FEE WAIVERS, SCHOLARSHIPS and PRIZES

1. Fee Waivers: Full tuition fee waiver is provided by UIT to 06 candidates (03 –Low Income (LI) group i.e. candidates with annual income of parents less than 2.5 lakhs, 02-Meritorious Girls (MG), 01-Physically Challenged) in each Engineering branch as per AICTE norms. Further all physically challenged candidates are exempted from all kinds of fees whatsoever (except refundable security amount to be paid once only at the time of admission).
2. Centre and State Government Sponsored Scholarship
   Schemes: Eligible students (EWS belonging to General, SC, ST categories and religious minority candidates, Meritorious Girls, Wards of Armed Forces etc.) are also encouraged and guided by UIT’s NSP Nodal officer to apply for scholarships through online portals and all candidates get benefitted with refund up to 100% (or as admissible under scheme concerned and the budget provision of State/Central Governent) of the fee paid.
3. Scholarships from UIT:  The students will be granted four merit scholarships, one for each year of B. Tech. (IT, CSE, ECE, CE & EE) course in UIT. The amount of the scholarship will be Rs.500/month. The basis of awarding merit scholarship is as given below:
   • For 1^st year: on the basis of result of 10+2 examination passed by the candidate admitted in the first year. The duration of the scholarship will be one full academic session i.e. 1^st July to 30^th June.
   • For 2^nd year: B. Tech. 1^st year result (semester I and II taken together). It will be for the duration of one full academic session i.e. 1^st July to 30^th June.
   • For 3^rd year: B. Tech. 1^st and 2^nd year result (semester I, II, III and IV taken together). It will be for duration of one full academic session i.e. 1^st July to 30^th June.
   • For 4^th year: B. Tech. 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd year (semester I, II, III, IV, V & VI taken together). It will be for the duration of one full academic session i.e. 1^st July to 30^th June.
4. Prizes:
   The Students will be given prizes in each year for standing First, Second and Third in the Semester examinations on the basis of aggregate marks scored in the semester examination. These prizes will be as given below:
   • Three prizes (I, II & III prize) on the basis of B. Tech. semester I result
   • Three prizes (I, II & III prize) on the basis of B. Tech. semester II result
   • Three prizes (I, II & III prize) on the basis of B. Tech. semester III result
   • Three prizes (I, II & III prize) on the basis of B. Tech. semester IV result
   • Three prizes (I, II & III prize) on the basis of B. Tech. semester V result
   • Three prizes (I, II & III prize) on the basis of B. Tech. semester VI result
   • Three prizes (I, II & III prize) on the basis of B. Tech. semester VII result
   • Three prizes (I, II & III prize) on the basis of B. Tech. semester VIII result

First prize will be given in the form of books costing Rs.1,000.00. Second prize in the form of books costing Rs.750.00 and the third prize in the form of books costing Rs.500.00. Students will be given coupons of the respective amounts for choosing books of their choice from the market.

General rules for the award of UIT Scholarships/Prizes:

1. All awards shall be made on the basis of Board/University normal annual/semester examinations only. No award shall be given on the basis of result of the supplementary examination or on the basis of the result of a reappear case (excluding re-evaluation which will be counted). Further, provided that there should be no gap in the academic career between qualifying examination and the year in which the admission is sought for.
2. The award shall be given to the candidate/candidates who pass the qualifying examination in the first attempt at which he/she or they were due to appear, i.e. the candidate (s) getting a reappear in any of the semester (they are due to appear) of the qualifying examination, will not be considered at all for the award of the Scholarships/Prizes.
3. Scholarships/ Prizes, shall be awarded for the period the students are required to pay tuition fee and shall be discontinued if the candidate does not show satisfactory attendance or fails to appear in the examination in which he was due to appear or gets a reappear in any paper or on unsatisfactory conduct. The Scholarships/ Prizes so vacated shall be awarded to the next eligible candidate of the same academic session.
4. If a Scholarship/Prize falls vacant, the same may be awarded for the remainder of the term to the next student available in order of merit in the respective session of the class concerned.
   A Scholarship/ Prize awarded by the Institute shall be awarded only to candidate studying in University Institute of Technology (UIT).