Continuing Students Scholarships
UHD does not have a scholarship application process, candidates are selected based on information obtained from our Student Record system. Candidate award selections are based on students' academic merit and hours earned at the end of the Fall semester preceding the upcoming academic year.
Eligible students with the highest ranking at the time of the selection processing will be given priority. Scholarship candidates must meet the following requirements to be considered for a UHD Continuing Scholarship:
- Completion of 45 UHD GPA college credit hours; at the end of the fall term.
- Students who have earned more than 85 cumulative college credit hours by the end of the fall term are ineligible.
- Candidates must have a UHD GPA of 3.2 or higher.
- May be renewable up to 1 semester during the spring term, if all requirements are met. Each candidate’s UHD GPA and hours earned will be reviewed at the end of the fall term to determine if renewable for the spring term. Award recipients must have earned 12 college credits for the full-time scholarship and at least 6 hours for the part-time scholarship each term to be eligible for spring renewal.
- This scholarship will be forfeited, if all requirements are not met. Once the award has been forfeited due to insufficient hours earned and/or low GPA, the award cannot be recovered in the future.
The General Scholarship Committee will approve candidates based on academic merit. Scholarship candidates are selected based on the academic history obtained from the UHD Student Record system in January, before the upcoming academic year.
Candidates are not eligible to simultaneously receive another UHD Institutional renewable scholarship. However, students may receive the Red Rose Scholarship and/or departmental scholarships in addition to a UHD Continuing Student scholarship award.
UHD FULL-TIME STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP 2024/2025
- $4,000 annually ($2,000 each, Fall and Spring semesters)
- Male and female students are eligible
- Cumulative 3.0 GPA for all college attended
- Applicant must be a sophomore, junior or senior
- Must enroll in 12 hours at UHD each semester
- Must reside in Houston region and be US citizen or legal resident
- Must demonstrate need by submitting a FAFSA
- No other awards of higher value may be accepted by applicant
- Final decision made by UHD Scholarship Committee on recommendation of Delphian Assembly
- Closed
- Currently enrolled at UHD or last school is UHD
- Have earned at least 45 UHD credit hours and no more than 85 cumulative credit hours
- Merit based
- Minimum 3.2 UHD GPA
- Must enroll in 12 or more UHD college credit hours each semester
- Non-renewable
(Determined by Fall GPA and Spring enrollment prior to the award year.)
- Currently enrolled at UHD or last school is UHD
- Have earned at least 45 UHD credit hours and no more than 85 cumulative credit hours
- Merit based
- Minimum 3.2 UHD GPA
- Must enroll in 12 or more UHD college credit hours each semester
- Non-renewable
(Determined by Fall GPA and Spring enrollment prior to the award year.)
- Currently enrolled at UHD or last school is UHD
- Have earned at least 45 UHD credit hours and no more than 85 cumulative credit hours
- Merit based
- Minimum 3.2 UHD GPA
- Must enroll in 12 or more UHD college credit hours each semester
- Non-renewable
(Determined by Fall GPA and Spring enrollment prior to the award year.)
- Currently enrolled at UHD or last school is UHD
- Have earned at least 45 UHD credit hours and no more than 85 cumulative credit hours
- Merit based
- Minimum 3.2 UHD GPA
- Must enroll in 12 or more UHD college credit hours each semester
- Non-renewable
(Determined by Fall GPA and Spring enrollment prior to the award year.)
- Currently enrolled at UHD or last school is UHD
- Have earned at least 45 UHD credit hours and no more than 85 cumulative credit hours
- Merit based
- Minimum 3.2 UHD GPA
- Must enroll in 12 or more UHD college credit hours each semester
- Non-renewable
(Determined by Fall GPA and Spring enrollment prior to the award year.)
- Currently enrolled at UHD or last school is UHD
- Have earned at least 45 UHD credit hours and no more than 85 cumulative credit hours
- Merit based
- Minimum 3.2 UHD GPA
- Must enroll in 12 or more UHD college credit hours each semester
- Non-renewable
(Determined by Fall GPA and Spring enrollment prior to the award year.)
- Currently enrolled at UHD or last school is UHD
- Have earned at least 45 UHD credit hours and no more than 85 cumulative credit hours
- Need based - FAFSA Required
- Minimum 3.2 UHD GPA
- Must enroll in 12 or more UHD college credit hours each semester
- Non-renewable
(Determined by Fall GPA and Spring enrollment prior to the award year.)
- Currently enrolled at UHD or last school is UHD
- Have earned at least 45 UHD credit hours and no more than 85 cumulative credit hours
- Need based - FAFSA Required
- Minimum 3.2 UHD GPA
- Must enroll in 12 or more UHD college credit hours each semester
- Non-renewable
(Determined by Fall GPA and Spring enrollment prior to the award year.)
- Currently enrolled at UHD or last school is UHD
- Have earned at least 45 UHD credit hours and no more than 85 cumulative credit hours
- Need based - FAFSA Required
- Minimum 3.2 UHD GPA
- Must enroll in 12 or more UHD college credit hours each semester
- Non-renewable
(Determined by Fall GPA and Spring enrollment prior to the award year.)
- Merit Based
- Minimum 3.2 UHD GPA
- Have earned 45 credit hours at UHD and no more than 85 cumulative credit hours
- Minimum enrollment of 6 hours - maximum 11 UHD college credit hours at UHD each semester
- Non-renewable
- No application required, candidates selected by the committee
(Determined by Fall GPA and Spring enrollment prior to the award year.)
- Currently enrolled at UHD or last school is UHD
- Merit and need based - must demonstrate financial need
- Minimum 2.75 UHD GPA
- Must be in pursuit of first baccalaureate degree or masters degree
- Must enroll and complete 12 or more credit hours each semester
- May be renewable, if criteria is met each year
- Agreement to participate in a virtual meeting with UHD faculty member Dr. Hsiao-Ming Wang on behalf of the Yung-Fa Chung Grants-in-Aid Endowment. The specific date and time will be announced later.
- Names and emails of two teachers or UHD faculty who will serve as references. These may be submitted separately, but no later than May 31, 2024.
- Information regarding degree sought, career plans and any special circumstances to be considered, in 75 words or less.
Applications must be filled in electronically using the link below. Handwritten applications will not be considered.
Availability Date: January 2024
Deadline: February 28, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
Application: Download Application
Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
OTHER INSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:
Red Rose Scholars are selected on the basis of their academic achievements, leadership ability, and their potential for contributing to the future of Houston. Red Rose Scholarship recipients must meet the following criteria:
- Submit a complete application and essay to the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid
- Have earned 57 credit hours of college-level course work at the end of the Fall 2023 semester (excluding developmental coursework)
- All transcripts from colleges previously attended must be in the UHD student record system when application is submitted
- 24 UHD college credit hours. (UHD credits hours will be reviewed at the end of the Fall semester 2023.)
- Cumulative UHD GPA of 3.50 or higher at the end of Fall 2023
- Maintained a UHD GPA of 3.50 or higher at the end of the Summer 2024 to be eligible to receive this award in Fall 2024.
- You must plan to enroll in 12 or more credit hours during the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters; (excludes developmental coursework), and
- Enrolled in a Baccalaureate Degree Program, currently pursuing your first undergraduate degree. (PB and Graduate students are not eligible to apply.)
Urban Education Applicants will need to verify that they are participating in a student teaching program, if enrolled less than 12 college credit hours at the beginning of Fall 2024. If selected for this award, student must be enrolled in at least 9 college credit hours and must submit a Deficiency in Scholarship Enrollment Hours Form from an Urban Education Advisor no later than the end of Summer 3 to verify its status; failure to do so will make student ineligible to receive this award.
Social Work Applicants will need to verify that they are enrolled in Field Practicum, if enrolled less than 12 college credit hours at the beginning of Fall 2024. If selected for award, student must be enrolled from at least 10 to 11 college credit hours and must submit Deficiency in Scholarship Enrollment Hours Form from a Social Work Advisor no later than the end of Summer 3 to verify its status; failure to do so will make student ineligible to receive this award.
Your graduation date will be verified through your college advisor. You must plan to graduate in May 2025 or later. Please note that you will become ineligible, if it is determined that you are graduating prior to Spring 2025.
Initial Award per Academic Year is $6,000 (Fall $3,000/Spring $3,000) Maximum Lifetime Award $12,000 - Minimum need in a semester should be at least $3,000 or greater. Based on your Financial Aid unmet need, which is determined by submission and completion of the FAFSA
- Be a nonresident from an eligible country;
- Be a native-born citizen and current resident of a nation of the Western Hemisphere other than Cuba or the United States;
- Intend to return to the eligible country upon completion of his/her program of study, not eligible if you have permanent resident status;
- Be admitted unconditionally at an eligible public institution in Texas; and
- Maintain satisfactory academic progress