Level: Bachelor
Tuition: Partial coverage
Deadline: Dec 1, 2025
Duration max: 25  months

Each year, the Board of Admissions awards the Presidential Scholarship to our incoming first-year students who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement. In addition to being among our most academically talented students, Presidential Scholars demonstrate excellence beyond the classroom and are leaders in their schools and communities. This $25,000 tuition scholarship is renewable for up to four years of undergraduate study at BU.

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  • Antarctica
  • Algeria
  • American Samoa
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Antigua and Barbuda
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  • Argentina
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  • Austria
  • Bahamas
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  • Denmark
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  • Ecuador
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  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Ethiopia
  • Eritrea
  • Estonia
  • Faroe Islands
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  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • Fiji
  • Finland
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  • France
  • French Guiana
  • French Polynesia
  • French Southern Territories
  • Djibouti
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  • Palestine
  • Germany
  • Ghana
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  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
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  • Madagascar
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  • Malaysia
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  • Puerto Rico
  • Qatar
  • Reunion
  • Romania
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  • Rwanda
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  • Somalia
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  • Sudan
  • Western Sahara
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  • Syrian Arab Republic
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  • Togo
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  • United Arab Emirates
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  • Turkey
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  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • North Macedonia
  • Egypt
  • United Kingdom
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
  • Isle of Man
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • United States
  • Virgin Islands, U.S.
  • Burkina Faso
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Venezuela
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • Samoa
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • South Ossetia
  • Kosovo
  • Vanuatu
  • Aland Islands
  • French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  • AuPair
  • Environmental Systems Analysis
  • Animation
  • Anthropology
  • Astronomy
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical & Marine Engineering
  • Business
  • Business & Technology
  • Bio & Biomedical Engineering
  • Biology
  • Biomedicine
  • Accounting
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Military Science
  • Environmental Impacts & Human Health
  • Gender Studies
  • Geography
  • Geo-information
  • Hydrology & Water Management
  • Hospitality and Tourism Management
  • Public Administration
  • Civil & Private Law
  • Civil Engineering, Architecture & Construction
  • Humanities
  • Design
  • European Law
  • Natural Sciences
  • Journalism and Mass Communications
  • Public Health
  • Language, Literature and Cultural Studies
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Engineering Physics
  • Engineering & Business
  • Information Science
  • Art
  • Art & Art History
  • Film and Theatre Studies
  • History
  • Climate Studies & Meteorology
  • Computer Science & IT
  • Marketing studies
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Human Medicine
  • International Law
  • Management
  • Fashion, Textiles and Luxury goods
  • Music
  • Life Sciences, Medicine & Health
  • Earth Sciences
  • Education
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Behavioral Science
  • Political Science & International Relations
  • Soil Science & Soil Ecology
  • Law
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Applied Sciences & Professions
  • Psychology
  • Public Law
  • Development & Social Policy and Planning
  • Materials Engineering
  • Religious Studies and Theology
  • Communications
  • Agriculture, Forestry, Animal & Related Sciences
  • Family and Consumer Science
  • Nursing
  • Social Work
  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Sport
  • Internship + English
  • Dentistry
  • Criminal Law and Criminology
  • Business Administration
  • Management & Organisation
  • Human Resource Management
  • Project Management
  • Supply Chain Management & Logistics
  • Sustainable Management, Policy & Governance
  • Pharmacy
  • Physics
  • Physiotherapy
  • Philosophy
  • Finance
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Biotechnology
  • Environmental Chemistry & Toxicology
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Ecology, Biodiversity & Conservation
  • Econometrics
  • Economics
  • Environmental Economics
  • Electronics & Embedded Technology
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Energy Engineering
  • Ethnic Studies

This $25,000 tuition scholarship is renewable for up to four years of undergraduate study at BU.

No additional essays or application forms are required. Students who wish to be considered for the Presidential Scholarship should submit their application and supporting credentials by December 1.

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