University Of Ottawa Undergraduate Scholarship is a renewable scholarship for students from Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, South Korea, India or Bangladesh studying in English.
All students who are eligible for this scholarship will automatically receive it upon enrolment. It will be applied directly to their tuition fees.
The scholarship rewards not only your pre-university academic achievements, but also your achievements every term of full-time study at University. The new scholarship will give African students studying in English access to numerous pilot programs in three faculties for a significantly reduced cost of tuition.
Excellence scholarships are awarded through a competitive process among the top candidates with an admission average of 90% or higher who apply for admission by March 1, 2024, and whose admission has been processed by April 15, 2024.
Candidates whose first choice is the University of Ottawa will be favoured. Recipients must start their program in September.
All eligible students are considered for the University Of Ottawa Entrance and Excellence Scholarship award and will be notified at the time of their admission.
Although no application is required for this scholarship, recipients will be asked to submit proof of citizenship of a country or territory in Africa before receiving their first installments.
The applicant must:
- be an international student with a valid study permit;
- have citizenship from one of the countries in Africa, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia or Vietnam ;
- be enrolled full-time; and
- For the Entrance scholarship: have an admission average of 89.99% or lower once converted in our grading scale
- For the Excellence scholarship: have an admission average of a minimum of 90% once converted in our grading
scale. - be newly admitted in one of the following undergraduate programs offered in English or with the French Immersion
option:
- Engineering: Civil Engineering; Chemical Engineering.
- Social sciences: Sociology; Anthropology; International Development and Globalization; Conflict Studies; Public Administration.
- Sciences: All programs except the Honours BSc in Biochemistry / BASc in Chemical Engineering; Honours BSc in Physics/BASc in Electrical Engineering; and Honours BSc in Ophthalmic Medical Technology.
Interested and qualified applicants should apply using the link below;
- Application has to be done first:Â https://www.ouac.on.ca/guide/undergrad-guide/
- Then the University would receive the application and generate a Student Number which the prospective student would use to login to the school’s portal, UOZone, and then submit their results and documents for review.
- After a successful review, they will be offered a conditional admission offer which will include the scholarship depending on their average.
