Punjab Waqf Board Scholarships 2025
Scholarship Amount
About This Scholarship
The Punjab Waqf Board Scholarships 2025 offers financial assistance to eligible Muslim students who are domiciled in Punjab. This initiative aims to support meritorious students pursuing higher education beyond Class 10, including various professional, non-professional, and competitive coaching courses. Selected candidates can receive monthly scholarships that vary based on the category of study, with amounts reaching up to ₹6,000.
The scholarship targets students from Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) to ensure financial barriers do not hinder their educational aspirations. Selection is based on financial need and merit. The application deadline for this scholarship is December 31, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, an applicant must fulfill the following criteria:
• Be a Muslim domicile of Punjab.
• Be pursuing one of the eligible courses as follows:
• Professional Category 1: MBBS/MS/MD/BDS/MDS/BVSC/MVSC
• Professional Category 2: Engineering Courses/BUMS/BAMS/BSC Agriculture/Horticulture and related courses
• Professional Category 3: LLB/LLM/BSC Nursing/BPharma etc.
• Non-Professional Category: All Graduate and Postgraduate courses
• Meritorious Students: Class 10th and 12th Pass-outs pursuing higher education
• Coaching & Training: Coaching for NEET/IIT-JEE/UPSC/SSC and other similar competitive examinations.
• Have been selected through open competition against a government/semi-government quota seat for professional categories.
• Have secured a minimum of 90% (Private school) / 80% (Govt./Waqf/Waqf-aided school) marks in Class 10/12 for post-matric and graduate categories.
• Have secured a minimum of 65% marks for postgraduate categories.
• Belong to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) with an annual family income not exceeding ₹8,00,000.
Important Notes:
• The income criterion is not applicable for the Meritorious Students category.
• Applicants should fall within the merit list in the examination to be conducted to avail scholarships under the Coaching and Training category.
Required Documents
Applicants are required to submit the following documents:
• Copy of Aadhaar Card.
• Result sheet/Rank in competitive examination.
• Result sheet of Class 10th/12th.
• Domicile certificate.
• A passport-size picture.
• EWS Category certificate.
• Proof of selection against Govt./Semi-Govt. quota seat (Letter from College/Institute).
• Copy of affidavit as per format.
• Picture of Bank Passbook.
How to Apply
Eligible applicants can apply by following these steps:
Online Application:
1. Visit the official website of Punjab Waqf Board (pbwaqf.in) and navigate to the scholarship section.
2. Click on the 'Register' button and fill in the required registration details. If already registered, log in using your Gmail/Mobile number/Email ID.
3. Click on the respective scholarship category and then click 'Apply Online For Scholarship'.
4. Select the correct options and click 'Proceed to Register'.
5. After successful registration, log in with valid credentials.
6. Fill in all the required information, upload the necessary documents, and submit the application.
Offline Application:
Applicants must download the application and affidavit form from the official website, fill in the required details, and submit it along with all necessary documents to the following address:
Office of Estate Officer,
Punjab Waqf Board
SCO 1062-1063, Himalaya Marg
22B, Sector 22, Chandigarh, 160022