UCLA Extension Accounting and Taxation Scholarship

• Each award provides up to $5000 that can be applied towards the registration fees for courses in the Accounting Certificate, Taxation Certificate, or Internal Audit Certificate.
• Please note that application/candidacy fees and textbooks/materials are not covered by the scholarship. Awards also cannot be applied retroactively to past or in-progress courses.
• Scholarship recipients can utilize their awards to offset course registration fees beginning with the following winter quarter and for up to two years from their award date.
• Scholarships are non-transferable and will expire in two years from their award date.
• No cash awards will be given. Unused scholarship amounts will remain in the scholarship fund to be used for future Accounting and Taxation Scholarship recipients.

• Students must have completed a bachelor’s degree, with a recommended GPA of 3.0.
• At the time of scholarship application, students must be currently enrolled in the Accounting Certificate (CE0654), Taxation Certificate (CE0059), or Internal Audit Certificate (CE0531), and have paid the candidacy fee.
• Students must have met all the prerequisites for their certificate, and completed the first four courses of the Accounting Certificate/Internal Audit Certificate or the first two courses of the Taxation Certificate.
• UCLA and UCLA Extension employees and their family members/dependents are not eligible to apply.
• Students who were previously awarded an Accounting and Taxation Scholarship may not re-apply.

Eligibility criteria for all final candidates will be checked and confirmed by UCLA Extension.

To apply, students must submit:

• Their completed, typed application form.
• Their resume.
• A copy of their bachelor’s degree diploma or other proof of their conferred bachelor’s degree.
• A copy of their unofficial transcripts from their completed bachelor’s degree.
• One 250-word, typed essay stating why they are pursuing a career in accounting or taxation.

Submitted applications that are incomplete, late, or from ineligible students will not be considered for an award. No exceptions.