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About the scholarship
The University of Detroit Mercy is a private Catholic university in Detroit, Michigan, sponsored by the Jesuits and the Religious Sisters of Mercy. Its international undergraduate scholarships are institutional merit awards, not a national competition: there is no separate scholarship form to hunt for. You apply for admission, the Admissions Office assesses your grades, and the award comes with your admission decision.
That simplicity has a catch worth stating plainly. Because the award is tied to admission, the deadlines that matter are admission deadlines, and different sources label them differently. Guides give 15 November 2026 as the last date for the Winter term, while the university’s own admission page gives 1 December as the scholarship-priority date for Fall entry. Both dates are carried in this article, with the nearer one — 15 November — as the headline deadline, so that a Winter-term applicant is not misled into waiting until December.
Benefits
- Freshmen (including Canadian and other international freshmen): a scholarship worth up to $10,000 per academic year, awarded through the Admissions Office on cumulative high-school grade point average, split evenly over the fall and winter terms.
- Transfer students from an accredited US or Canadian college or university: a Detroit Mercy grant of $1,000 to $9,000 per academic year on cumulative college GPA, also split over the fall and winter terms.
- Both awards are renewable, but they cannot be combined with any other university grant or discount.
- Guides report that university scholarships and grants apply to full-time undergraduate tuition only — not to housing, food or books, not to the summer term, and not to the Schools of Law or Dentistry. Confirm this in your own award letter.
- Separately, Canadian first-year students may also earn a $1,000 Visit Grant, renewable for up to four years, and MBA applicants with a GMAT score of 600 or better qualify for a half-tuition scholarship — but those are different awards from the undergraduate scholarship described here.
Who can apply
- You are an international student applying for a full-time undergraduate programme at Detroit Mercy.
- Freshmen: you enrol full-time, and your award is set by your cumulative high-school GPA. If you come from a foreign high school, you must also pass English proficiency under Detroit Mercy’s guidelines.
- Students from a US high-school affiliation and students from a foreign high school are both covered by the freshman route.
- Transfer students: you enrol full-time from an accredited US or Canadian college or university, and your grant is set by your cumulative college GPA.
- American Language and Culture Program (ALCP) classes do not count toward full-time enrolment for scholarship purposes and carry no discount.
- US citizens, permanent residents and asylees/refugees are dealt with under US federal and state aid instead; this international route is for students who are not US citizens or eligible non-citizens.
Documents required
No separate scholarship document list is published, because there is no separate scholarship application: the award is decided from your admission file. That file is therefore the document list in practice — school or college transcripts for the GPA assessment, proof of English proficiency for foreign-high-school applicants, and whatever else the international admission process asks for. Check the official international admission page for the current admission requirements rather than relying on a third-party checklist, and note that the university states online applications carry no application fee.
How to apply
- Apply for undergraduate admission to the University of Detroit Mercy through its international admission route.
- Submit your transcripts so your GPA can be assessed, and, if you come from a foreign high school, your English-proficiency evidence.
- For Winter-term entry, work to the 15 November 2026 date given by guides; for Fall entry, treat 1 December as the scholarship-priority date on the official admission page (with Early Action on 1 November 2026).
- Wait for the admission decision, which carries the scholarship award. Confirm the amount, the fall/winter split, the renewal GPA rule and the no-combining rule in writing.
- If you are a Canadian freshman, ask separately about the $1,000 Visit Grant, which is not part of the main scholarship.
FAQs
No. The award is made by the Admissions Office from your admission application, on your GPA. There is no separate competition to enter.
Up to $10,000 per academic year, renewable, split evenly over the fall and winter terms. The exact amount within that ceiling depends on your cumulative high-school GPA.
Both are real, for different entries: 15 November 2026 is the Winter-term date given by guides, and 1 December is the Fall scholarship-priority date on the university’s own admission page. Use the one that matches your intended term, and apply early either way.
No. The official international page states these scholarships and grants cannot be combined with any other university grant or discount.
No. Guides report that university scholarships and grants apply to full-time undergraduate tuition only, not to housing, food or books.
Verified 30 Oct 2026 against the University of Detroit Mercy official international pages (udmercy.edu: up to $10,000 a year for freshmen on high-school GPA, $1,000–$9,000 transfer grant on college GPA, fall/winter split, renewable, cannot be combined, ALCP exclusion, 1 December scholarship priority) and corroborating guides (Bright Scholarship, Fully Funded Scholarships, Scholarship Union) for the 15 November 2026 Winter-term date and the up-to-$10,000 figure. The two dates are for different entry terms and are both carried in the article.
