Pondicherry University is known for providings financial help for students by providing various scholarship schemes. It offers different scholarships which are offered under government and normal schemes. Pondicherry University provides different government and institute scholarships to provide financial assistance to help students with low income backgrounds and students with good merit throughout their education.
The scholarship offerings of the University includes merit Scholarship, Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship, Scholarship for M.Sc. Marine Biology & Disaster Management, N.B.H.M Scholarship, Government of India SC /ST /OBC Scholarship, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship / Maulana Azad National Fellowship, Financial Assistance, Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single GirlChild, PG Merit Scholarship for University rank holders, Government of Puducherry Fellowship / Scholarship Merit and Merit-cum-Means Scholarship, Madanjeet Singh Group Scholarship, GATE Scholarship etc.
The eligibility for these scholarships includes the merit and certain income limit for the consideration. The scholarships will be offered separately for several courses.
Follow The below table for detailed scholarship criteria for several courses:
| Scholarship | Eligibility criteria | Eligible course students |
| merit Scholarship | Merit Students with a certain income limit will be preferred | All are eligible |
| Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship | Merit Students who belong to weak economic background with a certain income limit will be preferred | All are eligible |
| Scholarship for M.Sc. Marine Biology & Disaster Management | MSc Students who with a certain income limit will be preferred | M.Sc. Marine Biology & Disaster Management students are eligible |
| N.B.H.M Scholarship | Students who have impressive merit with a certain income limit will be preferred | All are eligible |
| Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship / Maulana Azad National Fellowship | Students who have top merit with a certain income limit will be preferred | All are eligible |
| Government of India SC /ST /OBC Scholarship | SC, ST, OBC Students who have impressive merit with a certain income limit will be preferred | All are eligible |
| Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single GirlChild | Female Students who have impressive merit with a certain income limit will be preferred | All are eligible |
| PG Merit Scholarship for University rank holders | PG Students with very good merit/ top rank and certain income will be preferred | All are eligible |
| Financial Assistance scheme | Students who seek financial assistance are preferred | All are eligible |
| Government of Puducherry Fellowship / Scholarship Merit and Merit-cum-Means Scholarship | students with good Merit and certain income will be preferred | All are eligible |
| Madanjeet Singh Group Scholarship | Students with very good merit and certain income will be preferred | all department students are eligible |
| GATE Scholarship | MTech Students with very good merit & rank in GATE and certain income will be preferred | MTech students are eligible |