

The actual application is located on your MyUW page in the Student Center.

Continuing students can check MyUW frequently throughout the year for available scholarship opportunities. The Letters & Science yearly cycle for continuing students starts with the opening of the application in September 2011 with an October 16, 2011 deadline. Payments are issued in January 2012.

Scholarships@UW-Madison

There is a new website that makes it easy to identify UW-Madison scholarships. Scholarships@UW-Madison is designed to help prospective, new and continuing students and their parents find undergraduate scholarship details within one site. Instead of navigating individual schools and colleges, students can turn to this comprehensive resource to find UW scholarships for which they are eligible.

Interested in applying for scholarships? Log-in periodically to MyUW to start any active applications (Under the Student Services Tab).

Contribute to Scholarships


Student Academic Affairs scholarships@lssaa.wisc.edu (608) 262-4852	Student Academic Affairs College of Letters & Science University of Wisconsin - Madison © 2007 University of Wisconsin Board of Regents