Free · Word and PDFScholarship certificate templates
For an awards evening or to go with the letter: the scholarship’s name, the amount and the year. 12 templates, every line editable in Word.
Want your logo, colour or signature on it? Press Customise to open any template in the free certificate maker.
Wording for a scholarship certificate
Lines for under the name. Copy one, then paste it over the placeholder in Word.
What to put on it
- The scholarship’s full name
- The amount, if you announce it
- The academic year
- The committee chair’s signature
How to edit a scholarship certificate in Word
- 01Download the Word filePress Word on any template. It’s a .docx, A4 landscape, with its fonts inside.
- 02Enable editingWord may open it in Protected View first, as it does any download. Click Enable Editing.
- 03Type over the placeholdersEvery line is its own text box. The logo, seal and signature are pictures: delete them, or right-click ▸ Change Picture.
- 04Print it or save a PDFFile ▸ Print on card, or File ▸ Save As ▸ PDF to email it. Change the name and save again for the next person.
Questions
- Should a scholarship certificate show the amount?
- If it’s announced publicly, yes; many foundations do. If not, leave the amount line out (delete it in Word) and keep it for the award letter.
- Are these certificate templates free?
- Yes. Download as many as you like as Word or PDF: no sign-up, no watermark.
- Can I edit them in Word?
- Yes. The design is the page’s background and every line of text is a text box you can retype, in the template’s own font (the fonts are inside the file). The logo, seal and signature are pictures you can delete or change.
- Will they open in Google Docs?
- They’re made for Microsoft Word. Google Docs can open a .docx but may move the text boxes and swap the fonts, so for Google Drive, customise the template in the maker and download a PDF.
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