Scholarships

Scholarships for current DULA students

There are two categories of scholarships: didactic & clinical. All students in the program are considered for the scholarship reward.

  • Didactic Merit scholarship:
    • Criteria: Candidates are selected based on academic excellence, they must have a high GPA and be in the top 10 of their class. All candidates must have been enrolled in a minimum of 36 units within the last 4 consecutive quarters. The scholarship award will be determined by the Academic Committee once the candidates have been selected. Candidate selection takes place at the beginning of the fall quarter in the current academic year.
      • President Merit scholarship (The best student): $1000 per year
      • Dean Merit scholarship (The second-best student): $500 per year
  • Clinical Merit scholarship:
    • Criteria: Clinic supervisors will recommend to the Clinic Director outstanding interns as the scholarship recipient candidates. The Clinic Director will choose one outstanding student, from the recommended interns, who will then be rewarded the scholarship through EC approval.
    • Clinic Director Merit scholarship: $500 per year

DULA New Incoming Student Scholarship

DULA believes to achieve its institutional mission and accomplish the program educational objectives, a high standard of academic performance should be encouraged and maintained. As such, the purpose of the new incoming student scholarship is to attract and encourage prospective students with outstanding academic achievements to enroll in MSOM program and become a part of DULA community. The New Incoming Student Scholarship is only applied for the MSOM program.

New Incoming Student Scholarship Details

Prospective students interested in applying to this scholarship need to complete the new incoming student scholarship application and submit it to the Dean of Academic Affairs. Students who would like more information about this scholarship may inquire with the Dean of Academic Affairs.

By the end of each academic calendar year, DULA will nominate two (2) candidates to be awarded. The nominates are selected from the list of new students (including the transfer students) that began their program in DULA within the nominated academic year.

An amount of $1000 will be awarded to the scholarship recipient.

The eligibility requirements for the candidacy of this scholarship are as follows: 

  1. Submit a complete application
  2. A minimum of GPA 3.5 (out of 4.0 scale) from the most recent colleges that student attended
  3. A personal essay, which should be written in English, describing:
    • A personal reason about why the student should be nominated for the scholarship
    • The student’s vision and goal after achieving the AOM education at DULA
    • What the student has accomplished in achieving their vision and goal
    • What are some challenges that the student found in achieving their vision and goal

Factors which influence the applicants to be nominated as scholarship candidates, includes: high academic achievements, vision and goal, contribution to DULA and AOM field, educational history, etc.

The Academic Committee led by the Dean of Academic Affairs will select a list of scholarship candidates. The candidates will be interviewed with the Dean of Academic Affairs, thereafter the Dean will make his final recommendation–alongside the Executive Committee (EC)–of the final two 2 scholarship recipients,

The scholarship will be awarded to the winner during the DULA town hall gathering, which is held each academic year in January.

To apply for this scholarship, please complete the application form below and submit it to the office of the Dean of Academic Affairs. For more information, please email dean@dula.edu.

Download Application

Family Tuition Discount Policy

DULA offers a tuition discount to families with two or more students enrolled concurrently at DULA. This policy provides general guidance on the terms and conditions in which a discount is applied. DULA reserves the right to periodically review and revise the policy to comply with relevant federal and state requirements and changes to DULA’s operations and practices in order to ensure the policy continues to further DULA’s core mission.

To learn more about this policy, please contact Finance Manager at coo@dula.edu

Please review the Family Tuition Discount Policy and application.

Scholarships from External Sources

For further information regarding external scholarships, please click here.