Scholarships for Medical studies for Indian Students

In India, we know that medical courses especially MBBS always remain on the top among professional courses but getting admission and pursuing MBBS from a reputed college is a very challenging job because of funding and high competition.

And it is not the case of India only, this same situation can be seen in various developed countries like USA, UK, Australia, Canada and many more. Therefore, to encourage the student’s various organizations including government and private institutes offers medical scholarships for Indian students that help the needy students financially and remove the barriers that affect the study.

Students are awarded medical scholarships based on different criteria like merit, academics background, current performance in the semesters, and financial background of the family.

Why are Medical scholarships for Indian students required?

The budget for studying MBBS can be gigantic in private medical colleges, because of huge donations and high tuition fees. The average cost of studying medicine in government colleges ranges between 50,000 to 70,000 per annum but in the case of Indian private colleges, this budget goes beyond 1 crore.

It is very clear that medical seats in government colleges are limited and due to high competition in the medical exams (NEET) and an increasing number of aspirants, students make up their minds to take admission to private medical colleges.

If we talk about the annual fee of any private colleges in India as well as abroad in some specific countries like the UK, US, Australia, the annual cost of an MBBS course goes between the range of 7 lakh to 10 lakh and college demands for the high amount for the sake of donation.

Therefore medical Indian Students require scholarships for Medical studies. Here in this article, we will discuss the top 5 scholarship programs in India and the top 5 scholarship programs Abroad for medical education.

MBBS in India scholarships – Let’s dive deep into the knowledge

Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students

The scheme was started with an objective to provide financial assistance to the students based on their merit. It is given by the human resources development ministry. The scholarship scheme was started with an annual target to provide 82000 scholarships (41000 for boys and 41000 for girls). This scheme is covered under direct benefits transfer that means it will be directly disbursed into the bank account of the beneficiaries.

Key highlights

• Students should have 80 percentiles in 12th Class
• Students should be 18 to 25 years old
• Family income must be less than INR 6 lakh per annum
• Amount – INR 10,000 for the first three years and 20,000 for the last two years.
• Total Seat – 82,000 

2. Combined Counselling Board Scholarship (Professional Courses)

The combined Counselling board provides this scholarship under its welfare department. The scholarship is provided in its member colleges with an aim to reduce the financial burden on students and their parents. All participating colleges are AICTE/UGC approved by the government of India and affiliated with the state government Technical/Professional University.

Key Highlights

• Students should meet the criteria of having 40-50% in 12th or equivalent (depending on the course)
• It also covers the hostel fee for the entire medical course
• Scholarship per annum Rs 40,000 to 75,000
• Total scholarship in the entire course is up to Rs 4 lakh

3. BHEL-FAEA Scholarships

FAEA BHEL Scholarship is provided under the association of TATA group and Bharat heavy electricals limited. The main aim of this scholarship program is the growth of Poor society by helping the students in paying the graduation level examination. 

Key Highlights

• 12th class Students from a recognized board are eligible for this program
• Students who have entered the first year of graduation can also apply for this scholarship program
• 12th class Students whose result is not declared can also apply for this program
• The amount is not fixed in this program but it covers tuition fee, hostel fee, books fee, and miscellaneous costs. 

4. All India Pre-Medical Scholarship Test

AIPMST (All India Pre-Medical Scholarship Test) is one of the pre-medical entrance scholarship examinations held in India. The main aim of this test is to supports those students the qualified medical aspirants who want to study medical courses like MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BHMS/BUMS. 

It is conducted every year purely based on merit to provide benefits for medical aspirants who are from weaker financial backgrounds.

Key Highlights

• This scholarship program runs under Brainztorm Technical Excellence
• Students should obtain a minimum of 60% marks in the 12th class
• The maximum age limit is 26 year
• Students will get 100% of their tuition fee as a scholarship for up to four years in medical college for government colleges and up to 50% of tuition fee as a scholarship for the first year in private colleges.
• A basic configuration laptop is provided

5. Vahini Scholarship

Vahini Scholarship is a non-profit organization that aims to fill the gap in students’ studies and provide them support for their higher education. Students who desire to study MBBS can also avail the benefits of medical scholarship through their Pre-Medical Scholarship Test.

Key Highlights

• The scholarship is awarded for only 20 candidates
• Candidates are selected after a broad review by the selection panel followed by two interview rounds
• Candidates from poor and financially weak families can apply
• It covers the Tuition fee and Accommodation costs during the medical course

These are the top 5 Medical scholarships for Indian students which reduce the burden of the high tuition fees in Medical courses. 

Let’s move towards MBBS abroad scholarships, in this section, we will see the scholarship or financial help provided by the various international and national organizations to study MBBS Abroad.

1. Tata Scholarship in the association of Cornell University, USA

This scholarship is associated with TATA Group’s trust known as “TATA Education and Development Trust”. The focus of this scholarship is to reduce the financial burden of the students who are willing to enhance their career growth by studying Abroad. This is the scholarship that can be only availed if a student has an admission letter from Cornell University for any undergraduate degree program including MBBS. Cornell University has got $25 million endowments from TATA Group.

Key Highlights

• Must be an Indian citizen
• Pass out from any Indian senior secondary school
• Qualifying scorecard for language proficiency tests like TOEFL, IELTS
• Must have an invitation letter from Cornell University
• The total number of beneficiaries is 20
• It covers the expense of tuition and annual course fee

Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship – UK

Commonwealth scholarship is given to the bright students of countries like India which has membership in the commonwealth group. It is a UK-based scholarship program in which every year around 800 students get benefits to study various courses under post-graduation in UK-based universities. This is really a good opportunity for Indian students who want to study MBBS Abroad.

Key highlights

• Students from Commonwealth countries can apply
• 60% marks in social science and humanities or 65% marks in Science, technology, engineering, and agriculture.
• Candidate must have an undergraduate degree if you wish to study for masters in the medical sphere

Chevening Scholarships – UK

Chevening Scholarships are offered to extraordinary students from all around the world to provide them an opportunity to pursue a postgraduate program. The candidate will be eligible to join a university in the host country UK. It has a strong network of 50,000 alumni from various fields and invites students from more than 160 countries to take advantage of this scholarship program.

• Citizenship of commonwealth country
• At least 2 years of work experience
• This scholarship covers tuition fee, living cost, expenses, travel cost 

Fulbright-Nehru Fellowships – USA

The Fulbright-Nehru Fellowships scholarship program is designed for outstanding candidates of India who want to pursue a master’s degree program from the USA. He/she can choose their area of interest like medical, science & technology, economics and many more. This scholarship is highly devoted to individuals who demonstrated extraordinary leadership qualities and want to continue to study further.

• Applicants must complete a bachelor degree or master if a bachelor degree is less than 4 years
• Funding for tuition fees, living, and other related expenses
• Accident, sickness coverage as per US government guideline

Note- No financial and expenses support for dependents

UBC International Leader of Tomorrow Award- British Columbia University, Canada

UBS encourages the academic achievements of extraordinary students from all around the world by releasing funds of more than $30 million annually in terms of awards, scholarships, and other financial support. It offers scholarships to students from more than 105 countries.

Key Highlights

• Have exceptional academic achievements
• Not be nominated for any other need and merit-based international scholarship
• One has to meet all the criteria, English language standards and should have all required documents
• It covers tuition fees, living costs, and other financial support while studying

Bonus: Being a leading MBBS abroad specialist, we also provide scholarships for MBBS Abroad based on merit and financial background. Feel free to contact us for more information about this scholarship.

The cost of Medical education is higher than any other course in India especially when you’re opting for private colleges. This burden of high cost breaks the dreams of many potential aspirants, hence scholarships and other financial support are the only way they are left to fulfill their dream.

So We hope this article based on the MBBS in India scholarship will help you to get information about the scholarship program running in our country and the MBBS Abroad scholarship program as well.