AGU policy for 'Financial Aid' as provided in the URPM Volume II (section 1.21.2), AGU Catalog (section 1.10.2) and AGU Student Handbook (Sec 1.22.2) will be amended as given below.

1.22.2 Financial Aid

The students attending AGU may be eligible to receive some financial aid in the form of scholarship/tuition fee discount. The categories of scholarship/tuition fee discount available for AGU students along with the eligibility criteria are given below.

a. AGU Admission/Entrance Scholarship

Upon fresh admission into an undergraduate program of the university, the students might be eligible for university entrance scholarship in the form of tuition fee discount. This discount is available only for those students who have been accepted in an undergraduate program for the first time and have not attended any other post-secondary educational institution. The discount is awarded on the basis of marks obtained in the secondary school examination and is renewable provided the students continue to maintain a required CGPA in the university examinations. In any given semester, if a student fails to maintain the required CGPA, the tuition fee discount will be terminated. The criteria to determine the amount of tuition fee discount and the required CGPA for its renewal are given in the following table:

b. University Merit Scholarship

Current or returning students of AGU students will be eligible for merit scholarships in the form of tuition fee discounts. These discounts are based on the CGPA calculated for all AGU credit courses taken in a particular semester. The type of scholarship and the eligibility criteria are given in the following table:

The students must also meet the following conditions to be considered eligible for university merit scholarships:

1. The tuition fee discounts that are awarded based on a given semester result will only be valid for the following one semester.
2. A student taking courses less than 12 credits in one semester will not considered for the merit scholarship.
3. A student to be considered for these scholarships must be a full time student enrolled in one of the undergraduate programs of the university.
4. If a student fails in any course, he/she will not be eligible for any of the merit scholarship listed above.
5. A student who cancels registration in any semester or withdraws a course without any valid reason or faces a dismissal or suspension from the university will not be eligible for scholarship/discount in the following semester.
6. No scholarship/discount will be available for the courses taken in summer sessions.

c. Family Tuition Fee Discounts

Families who have more than one brother or sister studying at AGU are eligible for 25% tuition fee discount for the second member of the family as long as they are enrolled simultaneously. The spouses of the students studying at AGU simultaneously are also eligible for a discount of 25% in the tuition fee.

*Those students who received 50% discount on tuition fee on the basis of their result in Secondary Examination marks (95% and above) will receive the discount of 50% till they continue to maintain the CGPA of 3.85 and above.