BYU Scholarship Philosophy

Brigham Young University offers scholarships to select students, who have demonstrated a serious and diligent commitment to academic excellence, as an investment in their education. Scholarship funds are provided through tithes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and offerings of generous friends of the university. They are given to encourage continued commitment to spiritual and intellectual growth. The gift of a scholarship assumes an obligation on the part of the recipient to use that investment wisely to prepare for expanded and purposeful service in the Lord's kingdom.

We invite all students to embrace the principle of replenishment by making the commitment now to contribute financially to the university’s scholarship funds as circumstances in life allow.  This generosity will ensure that future generations of students enjoy the same opportunity to pursue a world-class education in an environment centered in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Dr. Paul Cox, former Dean of General Education and Honors, offers an interesting perspective on BYU scholarships in a speech entitled "Your Scholarship: Gift or Entitlement."