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Undergraduate Scholarships

As a premier public institution for higher learning, UCI’s mission has always been to IMPROVE SOCIETY by fostering knowledge, provide WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION and to ADVANCE THE AMERICAN DREAM regardless of someone’s background. Your thoughtful and generous support will ignite LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES for some of our most gifted and talented undergraduate students. TOGETHER, we can equip UCI undergraduate students with tools that build on their continued, UNYIELDING dedication for success in higher education and in life. 

TOGETHER, we can help create a more brilliant future!

The purpose of this specific campaign effort is to raise funds for undergraduate scholarships. Your gift to undergraduate scholarships will assist with the University’s efforts to expand access to higher education while helping to create a clear path to academic excellence.

Your gift to undergraduate scholarships will assist with the University’s efforts to expand access to higher education while helping to create a clear path to academic excellence. Undergraduate scholarships are the most direct way to address the financial challenges and difficulties that exist for many brilliant young people. Scholarship opportunities assist UCI in yielding the most accomplished students while also closing the gap in the retention of first generation and low-income students.


FUND INFORMATION

  • Financial Aid Scholarship: This scholarship fund provides support to high-achieving undergraduate students at UCI who have the greatest financial need.
  • Unrestricted General Scholarship Fund: This scholarship fund helps make a university education possible for UC Irvine’s prospective and current students by rewarding and fostering students who exhibit academic or creative excellence.
  • Summer Session Scholarships: This scholarship helps students who attend summer classes to graduate early, reduces the burden of student loans, or change to a more fulfilling/fitting major without financial hardship. 


If you are interested in exploring additional opportunities to support scholarships on Giving Day, please click on the buttons below. 

Donor Map
Rank State Gifts
1 CA 17
2 RI 1
2 NV 1
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Match
Summer Session Scholarship Match
Double your impact! Every gift made to the Summer Session Scholarship fund will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to $15,000!
$289 MATCHED
Ended
$5,000
Student Outreach and Retention Center (SOAR) Parent Happy Hour Challenge
Five parents making a gift to any area of support on Giving Day from 5-7 PM PST will unlock a generous $5,000 gift to the Student Outreach and Retention Center from parents Sharon Sasaki and Robert Yamamoto!
5 / 5 Gifts
Completed
$10,000
UCI Alumni Association Board Challenge
Be one of the first 200 alumni donors to make a gift to any area on Giving Day and unlock $10,000 in support for UCIAA!
200 / 200 Donors
Completed
$3,500
UCI Parent Executive Board 25 Gift Challenge
The first 25 gifts from Parents to any area on Giving Day will unlock $3,500 in bonus funds for the Anteater Grant Initiatives from the UCI Parent Executive Board! When we reach 25 gifts, the next tier of the challenge will be released!
25 / 25 Gifts
Completed
$10,000
UCI Parent Executive Board 50 Gift Challenge
25 parents have made a gift and we've unlocked our first challenge! Now, once we've reached 50 total gifts from Parents to any area on Giving Day, we will unlock an additional $10,000 in bonus funds for the Anteater Grant Initiatives from the UCI Parent Executive Board! Thank you for helping unlock $13,500 in total support for AGI!
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
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