A regular student of KUST will be eligible for merit scholarship if he / she obtains 70% marks or SGPA of 3.00 and above in a batch / semester. 20% amongst the said qualifying students of class/ semester will get the merit scholarship subject to clearance of University fee / dues / fine etc. Further break-up of these 20% students for award of merit scholarship is as under:

• Top 5% of the qualifying students (among the above 20%) will avail 100% waiver in tuition fee.
• Next 5% of the qualifying students (among the above 20%) will avail 75% waiver in tuition fee.
• Next 5% of the qualifying students (among the above 20%) will avail 50% waiver in tuition fee.
• Remaining 5% of the qualifying students (among the above 20%) will avail 25% waiver in tuition fee.