Founded in 1865, Cornell University is a private Ivy League and statutory land-grant research university in Ithaca, New York. It is organized into seven undergraduate colleges and seven graduate divisions at its main Ithaca campus, with each college and division defining its specific admission standards and academic programmes in near autonomy. It is one of the few private land grant universities in the United States.
A $25 million endowment has been established thanks to a significant contribution from the Tata Education and Development Trust, a charitable subsidiary of India’s Tata Group, which will allow Cornell to give financial help to Indian undergraduate students. The Tata Scholarship Fund will support approximately 20 scholars at any given time and will ensure that the very best Indian students have access to Cornell, regardless of their financial circumstances. The scholarship is awarded once a year and will cover the term of the recipient’s undergraduate education at Cornell.
Eligibility
To apply for the Tata Scholarship at Cornell University, the student must meet the following eligibility criteria:
Should be a citizen of India
Should have attended secondary school in India
Preference will be given to qualified students accepted to the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning; the College of Engineering; the Applied Economics and Management major in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business; and majors across colleges in the biological sciences, physical sciences, and other “hard” sciences, as well as the social sciences.
Should be eligible for need-based financial aid
Funding Details
The Tata Cornell Scholarship would provide rewards based on the candidates’ financial needs as well as their courses. The TATA Group will provide scholarship funding for the number of semesters required for a student to complete an undergraduate degree, with the exception of a 5-year programme in architecture, which requires a master’s of full-time endowments, in which case they will provide up to 8 semesters of funding. Additional semesters due to double majors or dual degrees will not be funded.
Application Process
Undergraduate applicants will be eligible for consideration for the Tata Scholarship if they have completed the admission application and have applied for financial aid. All undergraduate applicants must apply for financial aid by completing the financial aid application process for international students.
To apply for international financial aid the following documentation is required:
Complete the College Scholarship Service (CSS) PROFILE (Cornell’s CSS code is 2098).
Additional information may be requested by the Office of Financial Aid.
To apply for the scholarship, interested candidates can process by clicking on this link.
For further information, click here.
