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WSC's international student financial aid program is designed to assist
degree-seeking students with the financial resources necessary to complete their
seminary studies. There are several grants and scholarships available to assist
students with tuition and education investments.
Types of International Student Financial Aid
Qualifications
In order to qualify for Financial Aid, you must:
- Be enrolled as a full-time student (at least 12 units per semester)
- Maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.3 in each semester
Applying for Financial Aid
To apply for or renew financial aid, you must complete the following
steps each academic year:
1. Submit the WSC
Application for International Student Financial Aid (PDF).
2. If you are applying for a scholarship that requires a letter, additional
application, and/or renewal application, please submit these with your
application for financial aid.
Grants
International Student Financial Aid Fund Grants
Each year, grants from the International Student Financial Aid Fund are
available to international students who are committed to ministry in their own
countries after their study in the United States.
Students receiving these grants must pursue full-time studies in one of WSC’s degree programs. Because these grants never exceed the amount of tuition, the student's living expenses must be supplied from other
sources.
Each award will be in the form of a loan. When the student returns to his
country of origin, the loan will be forgiven at a rate of one year of financial
support per year of ministry in that country. If the student desires to minister
in a country other than the country of origin, he may petition the Financial Aid
Committee to approve such a ministry as fulfilling the loan obligations. Under
no circumstances may ministry in the United States be approved as meeting that
obligation. If a student does not return to the country of origin and does not
receive approval from the Financial Aid Committee to minister elsewhere in
fulfillment of his loan obligations, the student is expected to repay the loan
in full, twelve months after the completion of studies at WSC.
Only students who have been admitted to a regular program of studies prior to
March 15 will be considered for financial aid for the following academic year.
The financial aid application form should arrive at WSC by April 15. Students
will be notified at the beginning of May whether aid will be provided for the
next academic year. For more information, please review the Requirements
for the
International Student Financial Aid Fund.
Forms Required:
WSC Application for International Student Financial Aid
Letter indicating intention to minister in home country after study in US
Thomas and Grace Stewart New Zealand Grant
The purpose of the Thomas and Grace Stewart New Zealand Grant is to encourage
students from New Zealand to attend WSC, then return to New Zealand to minister
in a church faithful to Reformed doctrine.
Amounts up to one year's tuition will be awarded from this fund. The award will
be in the form of an interest-free loan that will be forgiven at the rate of
$1,500 per year of active ministry in New Zealand after graduation. Should an
award recipient not elect to return to New Zealand or if he is later called
elsewhere, the balance of his loan obligation to the fund shall be repaid in
three years.
For further information, applicants should contact the
Office of Admissions.
Forms Required:
WSC Application for International Student Financial Aid
Letter requesting consideration for this award
Bielema Foreign Student Grant
The Martin and Alice Bielema Foreign Student Financial Aid Grant was instituted
by Mrs. Doris Bergsma and Mrs. Sandra Kolk in memory of their parents as a
memorial to their lives in service to our risen Lord and love for foreign
missions.
The recipients of this award shall be non-North American students who have a
demonstrated financial need. Priority will be given to those students who sign a
pledge stating they shall return to their native country to apply their WSC
education. The awards granted apply to the recipients' tuition accounts at the
Seminary.
Forms Required:
WSC Application for International Student Financial Aid
Letter requesting consideration for this award
Scholarships
The D.K. Kim Foundation Scholarship fund at Westminster Seminary California
These scholarships are annually funded by the D. K. Kim Foundation, Inc., in order to promote the Christian faith through the preparation of ministers of the Gospel for the Church of Jesus Christ worldwide. Its purpose is to provide annual scholarships for deserving students in the Master of Divinity (M.Div.) program.
The WSC Financial Aid Committee will award one (1) full-tuition scholarship to a full time non-North American International student enrolled in the M.Div. program with demonstrated financial need determined through the WSC International Financial Aid Application. The WSC Financial Aid Committee will award ten (10) half-tuition scholarships to full-time students enrolled in the M.Div. program with demonstrated financial need as determined by the FAFSA and WSC Application for Financial Aid. All awards shall be credited to the recipients’ tuition accounts at the seminary in the academic year for which the scholarship was granted.
Application Requirements: Students shall apply for the Kim Foundation Scholarship with the Kim Foundation Application form (available through the WSC Admissions Office), the WSC Application for Financial Aid and FAFSA (U.S. Students only). All applications must be received by the Financial Aid Committee of WSC by November 15 for the Spring term and April 15 for the Fall term. Students who have been granted this scholarship during their first year and have maintained a 3.0 grade point average may reapply to the Financial Aid Committee for aid in each successive academic year until they graduate. Reapplication must be made prior to April 15.
Form Required: D.K. Kim Scholarship Application (PDF)
Yune-Sun Park Scholarship
This award is annually funded by the family of the Reverend Yune-Sun Park as a
memorial testimony to Rev. Park's prayers and constant support for WSC. Annual
recipients of the $1,000 award are chosen by the Seminary's Student Financial
Aid committee with preference given to non-North American students preparing for
service in their home countries upon graduation.
For further information, applicants should contact the
Office of Admissions.
Form Required:
Letter requesting consideration for this award
Travel Assistance
Jessie den Dulk Fund
This fund, established in memory of Mrs. Jessie den Dulk of Ripon, California,
provides assistance in meeting travel expenses for selected international
students whose homes are not in the United States or Canada. A limited number of
qualified applicants may, on approval, receive up to four hundred dollars for
necessary expenses of travel to WSC.
Applications for this travel assistance must be submitted to the Dean of
Students on or before April 15 of the year in which the grant is to be used.
Applicants should not expect notification of awards prior to March 15 at the
earliest.
Form Required:
Written request letter (submitted to the Dean of Students on or before April 15
of the year in which the grant is to be used) |
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