National Overseas Scholarship: Eligibility, Deadline & How to Apply

The National Overseas Scholarship aims to empower low-income students from marginalized communities, including the Scheduled Castes, Denotified Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, Landless Agricultural Labourers, and Traditional Artisans. The scholarship supports their pursuit of higher education, such as Master's degree or Ph.D. courses, by providing opportunities to study abroad, ultimately contributing to their economic and social upliftment.

The Scheme provides financial assistance to the selected candidates for pursuing Masters level courses and Ph.D. courses abroad in Institutions/Universities accredited by the Government/authorized body of that country in any field of study.

30% of the awards for each year shall be earmarked for women candidates.However, in case, adequate women candidates are not available as per the stipulations of the scheme, then the unutilized slots will be utilized by selecting
suitable male candidates.

Candidates having unconditional offer of admission to top 500 ranked foreign Institutes/Universities as per the latest available QS World University Rankings for the year 2025 only will be selected for grant of scholarship during the first round of selection. The QS ranking of the University for its campus in any other country will be considered as per the QS ranking of the University Campus in that country. If there is no QS ranking available for its campus in other country then it will not be considered.

Under the scheme following assistance is provided:

• Tuition Fees.
• Maintenance allowance (US Dollars 15,400/- Annually except UK.
  Great Britain Pound 9,900/- Annually in UK)
• Contingency allowance
• Visa fees
• Equipment allowance
• Fees and medical insurance premium
• Air Passage of economy class from authorized agents
• Local Travel

In order to be eligible for scholarship, at least 60% marks or equivalent grade in the qualifying examination would be required.

For Master’sDegree courses, the qualifying examination would be Bachelor's Degree. In case a student has completed Bachelor's of Engineering after completing Diploma (Lateral Entry to 2nd year), percentage of marks obtained in Bachelor's degree will be taken into account.

For any University, percentage would be calculated on the basis of the marks obtained by the applicant in various semesters/ terms. Marksheet for all semesters is to be provided. Wherein the University provides only the CGPA
and not the numerical marks, a formula for conversion of CGPA to numerical marks bearing authentication by the University should invariably be provided.

In case marksheets for all semesters/terms are not submitted with the application form the candidature of the applicant will be rejected. Likewise, if the formula of conversion of CGPA (wherever applicable) are not submitted by
the applicant with his application form, the candidature would be rejected. No representations, in this regard, in either case will be entertained.

Not more than 35 (Thirty Five) years, as on first day of April for selection year.

Gross annual family income from all sources shall not exceed Rs. 8.00 lakh per annum in the preceding financial year as detailed. The income certificate should be issued by a Revenue Officer not below the rank of “Tehsildar”. The students will submit the complete ITR/ITRs along with the Centralized Processing Centre (CPC) intimation order under Section 143(1) issued by the IT Department in respect of self and other family members before issuance of final award letter but the ITR acknowledgement should be submitted at the time
of applying on the portal where Gross annual family income for the F.Y. 2023-24 is more than Rs. 2.5 Lakh in Old Tax Regime and Rs. 3.0 Lakh in New Tax Regime. The income certificate should either be in digital, prescribed format of Central/State Govt. or on the letter head of the issuing authority

Only candidates who have submitted their Aadhar card and obtained unconditional offer of admission from one of the foreign Institutions/ Universities which are in the list of top 500 QS world ranked institutions/ universities from the academic session 2025-26 and onward shall be considered for award of scholarship for studying in that Institution/University subject to fulfillment of other eligibility conditions of the Scheme. However, in case the
students are unable to submit their Aadhar Card on the portal at the time of application, they will be asked to mandatorily submit their Aadhar ID/Aadhar EID before the issue of final award letter/confirmation letter failing which the provisional award letter issued to them would be revoked.

Following target groups are eligible to apply under the Scheme:

• Scheduled Castes
  
• Denotified Tribes
  
• Traditional Artisans
  
• Landless Agriculture Labourer

Please upload all documents in PDF file ofsize maximum 3 MB and upload photo and Signature in JPEG/JPG format of size 100kb

• Aadhaar
• Caste Certificate
• Birth Certificate
• Current Address Proof
• Permanent Address Proof
• High School/10th/Secondary mark sheet
• Qualifying Degree/Provisional Certificate
• Allsemester mark sheets(Combined PDF)
• Proof of CGPA/SGPA conversion formula into percentage (in case percentage of marks is not given)
• Unconditional Offer Letter from Foreign University/Institute where applied to
• Employer’s No Objection Certificate(NOC) Certificate (if employed)
• Gap Certificate
• Family Income Certificate
• Income Tax Return (if filing ITR, combined pdf of all family members)
• Father Income Certificate
• MotherIncome Certificate
• Spouse Income Certificate
• Self-Income Certificate
• Sibling or Child One Income Certificate
• Sibling or Child Two Income Certificate
• Sibling or Child Three Income Certificate
• Applicant’s Photo
• Applicant’s Signature