To continue your education, Iran is one the safest and most developed countries in the Middle East that can provide you with plenty of educational services, one of which is a scholarship that everybody is looking for. Students at various levels, undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral, can apply for different available positions and grants to continue their studies. You can study on fully funded or partially funded scholarships that government and university authorities offer every year.

Requirements for scholarship

Foreign students are required to have academic qualifications to win the scholarship. If you are applying for BA and MA in Technology, Engineering, and Basic Sciences, the required GPA is 14 out of 20. For Ph.D., it increases to 16. You cannot win the scholarship at every age; there is an age limit. At the time your application is being made, you shouldn’t be more than 22 for BA, 26 for MA, and 31 for Ph.D. The scholarship you win may cover Persian courses in case you need dormitories and insurance. To be sure whether yes or not, you can check the official site of the university in which you desire to study, mostly the Amirkabir University of Technology.

 The scholarship application form can be downloaded from the university site. All the documents should be prepared by the deadline; they include certificates of your completed documents, transcripts of the courses and grades you completed in each semester, any documentation like dissertations, essay summaries, and letters of recommendation, and a copy of the page in your passport that shows personal data and photograph. Good command of the Persian language is needed. If you don’t have such a command, you must take part in some Persian language classes for about three months.

Submitting the documents

Before uploading or submitting the documents, they should be officially translated and stamped by the authorities like the Ministry of  Justice Administration and Justice Administration. It should be notified that the transcripts must be verified by the university. The original documents shouldn’t be pictured; they should be scanned, both the front and  back sides. Since your documents are checked by the university and government authorities to see whether they are authentic or not, you should be sure that some essential information like your name and birthdate must be the same in all the documents like ID, transcripts, and degree certificate.

Applying for the scholarship

Having prepared all the required documents, you need to follow some easy steps; it doesn’t take a long time. If you click on the official site of the university, you have chosen aut.ac.ir  

Amirkabir University’s site is an example, you see some steps which start with “Choosing a program.” The second step is clicking on the “Apply Now” button, which is followed by the third step, “Send your request.” Very quickly, you can go through the last stage, “Go to study.”

To avoid any trouble while applying, you had better contact the university representative to be guided. All the members are polite, talented, informative, and friendly, so you can get any kind of advice on how to apply, what documents are needed, which courses can be opted according to your talent, potential, and interest, and any other consultancies you need. Also, regarding student visas, Iran has gained a reputation for any kind of visa, entry, tourist, transit, and exit visa.

 

Priorities for the Selection

These scholarships are awarded to international applicants or current international students at AUT who fulfill the following requirements. Recipients are identified through evaluation of academic achievement including CV and previous degree GPA (minimum SCORE)

·         For the Current International Students at AUT

o    Minimum GPA of 16 at the end of the second academic term

o    For M.Sc. students of Engineering, Basic Sciences, Fine Arts, and Agriculture a GPA of (WHAT SCORE) should be obtained at the end of the second academic term. All M.Sc. and M.A. students of other fields of study should obtain a GPA of (WHAT SCORE) at the end of the second academic term to be considered eligible for the scholarship.

o    B.A. students of Engineering, Basic Sciences, Fine Arts, and Agriculture should have a GPA of (WHAT SCORE) out of 20 at the end of the second academic term  to be considered eligible for the scholarship. For students of other fields of study, a minimum GPA of (WHAT SCORE) out of (WHAT SCORE) at the end of the second academic term is necessary.

·         Talented National and International Applicants

·         Applicants from Muslim and Neighboring Countries

·         Proficient in Persian

·         Proficient in English

·         Having a valid GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, or IELTS certificate with a minimum score accepted by AUT International Council

·         AUT scholarships are normally offered for the full period for which students are liable to pay tuition fees. This is usually the same as the duration of the study. (4 years for  B.A./B.Sc. students, (HOW MANY YEARS) for Ph.D. students, (HOW MANY YEARS) for Veterinary Medicine students, (HOW MANY YEARS) for M.A. and M.Sc. students)

·         AUT Scholarship is offered only for a one degree program at AUT. In exceptional cases and based on recommendations of the previous degree supervisor, and the approval of the department, applications of those who have received scholarship in their previous studies may be considered by AUT International Council.

·         Scholarship may cover one or several of the following:

1.      Registration fees for Persian courses

2.      Registration fees for the AUT

3.      Access to AUT dormitories (single-married)

4.      Insurance (for the scholarship recipients and their immediate family members)

5.      Monthly stipend in special cases after the approval of the International Council of the College/Faculty and AUT

·         Students/Applicants who have already received scholarship from other sources in the I.R. of Iran are not eligible to receive the AUT scholarship.

Notes

1.      The approved scholarships will be granted by the Office of Vice President for International Affairs.

2.      The AUT scholarship will be granted only once the applicants have taken their Persian courses.

3.      Financial need is not a criterion for selection.

4.      AUT reserves the right to cancel an award at any time due to changes in a recipient’s enrollment and academic status.

5.      Recipient selection will be made at the discretion of the International Council and in accordance following guidelines specified by AUT.

 

How to apply for a scholarship for Pakistani Students

 

The process includessome necessities that should be taken. Two of the most important ones are GPAand age limitation. For B.A., and M.A. in Technology, Engineering, and BasicSciences, GPA is 14 out of 20, while for Ph.D. You are eligible to get thescholarship if the time the application is being made; your age should be 22years for B.A., 26 for M.A., and 31 for Ph.D. If you are qualified and have allthe required documents, you can be benefited from what the scholarship offersyou. That way, you don’t need to pay for the cost of Persian courses,dormitories, and insurance, depending on the required conditions.

 

The required documents

 

There is a listof documents that you can get information about what they are just by clickingon www.aut.ac.ir. To have a quick list, takea glance at the following points.

–         An application form;

–         The certificates and relevant completed documents thatshould be officially issued;

–         The transcripts of the courses and grades youcompleted in each semester; all need to be officially credited.

–         Any documentations like dissertations, essaysummaries, and letters of recommendation;

–         A copy of the page in your passport that showspersonal data and photograph to the prepared documents;

–         Translation of all the documents that should bestamped by the authorities like Ministry of the Justice Administration andJustice Administration;

–         University-verified transcripts.

The informationpresented in the documents should be the same, for the government and universityauthorities check them for authenticity. If, in any case, you cannot or don’twant to get the scholarship, it is not a bad idea to know a little about thecost of education in Iran and the tuition fees of Amirkabir university.

 

Cost ofeducation

 

There are twomain programs by which you, as Pakistani Students, can continue your education.The tuition fee is different depending on whether you choose a publicuniversity or a self-funded one like Azad university. However, living inanother country has its own expenses that should be paid, education or livingcost. The amount of tuition fee depends closely on whetheryou come from a Persian-speaking country or a non-Persian country. If you liketo major in Humanities, Social, and Behavioral Sciences while you are from anon-Persian country, you should pay 1250 dollars each semester. Otherwise,studying Arts, Engineering, Basic Sciences, Agriculture, and VeterinaryMedicine.

When it comes to comprehensive exams, proposals, and dissertation, the tuition should be calculated. If you are waiting for the Comprehensive Exam when your degree isPh.D., you should pay the fixed tuition that is 50% of the full tuition, inaddition to full tuition fees for a semester. It is the same for you if you arewaiting for the approval of the proposal, except that you need to pay just 50%of fixed tuition fees. The tuition for dissertation equals to full tuition feesfor 4 semesters after approval of the proposal plus 50% of Fixed tuition feesfor subsequent semesters. For M.A. or M.Sc., the tuition for the thesis is fulltuition fees for 2 semesters after approval of the proposal in addition to 50%of fixed tuition fees for subsequent semesters. It should be notified thattuition fees should be paid fully. Knowing all about scholarships and thetuition in case you cannot get a scholarship, Pakistani students are requiredto know about student visas.

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Scholarship

Almost allstudents prefer to get a scholarship from the university and be benefited fromall the free services it offers. Although the competition is high, it is notimpossible. The only thing you need to do is preparing some documents and alsobe academically qualified. So, you need to …

1. Prepareyour completed documents;
2. Getthem officially issued;
3. Haveyour transcripts of the courses and grades in each semester officiallycredited;
4. Prepareany documentation like dissertations, essay summaries, and letters of recommendation;
5. Get acopy of the page in your passport that shows personal data and photograph;
6. Get theuniversity to verify the transcripts;
7. Uploadthe scans of the original documents, both the front and back sides.

There are twomore points that you should care about. One of which is a certificate thatindicates your good command of the Persian language; otherwise, you must takepart in some Persian classes. You should be careful that some essentialinformation like your name and birthdate is the same in all the documents.Since the authenticity of your documents is checked, you should care about thevalidity of them.

The requirements

Wining ascholarship means no worry about the cost, which is why many applicants try toget it. However, it is impossible for every student to benefit from that, forthere are some limitations. There is an age requirement; for BA or BSc, youmust be under 24 years old, and for MA or MSc under 28. GPA can be consideredas another limitation. If you study for BA, at the end of the second term, yourGPA must be at least 16; this number for MSc is 17 out of 20.

If you havethem all and are qualified enough, you should know that the scholarship coversregistration tuition of Persian courses, dormitories, insurance, and some otherpoints. But, you can just receive a scholarship from one source. Now, if youprefer to choose a self-funded university or to pay the tuition of Amirkabiruniversity, you should be prepared and know some about the cost of education.