Scholarships at PES University 2026

**By Sakshi Sonal** PES University awards merit recognition AFTER joining — not before admission. There are no pre-admission scholarships, and only one award per student per semester/year is allowed. ### Internal merit scholarships | Scholarship | Eligibility | Benefit | |---|---|---| | **Prof. MRD Scholarship** (named for Late Prof. M.R. Doreswamy, founder) | Top 5% by CGPA | Merit Certificate + **50% tuition fee refund** | | **Prof. CNR Rao Scholarship** | Next 20% by SGPA | Merit Certificate + **40% tuition fee refund** | | **Distinction Awards** | SGPA ≥ 7.75 | Merit Certificate (no fee refund) | | **DevOn Corporate Scholarships** | Final-year students recognised by corporates | Amount varies (corporate-funded) | | **Teaching Assistantships** | Students with teaching acumen, assist Professors | Compensation (amount unspecified) | | **Research Assistantships** | Students with research intent, work under Prof as research associate | Compensation (amount unspecified) | Prof. MRD + Prof. CNR Rao scholarships do NOT apply to students in their final year of study. ### Loyalty Program (fee concession, AY 2025-26 onwards) | Beneficiary | Concession | Eligibility | |---|---|---| | Children of current PES Group full-time employees | 30% | Parent employed continuously 5+ years at admission | | PES Group alumni | 20% | Varies by feeder institution (4 yrs at PES Public School Chittoor / SSM; grades 9-12 Amaatra; both PUs at PES PU College; 3 yrs at any other PES institution) | | Partial alumni | 10% | Various partial-stay scenarios at feeder schools | | Siblings of current PES students/alumni | 10% | Sibling completed 3+ years at PES Group | | Children of PES Group alumni | 10% | Alumni parent studied 3+ years at PES Group | **Exclusions:** Loyalty benefits CANNOT be combined; one loyalty benefit per student. NOT applicable to Government CET/PGCET quota admissions OR MBBS/MD/MS. Stackable independently with Prof. MRD / Prof. CNR Rao / Assistantships. ### Education loan Up to **100% tuition + living finance** at nominal interest rate via **Union Bank of India (UBI)**. Brochure on [pes.edu/fee](https://pes.edu/fee). ### Endowment Fund PES Endowment Fund — DD payable to "PES Endowment Fund" at Bangalore. Donation tiers from Rs. 500 (Distinction Awards) to Rs. 5,00,000 (Community Development). Signatory: Prof. D. Jawahar (Chancellor). ### What this means If you are confident of finishing in the top 5%/25% of your cohort, the MRD + CNR Rao refunds materially reduce net tuition cost — for B.Tech CSE/AIML the 50% refund effectively converts ₹5.5L/yr to a net ₹2.75L/yr for top 5% scorers. PES staff families and PES feeder-school alumni gain an additional 10-30% loyalty concession on top. KUPECA citation: KUPECA Act 8/2006 regulates capitation at private aided/unaided colleges; PES Deemed Univ scholarship policy is UGC-governed.

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