Scholarships

The CIAM Merit and Achievement Scholarships recognize students who demonstrate outstanding academic excellence, professional accomplishments, or extracurricular achievements. Funded through the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. Shao, these scholarships are applied toward tuition only and are available to qualifying students—some regardless of financial need.

Scholarship awards are determined in accordance with all federal and state financial aid regulations and are based on the information provided, the number of applicants, and available funds.

To be eligible for a CIAM scholarship, you must first be accepted and enrolled as a student at the California Institute of Advanced Management (CIAM).

Contact CIAM Scholarship Committee

CIAM institutional scholarships are awarded to students based on academic merit, or professional, or extraprofessional achievements. Scholarships can only be applied towards tuition and are available regardless of financial need. Decisions are based on these rules, the information you provide, the number of applicants, and the total funds available each academic year. Submissions for scholarships do not guarantee the student will be awarded.

Applying for Scholarships

To be considered eligible for a scholarship, a student must:

The deadlines to apply for scholarships for the 2026 academic year are:

December 3, 2025

All scholarship dates posted

January 23, 2026

Spring 2026 term deadline to submit for Summer 2026

March 9, 2026

Awardees announced for Summer 2026

May 15, 2026

Summer 2026 term deadline to submit for Fall 2026

July 1, 2026

Awardees announced for Fall 2026

September 11, 2026

Fall 2026 term deadline to submit for Spring 2027

November: 2, 2026

Awardees announced for Spring 2027

President's Scholarship/Women in Leadership Scholarship

CIAM has a rich heritage of empowering women for leadership.

The Women in Leadership Scholarship is for incoming female students who have:

Had experience in leadership in their schools, communities, and/or workplace.
Desire to further their leadership development and experience at CIAM.

Eligibility Criteria:

Female Working Professional with at least one year of leadership experience.
300-500-word personal essay discussion the following topic:
“What has been the biggest challenge you have faced as a female leader and how did you overcome it? How do you desire to further your leadership development and experience?”
Resume

Management as a Liberal Art Scholarship

Management is what tradition used to call a liberal art ‘liberal’ because it deals with the fundamentals of knowledge, self-knowledge, wisdom, and leadership; ‘art’ because it deals with practice and application. Managers draw upon all of the knowledge and insights of the humanities and social sciences on psychology and philosophy, on economics and history, on the physical sciences and ethics. But they have to focus this knowledge on effectiveness and results.” –Peter F. Drucker

For consideration, candidates for the Management as a Liberal Art Scholarship must submit a paper discussing management as a liberal art as an innovative perspective and/or solution to a contemporary management topic. Students may discuss topics related to business strategy, conflict management, entrepreneurship, healthcare management, international management, management consulting, operations management, organizational management, or nonprofit management.

Eligibility Criteria:

Open to all current CIAM students who have completed their first term.
Application Requirements:
300–500-word essay addressing the prompt above.

Academic Excellence Scholarship

Students with an undergraduate or graduate cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 3.8-4.0 as conferred by an accredited institution are eligible for this award. Eligible GPAs must reflect at least one year of full-time status in the current/previous academic program. This will be verified by the applicant’s official transcripts and/or foreign degree evaluation report.

Eligibility Criteria:

Open to all new or current CIAM students with a 3.8-4.0 CGPA.
Eligible GPAs must reflect at least one year of full-time status in the current/previous academic program.

Scholarship Application

Notice of Nondiscriminatory Policy As To Students

The California Institute of Advanced Management school admits students of any race, color, creed, religion, background, native origin, physical disability, sexual orientation, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis race, color, creed, religion, background, native origin, physical disability, sexual orientation, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.