The bursary is another form of financial assistance given to needy students. Students who do not receive Mahapola scholarships are eligible to apply, subject to the circulars and conditions governing Bursaries. Eligible students will receive ten (10) installments of Bursaries for an academic year. Notices indicating the dates on which Bursaries are paid will be displayed on the Students’ Welfare Division notice board and other notice boards.

The university will issue an application for Bursary for every student who enrolled at the university. The students who satisfy the eligibility criteria given in the University Grants Commission Circular No 11/2018 dated 11th October 2018 will be awarded the Bursary scholarships. Students who wish to apply for Bursary scholarships should complete the application forms and hand over to Grama Niladari of the division with all relevant documents enabling him/her to dispatch the same through the Divisional Secretary to reach Senior Assistant Registrar/ Staff & Students’ Welfare Division on or before the closing date. Transferred students are requested to instruct the earlier university to forward their Bursary applications to this university. No duplicate applications are issued except for a loss of an application.

After processing the applications, acceptance letter along with a form is issued to the students who are eligible to receive the Bursary according to the selection criteria and requested to submit the completed attached form and savings account details at any Bank of a student is requested to make the payment of Bursary through the bank. A list of rejected students is available at the Student Welfare Division and students can verify and appeal with proof of changes in the income (retirement, death, pension, etc. of parents/guardian)

Payments are made in 10 installments per academic year and a student selected for the Bursary will receive Rs. 4,000.00 per installment from the University Grants Commission.

The payment will be made for all students who sign the signature sheet for Bursary Scholarship every month by credit to the bank accounts. Students will be informed by notices about the dates on which these installments will be paid by the Student Welfare Division. Those who fail to sign the signature sheets before the deadline can appeal to obtain the relevant Bursary installments by forwarding a duly completed application (Download).

• Instructions to fill the Bursary Scholarship Application Form
• Bursary Scolarship Scheme
• Bursary Application - Tamil
• Bursary Application- Sinhala