NTU Alumni Association Scholarship Program The members of NTU Alumni Association and its related entities award scholarships to continuing students each year. Individuals must apply for scholarships during the academic year prior to the year of funding. For example, the application deadline for the Fall Semester 2014 academic year is July 31, 2014. Applicants may apply for multiple scholarships at one time using the application form available from NTU Alumni Association Head Office. Please note that alumni association scholarships are for tuition only. Students receiving full tuition benefits from other scholarships, or other sources are not eligible for an alumni scholarship program. Alumni scholarships are for continuing as well as for new students. All scholarship awards are competitive and we would request you to wait patiently during the decision time. The following scholarship programs are run by the Alumni Association; NEED BASED SCHOLARSHIP This scholarship is awarded by the members of the association. It is awarded to a continuing student or a new student. The eligibility criterion is based on financial difficulties a student and/or his family facing in providing him university education. In return the recipient student has to join Alumni Association after graduation. Recipients must apply at the start of first semester. The orphans child, sons or daughters of handicap parents or jobless parents are given first preference. Recipients have to maintain their CGPA 3 to receive scholarship throughout their under graduation course. The following scholarships are reserved for textile undergraduates 1. Noor-Jahan Scholarship 2. Rafia Sadika Scholarship The following scholarship is reserved only for polymer engineering graduates 1. T&N scholarship NEED BASE ZAKAT SCHOLARSHIP These scholarships are awarded from the zakat fund to those continuing students who deserve it. In return the recipient student has to join Alumni Association after graduation. Recipients must apply at the start of their first semester and to receive scholarship throughout under-graduation the recipient has to maintain CGPA 3. Continuing students can also apply for this scholarship. UNDERGRADUATE LOAN Students and /or their families in difficulties can apply for financial assistance from the alumni association. The scholarship awarded will be an undergraduate loan which student and /or his parents will start repaying NTU Alumni Association, six months after his graduation. It is the choice of the student and /or his parents to repay the loan either in monthly installments or in whole. Recipient can reapply each semester for further financial support. 1|Page Repayments: The amount of repayment student and /or parents will make, will be determined upon approval. For example a student borrows Rs 20,000/- from NTU Alumni Association. The amount he’ll pay back to the association may be say Rs 22,000/-.The repayment plan will be decided and student and/or parents will sign a contract with the managing committee of NTU Alumni Association. Loan Charges: Application fee charges zero Repayment fee charges 10% of actual amount Late payment charges 5% of actual amount Please note that you will always have the option to repay amount in full ahead of the schedule without plenty. IMPORTANT ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP AWARD MONTHS FOR FRESH STUDENTS TO REMEMBER October 30th: Alumni scholarship application due November: Alumni organizations review applications December 15th: Interviews with selected candidates December 20th: Scholarship recipients notified December 26th: Scholarship award ceremony IMPORTANT ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP AWARD MONTHS FOR CONTINUING STUDENTS TO REMEMBER August 30th: Alumni scholarship application due fall semester September: Alumni organizations review applications September 30th: Interviews with selected candidates October 6th: Scholarship recipients notified March 30th: Alumni scholarship application due fall spring semester April: Alumni organizations review applications April 30th: Interviews with selected candidates May 6th: Scholarship recipients notified 2|Page REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR APPLYING SCHOLARSHIPS DOCUMENT Complete application form Copy of ID/Passport Copy of transcripts Three letters of recommendation Copy of parent ID Card Parent employment record Any additional document to support the application NEED BASE SCHOLARSHIP DOCUMENTS APPLICABLE FOR NEED BASE ZAKAT UNDERGRADAUTE SCHOLARSHIP LOAN 3|Page NTU Alumni Association Scholarship Application Form paste recent photo NAME OF APPLICANT: ________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ PLEASE ANSWER QUESTIONS CAREFULLY AND COMPLETELY. General Information: Please Check Your Status Student ID No: New Student to NTU __________________________________ Continuing Student Gender Male Female Place of Birth: ___________________________________ Date of Birth: ___________________________ Identity Card No/Passport No: ______________________ Place of issue: __________________________ Date of issue: ___________________________ Home Address: ______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Telephone No: _________________________________ Mobile No: Student __________________________ Parent: ________________________________ Email: Student_________________________________ Parent: ________________________________ How did you hear about NTU Scholarship Program? NTU Association office/Notification Friend/Student Student Affair Office Other, please specify: _______________________________________________________________________ Indicate in which semester you plan to receive scholarship: Fall of 20____________ Spring of 20_____________ 4|Page ABOUT SCHOLORSHIPS: What type of scholarship you are applying for? Need Base Scholarship Need Base Zakat Scholarship Undergraduate loan What amount of financial assistance would you desire from NTU Scholarship Program to join? 30% 50% 70% 100% Other. ___________ % Have you previously applied for NTU Scholarship Program? Yes No if yes in which academic year _____________________ ACADEMIC INFORMATION: New Student: What is your high school/college education system? Metric system A-Levels Marks/Grades Achieved: ____________________________________________________________________ Continuing Student: Department: ___________________________________ Major Course: ________________________ Credit Hours Earned _____________________________ CGPA _______________________________ Involvement in extracurricular and/or extra-curricular professional activities: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Briefly describe what you believe is your best accomplishment to date, explaining why it is important? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 5|Page Describe yourself as a person assessing your strength and weaknesses: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Describe your professional ambitions, give reasons for your interests in them, and describe how a scholarship would help achieve your ambitions: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Describe at least one situation in which you had a position of responsibility within an academic or other environment, including how the situation came about, the nature of your role and what you gained from the experience: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 6|Page Information about father/guardian: Full name: ________________________________________ Age: ________________________ Identity Card No: __________________________________ Material Status: Married Separated Divorced Current Work Status: Employed Unemployed since ______/______/_______ if employed job title__________________________________ Deceased. year of death ____________ Monthly income: ___________________ Employer’s name: ______________________________________________________________________________ Employer’s address: ____________________________________________________________________________ Work Reference: Contact name: ________________________ Job title:___________________________ Phone no: _________________________ If unemployed, state reasons for unemployment (support your statement with documents): _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ If retired, how your family is supported (support your statement with documents): _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Information about Mother: Full name: ________________________________________ Age: ________________________ Identity Card No: __________________________________ Material Status: Married Separated Divorced Current Work Status: Employed Unemployed since ______/______/_______ if employed jab title__________________________________ Deceased. year of death ____________ Monthly income: ___________________ Employer’s name: ______________________________________________________________________________ Employer’s address: ____________________________________________________________________________ Work Reference: Contact name: ________________________ Job title:___________________________ Phone no: _________________________ If Unemployed state reason: ______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 7|Page Information about Applicant Family: Sibling Information: First Name Date of Birth Education/Class (current year) School/ University Tution Fee (Annual/Per semester) Financial Aid received, if any Tution Fee (Annual/Per semester) Financial Aid received, if any Dependents living with the family other than nucleus family members: First Name Date of Birth Education/Class (current year) School/ University Fixed expenses loan, rent etc (support your information with documents) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ if there any special family circumstances which can support your application, please explain (support the information with documents) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 8|Page IF YOU APPLYING FOR UNDERGRADAUTE LOAN, PLEASE FILL IN THE FOLLOWING PART Who is applying for financial Aid? Do you have a debit account? Student himself Yes Parents No Gross Monthly Income: ______________________________ if in University no income, write 0. Aid requested: ____________________________________ Year of graduation: _________________________________ Preferred repayment system for you: payback in Instalments pay back in whole Personal Reference: Referee name: _________________________ Relation to you: ______________________________ Place of work: _________________________________________________________________________ Work designation: _______________________________________________________________________ Primary Phone no: _________________________ Alternate phone no:___________________________ Home Address: _________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Notice to Student Borrower: You the student borrower have reviewed and understand the information contained on this application and you certify that the information you provided is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge and brief. You have read and understand your responsibility as described in this application. You also understand that you are required a reference who will give the guarantee on behalf of you. By preparing, signing and submitting this application you request that we NTU Alumni Association give you educational aid in the amount you requested and on the terms described on this application form. You authorised us to investigate the information you provided us. You also authorised us to pay directly your tuition fee to the university. You authorised us to release information of your standing loan with us to your family members. Signature of student ___________________________ Date: _________________________ Signature of parent/guardian_____________________ Date: _________________________ 9|Page AFFIRMATION: I certify that the information and statements I gave in the previous pages are completely by me, and are to the best of my knowledge and brief, true, complete and correct. I understand that any misrepresentation or omission made on this form may invalid this application and cancel any scholarship awarded to me at any time. I also authorised investigation of all statements contained herein. I agree that I will become member of NTU association after graduation and will work for the goodwill of the association. Any missing or false information in the application will jeopardize the applicant’s scholarship status. The application will also be considered incomplete if the applicant and/or parents refuse to provide any document requested by the NTU Alumni Association Managing Committee. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE STUDENT IN THIS FORM WILL BE DEALT WITH STRICT CONFIDENTIALITY AND WILL BE ONLY USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING THE STUDENT ELIGIBILITY FOR SCHOLARSHIP. Name of Applicant : ______________________________________ Date : ______________________________________ Applicant’s signature :______________________________________ Name of Parent/Guardian :________________________________ Date :________________________________ Parent/Guardian’s signature :________________________________ Official Use only Approval of Scholarship: Yes No Scholarship category: Need Base Scholarship Need Base Zakat Scholarship Undergraduate loan Fund awarded: ____________________________ Signatures of Awarding Authorities: Chairman/General Secretary: ________________________ Finance secretary: ________________________ 10 | P a g e