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Scholarships and Financial Aid

Contact details

Detailed information about the University’s Student Financial Assistance Program may be obtained from:

E-mail address: scholarship@usc.edu.ph
Talamban Campus: +(63 32) 230 0100 local 276
Downtown Campus: +(63 32) 230 0100 local 547
Mailing Address: Alumni and Visitors’ Center, University of San Carlos, Nasipit, Talamban, 6000 Cebu City, Philippines

For convenience, you may contact the following:

  • Ms. Christine Alpis, Scholarships Staff
  • Ms. Fe Salva, Office Secretary
  • Ar. Margret D. Rosario, Assistant Director

Basic Information

The University, guided by its Catholic identity and the principles of “Education with a Mission” and “Witness to the Word,” is committed to transforming communities. It strives to create opportunities for every student to access quality education.

The University of San Carlos offers various types of scholarships, including merit-based, academic, athletic, performing arts, financial aid, working scholarships, as well as those provided by the government and private entities.

Financial assistance programs are categorized as follows:

  • Scholarships (merit-based) – Focus on exceptional academic performance, artistic talent, or athletic ability
  • Grants-in-Aid (non-merit-based) – Focus on the family’s long-term financial situation and needs (see below)

Scholarship sponsors include the University of San Carlos, alumni, private industry, and the government. The Office of Alumni Affairs, Scholarships, and Job Placement is dedicated to helping financially challenged students pursue a Carolinian education.

All non-merit scholars of the University of San Carlos come from families who belong in the bottom 20% of household income group. To learn more about how to apply for this type of scholarship, kindly follow the links or email addresses below.

For government scholarships:

  1. Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – scholarship@region7.dost.gov.ph
  2. Commission on Higher Education (CHED) – chedro7scholarship@ched.gov.ph

For loans – President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (PGMA)

  1. Loan for graduating students of programs with licensure examination

For USC Private Scholarship Programs, please refer to the other sections below.

Scholarships for Basic Education/Senior High School

USC-sponsored Merit Scholarships:

  1. Carolinian Honors-Privilege for the ranked First and Second in Grades 2 to 10 (with Scientia, Virtus and Devotio as qualifications metrics)
  2. Carolinian Honors-Privilege for the ranked First and Second of Grade 10 from USC-BED enrolling in USC Grade 11
  3. Carolinian Honors-Privilege for the ranked First and Second of the ABM, HUMSS, STEM Strands and Arts and Design Track of Grade 11 and Grade 12
  4. Scholarships for the children of Academic Employees
  5. Scholarships for the children of Non-Academic Employees
  6. Scholarships for the USC Varsity/athletes in selected sports
  7. Scholarships for the USC Choristers in SHS
  8. Scholarships for the USC Dance Troupe in SHS
  9. Scholarships for the USC Theater Guild in SHS

USC-sponsored Non-Merit Student Financial Assistance:

  1. Same-Family Discount-Privilege
  2. Full-Payment Cash Discount-Privilege
  3. Full-Payment Card Discount-Privilege

Alumni-sponsored Merit Scholarships:

  1. USC Alumni Association Scholarship Trust Fund
    • a. Chemical Engineering Class 1964
    • b. Walter & Maria Quijano
    • c. Carmelita L. Piramide
    • d. Anita Y. Sanchez

Government-sponsored Non-Merit Student Financial Assistance:

  1. Department of Education – Education Service Contracting (ESC) Student Financial Assistance for Grades 7-10 of the USC-BED North Campus
  2. Department of Education – ESC Student Financial Assistance  for Grades 7-10 of the USC-BED South Campus
  3. Department of Education – Education Voucher System (EVS) Student Financial Assistance for Grades 11 & 12 pursuing ABM, HUMSS, STEM Strands and Arts and Design Track

Scholarships for Tertiary Programs

A. USC-sponsored Merit Scholarships for all programs

  1. USC President Scholarships (Solidarity) for Dependents of Bar/Board Placers:
    • 1st to 5th rank = 100% of lecture/tuition fees
    • 6th to 8th rank = 75% of lecture/tuition fees
    • 9th to 10th rank = 50% of lecture/tuition fees
  2. Scholarships for the children of Academic/Non-Academic Employees
  3. Scholarships for the USC Varsity/athletes in selected sports
  4. Scholarships for the USC Choristers
  5. Scholarships for the USC Dance Troupe
  6. Scholarships for the USC Theater Guild
  7. USC National Service Training Program (NSTP) Scholarships for Student-Assistants

Carolinian Honors List (CHL) for students ranked First, Second and Third of each cluster
Carolinian Advantage Scholarship for the Top Senior High School Graduates

B. SVD Priest sponsored

  1. Fr. Margarito R. Alingasa, SVD Scholarship for Natural Sciences and Engineering

C. Alumni-sponsored Merit Scholarships

Any academic program

  1.  Bisaya Circle in America (BISCA) Trust Fund Scholarships

B.S. Chemical Engineering

  1. USC ChE Class 1974 Scholarship 
  2. USCChES Foundation, Inc. Scholarships 
  3. USCChES Foundation, Inc. Educational Loan

B.S. Chemistry

  1. Carolinian AlumniChem, Inc.–Fr. Edgar Oehler, SVD Junior-Level scholarship

B.S. Mathematics

  1. Casey-Sia Charitable Foundation Scholarships 
  2. Chia-Limonco Charitable Foundation Scholarships 
  3. Rosita T. Lopez Foundation, Inc. Scholarships for Accountancy, Business and Mathematics 

B.S. Accountancy or B.S. Business Administration 

  1.  USC College of Commerce/SBE Batch 1974 Scholarships 
  2. Josephine Linaban-Williams Scholarships

Library and Information Science

  1. Violanda Taboada Bradbury Fabugais Scholarships 

Sponsor’s Priority Program per Academic Year

  1. Joel and Virginia Jacobson Scholarships 

B.S. Biology and B.S. Mathematics 

  1.  AJJI Scholarships

School of Law and Governance

  1. USC College of Law Academic Scholarships for baccalaureate graduates with Latin honors
  2. Jesus P. Garcia Sr. Endowed Scholarships  
  3. AJGI-EDG Scholarships 
  4. VRV and Sons Foundation, Inc. Endowed Scholarships

D. Industry/Private-sponsored Merit Scholarships

B.S. Business Administration, B.S. Accountancy

  1. Cebuana Lhuillier Foundation, Inc. (CLFI) Scholarships
  2. Korea Bhang Jeong Hwan Foundation Scholarships for Business

Priority Academic Programs (determined by the sponsor)

  1. Cebu Landmasters, Inc. Scholarships 
  2. Co Tiong and Co King Ting Scholarships
  3. Edgar Cokaliong Foundation, Inc. Scholarships
  4. Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, Inc. Purposive Scholarships
  5. Juanito King FouTanchan Foundation, Inc. Scholarships Foundation, Inc. Scholarships 
  6. Menzi, Inc. Scholarships 
  7. Philippine Science and Technology Development Foundation–Manila, Inc. (PhilDev) 
  8. PHINMA Foundation, Inc. Scholarships 
  9. Tanchan Foundation, Inc. Scholarships 
  10. Tanchan Foundation, Inc. Scholarships 
  11. VICSAL Foundation, Inc. Scholarships
  12. Salud Borromeo Foundation, Inc. (SBFI) Scholarships 

B.S. Physics

  1. Ironwood Property Ventures Corporation Scholarships 

Various Academic Programs 

  1. SM Foundation, Inc. Scholarships

Priority Engineering Programs 
(Applicants should refer to the sponsor’s preferred programs for the academic year)

  1. Jon Ramon Aboitiz for Sciences and Engineering courses
  2. Maxim Integrated Scholarships 
  3. Tamiya, Inc. Scholarships 
  4. Scholarships to Ensure Progress (STEPS) Foundation, Inc.–Linde Purposive Scholarships 
  5. Cebu Mitsumi, Inc. Scholarships 
  6. Visayan Electric Company (VECO), Inc. Scholarships
  7. Vivant Foundation, Inc. Scholarships for Electrical Engineering

E. Industry/Private-sponsored Non-Merit Student Financial Assistance

  1. Edward and Eva Underwood Charitable Foundation, Inc. Grants for any academic program
  2. Floyd O. Hicks Grants for any academic program

F. Government-sponsored Merit Scholarships

Priority Programs 

  1. City of Guihulngan, Negros Oriental Scholarships 
  2. City of Talisay, Cebu Scholarships
  3. Department of Science and Technology:  RA 7687, Merit, JLSSS RA 10612  Scholarships for Arts and Sciences, Education, and Engineering

Various Academic Programs 

  1. Commission on Higher Education–(CHED-HEDF HM/ FM) Full/ Half Merit Scholarships 
  2. Commission on Higher Education–Private Education Student Financial Assistance (CHED-PESFA) 
  3. Commission on Higher Education Scholarship Program (CSP)–Full and Half Merit 
  4. Commission on Higher Education–Tulong Dunong (CHED-TD) 
  5. Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education Subsidy (UniFAST-TES)

G. Government-sponsored Non-Merit Student Financial Assistance

  1. PGMA Higher Education Loan Fund Program (PGMA-HELFP) for graduating students of priority academic programs
  2. Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Grants for any academic program
  3. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Grants for any academic program
  4. Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) Grants for any academic program

H. Military Scholarships

  1. USC President Scholarships for the beneficiaries of military personnel incapacitated  in line of duty–P.D. 577
  2. Armed Forces of the Philippines Educational Benefit System Office’ (AFP-EBESO) Scholarships for dependents of military personnel seriously-injured or killed-in-action

I. USC-sponsored Non-Merit Student Financial Assistance

  1. Same-Family Discount-Privilege
  2. Full-Payment Cash/Card Discount Privilege

J. Special Scholarships

  1. Bank of the Philippine Islands Foundation, Inc. (BPIFI) Pagpupugay Scholarship Program for the next of kin of severely sick or deceased COVID-19 medical front-liners (starting First Year)
  2. Doña Modesta Singson-Gaisano Foundation Scholarships for USC-SHS ranked graduates

Scholarships for Graduate Programs

USC-sponsored Merit Scholarships:

  1. Discount-Privilege for Religious Congregations
  2. USC – Engineering for Research Development in Technology (USC-ERDT) Scholarships for Graduate Engineering programs
  3. Schooling Privilege for permanent and non-permanent Academic Employees
  4. Schooling Privilege for permanent Non-Academic Employees

Industry/Private-sponsored Merit Scholarships:

  1. Lexmark Research and Development Corporation (LRDC) Scholarships  

Government-sponsored Merit Scholarships (including SUCs):

  1. Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Scholarships for faculty-members K – 12 Transition
  2. Commission on Higher Education – Higher Education Development Fund – Faculty Development Program (CHED –  HEDF-FDP) Scholarships
  3. Department of Science & Technology – Accelerated Science & Technology Human Resource Development Program –National Science Consortium (DOST – ASTHRDP – NSC) Scholarships
  4. Department of Science & Technology – Science Education Institute – Capability-Building Program in Science & Mathematics Education (DOST – SEI – CBPSME)
  5. Department of Science & Technology (DOST) Scholarships for MS Physics

Contact Information

  • P. del Rosario St., Cebu City, 6000, Philippines
    Email: info@usc.edu.ph
  • Trunkline connecting all departments +63 32 401 2300, +63 32 230 0100
  • North Campus: local 800 (Basic Ed), local 234 (Senior High)
  • Montessori Academy: local 837
  • South Campus: local 711 (Basic Ed), local 548 (Senior High)

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