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Scholarships for Current Students

New Engineering Student Scholarships (First-Years and Transfers):

The College of Engineering offers scholarships to both first-year and transfer engineering students. Details can be located on our Prospective Student Scholarship page.

College of Engineering Current Student Scholarships:

To apply for engineering scholarships and maximize your financial aid opportunities, you'll need to complete several important steps. Start by submitting the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at fafsa.gov - this is essential for determining your financial need and should be completed as early as possible, ideally by January.

After submitting your FAFSA, you'll need to complete two steps in Scholarship Central. First, fill out the University's General Scholarship Application. Once that's done, you can access and complete the College of Engineering's application. When you fill out the engineering application, you'll find some required questions and some optional ones - don't worry if you can't answer all the optional questions, as they aren't required for every scholarship. These questions help us best match scholarships and students. Just make sure to submit your application by the deadline to be considered.

It's important to know that students with all types of academic performance are encouraged to apply, as not all scholarships are based on grades. Most scholarships will take financial need into account during the selection process, which is why completing the FAFSA is so important. Even if you received a renewable scholarship last year, you'll still need to go through this application process again and submit a new FAFSA to be considered for renewal.

Scholarship Application Steps (2024-2025)

  1. Complete the General Scholarship Application in Scholarship Central
    • Priority deadline for University-Level General Scholarships: January 22
    • Late completion (after January 22, but before March 1) will still allow you to be considered for College of Engineering Scholarships, but not University-Level General Scholarships.
    • The General Scholarship Application must be completed to move on to the College of Engineering Scholarship Application. 
  2. Complete the College of Engineering Scholarship Application in Scholarship Central
    • Deadline for the College of Engineering Scholarships: March 1
    • The College of Engineering Scholarship Application will be available in Scholarship Central after completing the General Scholarship Application.
    • There are several optional questions on the College of Engineering Scholarship Application, however, completing the optional questions increases your chances of matching specific donor requirements and being selected for a scholarship offer.
  3. Eligibility Requirements for College of Engineering Scholarships
    • All scholarships require full-time undergraduate enrollment (12 or more credit hours) in the College of Engineering during the fall 2025 and spring 2026 semesters.
    • Financial need-based scholarships require completion of the 2025-2026 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Priority deadline for FAFSA: January 22.
    • Merit-based scholarships require a specific minimum Grade Point Average (GPA); however, other scholarships do not have a minimum GPA. Students are encouraged to complete the College of Engineering Scholarship Application regardless of their GPA.
    • Some scholarships require United States Citizenship or permanent residency, but all eligible applicants will be considered. 
  4. Submission Instructions
    • Access and submit the General Scholarship Application and College of Engineering Scholarship Application on Scholarship Central.
    • Only submitted applications will be considered, applications in draft mode will not be considered.
    • Submit your applications, even if you plan to edit them later. Edits are allowed until the deadline, you will need to submit all edits by 11:59 PM on March 1.  
  5. Scholarship Award Notification
    • College of Engineering scholarship awards will be made by early June; email notifications will be sent to Virginia Tech email accounts. 
  6. Thank You Letters
    • The scholarships we provide are supported by donors to Virginia Tech. Very often a thank you letter for the donor may be required as part of receiving a scholarship. You may be contacted to explain how a scholarship has positively impacted your ability to attend Virginia Tech.  
  7. Questions
    • If you have technical difficulties with Scholarship Central, please reference the Scholarship Central Users Guide or send a screenshot of the error message to scholarships@vt.edu.     
    • For general financial aid and scholarship questions, please contact the University Scholarships and Financial Aid Office at 540-231-5179, finaid@vt.edu, or visit their website at www.finaid.vt.edu.
    • Questions about the College of Engineering Scholarship process can be directed to Alexis Miller at alexismiller@vt.edu.

Additional Scholarship Opportunities

The Engineering Opportunities Facebook page is available to engineering students in order to receive information on scholarships available outside the College of Engineering, internships, cooperative education, full-time jobs, and other academic and professional development opportunities. To stay informed on Facebook go to Engineering Opportunities – Virginia Tech and like the page.