International students accepted for English language instruction at the Intensive English Institute or conditionally admitted to an academic program at UMaine are eligible. Students in the IEI Bridge program are eligible for the IEI Discovery scholarship and not for international academic scholarships (International Presidential, Flagship, Dean’s and Maine Global Partner Scholarship). See the bottom of the page for more information.
Graduate students are not eligible for this award. Sponsored students are not eligible for this award.
The Discovery Scholarship is a pre-academic scholarship for the Intensive English Institute for ESL or conditionally admitted students. Therefore, students can be awarded an academic scholarship once they matriculate at UMaine and start their full-time academic program. The Discovery scholarship precedes the academic scholarship, and cannot be received at the same time as the academic scholarship. Students in the IEI Bridge program are eligible for the IEI Discovery scholarship and not for the academic scholarships. UMaine offers the following international academic scholarships:
Founded in 1977, Université du Maine (University of Maine) is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the large town of Le Mans (population range of 50,000-249,999 inhabitants), Pays de la Loire. Officially accredited and/or recognized by the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation, France (Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, France), Université du Maine is a medium-sized (uniRank enrollment range: 9,000-9,999 students) coeducational higher education institution. Université du Maine offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees in several areas of study. See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details.