Organisation : University Grants Commission (UGC)
Portal : National Scholarship Portal (NSP)
Scholarship Name : National Scholarship For Postgraduate Studies 2025-26
Applicable For : Indian Students For Two Years To Pursue Higher Studies
Application Last Date : 31st October 2025
Website: https://scholarships.gov.in/home
What is UGC National Scholarship For Postgraduate Studies?
National Scholarship For Postgraduate Studies 2025-26 is offered by University Grants Commission (UGC). Ten thousand (10000) National Scholarships or as may be decided by the Commission, at the rate of Rs.15,000/- per month for 10 months in a year, are available for Indian students for two years to pursue higher studies, within India, leading to award of Postgraduate Degree under the scheme ‘National Scholarship for Post Graduate Studies’. Last date of application is 31st October 2025.
Related / Similar Scholarship : UGC Ishan Uday Special Scholarship Scheme For NER 2025-26
Eligibility of UGC National Scholarship For Postgraduate Studies
1. The scholarship is available to the students for the first PG Degree programme only. Students, who have already acquired any postgraduate degree, are not eligible to apply.
2. Only the students, who are already admitted in the first year of PG degree programme in an eligible university/college/institution, (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Institution’), are eligible to apply.
3. In case of integrated programmes, the scholarship shall be given for PG component only.
4. Only students who are below the age of 30 years of age as on the date of admission in the first semester/year of a PG programme are eligible to apply under these schemes.
5. The scholarship is available only for students who are admitted to PG degree programme through ‘Regular/Full Time’ mode. The students, who are pursuing any PG programme through open/distance/correspondence mode, private or part-time mode, are not eligible to apply.
6. The scholarship is available only for students who are pursuing recognized PG degree programmes leading to specified PG degrees notified by UGC from time to time i.e. the nomenclature and duration of course should be as per UGC Notification on Specification of Degrees, as amended from time to time.
How To Apply For UGC National Scholarship For Postgraduate Studies?
1. Applications will be invited once in a year on the National e-Scholarship Portal of the Government of India. Short notification will also be uploaded on the UGC website.
2. Incomplete applications will be summarily rejected. Only verified online applications will be considered for award of scholarship.
3. Students are not required to upload any certificate/affidavit on NSP while submitting their online applications. However, as per requirement of scheme they have to submit necessary documents to their institutions to enable them to verify their online applications.
4. In case, a student does not have a separate KYC compliant bank account in their name, he/she should open a KYC compliant bank account in his/her name and give its correct information in the online application. Even if a student is selected for scholarship, the payment of scholarship may not be generated due to mis-match of name of student, bank account number, IFSC code etc.
5. Students are advised to fill the online application on NSP very carefully. The application may be rejected or payment may be stopped due to the wrong information in the online application No correspondence will be entertained in this regard after the application is verified by their institution.
6. The institutions are also advised to check whether the student has given correct information in their online application.
7. The Institution shall verify the eligibility of its students on the basis of documents submitted by students. The Institution may ask for Certificates, Affidavits from students to ensure the eligibility and verify the information given by the students in their online application. These include Certificate issued by the competent authorities for Caste and or Category, under which student has applied.
8. The institution shall retain all documents of its students for record purpose during the period of scholarship plus two years after the end of scholarship. UGC reserves the right to call for the documents of any student, any time.
9. After verifying the eligibility of its students for scholarship under the scheme, the institution shall verify the online application on NSP within the stipulated time. While verifying the online application, the institutions shall upload a scanned copy of certificate on the Portal. A format of the Certificate for verifying ‘Fresh’ applications is attached below. Original copy of Certificate shall be retained by institution with other record of student.
Important Dates of UGC National Scholarship For Postgraduate Studies
** Scheme Open from : 25-06-2025
** Student Application Open till : 31-10-2025
** Defective Application Verification Open till:15-11-2025
** Institute Verification Open till:15-11-2025
** DNO/SNO/MNO Verification Open till:30-11-2025