Scholarships

Scholarship Information

The College of Engineering has over 90 active scholarship funds. These scholarships were established and funded by private donors through the WSU Foundation. The eligibility criteria is unique to each scholarship based on the guidelines set forth by the donor. Therefore, every scholarship has different criteria. Criteria for any particular scholarship may include factors such as major, GPA, class standing, financial need, involvement in engineering professional societies or other student organizations, and more. Both merit-based and need-based scholarships are available. Nearly all engineering scholarships are awarded through the "New/Continuing Students" application in ScholarshipUniverse. 

Who Can Apply

• High school seniors who plan to enter WSU in Summer 2026, Fall 2026, or Spring 2027 
• Transfer students, returning adult students, and international students who plan to enter WSU in Summer 2026, Fall 2026, or Spring 2027.
• Current WSU students who will not graduate any sooner than December 2027.  

Application Timeline & Additional Information

The application will open on November 1, 2025 and close April 1, 2026. Review of applications begins in April, and all applicants will receive an email notification to their WSU email address in June or July 2026 indicating whether or not they have been offered a scholarship for the 2026-2027 academic year. 

Summer 2026, Fall 2026, or Spring 2027 Incoming New Students Start Here 

1. Apply for admission to Wichita State and declare a College of Engineering major in the "Academic Interest" section of your admissions application. The College of Engineering majors listed on the admissions application include the following. If you aren't sure which College of Engineering major you want to declare, select "Engineering - Undecided." Do not select the generic "Undecided" option or that will make you ineligible for College of Engineering scholarships.
   • Aerospace Engineering
   • Applied Engineering - Engineering Management
   • Applied Engineering - Process Automation
   • Applied Engineering - Sustainability and Environmental Engineering
   • Biomedical Engineering
   • Computer Engineering
   • Computer Science
   • Cybersecurity
   • Electrical Engineering
   • Engineering - Undecided
   • Industrial Engineering
   • Mechanical Engineering
   • Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering
2. Once you have been admitted, you will receive an 8-digit myWSU ID from the Office of Admissions. You must be admitted to WSU and have received your myWSU ID from the Office of Admissions before you will be able to access the scholarship application system.
3. Set up your myWSU account.
   1. Once you have been admitted to the university, you will recieve a letter/email with your 8-digit myWSU ID number (example: A123B456) and instructions for setting up your myWSU account password. 
   2. Follow the instructions to set up your password.
4. Once you have completed the three steps above, continue on to the steps in the "Current College of Engineering Students Start Here" section below. 

Current & Admitted College of Engineering Students Start Here

1. Go to the WSU ScholarshipUniverse website and log in using your myWSU ID and password. Your username is your myWSU ID followed by @wichita.edu (example: A123B456@wichita.edu). 
2. If it is your first time logging into ScholarshipUniverse, you will be presented with a series of questions. Be sure to answer all questions that appear on the screen. If you don't want to answer them all the first time you enter ScholarshipUniverse, you can come back to them at any time by clicking on the "Questions" button on the left menu. These questions are used to match you to criteria for hundreds of internal (College of Engineering and general university) and external (organizations outside of WSU) scholarships for which you might be eligible. For the purposes of applying for College of Engineering and general university scholarships, be sure to complete all questions. The more questions you answer, the more scholarships you will be matched to. (Being "matched" to a scholarship does not mean you have been awarded the scholarship. It means you meet the criteria for it and your application will therefore be considered for that particular scholarship, as well as any other you are "matched" to.)
   
    
3. Click on the "Applications" button on the left menu.
   
   
4. Click on the "New/Continuing Students" application link to start your application. This application is for nearly all College of Engineering scholarships, as well as other general university scholarships (with the exception of Freshman and Transfer Merit Scholarships).  

Note: In order to be considered for College of Engineering and general university scholarships for the 2026-2027 academic year, you must complete all of the questions presented to you on the Questions page AND you must submit the New/Continuing Students application.