Passport Application Fee Scholarship
The Passport Application Fee Scholarship is sponsored by the UCLA International Education Office in partnership with CIEE and generous UCLA donors. The scholarship will cover the application and processing fees for a U.S. passport in the amount of $165. This award is for students who are first-time applicants for an adult passport and have submitted an application to a qualifying study abroad program (listed below) for summer/fall 2025.
Preference will be given to students with financial need and students applying to the following programs:
- UCLA Global Internship Program – Engineering in Berlin
- UCLA Travel Study – English-In the Heart of the Hibernian Metropolis: Literary Dublin
- UCLA Travel Study – ELTS-Diverse Berlin: Culture and Language in Context
- UCLA Travel Study – ELTS-French Language and Culture: Paris
- UCLA Travel Study – Global Health-Australia & Contemporary Health: Minorities & Indigenous Populations: Sydney
- UCLA Travel Study – Global Studies-Global Studies – Business Leadership, Communication, and Culture: Singapore
- UCLA Travel Study – Management-International Business and Law: Paris/Amsterdam
- UCLA Travel Study – Management-Marketing & Entertainment: London
- UCLA Travel Study – Spanish-Language & Culture in the Mexican Context: Merida
- UCEAP – Summer Global Internship, Berlin
- UCEAP – Summer Global Internship, Cape Town
- UCEAP – Summer Global Internship, Shanghai
- UCEAP – Summer Global Internship, Singapore
- UCEAP – Summer Global Internship, Tokyo
- UCEAP – Czech Republic: Central European Studies
- UCEAP – The Berlin Experience
- UCEAP – Middle East Studies, Amman: Jordan
- UCEAP – Advanced Arabic Language, Amman: Jordan
- UCEAP – Community Public Health, Santiago
NOTE: Passport applications will be processed at an event in January on the UCLA campus. Event details will be sent by email to eligible students.
- Award
- $165.00
- Deadline
- 12/18/2024
- Supplemental Questions
- Which Study Abroad program are you applying for?
- Please select your study abroad program term:
- Passport Eligibility
- Are you applying for your first adult U.S. passport book?
- If you had a previous passport book, was it issued when you were 16 or younger (child passport)?
- Will you be able to provide evidence of U.S. citizenship at the time of passport application in January 2025?
- What does obtaining a passport mean to you and how will it empower you to become a better global citizen? (Feel free to address how having a passport is tied with your personal and professional goals). (100-300 words)