Scholarships

The cornerstone scholarship program for incoming first-year students to the University of Cincinnati is the Cincinnatus Scholarship. The brightest and most promising prospective freshmen in all academic disciplines are selected to receive renewable awards totaling more than $22 million in University of Cincinnati four-year scholarships. 

$1,000/academic semester for up to 6 academic semesters. 
Criteria:

• Transitioning from UC Blue Ash or UC Clermont regional campuses to CEAS in any semester
• Pell eligible
• Meet published academic requirements for transition into a CEAS program and have been offered admission to CEAS program
• Completed at least 12 credit hours at UC Blue Ash or UC Clermont excluding credit hours completed via CCP
• Confirmed admission and enroll as a full-time student (minimum 12 credit hours) upon entering CEAS
• There is no separate application. All confirmed Blue Ash and Clermont transition students to CEAS are reviewed for eligibility. If eligible, the award will be automatically awarded.

The Bearcat Engineering Transfer Scholarship provides renewable awards of $1,000 per semester to incoming domestic transfer students for up to eight semesters. 

To be eligible, students must: 

• Meet the published academic requirements for transferring into a College of Engineering & Applied Science (CEAS) program. 
• Have been offered admission to a CEAS program. 

To maintain the scholarship, recipients must: 

• Remain enrolled in a CEAS program. 
• Maintain good academic standing throughout their studies. 

This scholarship supports transfer students in their journey toward innovation and excellence at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Engineering & Applied Science. Students do not need to submit a separate application for the Bearcat Engineering Transfer Scholarship, it will automatically be applied to students’ accounts if they are eligible. 

The University of Cincinnati offers additional scholarships for which students may be eligible. For more information, visit the transfer scholarships page. 

Many students consider UC’s nationally renowned cooperative education program the “Ultimate Scholarship.” UC’s co-op experiences are paid, with engineering students making, on average, $15-25/hour. Over five co-op semesters, UC engineering students earn approximately $45,000-55,000 total co-op income. Our most recent graduates of the college earned a starting salary of $65,500/year. 

The College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) also awards college-based scholarships for incoming first-year students.     

There are CEAS-based upper-level student scholarships available and students will be made aware of those by departments once they are past their first-year in CEAS.

Additional scholarships we encourage you to look into:

• University of Cincinnati Transfer student scholarships
• CEAS Choose Ohio First STEMM Scholarship
• University of Cincinnati Darwin T. Turner Scholarship
• University of Cincinnati Alumni Association Scholarships
• External STEM Scholarship Clearinghouse 
• The Helping Project Scholarships

The CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) program is funded by the National Science Foundation to develop a superior cybersecurity workforce at institutions of higher education. Learn more about the scholarship and application process.