INFORMATION ENUGU

…increases new student scholarships
Scholarship examinations for newly accepted students joining the American University of Nigeria for the 2016/2017 academic session will hold on Saturday, July 30, 2016. The university has increased new student scholarship awards to 67.

According to a release made available to Vanguard, thirty-six scholarships will be awarded to candidates with the highest scores in the 2015 Joint Admissions and Matriculation (JAMB) examination from all the 36 states, and one scholarship will be awarded to the candidate with the highest scores in JAMB UME nationally. Another 30 scholarships will be awarded to five candidates from each of the six geo-political zones of the country under AUN’s regional scholarships program. Winners of the JAMB-based scholarships will be selected based on results of the 2015 UME, while the regional scholarship winners will be selected primarily based on their performance in the 2015 national scholarship examinations.
All 2015 UME candidates newly accepted into the university for the Fall 2016 Semester are eligible and invited to sit for the regional scholarships examinations. Candidates transferring from local and foreign universities as well as Direct Entry candidates are ineligible to write the scholarship examinations.
The examinations will be held in the following centers:
Intels Integrated Logistics Services, Km 16 Aba Expressway, Port Harcourt, (08075493243); Federal Government College, Isi-Uzo Street, Independence Layout, Enugu, Mauve 21 Event Centre, MKO Abiola Way, Iyana Adeoyo, Ring Road, Ibadan; Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, 1 Memorial Drive, Abuja, (08052266302); Arewa House, 1 Rabah Road, Kaduna, and Robert Pastor E-Library, AUN, Lamido Zubairu Way, Yola,.
All eligible candidates must bring with them their Acceptance Letter into AUN and either an International passport, National ID Card, or Voter’s Registration Card containing their photograph. Candidates freshly seeking admission and those who have applied, but are yet to be notified of their admission into AUN, and their guardians can phone the test centers to receive permission to take the special scholarship examinations. Those freshly seeking admission into AUN will need to complete an AUN admission application form at the venue of the examination before being allowed into the testing hall.
There is NO fee attached to this scholarship examination.