OUAA Scholarships
The Oakland University Alumni Association (OUAA) Scholarship Program offers non-renewable Alumni Association Legacy Scholarships for incoming freshmen and non-renewable Alumni Association Legacy Transfer Scholarships for incoming transfer students. These awards are one-time scholarships in the amount of $2,000 each. The OUAA also awards up to two non-renewable Alumni Association Returning Alumni Scholarships in the amount of $2,000 each.
Please view the information on the tabs below for eligibility criteria and terms and conditions. Note that these awards are not automatic. Students must apply and be selected by an alumni committee to receive the award.
To date, the OUAA has awarded more than $1 million in scholarships to qualified OU students. The money for these scholarships is provided through generous donations and revenue earned from OUAA events and programs.
2025 Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship
2025 Alumni Association Returning Alumni Scholarship.
Search "Legacy" or "Alumni" on the OU Scholarship Search Tool to locate these awards, then sign in and apply for them. The deadline to submit your application is 3/1/2025.
2025 Alumni Association Legacy Transfer Scholarship
Click on the link to the 2025 Alumni Association Legacy Transfer Scholarship Application. The deadline to submit your application is 6/15/2025.
Each award offered through the OUAA has unique eligibility criteria. Legacy students, defined as individuals whose grandparent, parent, sibling, child, or spouse received a degree or academic certificate from OU, may be eligible to apply for the OUAA's Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship or Alumni Association Legacy Transfer Scholarship.
Alumni returning to OU to complete a graduate degree or a second degree may be eligible for the Alumni Association Returning Alumni Scholarship.
Previous OUAA scholarship recipients are ineligible to apply again. OUAA scholarships are merit-based, not need-based, and are intended to cover "cost of attendance". These awards are not automatic. Recipients are selected by an alumni committee. Students must be admitted to OU at the time of selection.
To apply, please:
- Complete the appropriate application form located above for transfer applications or visit the OU Scholarship Tool for the freshman and returning alumni applications.
- Submit completed application including one short answer question by the deadline noted on the application. If the short answer question was not already submitted with the application, it can be emailed to [email protected].
If you have any questions about the scholarship application process, please contact the alumni office at [email protected].
View a full list of the available OU Grants & Scholarships.
Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship
Amount: $2,000 one-time award non-renewable
Eligibility Requirements:
- Legacy student (your grandparent, parent, sibling, child, or spouse received a degree or academic certificate from OU at the time of application)
- Incoming full-time freshman
- High School GPA 3.5+, no test scores
Application: This scholarship requires an application. Application deadline is March 1.
- 1 short question (1 page limit per question)
- Who is your role model and how did they impact your decision to attend Oakland University?
Selection Process: Awarded by the Oakland University Alumni Association
Renewal: Non-renewable
Alumni Association Legacy Transfer Scholarship
Amount: $2,000 one-time award non-renewable
Eligibility Requirements:
- Legacy student (your grandparent, parent, sibling, child, or spouse received a degree or academic certificate from OU)
- Incoming full-time transfer student
- College GPA 3.0+
- 24+transferable credits earned by the fall semester following the award application deadline
- Two years remaining in undergraduate program
Application: This scholarship requires an application. Application deadline is June 15.
- 1 short question (1 page limit per question)
- Who is your role model and how did they impact your decision to attend Oakland University?
Renewal: Non-renewable
Alumni Association Returning Alumni Scholarship
Amount: $2,000 one-time award non-renewable
Eligibility Requirements:
- Previously earned at least one degree from Oakland University
- Enrolled full-time in a graduate program or second-degree program
- Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
Application: This scholarship requires an application. Application deadline is March 1.
- 1 Short question (1 page limit)
- Describe your most significant leadership or volunteer activity, and why it was meaningful to you.
Selection Process: Awarded by the Oakland University Alumni Association
Renewal: Non-renewable
- Awards are offered through the Oakland University Alumni Association's Scholarship Program.
- Scholarship eligibility is based on legacy status (individuals whose grandparent, parent, sibling, child, or spouse received a degree or academic certificate from OU. Alumni status must be conferred at time of application). Eligibility is also based on the applicant's grade point average at the time of application to the university.
- Students must apply for the award; recipients are selected by an alumni committee and notified by the Office of Alumni Engagement.
- Awards are available to entering freshmen, defined as students who are in college for the first time and enroll full-time at OU in the first fall semester immediately following high school graduation.
- Students may use scholarships for the fall and winter semesters in the single academic year designated by the university, not to exceed two semesters total.
- Continuous full-time enrollment in OU undergraduate credits as an undergraduate student is required for the fall and winter semester in which the award is distributed.
- Scholarship recipients are required to be enrolled as full-time students at the university. Advance Placement (AP) exams, International Baccalaureate (IB) exams, the College Level Exam Program (CLEP) transfer credit and/or course competency examinations do not count toward the full-time credits.
- OU offers scholarships at its sole and absolute discretion; offers are contingent upon the availability of funds and continuation of the scholarship program.
- Half of the annual award is available each semester.
- Awards are offered through the Oakland University Alumni Association's Scholarship Program.
- Scholarship eligibility is based on legacy status (individuals whose grandparent, parent, sibling, child, or spouse received a degree or academic certificate from OU. Alumni status must be conferred at time of application). Eligibility is also based on the applicant's grade point average and 24 minimum transferrable credits earned by the fall semester following the award application deadline.
- Students must apply for the award; recipients are selected by an alumni committee and notified by the Office of Alumni Engagement.
- Students may use scholarships for the fall and winter semesters in the single academic year designated by the university (not to exceed two semesters total), and are available only to new transfer students who enroll full-time in OU undergraduate credits as an undergraduate student in their first semester of admission.
- Continuous full-time enrollment in OU undergraduate credits as an undergraduate student is required for the fall and winter semester in which the award is distributed.
- Advance Placement (AP) exams, International Baccalaureate (IB) exams, the College Level Exam Program (CLEP) transfer credit and/or course competency examinations do not count toward the full-time credits.
- OU offers scholarships at its sole and absolute discretion; offers are contingent upon the availability of funds and continuation of the scholarship program.
- Half of the annual award is available each semester.
- Awards are offered through the Oakland University Alumni Association's Scholarship Program.
- Scholarship eligibility is limited to individuals who have previously received a degree from OU and are admitted into a graduate degree program or second-degree program. Eligibility is also based on the applicant's cumulative grade point average.
- Students must apply for the award; recipients are selected by an alumni committee and notified by the Office of Alumni Engagement.
- Students may use scholarships for the fall and winter semesters in the single academic year designated by the university, not to exceed two semesters total.
- Continuous full-time enrollment in OU graduate credits as a graduate student or undergraduate credits as a second-degree student is required each fall and winter semester.
- Scholarship recipients must maintain at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA.
- OU offers scholarships at its sole and absolute discretion; offers are contingent up the availability of funds and continuation of the scholarship program.
- Half of the annual award is available each semester.
students, please visit oakland.edu/grad/financial-assistance/. International students, please visit
oakland.edu/isso.
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