Dehradun-based leading multi-disciplinary university, UPES, has entered into the fourth year of its commitment towards female education with the ‘Shakti’ scholarship program. Meritorious female students will be awarded scholarships of up to 30% in tuition fees basis their marks in class 12 board exams. To become eligible for ‘Shakti’ scholarship, female students should score 60% and above marks.

Through the ‘Shakti’ scholarship, female students from Uttarakhand and across India can pursue higher education at UPES in various fields- engineering, computer science, law, health science, media, business, design, and liberal studies. UPES believes that it is only through quality higher education and access to opportunities, female students can progress from classrooms to the boardrooms. ‘Shakti’ scholarship is UPES’ endeavour in that direction.

Since 2020, UPES has offered the ‘Shakti’ scholarship to over 6000 female students across India including Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Haryana, Maharashtra, and Jharkhand. Yashasvi Tiwari, a UPES student, shares that the monetary assistance received through ‘Shakti’ scholarship has helped her a lot and made it easier to achieve her higher education dreams.

Besides ‘Shakti’, there are other scholarship programs at UPES that female students can apply for if they meet the eligibility criteria. Female students of Uttarakhand can apply for domicile scholarships. There are sports scholarships at UPES under ‘Project Vijaya’ for women who excel in one of these sports- cricket, football, athletics, shooting, chess, and table tennis. Female students from economically weaker sections of society can apply for freeships under ‘Project Jyoti’. These freeships include both tuition fees and hostel fees.

Interested students can visit the UPES website for more information on scholarships for the academic year 2023. 

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About UPES:

Established through the UPES Act, 2003 of the State Legislature of Uttarakhand, UPES is one of the top ranked, UGC-recognized, private universities. The university was recently ranked 243 in Asia and the 3rd best private university in India by the QS World Rankings 2023. The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Ministry of Education, has ranked UPES as the 65th top University. Besides, its School of Engineering was ranked 61st, School of Business 41st and School of Law 21st in India. UPES has also been accredited by NAAC with an accreditation grade ‘A’ and has received 5-Stars on Employability (placements), by globally acclaimed QS Rating, with 90%+ placements over the last few years.

UPES offers graduate and postgraduate programs through its eight schools: School of Engineering, School of Computer Science, School of Design, School of Law, School of Business, School of Health Sciences & Technology, School of Modern Media and School of Liberal Studies with about 13,000 students and 1500+ faculty and staff members.