Conditions, Policies and Procedures

For Qatari, Qatari Travel Document Holder, Qatari Parents, or Qatari Husband student who want to apply for one of the financial aid types offered by Qatar University, the following conditions must be met:

1. The student must not be placed under academic probation.
2. The average income per person should not be over QR 5000 from the guardian’s total salary. The only monthly deductions that are considered from the salary are related to monthly housing rent based on notarized rent contract by the ministry of municipality and environment, monthly retirement payment, and the monthly payment of Government-sponsored and funded housing loans provided to Qatari nationals through Qatar Development Bank.
3. The guardian’s total salary mentioned in point number (2) is calculated as follow:
• In case both parents (father and mother) are working: The father’s total salary and half of the mother’s total salary will be calculated as the guardian’s total salary.
• In case the mother is working while the father is absent for some reason (death, divorce, or any other reason), or he does not work and does not have a monthly income: Half of the mother’s total salary will be calculated as the guardian’s total salary..
4. The student must be registered at the bachelor degree level.
5. Foundation level students can apply for financial aid services for a maximum of two semesters starting from the first term of application, including withdrawal, and leave of absence semesters for any reason.
6. The student may apply to a combination of the following financial aid types named: monthly aid, transportation fees aid, and emergency aid. In case there is sufficient financial resources, we might provide Incentive Aid for Qatari students who fulfill the financial aid eligibility criteria and are placed on Vice President list.
7. Complete the Online financial aid application and upload all the required documents before the deadline for the intended service.
8. Submitting the application does not mean it is accepted, all students may track their online application approval status through Banner self-service.
9. The duration of all financial aid applications that meet the conditions is two academic years (four semesters). Once it is expired, the student must submit another application to update the documents and study his/her case again, except for some special cases that the committee decides to give them less than two academic years due to reasons related to the unstable family situation, which need every semester or annual follow-up.
10. The criterion of student participation in student life activities and the obtaining of co-curricular student awards can be used as a mean of differentiating/comparing between students when needed by the relevant committee.

For Non-Qatari students with a family residence permit or working with any government or private institution, have internal scholarship, and want to apply for one of the financial aid types offered by Qatar University, the following conditions must be met:

1. The cumulative GPA for undergraduate students should not be less than 2.50/4.00.
2. The average income per person should not be over QR 2500 from the guardian’s total salary. The only monthly deduction that is considered from the salary is related to monthly housing rent based on notarized rent contract by the ministry of municipality and environment.
3. The guardian’s total salary mentioned in point number (2) is calculated as follow:
• In case both parents (father and mother) are working: The father’s total salary and half of the mother’s total salary will be calculated as the guardian’s total salary.
• In case the mother is working while the father is absent for some reason (death, divorce, or any other reason), or he does not work and does not have a monthly income: Half of the mother’s total salary will be calculated as the guardian’s total salary.
4. The student must be registered at the bachelor degree level.
5. Foundation level students can apply for financial aid services for a maximum of two semesters starting from the first term of application, including withdrawal, and leave of absence semesters for any reason.
6. The student is eligible to apply for monthly aid and partial of full settlement of Housing Fees.
7. Complete the Online financial aid application and upload all the required documents before the deadline for the intended service.
8. Submitting the application does not mean it is accepted, all students may track their online application approval status through Banner self-service. 
9. The duration of all financial aid applications that meet the conditions is two academic years (four semesters). Once it is expired, the student must submit another application to update the documents and study his/her case again, except for some special cases that the committee decides to give them less than two academic years due to reasons related to the unstable family situation, which need every semester or annual follow-up.
10. The criterion of student participation in student life activities and the obtaining of co-curricular student awards can be used as a mean of differentiating/comparing between students when needed by the relevant committee.

For Non-Qatari students with a family residence permit or working with any government or private institution, have no scholarship, and want to apply for one of the financial aid types offered by Qatar University, the following conditions must be met:

1. The cumulative GPA for undergraduate students should not be less than 2.50/4.00.
2. The average income per person should not be over QR 2500 from the guardian’s total salary. The only monthly deduction that is considered from the salary is related to monthly housing rent based on notarized rent contract by the ministry of municipality and environment.
3. The guardian’s total salary mentioned in point number (2) is calculated as follow:
• In case both parents (father and mother) are working: The father’s total salary and half of the mother’s total salary will be calculated as the guardian’s total salary.
• In case the mother is working while the father is absent for some reason (death, divorce, or any other reason), or he does not work and does not have a monthly income: Half of the mother’s total salary will be calculated as the guardian’s total salary.
4. The student must be registered at the bachelor degree level.
5. Foundation level students can apply for financial aid services for a maximum of two semesters starting from the first term of application, including withdrawal, and leave of absence semesters for any reason.
6. The student may apply to a combination of the following financial aid types named: partial or full settlement tuition fees aid, partial or full settlement housing fees aid, and monthly aid. Provided that the student does not combine the partial or full settlement of tuition fees with the monthly aid. Also, the student is not entitled for monthly aid if he/she is unable to pay the full tuition fees for every semester.
7. Complete the Online financial aid application and upload all the required documents before the deadline for the intended service.
8. Submitting the application does not mean it is accepted, all students may track their online application approval status through Banner self-service. 
9. The duration of all financial aid applications that meet the conditions is two academic years (four semesters). Once it is expired, the student must submit another application to update the documents and study his/her case again, except for some special cases that the committee decides to give them less than two academic years due to reasons related to the unstable family situation, which need every semester or annual follow-up.
10. The criterion of student participation in student life activities and the obtaining of co-curricular student awards can be used as a mean of differentiating/comparing between students when needed by the relevant committee.

For international students who have QU study residence permit with QU external scholarship that includes monthly financial aid benefit, the following conditions must be met:

1. The student must be registered at the bachelor degree level or Arabic Program for Non-Native Speaker
2. The student is eligible to apply for monthly aid only.
3. If the student's scholarship terminated, he/she will not be eligible to receive monthly aid.
4. Complete the Online financial aid application and upload all the required documents before the deadline for the intended service.
5. All students may track their online application approval status through Banner self-service. 
6. The duration of all financial aid applications that meet the conditions is two academic years (four semesters). Once it is expired, the student must submit another application to update the documents.

For Qatari student and student of similar status (Qatari Travel Document Holder, Qatari Parents, or Qatari Husband student) who got QU Sponsorship Program and resident student who got Scholarship that includes monthly salary benefit, the following conditions must be met:

1. The student must be registered at the bachelor degree level.
2. The student is eligible to apply for monthly aid (Monthly Salary) only.
3. The Female Qatari student and student of similar status who got QU Sponsorship Program may apply for Transportation Fees Exemption Aid and upload all required documents needed to study her eligibility according to financial aid policies because this service is not included under the QU Sponsorship Program benefits.
4. The resident student who got internal scholarship with monthly salary benefit may apply for Housing Fees Aid and upload all required documents needed to study his/her eligibility according to financial aid policies because this service is not included under the scholarship benefits.
5. If the student's scholarship terminated, he/she will not be eligible to receive monthly aid (monthly salary).
6. Complete the Online financial aid application and upload all the required documents before the deadline for the intended service.
7. All students may track their online application approval status through Banner self-service. 
8. The duration of all financial aid applications that meet the conditions is two academic years (four semesters). Once it is expired, the student must submit another application to update the documents.

For Non-Qatari student who is enrolled in one of the QU sports teams and officially registered in the sports activities department at QU, the following conditions must be met:

1. The student must not be placed under academic probation.
2. The average income per person should not be over QR 5000 from the guardian’s total salary.
3. The guardian’s total salary mentioned in point number (2) is calculated as follow:
• In case both parents (father and mother) are working: The father’s total salary and half of the mother’s total salary will be calculated as the guardian’s total salary.
• In case the mother is working while the father is absent for some reason (death, divorce, or any other reason), or he does not work and does not have a monthly income: Half of the mother’s total salary will be calculated as the guardian’s total salary.
4. The student must be registered at the bachelor degree level.
5. Foundation level students can apply for financial aid services for a maximum of two semesters starting from the first term of application, including withdrawal, and leave of absence semesters for any reason.
6. In case the student has internal scholarship, he/she is eligible to apply for monthly aid and partial of full settlement of Housing Fees.
7. In case the student has no scholarship, he/she is eligible to apply for a combination of the following financial aid types named: partial or full settlement tuition fees aid, partial or full settlement housing fees aid, and monthly aid. Provided that the student does not combine the partial or full settlement of tuition fees with the monthly aid. Also, the student is not entitled for monthly aid if he/she is unable to pay the full tuition fees for every semester.
8. Complete the Online financial aid application and upload all the required documents before the deadline for the intended service.
9. All students may track their online application approval status through Banner self-service.
10. The duration of all financial aid applications that meet the conditions is two academic years (four semesters). Once it is expired, the student must submit another application to update the documents and study his/her case again, except for some special cases that the committee decides to give them less than two academic years due to reasons related to the unstable family situation, which need every semester or annual follow-up.
11. The criterion of student participation in student life activities and the obtaining of co-curricular student awards can be used as a mean of differentiating/comparing between students when needed by the relevant committee.

In case the student is unable to pay his/her tuition fees and want to apply for tuition fees payment deferral to allow him/her register courses for next semester, the following conditions must be met:

1. Submit the application during the deadline specified for the intended service, and no later than two week before early registration date for next semester based on the academic calendar.
2. Only registered undergraduate students may apply for this service.Visiting, Non-degree, and graduate students are not allowed to apply for tuition fees payment deferral.
3. The application should not be related to defer tuition fees payment for the student’s first or last semester at the university.
4. The service of tuition fees payment deferral does not include fines/penalties related to withdrawing from a course, courses or the whole semester.
5. Applications to defer the payment of tuition fees are only received for fall and spring semesters. It is not allowed to defer the tuition fees payment for summer or winter semesters.
6. The application must be related to deferring the tuition fees for the courses in which the student is registered during the same semester.
7. The student is not allowed to submit a new tuition fees payment deferral application if he/she still owes fees to the university due to his/her previous tuition fees payment deferral application for the previous semester.
8. The average income per person out of the guardian’s total income should not be over QR 2500. The monthly obligations that are deducted from the guardian’s total income are the following: house rent, average monthly bills for electricity and water for last three months, monthly installments for bank loans, and monthly installments related to employer loans.
9. The cumulative GPA for the student should not be less than 2.00/4.00.
10. The total amount of tuition fees required to apply the application must not exceed QR 15,000 for eligible students starting from the second semester to the semester preceding the graduation year.
11. The total amount of tuition fees required to apply the application must not exceed QR10.000 for eligible students expected to graduate by the end of the semester following the semester in which the application was submitted.
12. The student should not be a beneficiary of a scholarship during the semester in which the application was submitted and he/she still owes fees to the university due to his/her previous tuition fees payment deferral application prior to the semester in which he/she obtained the scholarship. Therefore, the payment of the tuition fees will not be deferred again after getting the scholarship.
13. Complete the Online financial aid application and upload all the required documents before the deadline for the intended service.
14. Submitting the application does not mean it is accepted, all students may track their online application approval status through Banner self-service.