#98 (University category, 2025, as per official NIRF submission data on the university website) NIRF📍 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

University of Lucknow Scholarship 2026 Financial Aid, Merit & Category Scholarships

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8.6 LPA

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23.61 LPA

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Institute Type

Public

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Total Courses

11 Courses

As a public state university, the University of Lucknow channels most student financial assistance through central and Uttar Pradesh state government scholarship schemes rather than large institutional endowments of its own. The Shodh Medha Scholarship, for which applications are invited each session through an official notice on the website, supports eligible research and postgraduate students, while the university's NAAC Self Study Report specifically highlights that students have access to Minority Scholarship schemes, the DST's INSPIRE Scholarship for meritorious science students, and UGC/CSIR Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) support for qualifying research scholars.

Scholarships & Financial Aid

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Available Scholarships

Scholarship Name	Eligibility Criteria	Award Amount
Shodh Medha Scholarship	Eligible research/PG students, as per the criteria notified in the official Shodh Medha Scholarship application notice for each session	As notified each academic session
Minority Scholarship	Students belonging to notified minority communities, as per Government of India / Government of Uttar Pradesh eligibility norms	As per the respective government scholarship scheme
INSPIRE Scholarship	Meritorious Science students, as per DST (Department of Science & Technology) INSPIRE scheme eligibility norms	As per the DST INSPIRE scheme
JRF / PDF Scholarship	Research scholars qualifying UGC-NET/CSIR-NET JRF or Post-Doctoral Fellowship criteria	As per UGC/CSIR fellowship norms

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Scholarships and Financial Aid at University of Lucknow

Because eligibility, application windows and award amounts for most of these schemes are set by the respective central or state government department (rather than by the university itself), students are advised to apply through the relevant government portal (such as the National Scholarship Portal for Minority Scholarships, or the DST-INSPIRE portal) in addition to checking university-specific notices published under the Notices & Circulars section of the official website. The university's Dean, Students' Welfare office and individual departmental notice boards are also a useful source for programme-specific or donor-funded scholarships that may be available to students in particular Faculties, since these can vary from year to year and are not always centrally listed.

Given the scale of the university's student body - over 16,000 students on its own campuses, plus students across 556 affiliated colleges - the majority of financial support flows through government-run schemes administered centrally, rather than through university-specific endowed scholarships of the kind offered by smaller, private institutions. This makes it especially important for students from economically weaker backgrounds, minority communities, or research-focused academic paths to proactively track application windows on the relevant government portals (National Scholarship Portal, DST-INSPIRE, UGC/CSIR NET portals) well in advance, since these schemes typically operate on fixed annual cycles rather than the flexible, admission-linked scholarship processes common at some private universities.

Students should also be aware that many of these government scholarship schemes carry income-eligibility ceilings, category-based eligibility (SC/ST/OBC/Minority/EWS), or subject-specific requirements (such as INSPIRE's focus on Science stream toppers), so not every student will qualify for every scheme listed. The university's departmental notice boards, the Dean, Students' Welfare office, and the official Notices & Circulars section together remain the most reliable places to track scholarship-related announcements specific to a student's Faculty, category, or research area throughout the academic year, since these notices are typically the first point of communication before the corresponding government portal opens its own application window.