Policies

Renewal Requirements

Information on the renewal requirements for merit-based scholarships offered to incoming freshmen and transfer students can be found in the table below.

  • Full-time enrollment (12 or more UTA hours) is required each fall and spring semester for the duration of the scholarship. Funds will not be released at less than full-time enrollment. It is important to note that the minimum hours of full-time enrollment may not be enough to meet the annual renewal requirements for the scholarship. Please refer to the hour requirement for renewal in the scholarship tab for additional information.
  • Only hours taken and successfully completed at UTA will be counted towards the annual scholarship requirements.
  • A minimum cumulative UTA GPA must be maintained for renewal. Please refer to the scholarships tab for additional information.
  • The year counted for the purpose of scholarship renewal begins with the first fall or spring semester the scholarship is received and ends with the following spring or fall semester that sequentially follows.
  • Students who receive a fall scholarship are reviewed at the end of the spring semester for renewal. Students who receive a spring scholarship are reviewed at the end of the fall semester. While summer enrollment is not required, students have the option to take summer classes at UTA to help meet the renewal requirements.
  • Annual minimum scholarship renewal requirements must be met by the end of summer for fall scholarship students, and by the end of fall for spring scholarship students. Failure to meet the renewal requirements at that time will result in the termination of the scholarship.
  • Students in their final, graduating semester may enroll in less than full-time enrollment for that semester. The amount of the scholarship received in the final semester is based upon enrollment. The amount of the scholarship will be reduced to reflect the student’s enrollment.
  • All scholarships administered through the UT Arlington Scholarships Office are reserved for students pursuing their first baccalaureate degrees, in a for-credit, degree-seeking program. Once a student has earned their first baccalaureate degree, they are no longer eligible for the scholarship.
  • If a scholarship was cancelled for one semester, it is not eligible to be reinstated. Please visit the Scholarship Appeal Process webpage for details.

Renewal Requirements for Scholarships

Scholarship Name Minimum Enrollment (Fall/Spring) UTA Hours Completed Annually (Fall/Spring/Summer) Cumulative UTA GPA
UTA National Merit Scholarship Full-time = 12 UTA hours 1st Renewal - 30 credit hours of progress towards degree completion required; 2nd Renewal - 60 credit hours; 3rd Renewal - 90 credit hours. 3.00
Presidential Honors Scholarship Full-time = 12 UTA hours 30 UTA credit hours required. 3.00
Presidential Scholarship Full-time = 12 UTA hours 30 UTA credit hours required. 3.00
Maverick Academic Scholarship Full-time = 12 UTA hours 30 UTA credit hours required. 3.00
Maverick Recognition Scholarship Full-time = 12 UTA hours 30 UTA credit hours required. 3.00
Transfer Honors Scholarship Full-time = 12 UTA hours 24 UTA credit hours required. 3.00
Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship Full-time = 12 UTA hours 24 UTA credit hours required. 3.00

Appeal Form

Students that have experienced extenuating circumstances that have prevented them from successfully completing the scholarship renewal requirements have the option to submit a scholarship appeal to the Scholarship Committee for review. Please visit the Scholarship Appeal Process webpage to find out more about this process and to submit an appeal. For additional questions about scholarship renewal requirements, please contact the Scholarships Office at 817-272-2197 or email schol@uta.edu.

Additional Information

If it becomes necessary for a scholarship student to drop below full-time after census date, the scholarship will not be cancelled at that point, but the drop can still have a very significant effect on renewal eligibility.

In addition to the 12 UTA hours required at 11:59 p.m. on census date each term, renewal eligibility will also require the completion of a minimum number of total hours during the fall, spring and summer terms. Please refer to the Renewal Requirements for details about the specific scholarships.

In the final, graduating semester a student may request permission to enroll less than full-time and still retain the scholarship if less than 12 hours is all that is required to complete the bachelor's degree. If your request is approved, the scholarship will be prorated to reflect the level of enrollment.

In most cases, the exception will be approved provided an appeal was not approved for the preceding semester.

A written request must be submitted to the Scholarship Committee in person Room B17 in the basement of the University Administration Building (UAB) or emailed to schol@uta.edu.

Students participating in a PPI Program receive a bachelor's and master's degree simultaneously at the end of the 5-year program.

Upon acceptance into Graduate School, students with remaining scholarship eligibility may continue to receive the scholarship for two long semesters. This is an approximate equivalent of the final year of undergraduate study before moving on to the graduate equivalent of the program.

Because students will be participating in UTA's undergraduate scholarship program, the full-time requirement for scholarship purposes will remain at 12 UTA hours per semester.