Scholarships

Scholarship Opportunities

The Department of Modern Languages supports student success with merit-based scholarships for our undergraduate and graduate majors. We award over $20,000 in scholarships each academic year. Applications are accepted every Fall and Spring semesters.

Undergraduate and Graduate

The Bart Lewis Memorial Scholarship

Awards are intended for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in a Modern Language at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Eligibility

  • Full-time undergraduate students should have completed minimum of 12 semester credit hours of language courses in MODL at UTA with a minimum overall college GPA of 3.0.
  • Full-time graduate students should have completed a minimum of 12 graduate semester hours in a language at UTA with a minimum overall GPA of 3.0.

Typical Stipends

  • $500-750 for undergraduate recipients of the scholarship
  • $500-1000 for graduate recipients of the scholarship

Application

All scholarship applications can be found on the Mav ScholarShop. Please be aware that specific scholarship opportunities are only listed when they are active. When the scholarship is open for application you will find the information listed under the Dr. Bart L. Lewis Memorial Endowed Scholarship. Learn how to request a recommendation from your professor.

Approximate Deadlines

(see Mavs ScholarShop for exact dates)
  • Fall Deadline: November 1
  • Spring Deadline: March 15

Undergraduate

MODERN LANGUAGES ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP

Awards are intended for undergraduate students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in a Modern Language at the University of Texas at Arlington. The award is to be used in the Fall and Spring semesters (no Summer awards).

Typical Stipends

  • $100-500 for recipients of the scholarship

Application

All scholarship applications can be found on the Mav ScholarShop. Please be aware that specific scholarship opportunities are only listed when they are active. When the scholarship is open for application you will find the information listed under the Department of Modern Languages Endowed Scholarship. Learn how to request a recommendation from your professor.

Approximate Deadlines

(see Mavs ScholarShop for exact dates)
  • Fall Deadline: November 1
  • Spring Deadline: March 15

Undergraduate and Graduate (SPANISH STUDENTS ONLY)

THE TONY LITSEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Awards are intended for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in Spanish at the University of Texas at Arlington. High school students who are planning to pursue a bachelor's degree in Spanish at the University of Texas at Arlington are also eligible to apply.

Eligibility

  • Undergraduate students should have completed a minimum of 12 semester hours of Spanish courses at UTA with a minimum GPA in Spanish of 3.0 and with an overall GPA of 2.5.
  • Graduate students should have completed a minimum of 9 graduate semester hours in Spanish at UTA with a minimum overall GPA of 3.5.

Typical Stipends

  • $500.00 - $1,000.00 for undergraduate recipients of the scholarship
  • $1,000.00 - $2,000.00 for graduate recipients of the scholarship

Application Information

All scholarship applications can be found on the Mav ScholarShop. Please be aware that specific scholarship opportunities are only listed when they are active. When the scholarship is open for application you will find the information listed under the Tony Litsey Spanish Memorial Scholarship. Learn how to request a recommendation from your professor.

Approximate Deadlines

(see Mavs ScholarShop for exact dates)
  • Fall Deadline: November 1
  • Spring Deadline: March 15