The College of Engineering and its academic departments award hundreds of undergraduate scholarships each academic year. Funds are awarded annually based on financial need and/or academic performance and are designed to be integrated into a student's total financial aid package.

Scholarship awards are made by each of the ten engineering departments and by the College’s Dean’s Office. The online scholarship application provides options to submit an application to a specific engineering department.

• Applied to and/or Admitted to UW Direct to College
• UW-Seattle only 
• Undergraduate

ENGRUD students: The Dean's Office in the College of Engineering makes a small number of awards to incoming first-year ENGRUD students. Selection is based on a student's University admission application, and preference is given to students with financial need who are Washington state residents. No additional application is required.

Current ENGRUD students may be able to submit a scholarship application for the upcoming academic year to departments whose majors they plan to request placement in. Students can contact advising staff in those departments before applying to learn more about the availability of scholarships. Scholarship offers from a department will be contingent on placement into that department's major. Junior and senior students are generally prioritized to receive departmental scholarships.

For more information on undergraduate scholarship opportunities, visit the UW Student Financial Aid website.

Entering transfer students: The following departments will consider applications from transfer applicants who have applied or are planning to apply for admission to the major: AA, CEE, ECE, HCDE, ISE, MSE, and ME. All admitted transfer applicants who have submitted the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) are also encouraged to submit a scholarship application.

Declared engineering majors: Students already admitted to an engineering department should submit an application to their department.  

• freshman
• sophomore
• junior
• senior

• US Citizen
• Permanent Resident
• International or Other Visa Status
• Undocumented

1. Check your department deadlines and initiate the online application. A UW NetID is required. Be prepared to enter your extracurricular activities, work experience, and a personal statement. Note that all communication about scholarship awards are sent electronically to your UW email address, so be sure to check it regularly.
2. Complete the application by the deadline for your department. An email confirming receipt of the scholarship application is sent to the applicant. After decisions are made, the scholarship administrator notifies students of their status by email.
3. Accept or decline any awards you are offered by returning to the online application.
4. If you accept an award, you may be asked to submit a thank you letter to the donor.
5. Typically, the College of Engineering hosts a Scholar Donor Recognition event in the fall. If the donors to your scholarship plan to attend, you will receive an invitation to the event.
6. If you have questions about the process, please email scholarship_admin@engr.washington.edu.

TIPS

• BioE, CSE: Bioengineering, and Computer Science & Engineering accept applications only from students currently in those respective departments.
• You do not need to select a specific scholarship during the application process. Scholarship administrators match recipients to scholarships.

If you have questions about the process, please email scholarship_admin@engr.washington.edu.