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Emirates Aviation University Chancellor's & Vice-Chancellor's Scholarships

Emirates Aviation University (EAU) sits inside the Emirates Group's Dubai academic city and is the region's specialist university for aviation engineering, aeronautics, aviation management, business and IT. Its two headline scholarships are unusually clear-cut. The Chancellor's Scholarship covers up to 100% of tuition and goes to about 10 newly admitted full-time undergraduates a year — the bar is a 95% cumulative average in your final secondary year with IELTS 6.0 academic, or a Bachelor's CGPA of 3.8/4.0 with IELTS 7.0 for postgraduates. The Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship covers up to 50% of tuition, goes to as many as 100 students a year, and asks for 90% at secondary level or a 3.5 CGPA, both with IELTS 7.0 academic. Note the quirk: the larger, easier-to-win award actually demands the higher IELTS. Neither award covers registration fees, textbooks, or fees paid to external partners on dual-award programmes, and scholarships cannot be stacked with the sibling, alumni or corporate discounts. EAU publishes no nationality restriction on either award, so Sri Lankan applicants are eligible — but a 95% average is a genuinely hard bar, and Chancellor's holders must keep a 3.8 CGPA throughout.

Emirates Aviation University

University-funded

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Chancellor's

Up to 100% Tuition (~10 awards/yr)

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Vice-Chancellor's

Up to 50% Tuition (up to 100 awards/yr)

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Focus

Aviation, Engineering, Aeronautics, Business

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95% for the Chancellor's, 90% for the Vice-Chancellor's

Undergraduate applicants need a 95% cumulative average in the final year of secondary education for the Chancellor's award, or 90% for the Vice-Chancellor's. Postgraduates need a Bachelor's CGPA of 3.8/4.0 and 3.5/4.0 respectively.

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IELTS 6.0 or 7.0 Academic

The Chancellor's award asks for IELTS 6.0 academic (or equivalent); the Vice-Chancellor's asks for IELTS 7.0. Sri Lankan applicants sitting IELTS at the British Council or IDP in Colombo should target 7.0 to keep both doors open.

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New Full-Time Admissions

The Chancellor's Scholarship is for newly admitted full-time undergraduates. Current EAU undergraduates holding a CGPA of 3.6/4.0 may apply for the Vice-Chancellor's award. Chancellor's holders must maintain a 3.8 CGPA to keep the award.

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What It Does Not Cover — and Cannot Be Combined

Registration fees, textbook fees and any fees paid to external partner institutions on dual-award programmes are excluded. EAU states scholarships cannot be combined or exchanged with any other incentive — so no stacking with the sibling (10%), alumni (20%) or corporate discounts.

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Attest your Sri Lankan certificates

A/L results and school transcripts normally need attestation via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo and then the UAE Embassy before a UAE university can process them. Begin this several weeks ahead.

Apply for admission and the scholarship together

EAU expects the scholarship application to be submitted alongside your admission application within the official intake window — it is not a separate later round. Sit your IELTS first so the score is in the file.

Selection on academic merit and profile

With roughly 10 Chancellor's awards a year, selection is competitive across the whole applicant pool. Vice-Chancellor's awards are far more numerous, so treat 90% + IELTS 7.0 as the realistic planning target.

Accept and arrange your UAE residence visa

Once enrolled, EAU sponsors your UAE student residence visa; you will complete a medical test, Emirates ID and health insurance in Dubai. These, plus accommodation, are outside the scholarship.

Why Emirates Aviation University?

EAU is part of the Emirates Group — the airline, its engineering arm and dnata all sit in the same Dubai ecosystem — which gives its aviation engineering, aeronautics and aviation management programmes an industry adjacency few universities can match. Teaching is in English, several programmes are validated with UK partner universities, and the campus is minutes from Dubai International. For Sri Lankan students aiming at aircraft maintenance engineering, airline operations or aviation business, it is one of the most direct routes into the sector without going to Europe.