Mrs. Helen Astarita established this scholarship in 2011 to support of a full-time student who is a resident of New Providence and enrolled in the Art degree programme at UB. The successful recipient will have taken Art BGCSE and attained at least a ‘B’ grade. Applicants may be asked to submit an Art portfolio to the Screening Committee.
Estimated value: $7,000.00; renewable.
Mrs. Helen Astarita established this scholarship in 2011 to support a full-time student who is a resident of one of the Family Islands in The Bahamas and enrolled in the Art degree programme at UB’s Oakes Field Campus. The successful recipient will have taken Art BGCSE and attained at least a ‘B’ grade. Applicants may be asked to submit an Art portfolio to the Screening Committee. Estimated value: $9,000.00; renewable.
Recipients of this award, established by Bacardi & Company Limited, must be full-time students who have demonstrated financial need and are enrolled in an undergraduate degree programme in Accounting, the Natural Sciences, Mathematics, or Technology.
Estimated value: $2,200.00; renewable.
The Bahamas Society of Engineers established this award for Bahamian, full-time students with financial need enrolled in an undergraduate degree programme in Engineering.
Estimated value: $2,000.00; renewable.
Commonwealth Bank established this award in 2010 to support New Providence and Family Island Bahamian students, with financial need, who are in good academic standing (minimum GPA of 2.00) and are enrolled full-time in an undergraduate degree programme.
Estimated value: $4,000.00 for New Providence students and $6,000.00 for Family Island students; renewable.
Commonwealth Brewery established this merit award in 2015 in support of Bahamian students. Given for international study abroad, recipients must be enrolled in any full-time, undergraduate degree programme.
Estimated value: $6,500.00 per annum; renewable.
The Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) Managing Partners Group established this award for Bahamian students who have demonstrated financial need and are enrolled full-time in an undergraduate degree programme in Accounting.
Estimated value: $1,000.00; renewable.
Scholarship recipients are full-time students entering the degree programme in Civil Engineering Technology with an expressed interest in pursuing a career in Land Surveying and who have a record of outstanding academic achievement.
Estimated value: $4,000.00; renewable.
The IL Cares Foundation established this programme in 2016 in support of Bahamian students at UB. Awarded by the Scholarship Committee, recipients must be full-time students entering any degree programme in Business.
Estimated value: $5,000.00 per annum; renewable.
This bursary was established in 2011 by The Lyford Cay Foundation Inc. in memory of Edith Lady Turnquest and in support of a full-time student at UB who is enrolled in a degree programme in Culinary Arts and demonstrates continued outstanding academic achievement.
Estimated value: $3,000.00; renewable.
These scholarships are awarded, based on merit, to full-time students enrolled in Mathematics, Physics, or Civil Engineering Technology programmes.
Estimated value: $3,300.00; renewable.
Given for a study abroad opportunity, this award is granted to a full-time student enrolled in any undergraduate degree programme in Business and is based on academic merit.
Estimated value: $6,000.00 non-renewable.
This fund supports an in-course scholarship for the most promising BA student in English Studies and is based on academic merit.
Estimated value: $2,000.00; renewable.
This is awarded to full-time undergraduate female students with financial need who are in good academic standing. Recipients are students 25 years or older who have already obtained an associate’s degree and are seeking to pursue a bachelor’s degree.
Estimated value: $1,500.00; renewable.
In keeping with the wishes of Mr. James L. Holzman and children to honour his wife and their mother, Mrs. Jonnie Holzman, an endowed scholarship will encompass her continued passion for young adults through education and the arts. Through the transformative power of education, this scholarship will leave an indelible mark on the lives of students from Exuma and positively impact future generations.
Award Details This unique four-year scholarship is designed to identify outstanding students from Exuma and foster their intellectual growth, refine their interpersonal skills, and enhance their relationship with the University.
This $3,500 annual award provides one (1) four-year scholarship to a qualified freshmen student renewable annually for up to four years if the student maintains the academic standards while exercising practical leadership in university activities and the wider community.
A 2.50 Grade Point Average (GPA) is required and participation in at least one leadership programme and community service on the island of Exuma.