Financial Aid

The Financial Aid Office maintains a list of private educational lenders in the United States who offer loan programs to SGU students. We can help guide you to the lending programs that will best suit your needs.

US Students can apply for these loans to meet all or part of their cost of attendance. Some lenders may also offer private loan programs for parents, guardians, sponsors, or other individuals who wish to borrow on behalf of the student to help fund their education.

Private loan programs are available only to students who have a satisfactory credit history as determined by the lender. These loans have repayment terms that begin following withdrawal or graduation from school, but may be extended.

The loans may have a fixed or variable interest rate that is tied to an index, such as LIBOR or PRIME, plus a margin. The interest rates and fees you pay on a private student loan are based on your credit score and the credit score of your cosigner, if applicable.

St. George’s University does not prefer, recommend, promote, endorse, or suggest any lenders. You are not required to borrow from any of the lenders appearing on these lists and there is no penalty for selecting a different lender, if available. Applications for private loans are completed by the applicant and certified by a Financial Aid Counselor.

The University offers a wide variety of institutional scholarships designed to recognize academic excellence and provide access to the best and brightest students regardless of circumstance. In addition to University-Sponsored Scholarships, we have worked to procure unique scholarship opportunities for our students.

St. George’s University offers partial-tuition scholarships to citizens of CARICOM countries who otherwise, due to financial constraints, could not attend the School. The following scholarship programs are only for attendance in the undergraduate programs at St. George’s University.

Caribbean Undergraduate Scholarship Program
The Caribbean Undergraduate Scholarship Program (CUSP) offers partial-tuition scholarships to CARICOM citizens attending in Grenada only. The CUSP scholarship can reduce the amount of tuition for undergraduate studies by 65%. Awards for the CUSP are for the duration of the undergraduate program.

Employee Scholarship Program
Tuition scholarships are awarded to full-time employees and their dependent children for as long as their full time employment with the University continues. This tuition grant is applicable to the undergraduate level only.

Professional Enhancement Program
This grant is designed to assist the spouse/significant other of full time SGU employees who do not reside in a CARICOM country and are taking courses for personal enrichment. Students meeting this criteria can receive a PEP grant for up to 12 credits of non-degree courses. This partial tuition grant can reduce the amount of tuition by 65%. Once the 12 credits are taken, or a student enrolls in a degree program, the scholarship expires.

Applying for Scholarships
If you would like to apply for any of the three scholarship programs listed above, please first apply to Admissions.

After you are accepted for enrollment, submit the online Undergraduate Scholarship Application. Applicants will receive a determination via email.

The Grenadian partnership Award Program (GPA) offers a partial tuition scholarship to resident Grenadian citizens who demonstrate financial need.

Awards are only given to students who are matriculating into an undergraduate degree program. Beginning in August 2016, the GPA awarded to new recipients will reduce the student’s tuition charge by 90%.

GPA Awards are for the duration of the undergraduate program.

Grenadian citizens are automatically reviewed for a Grenadian Partnership Award. Awards are distributed based on the student’s Grenadian citizenship and matriculation in an undergraduate level program. Students will receive an award letter via email after a deposit is made.

The Caribbean Visionary Scholarship seeks to make tertiary education possible for some of the region’s top scholars who might otherwise be unable to attend university. Recipients, who must be CARICOM citizens, will be able to utilize these full and partial tuition scholarships in order to pursue one of the undergraduate degrees within the School of Arts and Sciences at SGU. The Visionary Scholarships are designed to complement the need-based Caricom Undergraduate Scholarship Program (CUSP) already offered by the University.

Award determinations are made by the Visionary Scholarship Committee based primarily on academic excellence and the student’s commitment to the chosen discipline.  We seek to nurture and encourage more students of superior academic caliber to strike out and impact the Caribbean.

Eligibility

1. Acceptance to St. George’s University’s School of Arts and Sciences
2. Caricom citizens who have been residents within Caricom for at least the previous 12 months prior to the application deadline
3. 2 letters of recommendation
4. Essay: ‘How do you envision using a degree in your discipline of study to help the Caribbean become more competitive in an interdependent global village?’
5. Certificates (CXC, CAPE, Associate degree, etc) and transcripts from all previous secondary and tertiary institutions.
6. Application Deadline: October 15th

Caribbean Visionary Scholarship Application

Address Applications to:
Caribbean Visionary Scholarship Committee
St. George’s University
Admissions Office
P.O. Box 7
True Blue, St. George’s, Grenada
W.I.

Contact:
Donalyn Modeste
dmodeste@sgu.edu
1 (473) 444-4680 ext. 3029

Scholarships are awarded annually to Grenadian citizens. Applicants must have been accepted into the University by the Committee on Admission, nominated by the Scholarship Selection Panel, and awarded by the Grenadian Government. The scholarships provide full tuition and administrative fees.

The MacAndrew Scholarship seeks to make tertiary education possible for some of Grenada’s top scholars who might otherwise be unable to attend university. This Scholarship Program is a collaboration between the Sandals Foundation and St. George’s University (SGU).

Recipients, who must be resident Grenadian citizens, will be able to utilize these full and partial tuition scholarships in order to pursue the specified undergraduate and graduate degrees within the Schools of Arts and Sciences and Graduate Studies at SGU. The MacAndrew Scholarships are designed to foster Grenada’s development by investing in building the human resource capacity in three key areas critical to national development. The MacAndrew Scholarship complements the need-based Grenadian Partnership Agreement (GPA) bursary already offered by the University.

Apply For the MacAndrew Scholarship

This joint scholarship initiative between ACB Grenada Bank and the St. George’s University aligns with the Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility pillar of youth development and education.

The successful candidate will be awarded a full tuition award for the final two years of his/her undergraduate studies at the St. George’s University. You must currently be pursuing a degree in either Business, Information Technology or Marine Wildlife Conservation Biology.

To be eligible, you must be a well-rounded Grenadian resident with a solid academic track record. Applicants who are involved in positive extra-curricular activities by demonstrating a strong spirit of volunteerism and community involvement will earn favourable consideration.

To qualify, you must meet the following Criteria:

• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• Citizen of Grenada
• Must be resident in Grenada for 24 months prior to application deadline date
• Open to students already in the programme or TAMCC Graduates
• Community Service or volunteerism
• Extra-Curricular activities – sport, music, dance, cultural activities
• Application deadline: June 30, 2024
• Applicants must submit a 300 word essay along with their application, outlining why they are the ideal candidate to be awarded this Scholarship.
• One student will be awarded annually.

The deadline for the submission of applications is June 30 and should be sent via email to dmodeste@sgu.edu.

For further information about the application process and other conditions associated with the scholarship, you can visit https://gd.acbonline.com/corporate-social-responsibility/