MSJE National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) 2025-26 : nosmsje.gov.in
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Organisation : Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (MSJE)
Scholarship Name : National Overseas Scholarship 2025-26
Applicable For : SC Students
Last Date : 27th April, 2025
Website : https://www.nosmsje.gov.in/nosmsje/
What is National Overseas Scholarship?
The National Overseas Scholarship aims to empower low-income students from marginalized communities, including the Scheduled Castes, Denotified Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, Landless Agricultural Labourers, and Traditional Artisans. The scholarship supports their pursuit of higher education, such as Master’s degree or Ph.D. courses, by providing opportunities to study abroad, ultimately contributing to their economic and social upliftment. The NOS portal for receiving applications for the first round of Selection Year 2025-26 shall remain open from 00:00 hours on 19th March, 2025 until 23:59 hours on 27th April, 2025 for a period of 40 days.
Eligibility of National Overseas Scholarship
In order to be eligible for scholarship, at least 60% marks or equivalent grade in the qualifying examination would be required. In case of Ph. D courses, the qualifying exam would be Master’s Degree and for Master’s Degree courses, the qualifying examination would be Bachelor’s Degree. In case a student has completed Bachelor’s of Engineering after completing Diploma (Lateral Entry to 2nd year), percentage of marks obtained in Bachelor’s degree will be taken into account.
How To Apply For National Overseas Scholarship?
The scheme will be advertised in the news papers/other media giving summarized information about the Scheme. The candidates, after assessing their eligibility and suitability, as per the eligibility conditions of the Scheme Guidelines, can apply online to this Ministry on the portal, i.e., www.nosmsje.gov.in
Selection Procedures of National Overseas Scholarship
a. Only candidates who have submitted their Aadhar card and obtained unconditional offer of admission from one of the foreign Institutions/ Universities which are in the list of top 500 QS world ranked institutions/ universities from the academic session 2025-26 and onward shall be considered for award of scholarship for studying in that Institution/University subject to fulfillment of other eligibility conditions of the Scheme. However, in case the students are unable to submit their Aadhar Card on the portal at the time of application, they will be asked to mandatorily submit their Aadhar ID/Aadhar EID before the issue of final award letter/confirmation letter failing which the provisional award letter issued to them would be revoked.
b. No request for change of Institution/University shall be entertained. In case the selected candidate desires to change the course or university, he/she can apply afresh in the next available round.
c. There will be only two round of Selection. For every cycle of selection, merit list of the eligible candidates shall be drawn up on the basis of the rank, as per the latest available QS ranking, of the foreign Universities/Institutions from where the candidate has received the offer of admission and scholarships shall be awarded in order of this merit. The candidates holding an offer letter from the higher ranked University/ Institution will be ranked higher in the merit list. In case of a tie between the QS rankings of two or more candidates, their position in merit will be decided on the basis of the marks/grades secured by the candidate in the qualifying examination for the higher studies for which the scholarship has been applied for.
What is the Last Date of National Overseas Scholarship?
The National Overseas Scholarship portal for receiving applications for the first round of Selection Year 2025-26 shall remain open from 00:00 hours on 19th March, 2025 until 23:59 hours on 27th April, 2025 for a period of 40 days.