Students Financial Assistance

Office of the Students’ Financial Assistance (OSFA) is established in Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad in collaboration with HEC to provide financial help/Scholarships to the meritorious, needy and deserving students of the University and to award scholarships under various programs. Mr. Zulfiqar Ali, Manager (Financial Assistance) appointed as focal person to deals all the financial matters of the needy and deserving and meritorious students.

The Students’ Financial Aid Office is primarily responsible for providing all information, services, and assembling financial resources that are available to and/or needed by students who are attending QAU in order to obtain BS (undergraduate) MS/M.Phil and Ph.D Degree but their Financial resources are limited. The fundamental purpose of the financial aid program is to make education possible for students who might otherwise be deprived of this higher education opportunity due to inadequate funds and /or previous limited educational opportunities.

1. Establish essential manual and automated processes to support awarding financial Assistance in a timely manner.
2. Award financial assistance/Scholarships to qualified students, according to institutional and Govt requirements and with a focus on individual student needs.
3. Establish regular communication flow between the University and the students/parents.
4. Provide individual student/parent assistance in completing necessary applications and managing personal resources as they are needed to augment financial assistance in covering educational expenses.

The OSFA is being supervised by the Registrar & Vice-Chancellor directly.

There are number of scholarships available to assist students with their educational expenses on need and merit basis.

In addition to the above There are separate Scholarship Committees for each scholarship to interview the applicants for scholarships. The Scholarship Committee are recommended bodies for award of scholarships.