MNIT Jaipur Scholarships: Amount, Eligibility & Details

MNIT Jaipur's biggest financial-relief lever is not a scholarship at all. It is the B.Tech tuition-fee waiver built into the fee structure itself. Family income below ₹1 lakh a year gets zero tuition. The ₹1-5 lakh slab gets a reduced ₹20,834-a-semester rate. Every SC, ST and PwD candidate gets zero tuition regardless of income (B.Tech Fee Structure 2026-27, mnit.ac.in). On top of that built-in waiver, MNIT Jaipur channels Merit-cum-Means support and state and central government scholarships. These cover hostel, mess and other costs the fee waiver does not touch.

Is the MNIT Jaipur tuition waiver the same as a scholarship? Functionally, yes, for most students. It reduces or removes the tuition component before a separate scholarship is ever applied. Many MNIT Jaipur students already pay little or no tuition without filing a scholarship application at all.

Source: MNIT Jaipur UG Regulations Manual, mnit.ac.in and MNIT Jaipur Scholarship and Awards page, mnit.ac.in.

Does MNIT Jaipur have its own named merit scholarship separate from government schemes? MNIT Jaipur channels national schemes like Merit-cum-Means and the Central Sector Scholarship Scheme. It does not run a separate, institute-branded merit-cash-award scheme of its own.

• Income-linked tuition waiver: A valid, current annual family income certificate issued by a competent government authority, placing the student in the below-₹1-lakh or ₹1-5-lakh slab.
• SC/ST/PwD tuition waiver: A valid caste or disability certificate, no income threshold applies.
• Merit-cum-Means Scholarship: Belonging to a minority community, admission to a recognised professional degree course, not less than 50% marks at senior secondary (10+2), and family income up to ₹2.5 lakh a year.
• Top Class Education Scholarship (SC/ST): SC students with family income up to ₹8 lakh a year and ST students with family income up to ₹6 lakh a year.
• State post-matric scholarships: Rajasthan domicile (or the applicant's home state's own scheme rules for students from other states), category eligibility, and income within that state scheme's ceiling.

Can a General-category student with low family income get a fee waiver at MNIT Jaipur? Yes, the income-linked tuition waiver applies to General and OBC candidates alike. Category alone does not decide eligibility for this waiver, income does.

1. Submit the income or category certificate at admission. The institute uses this to place the student in the correct fee slab from the first semester itself.
2. For Merit-cum-Means and Central Sector schemes, apply through the National Scholarship Portal (scholarships.gov.in), within that scheme's own application window, using the institute's confirmation of enrolment.
3. For state post-matric scholarships, apply through the respective state's scholarship portal, again using the institute's enrolment confirmation.
4. Renewal each year generally needs satisfactory academic standing and a re-submitted income certificate, per the scheme's own renewal rule.

The fee circular does not say which slab applies if the income certificate is missing at admission. Ask the MNIT Jaipur Academic Section in writing. The MNIT Jaipur fees page has the full fee structure.

• Family income certificate, issued by a competent government authority, for the income-linked tuition waiver and for Merit-cum-Means or Central Sector applications.
• Category certificate (SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS/PwD), for the SC/ST/PwD tuition waiver and for category-linked state scholarships.
• Institute enrolment confirmation or bonafide certificate, required by the National Scholarship Portal and most state scholarship portals.
• Aadhaar-linked bank account details, needed for direct benefit transfer on National Scholarship Portal schemes.
• Previous semester's marksheet, for renewal of Merit-cum-Means and state post-matric scholarships.

Source: MNIT Jaipur UG Regulations Manual, mnit.ac.in and National Scholarship Portal.

Is a fresh income certificate needed every year for the MNIT Jaipur fee waiver? Yes, the income certificate is re-verified each academic year. A student must resubmit it to stay in the correct fee slab.

The institute fee (about ₹18,450 a semester) and hostel/mess charges are not covered by the tuition waiver. Every student pays these separately, whatever their income slab.

Does the MNIT Jaipur scholarship cover hostel fees? No, the income-linked tuition waiver and the SC/ST/PwD waiver both apply only to the tuition component. Hostel and mess charges are billed separately and are not reduced by these waivers.

The income-linked tuition waiver and the SC/ST/PwD waiver do not use a merit shortlist. The institute's fee office checks the submitted income or category certificate against the fee-slab rules, and places the student in the matching slab automatically (B.Tech Fee Structure 2026-27, mnit.ac.in). Merit-cum-Means and Central Sector Scholarship Scheme applications go through a different route. The National Scholarship Portal verifies the family income and category proof submitted, then ranks eligible applicants against the scheme's own income ceiling and academic-record criteria for that cycle. State post-matric scholarships follow the same pattern on the relevant state portal, with selection and disbursal timelines set by the state, not by MNIT Jaipur.

Does MNIT Jaipur's own office decide who gets a National Scholarship Portal scholarship? No, MNIT Jaipur only confirms a student's enrolment and academic record on the portal. The scheme's own government body decides eligibility and selection.