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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
CORNELL UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY Chemistry 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY COMPUTER SCIENCE Computer Science 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY DIETETICS / NUTRITION SCIENCE Dietetics / Nutrition 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ECONOMICS (Social Sciences) Economics (Social Sciences) 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Environmental Engineering 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Materials Science & Engineering 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Civil Engineering 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Mechanical Engineering 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY HISTORY History 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY HORTICULTURE / PLANT SCIENCE Horticulture 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY LINGUISTICS Linguistics 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY MATHEMATICS Mathematics 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY PHILOSOPHY Philosophy 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY PHYSICS Physics 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY POLITICAL SCIENCE / GOVERNMENT Political Science / Government 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY PSYCHOLOGY Psychology 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY SOCIAL WORK Social Work 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY SOCIOLOGY Sociology 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY STATISTICS Statistics 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ZOOLOGY Zoology 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ENTOMOLOGY Entomology 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Environmental Science 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY / ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE Environmental Geology / Environmental Geoscience 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY / EARTH SCIENCES / GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Geology / Earth Sciences / Geological Sciences 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Electrical & Computer Engineering 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ART Art History 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY FOOD SCIENCE Food Science 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY METEOROLOGY / ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE Meteorology / Atmospheric Science 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Landscape Architecture 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S STUDIES Women's Studies 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Accounting 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Entrepreneurship 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Finance 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Marketing 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Strategic Management 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY MUSIC Music 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ASTRONOMY Astronomy 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Biological Engineering 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Agricultural Engineering 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURE Agronomy / Field Crops 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY FOREIGN LANGUAGES Spanish 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Chemical Engineering 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY FOREIGN LANGUAGES French 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ENGLISH / ENGLISH AND LITERATURE English & Literature 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ART Interior Design 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALITY / HOTEL AND RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT / TOURISM Hotel and Restaurant Management 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Applied Economics 10 YES New York East
CORNELL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS Industrial and Labor Relations 10 YES New York East
DUKE UNIVERSITY ART Art History 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION All Fields in Education 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY BIOLOGY / BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Biology 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARABIC LANGUAGE & LITERATURE Arabic Language & Literature 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY MATHEMATICS Mathematics 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY ANTHROPOLOGY Anthropology 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY BOTANY Botany 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY ZOOLOGY Zoology 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY COMPUTER SCIENCE Computer Science 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY ECONOMICS (Social Sciences) Economics (Social Sciences) 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY / EARTH SCIENCES / GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Geology / Earth Sciences / Geological Sciences 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Civil Engineering 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY HISTORY History 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY SOCIOLOGY Sociology 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Mechanical Engineering 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY PHYSICS Physics 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY PSYCHOLOGY Psychology 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY POLITICAL SCIENCE / GOVERNMENT Political Science / Government 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY PHILOSOPHY Philosophy 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY Chemistry 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Environmental Science 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY BIOCHEMISTRY Biochemistry 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Electrical & Computer Engineering 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY NURSING Nursing 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S STUDIES Women's Studies 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING Biomedical Engineering 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY FOREIGN LANGUAGES Spanish 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY FOREIGN LANGUAGES French 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY ENGLISH / ENGLISH AND LITERATURE English & Literature 19 YES North Carolina East
DUKE UNIVERSITY STATISTICS Statistics 19 YES North Carolina East
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY-DAYTONA BEACH * Students are not allowed to enroll in courses at this university UNLESS it is their home university. ENGINEERING Aerospace Engineering YES Florida East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. ART Art History 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. BIOLOGY / BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Biology 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. NURSING Nursing 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. STATISTICS Statistics 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. MATHEMATICS Mathematics 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. ANTHROPOLOGY Anthropology 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. BIOCHEMISTRY Biochemistry 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. CHEMISTRY Chemistry 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. GEOLOGY / EARTH SCIENCES / GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Geology / Earth Sciences / Geological Sciences 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. HISTORY History 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. SOCIOLOGY Sociology 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. PHYSICS Physics 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. PSYCHOLOGY Psychology 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. POLITICAL SCIENCE / GOVERNMENT Political Science / Government 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. PHILOSOPHY Philosophy 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. ECONOMICS (Social Sciences) Economics (Social Sciences) 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. MUSIC Music 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. WOMEN'S STUDIES Women's Studies 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Accounting 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Management Information Systems 40 YES Georgia East
EMORY UNIVERSITY *Admission from Oxford College is not approved. Only main campus courses are accepted. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Finance 40 YES Georgia East



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