Scholarships/Grants/Loans
De La Salle University is committed to making quality education more affordable. The Office of Admissions and Scholarships (OAS) is ready to help those who wish to avail of scholarships, loans, and other types of financial assistance.
Star Scholars Program
This program is considered as the University’s premier scholarship offering for some of the country’s best and brightest students. Students who topped in the admission test are screened and interviewed to fill the limited slots in the program. Those selected have the unique opportunity to earn a master’s degree, go to medical school proper (for BS Human Biology students), or enroll in the School of Law of DLSU after finishing their undergraduate degree on full scholarship.
Star Scholars receive a full waiver on tuition and fees plus a monthly stipend to cover modest accommodation, meals, allowance, and other expenses. They are also mentored by University Fellows throughout their stay in the University. Star Scholars are also provided with their own iPad or Tablet. Qualified Star Scholars can also be awarded with the study abroad grant.
St. Mutien Marie Scholarship Grant (Graduate)
The St. Mutien Marie Scholarship Grant supports the University’s goal in making quality education accessible to those who are engaged in the profession of human formation and development.
Vaugirard Scholarship
This program was established to provide new scholarships every year exclusively for students who graduated from Philippine Public and Science High Schools and is a Filipino Citizen. A student should be among the top examinees of the DLSU College Admissions Test (DCAT). The University invites the candidates for a screening. A University committee reviews their qualifications and makes the final selection. Scholars under the program will receive a full waiver on tuition, miscellaneous, and laboratory fees throughout their stay in the University plus cash incentive for those graduating with Latin honors, advance enrollment privileges, and a monthly stipend to cover modest accommodation, meals, allowance, and other expenses.
Br. Andrew Gonzalez Academic Scholarship
High school students who ranked Top 1 (with highest honors) for each strand (STEM, ABM, HUMMS) of La Salle district schools and have passed the entrance exam will be awarded a full academic scholarship (tuition and fees) starting in their freshman year.
Gokongwei Grants
This program will award scholarships to students who wish to pursue any engineering degree program as offered by the College of Engineering. The scholarship privileges include full tuition and fees waiver plus a monthly stipend to cover modest accommodations, meals, allowance, and other expenses.
Archer Achiever
The Archer Achievers Scholarship Program aims to provide scholarship to students who top the DLSU College Admission Test. Qualified students will be automatically awarded full tuition and fee waiver. This is available for students who graduated from Philippine Private/Public and Science High Schools.
Brother President Scholarship Program
This is awarded to the legitimate or legally-adopted children of married, permanent and full-time faculty, and administrative service personnel who joined DLSU in May 1987 or after and have served the University for at least three years and are in active University service while availing of the grant. These students should have passed the entrance requirements of La Salle Green Hills, De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School, De La Salle-Araneta University, De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, or De La Salle University.
Centennial Scholarship Program
The CSP serves as a supplement to the Brother President Scholarship Program (BPSP). The CSP for De La Salle University was formulated to provide scholarships to qualified children of full-time permanent faculty (teaching and academic service faculty) and administrative service personnel (ASP) of the University. Children of permanent and full-time faculty and ASP must have passed the DLSU entrance requirements in order to qualify for the scholarship that is only offered at DLSU.
St. La Salle Financial Assistance Grant
Full or partial tuition and fee scholarships are given to deserving incoming freshman students who applied for financial assistance during the scholarship application period and had been screened and selected by the University Scholarship Council based on a specific criteria. Students may also receive other forms of assistance such as stipends and allowance from outside donors.
Grantees are required to meet certain academic standards and to abide by the policies prescribed by the Office of Admissions and Scholarships.
Scholarship for Children of Co-academic Personnel
This scholarship is awarded to dependents of Co-Academic Personnel. Their children should have passed the entrance requirements of La Salle Green Hills, De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School, De La Salle-Araneta University, De La Salle College of Saint Benilde or De La Salle University.
Scholarship for Children of Faculty
This scholarship is granted to qualified children of full-time, part-time, and retired faculty members who joined DLSU before May 1987. Their children must have passed the entrance requirements of DLSU, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, La Salle Green Hills, or De La Salle Santiago-Zobel School.
Military Scholarship
Dependents of military personnel who died or became incapacitated in the line of duty are exempted from the
payment of tuition. Qualified applicants are granted tuition waiver based on availability of slots.
Student Loan Program
This is a short-term interest-free loan facility for the payment of tuition and fees of undergraduate and graduate
students with at least one (1) term of enrollment in the University and without any unsettled loan with DLSU.
Loan applicants may borrow a maximum of 100% of the total amount of tuition and fees indicated on their
Enrollment Assessment Form (AF).
Student Assistantship and Resource Training (START) Program
Through this program, students who meet all criteria for eligibility may be hired and work as temporary
personnel in the University for a minimum of five (5) to a maximum of twenty (20) hours per week.
Athletic Scholarship/Tuition Discount
Athletes or varsity players may enjoy full or partial tuition and/or fees waiver. Grantees are recommended by the Office of Sports Development (OSD).
Cultural Arts Tuition Discount
This may be availed of by the members of the DLSU Chorale, Harlequin Theater Guild, La Salle Dance Company, Green Media Group, De La Salle Inner Soul, and the Lasallian Youth Orchestra. Specific tuition discounts may be awarded to grantees recommended by the Cultural Arts Office.
Student Publications Tuition Discount
Senior editors of the three undergraduate student publications, namely The La Sallian, Ang Pahayagang Plaridel,
and Malate Literary Journal may avail of specific tuition discounts upon the recommendation of the Student
Publications Office.
Family Tuition Discount
This privilege may be availed of by families with three or more children enrolled in the undergraduate programs
of the University. The tuition discount that the child with the lowest ID number can avail of may range from 40%
in case of three children, 60% for four children and 80% for five children.