Funding

Nobody capable should be priced out by silence

Five published access schemes and seven payment plans make the Forward Standard reachable without hidden charges.

Access architecture

Five ways the price becomes reachable

Each scheme states what it offers, who qualifies and how it is funded.

Forward Access Scholarships

What it is: Full or half tuition including any premium, renewed on progress.
Who qualifies: Means-tested household income and merit at or above the programme line; priority to first-generation entrants, women in engineering and technology, refugees and hard-to-reach districts.
How it is funded: Six per cent of gross tuition every year, about UGX 1.3 billion at 8,000 students, plus donor gifts.

Learn Now, Pay Later

What it is: Pay UGX 500,000 per semester while studying; repay the balance as five per cent of income for four years after graduation, only in months earning above UGX 1,000,000; forgiven after ten years.
Who qualifies: Any degree student in good standing after the first semester.
How it is funded: An investor and development-finance-funded pool; the University guarantee is capped at three per cent of net revenue.

Work Study and the Co-op Offset

What it is: Paid campus and online roles up to fifteen hours a week; co-op wages routed against fees on request.
Who qualifies: Any enrolled student; need first.
How it is funded: Self-funding; placement wages are paid by hosts.

Sponsor a Scholar

What it is: UGX 2,400,000 sponsors a standard bachelor's year; UGX 3,300,000 a nursing year; UGX 5,700,000 a doctoral seminar year.
Who qualifies: Students on the Access waiting list.
How it is funded: Donor funded, matched ten per cent from the Access Fund.

Rural District Bursary, Family Plan and Bridging Discount

What it is: Fifteen per cent for designated hard-to-reach districts; ten per cent per concurrently enrolled sibling; ten per cent off first-year degree tuition for HEC graduates.
Who qualifies: Automatic on records.
How it is funded: Absorbed within the pricing margin.

Paying

Seven published ways to pay

Monthly payments carry no interest or surcharge; each other plan has its own exact terms.

Nine equal monthly payments

Monthly

No interest or surcharge

Any amount from UGX 5,000 into the Amagezi tuition wallet

Weekly micro-pay

Block results are released when the block's share is paid

Two payments a year

Per semester

14-day grace period

Full year paid before semester one

Early Bird

3% discount

Final-year fees paid from placement wages within 90 days after placement

Co-op deferral

No interest; placement contract required

Employer billed each semester; cohort rates from three staff

Employer invoice

Net 30 days

Pause up to two blocks with fees frozen

Hardship freeze

Once a year; no penalty; exit-award protection

Payment channels

Mobile money
MTN Mobile Money and Airtel Money, to a named University collection account. Instant receipt to your student record.
Bank transfer
Local transfer in Uganda Shillings, or international transfer in US Dollars. Bank details are issued with your offer, never over social media.
Card payment
Card payment is being set up for the founding intake and will appear here when it is live.

Bank and mobile-money details are issued with your offer and confirmed on your student record. Forward never publishes collection account numbers on social media, and never asks you to pay an individual.

The refusal list, on funding

What we will not do

An award is a decision on published criteria, not a favour.

No award is conditional on you telling your story publicly, appearing in marketing, or letting us use your name.
No award is decided by a personal appeal to a member of staff. Every decision is on the published criteria and is recorded.
No loan is arranged, brokered or recommended by Forward through a commercial partner that pays us anything.
No agent, consultant or intermediary is paid by Forward for delivering an applicant, and none can secure you an award.
No student who has paid for a stage loses the credential that stage certified.

Check the dates, then apply

Awards are assessed with your application, so the intake deadline is the deadline that matters.

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