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2025-2026 MERIT SCHOLARSHIP UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

IMPORTANT NOTICES:  

  • The list of approved programs and/or schools are subject to change without prior notice.
  • Enrollment is only approved at the main campus of U. S. Universities/Community Colleges unless otherwise indicated. Satellite campuses are NOT allowed.
  • All programs offered by Shorelight Education are RESTRICTED. Admissions to programs administered by or through Shorelight for Summer 2019 or beyond will not be authenticated.
  • The following Pathway programs are NOT approved: Navitas, ONCAMPUS, Global, Shorelight Education, Study Group, etc.
  • Courses / Degrees offered through Continuing Education, Professional Colleges / Division, Adult Learning Division, Open University, and Evening Division are NOT approved.
  • Online, hybrid, weekend, part-time degree programs are NOT allowed and will not be authenticated.
  • Weekend (Saturday / Sunday) classes are NOT allowed.
  • Non-traditional courses are NOT allowed at 2-year / Community Colleges effective Summer 2016.
  • Non-traditional courses are NOT allowed at the graduate level (Master's, PHD).
  • Sponsored Students: Please contact your Kuwaiti Cultural Division advisor for further assistance and additional information. Written approval must be obtained from the Cultural Division office before submitting applications to the schools.
  • NOTE: Per Ministry of Higher Education policy, the following are considered non-traditional courses: online, hybrid/web enhanced/blended, flex/hyflex/roo-flex, distance education, independent/directed study, correspondence, credit by exam, continuing education, satellite campus, ITV, CD-Video lectures, and remote.
  • Students must confirm with Cultural Office whether the degree is Pre-Professional, 1st Professional or Post-Professional to be in compliance with MOHE Degree Equivalency Requirements.
  • (FOR WEST COAST STUDENTS) Please note, Merit universities are not applicable at the Master's / Doctoral level of study.
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SCHOOL Major Specialty Top Merit School Ranked Merit Major Merit Liberal Art Colleges State Coast
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY ART Industrial Design 22 YES Pennsylvania East
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY COGNITIVE SCIENCE Cognitive Science 22 YES Pennsylvania East
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY ENGLISH / ENGLISH AND LITERATURE Literature and Culture 22 YES Pennsylvania East
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Environmental Engineering 22 YES Pennsylvania East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ART Art History 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY BIOLOGY / BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Biology 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY MUSIC Music 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS DISORDERS (PRE-PROFESSIONAL) Communications Disorders (Pre-Professional) 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY NURSING Nursing 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY STATISTICS Statistics 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY MATHEMATICS Mathematics 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ANTHROPOLOGY Anthropology 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY BIOCHEMISTRY Biochemistry 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY BOTANY Botany 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ZOOLOGY Zoology 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY Chemistry 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY COMPUTER SCIENCE Computer Science 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Systems & Control Engineering 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Polymer Science Engineering 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Materials Science & Engineering 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Computer Engineering 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Electrical Engineering 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Chemical Engineering 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY / EARTH SCIENCES / GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Geology / Earth Sciences / Geological Sciences 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY HISTORY History 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SOCIOLOGY Sociology 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Mechanical Engineering 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY PHYSICS Physics 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT Industrial Management 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Civil Engineering 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY PSYCHOLOGY Psychology 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY POLITICAL SCIENCE / GOVERNMENT Political Science / Government 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY DIETETICS / NUTRITION SCIENCE Dietetics / Nutrition 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY / ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE Environmental Geology / Environmental Geoscience 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Accounting 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Engineering Physics 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Economics 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Finance 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Marketing 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Management 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Aerospace Engineering 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Biomedical Engineering 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ENGLISH / ENGLISH AND LITERATURE English & Literature 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ACTUARIAL SCIENCE Actuarial Science 42 YES Ohio East
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY COGNITIVE SCIENCE Cognitive Science 42 YES Ohio East
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES ENGINEERING Petroleum Engineering YES Colorado West
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ART Cinema / Film / Video / Television 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK BIOLOGY / BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Biology 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ENGINEERING Chemical Engineering 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ANTHROPOLOGY Anthropology 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ARABIC LANGUAGE & LITERATURE Arabic Language & Literature 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK CHEMISTRY Chemistry 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK COMPUTER SCIENCE Computer Science 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ENGINEERING Mechanical Engineering 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ENGINEERING Electrical Engineering 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ENGINEERING Civil Engineering 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK GEOGRAPHY Geography 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK GEOLOGY / EARTH SCIENCES / GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Geology / Earth Sciences / Geological Sciences 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK HISTORY History 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK MATHEMATICS Mathematics 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK PHILOSOPHY Philosophy 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK PHYSICS Physics 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK POLITICAL SCIENCE / GOVERNMENT Political Science / Government 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK PSYCHOLOGY Psychology 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK SOCIOLOGY Sociology 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ENGINEERING Earth & Environmental Engineering 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY / ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE Environmental Geology / Environmental Geoscience 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK BIOCHEMISTRY Biochemistry 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK WOMEN'S STUDIES Women's Studies 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK STATISTICS Statistics 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ENGINEERING Biomedical Engineering 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ASTRONOMY Astronomy 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK FOREIGN LANGUAGES Spanish 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK FOREIGN LANGUAGES French 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ENGLISH / ENGLISH AND LITERATURE English & Literature 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK MUSIC Music 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES Middle Eastern / South Asian and African Studies 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ECONOMICS (Social Sciences) Economics (Social Sciences) 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Financial Economics 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ECONOMICS (Social Sciences) Economics-Political Science 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ENGINEERING Operations Research and Financial Engineering (ORFE) 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ECONOMICS (Social Sciences) Economics-Mathematics 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ECONOMICS (Social Sciences) Economics-Philosophy 11 YES New York East
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - COLUMBIA NEW YORK ECONOMICS (Social Sciences) Economics-Statistics 11 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Electrical Engineering 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY BIOLOGY / BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Biology 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY GENETICS Genetics 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY MOLECULAR & CELLULAR BIOLOGY Molecular & Cellular Biology 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES Family & Consumer Sciences 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURE Dairy Science 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURE Animal Science 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURE Agronomy / Field Crops 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURE Agricultural Sciences - General 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURE Agricultural Business 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURE Agribusiness / Agricultural Economics 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ANTHROPOLOGY Anthropology 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ARABIC LANGUAGE & LITERATURE Arabic Language & Literature 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ARCHITECTURE Architecture 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY BIOCHEMISTRY Biochemistry 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY BOTANY Botany 10 YES New York East



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