About The Eugene McDermott Scholars Program

The Eugene McDermott Scholars Program provides selected students – those with records of outstanding intellectual and academic achievement, leadership, and service who are committed to participating in all of the extra-curricular dimensions of the Program – with scholarships covering the normal costs of a UT Dallas undergraduate education and additional resources for development of their demonstrated potential. The opportunities and resources of the Program are accompanied by significant responsibility.

Scholars are challenged…

• Actively participate in all aspects of the Eugene McDermott Scholars Program
• Maintain high semesterly (and cumulative) GPA requirements
• Meet or exceed semesterly engagement hour requirements
• Lead and serve continuously
• Participate in the McDermott Summer of Service in the DFW area immediately after the spring semester of the first year
• Participate in a combination of full-time McDermott Program-approved activities during second and third summers (e.g., classes, service, study abroad, internship, research, etc.)

Scholars are supported…

• Full UT Dallas tuition and mandatory fees
• Semesterly stipends for housing
• Monthly stipends for living expenses
• Funding for study abroad
• Funding for educational and professional development
• Mentorship and advising
• Leadership development
• Group travel for orientation and civics engagement
• Tickets to performances such as the Dallas Symphony, Dallas Opera, Texas Ballet Theater, Dallas Theater Center, other cultural events
• Social, intellectual and professional network of current Scholars and Alumni