Amritsar Group of Colleges Scholarships: Eligibility & Scholarship Amount 2026

AGC NEST Scholarship (Entrance-cum-Scholarship Test), AGC conducts its own AGC NEST (National Entrance Scholarship Test) for admission into many UG & PG programs. Scholarship benefit upto INR 1.5 lakh fee waiver based on your performance in the test. Courses covered include B.Tech, BBA, BCA, BHMCT, B.Sc Fashion Design, B.Com (Hons), and more. Results of AGC NEST indicate both your marks and the scholarship awarded. Merit & Board-Based Scholarships, even without AGC NEST, AGC offers merit benefits based on past academic performance. These are sometimes referred to as Early Bird Scholarships and encourage high past academic achievement.

Special Scholarships & Awards, AGC awards 100% tuition fee scholarships to top performers from major school boards (CBSE, ICSE, PSEB). Need / EWS / Category-Based Support, need-based scholarships: Financial aid for economically weaker students. Sports scholarships and fee concessions for students with documented state/national-level sports achievements. Category & special group scholarships, for SC/ST/OBC/PWD / Girl Child, etc. Government & External Scholarships, AGC students are also eligible to apply for national and state government scholarship schemes, including Central Sector Scheme for Higher Education (merit-cum-means), Post-Matric Scholarships for SC/ST/OBC/Minorities, PMSSS / Pragati / Saksham Scholarships.