How do I apply for financial aid?

The financial aid application process is broken down into a number of steps depending on your eligibility for financial aid:

Step 1: Determine your eligibility

The application process starts with you filling our financial calculator to provide us information about your family’s financial circumstances. We then use a standard method to assess your demonstrated financial need and determine your eligibility to apply for the ALU financial aid offerings. 

Note: Please note that once you submit these details, you will not be able or allowed to make any changes to the information. Please ensure that the information you submit during your application is complete, accurate, and honest to the best of your knowledge, as you will be required to submit supporting documentation to verify the information provided. 

After filling in the financial calculator, you will be informed of your eligibility to apply for a grant, or scholarship.

Note: eligibility to apply for a grant or scholarship does not guarantee that you will receive a grant or a scholarship.

Step 2: Application

Applicants will also be required to submit supporting documentation for proof of financial circumstances and declared personal information.

Documents required while submitting your Financial Aid application at ALU

• Household Income
  • Official bank statement
  • Mobile money statements
  • Retirement or termination letter
  • Signed affidavit from parent/guardian declaring unemployment

NOTE: All documents need to be no older than 3 months

• Personal Information
  • High school tuition receipts
  • If applicant is orphaned: Parents' death certificate  
  • If applicant is under special care: Proof of special guardianship 
  • If applicant is from a single parent home: Divorce Certificate or death certificate

NOTE: Applicants who did not pay any high school tuition(e.g. applicants from Ghana) need to submit a signed and     stamped letter from their high school headteacher with the same declaration.

• Financial Standing
  • If one has received a scholarship or external funding for previous education: Letter showing proof of external sponsor indicating details of sponsorship i.e. Amount and duration
• Applicants with humanitarian status
  • Valid refugee or IDP document issued by UNHCR, local government or other entity