Scholarship CGPA requirements often get more attention at the application stage than at renewal — but many scholarships require maintaining that CGPA for the duration of the award, not just meeting it once.
Initial Eligibility Cutoffs
Most merit scholarships list a minimum CGPA to apply — commonly 3.0-3.5 depending on the scholarship's competitiveness. As with graduate admissions, the published minimum is often lower than the CGPA of applicants who actually receive competitive scholarships.
Maintenance Requirements
Many scholarships require maintaining a specific CGPA each semester or year to keep the award — falling below it can mean losing funding partway through your degree. This maintenance threshold is sometimes lower than the initial application requirement, but not always, so it's worth confirming both numbers separately.
Planning Ahead for Renewal
If you're relying on scholarship funding, calculating what GPA you need each semester to stay above the maintenance threshold is worth doing proactively — rather than discovering a shortfall after grades are already posted, when it's too late to adjust.
Conclusion
Use our Target CGPA Calculator to plan ahead for both scholarship application cutoffs and ongoing maintenance requirements.