The Brandeis Wien International Scholarship is a full-need undergraduate award for exceptional international applicants. Brandeis states that the scholarship meets each recipient’s full demonstrated financial need. Its current international-aid guidance describes coverage for tuition, housing, food and U.S. health insurance, renewable for up to eight undergraduate semesters.
Wien Scholarship 2027 at a glance
- Host: Brandeis University, Massachusetts, United States
- Level: First-year undergraduate
- Audience: Exceptional international applicants
- Funding: Full demonstrated financial need
- Published coverage: Tuition, housing, food and U.S. health insurance
- Duration: Renewable for a maximum of eight semesters
- Application route: Brandeis admission application plus required financial-aid documents
- Early Decision I / Early Action deadline: November 3, 2026
- Early Decision II / Regular Decision deadline: January 15, 2027
- Cutoff time: No common submission time or time zone is stated on the official deadline page
What does the Wien Scholarship cover?
The Wien Scholarship meets 100% of Brandeis’s calculation of the recipient’s demonstrated financial need. Brandeis’s international financial-aid guidance describes a full scholarship covering tuition, housing, food and U.S. health insurance. The award may be renewed for up to eight semesters of undergraduate study, provided the recipient continues to satisfy the university’s academic and administrative conditions.
This is not a fixed cash award. Brandeis reviews the family’s financial documents and determines demonstrated need. The final package therefore depends on the university’s assessment of the applicant’s financial circumstances.
Who is eligible?
The Wien Scholarship is intended for international first-year applicants with strong academic achievement and significant extracurricular or community involvement. Applicants should be entering Brandeis as full-time undergraduates and must complete both admission and financial-aid requirements on time.
International students seeking Brandeis grant or scholarship assistance must indicate their intent to apply for financial aid before admission. Brandeis warns that students cannot request institutional scholarship consideration for the current or future years after receiving an admission decision if they did not apply for aid during the original admission process.
Required application materials
Admission documents
- Common Application or Coalition Application
- Official secondary-school transcript covering all years of study
- School report and recommendation from a secondary-school official
- Teacher recommendation from a core academic subject
- Senior-year grades when required for the selected admission plan
- Early Decision Agreement for EDI or EDII applicants
- Optional SAT or ACT scores
Financial-aid documents
- Indication on the admission application that you are applying for financial aid
- CSS Profile submitted by the applicable deadline
- Parent and student income or tax documentation if requested by Brandeis
- Any additional verification documents requested through the applicant portal
International applicants should follow the current instructions in their portal because Brandeis may request different supporting documents depending on the family’s country and financial circumstances.
English-language and standardized tests
Brandeis is test-optional for SAT and ACT, including scholarship consideration. International applicants whose native language is not English should submit an accepted English-proficiency result: TOEFL iBT, IELTS, Duolingo English Test or Cambridge English C1 Advanced/C2 Proficiency. Applicants who completed at least four years of a full academic curriculum taught in English may request a waiver through the DEISconnect portal after applying.
2027 application deadlines
| Admission plan | Admission and aid deadline |
|---|---|
| Early Decision I | November 3, 2026 |
| Early Action | November 3, 2026 |
| Early Decision II | January 15, 2027 |
| Regular Decision | January 15, 2027 |
The official Brandeis deadline table does not state one common cutoff time or time zone. Submit the Common or Coalition application, CSS Profile and requested records early rather than assuming an end-of-day deadline.
Application fee
Brandeis lists an US$80 undergraduate application fee. Applicants for whom the charge creates a financial barrier may request an application-fee waiver through the Common Application or the process described on Brandeis’s fee-waiver page.
How to apply
- Select an admission plan. Early Decision is binding; Early Action and Regular Decision are non-binding.
- Complete the admission application. Apply through the Common Application or Coalition Application and add Brandeis University.
- Request financial aid in the application. Do this before admission; international applicants cannot add institutional-aid consideration later.
- Submit the CSS Profile. Use Brandeis CSS code 3092 and meet the deadline for your application plan.
- Arrange school documents. Ask your school official and teacher to submit the transcript, school report and recommendations.
- Submit English proficiency if required. Upload or send the accepted test result according to Brandeis instructions.
- Monitor DEISconnect. Check the applicant portal for missing or additional financial documents.
Official sources
- Brandeis merit scholarships and Wien Scholarship
- International student scholarships
- Application plans and deadlines
- First-year requirements
- International financial-aid guide
Frequently asked questions
Is the Wien Scholarship fully funded?
It meets the recipient’s full demonstrated financial need. Brandeis’s international-aid guidance lists tuition, housing, food and U.S. health insurance among the covered costs.
Is there a separate Wien Scholarship application?
Brandeis selects Wien recipients through its admission and financial-aid review. Applicants must complete the undergraduate application, request financial aid and submit the required financial documents by the applicable deadline.
Can applicants from any country apply?
The scholarship is for exceptional international applicants; the official page does not publish a restricted nationality list.
Are SAT or ACT scores required?
No. Brandeis is test-optional, and applicants remain eligible for merit scholarships whether or not they submit SAT or ACT scores.
Can I request aid after admission?
No. International applicants seeking Brandeis funding must request financial aid before the admission decision and file the required aid application on time.
Related opportunities
- Bates College Financial Aid 2027
- Haverford Financial Aid 2027
- Villanova Presidential Scholarship 2027
Always verify the checklist shown in your Brandeis applicant portal before submitting, because individual document requests may differ.
