Dartmouth College’s King Scholars Program offers scholarships to low-income students from developing countries who want to help alleviate poverty in their native countries. King Scholars at Dartmouth get four-year scholarships as well as rigorous mentoring and leadership training. The King Scholar Program trains today’s young intellectuals from developing countries to take the lead in eradicating world poverty in the future. After graduation, they return home to address poverty concerns with the help of Dartmouth’s alumni network.
The program goes far beyond a traditional scholarship by giving participants an active, comprehensive university experience. They are able to successfully navigate the difficulties of a multicultural college environment thanks to the strong support of Dartmouth College and King Philanthropies.
The conditions for King Scholars to succeed are provided by important program components, including academic and one-on-one mentoring, leadership development, access to internship opportunities, and connections to international leaders in the field of poverty alleviation.
In 2012, the Dartmouth College King Scholars Program was created. King Philanthropies donated $36 million to the program, which supports a total of twenty-four bright young people each year.
Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League research university located in Hanover, New Hampshire. Eleazar Wheelock founded it in 1769, making it the ninth-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and one of the nine colonial schools chartered prior to the American Revolution.
Level/Field of Study
The scholarship is open to international students from developing countries that intend to pursue their bachelorette at Dartmouth College.
Host Nationality
Dartmouth College is pleased to host this scholarship as its own way of helping out in supporting developing countries all over the world.
Criteria for King Scholars Program at Dartmouth College
The King Scholars Program seeks students who are:
- They are active in their communities.
- Dedicated to bringing about positive change
- Dedicated to eliminating poverty in their own nations
- Capable of thriving at a top-tier American university
- They are driven to succeed in anything they do.
- English proficiency
Deadline for the Dartmouth College King Scholars Program
The scholarship is set to stop considering applicants from 1st January 2024.
Application Process for the King Scholars Program
Dartmouth will evaluate all applications from qualified international students for the King Leadership Scholar program. Each candidate must submit The Common Application; there is no separate application. Click on the button below to commence. Learn more about applying to Dartmouth.
Applicants to Dartmouth who are interested in the King Leadership Scholar program are also urged to offer a second recommendation through the Recommend a Scholar portal from a mentor, teacher, adviser, community leader, friend, or clergy member.
Scholarship Reward
Full Scholarships to Dartmouth
Students and their families pay free tuition as King Scholars attend Dartmouth for four years. Health insurance, a new computer in the first year, and annual travel between Dartmouth and the student’s home country are all included.
Strong Support
King Scholars receive pre-orientation support, academic mentorship, and other services to assist with the transition to college and for the duration of their time at Dartmouth. The First Year Student Enrichment Program, a rigorous experience that equips students to tackle many of the difficulties they will encounter during their first year, is a component of the King Scholars program that includes all students. They are a member of a close-knit community of Scholars and students who are all supportive of one another.
About the Sponsor
Bob King received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth in 1957 and his MBA from Stanford in 1960. He founded R. Eliot King & Associates Inc., a venture capital business with offices in Menlo Park, California, and Peninsula Capital. The Kings launched the Thrive Foundation for Youth in 1995 to aid youngsters in underserved areas in realizing their full potential, and in 2011 they founded the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies.
The King Scholars Leadership Program was established by Bob and Dottie in collaboration with Dartmouth College in 2013 for students from Latin America, Africa, and Asia who have outstanding potential.
FAQ
Low-income students from developing countries who are motivated to fight poverty at home are sought after by the King Scholars Program. King Scholars at Dartmouth receive a 4-year scholarship.
Based on merit, we provide scholarships to foreign students and U.S. citizens. Each term that you are enrolled as a student, scholarship money is distributed equally. Candidates who submit their applications by the first round deadline of December 1 will receive priority consideration.