Stanford MBA students during club day.
- The Mohammed bin Rashid Fellows Program
- The Reliance Dhirubhai Fellowship
- Financial Aid Office
- Stanford Management Internship Fund (SMIF)
- GSB Nonprofit/Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
- GSB International Loan Forgiveness Program
One of the advantages of applying in Round 1 or 2 is the ability to receive an aid award from the Financial Aid Office prior to the date that you must respond to your offer of admission.
Types of Aid
To assess your financial need, the Financial Aid Office reviews your income and assets to determine your eligibility for fellowships and loans. Financial need is evaluated annually to ensure a fair and equitable distribution of aid.
Stanford Graduate School of Business Fellowships
The GSB receives support from individuals, foundations, and corporations for a variety of fellowship funds. Fellowships are available to all U.S. and international financial aid applicants based on need—not merit. "Need" for fellowship purposes is defined as the school budget minus assets, income, contributions from parents, friends and/or employers, and outside fellowships. We consider both liquid and non-liquid assets. We can not consider loans (except forgivable loans) when determining fellowship need.
Outside Fellowships
Private agencies and organizations offer a variety of need- and non-need-based scholarships, grants, and fellowships to MBA students. We encourage you to investigate outside sources to help reduce your debt load. If you receive an outside fellowship greater than $10,000, your GSB fellowship will be reduced. The reduction is not dollar for dollar, however, so it is well worth your time to seek outside aid. Loans are only reduced if your aid exceeds the cost of attendance.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Fellows Program
This program aims to identify talented and ambitious youth from across the Arab region and offer them scholarships to pursue graduate studies in management, finance or leadership at top-notch international universities. This highly competitive program will award up to five fellowships annually. (Please see Related Links for more information.)
The Reliance Dhirubhai Fellowship
Reliance Industries Limited has generously created the Reliance Dhirubhai Fellows Program to support Indian students with financial need in obtaining an MBA at Stanford. Each year, Stanford may award up to five Reliance Dhirubhai Fellowships. (Please see Related Links for more information.)
Loans for International Students
The Stanford University Graduate School of Business has partnered with the Stanford Federal Credit Union (SFCU) and Citibank to provide private educational loans to international Business School students. There may be other private educational loans for international students. However, many private educational loans do not offer the combination of relatively low interest rates with the possibility of not requiring a US co-signer for the loan.
Loans for U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents
U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible to borrow funds from Federal Loan Programs. The government restricts these loans to students who are not in default on any previous loans and to students who do not owe a refund to any federal program.
In addition, the School partners with several lenders to provide private educational loans to GSB students. U.S. citizens and permanent residents must first borrow government funds for which you are eligible before additional funds are available for lending.