Scholarships and Financial Aid
Below are descriptions and links to several useful scholarship databases as well as internal scholarships. If you have questions about scholarships, please contact Drexel’s Financial Aid Office at (215) 895-2537 or submit your questions through the AskDrexel website.
College Scholarships.org
College Scholarships.org offers a number of national scholarships broken down by programs within the engineering field. For more information, visit the College Scholarships.org website.
Drexel’s Undergraduate Grants and Scholarships
Drexel has a number of scholarships for undergraduate students. For a list of various Drexel supported scholarships, please visit the
Financial Aid website.
Engineering Education Service Center
For more information, visit the Engineering Education Service Center website.
Fastweb
FastWeb is the largest source of college-specific scholarships. They have tools and tips to help you pay for college, personalized scholarship matching and jobs and internships for students. For more information, visit the Fastweb website.
Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship
The Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship aims to help young people of exceptional promise reach their full potential through education. They focus in particular on scholarships for outstanding individuals with financial need. The total value of the scholarship is $60,000 which covers tuition, books and housing for three years. This prestigious scholarship was awarded to only 30 exceptional students nationally out of the 1500 applicants. For more information, visit the Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship website.
National Society of Professional Engineers
For more information, visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website.
Performing Arts Scholarship
The Department of Performing Arts in Drexel’s Westphal College awards two kinds of scholarships each year to entering students; performance scholarships and technical scholarships. All scholarship awards are based on ability, ensemble needs, and overall commitment to the ensemble. For more information, visit the Performing Arts Scholarship website.
The Robert Fischl Endowed Prize in Electrical Power Engineering
Established by distinguished Drexel professor and researcher, Dr. Robert Fischl, the Robert Fischl Endowed Prize in Electrical Power Engineering annually recognizes exceptional academics in the field of electric power engineering studies. Eligible applicants include undergraduate students pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering with a superior academic record. For additional information, please contact: Chika Nwankpa, Center of Electric Power Engineering Director, at nwankpa@ece.drexel.edu.
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
The Society of Automotive Engineers offers scholarships to high school seniors, college sophomores, juniors and seniors, and graduate/PhD students. For more information, visit the SAE website.
StraightForward Media Engineering
StraightForward Media's Engineering Scholarship offers four different $500 scholarships a year exclusively to students attending or planning to enroll in a postsecondary engineering program in the United States or abroad. For more information, visit the StraightForward Media website.