The Uttaranchal University encourages scholarly aptitude in students. In order to recognize their academic excellence, the following scholarships are awarded to students who perform extremely well in their qualifying examinations.
| Slab | Level in which admission is taken | Award of Merit Scholarship on Tuition Fee | Percentage of marks secured in the Qualifying Examination |
| 1. | UG/PG | 30% | >=90.1% |
| 2. | UG/PG | 20% | >=80.1% to <90% |
| 3. | UG/PG | 10% | >=70.1% to <80% |
Conditions:
The merit scholarship will be awarded to students on the basis of their performance in their qualifying examinations if the following conditions are met.
(I) All programmes/subjects of their qualifying examinations are cleared in the first attempt.
(ii) This scholarship is applicable for the first year only; the students cannot claim the scholarship for subsequent years.
(iii) There will be no rounding of CGPA or the marks in their qualifying examination, for example, if a student achieves CGPA “8.99” it will be considered as 8.99 and will not be considered as 9.00 similarly, if a student achieves 89.99% it will not be considered as 90.00%