Unlock Your Future with International English Scholarships in 2024

Entrance and Excellence Scholarships: average-based renewable scholarships for students from Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, South Korea, India or Bangladesh studying in English. Unlock Your Future with International English Scholarships

The University of Ottawa is proud of its internationally diverse student body. As a result, beginning in the fall 2024 term, international students from these countries will benefit from significant reductions in their tuition fees when they study in one of the eligible undergraduate programs offered in English.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for these scholarships, international students must meet the following criteria:

be a citizen of any country in Africa or one of the countries listed
be newly admitted in the fall 2024 term in one of the eligible undergraduate programs offered in English in
one of the faculties listed
not enrol in the French immersion stream
have a valid study permit when classes start
be enrolled full-time.
Unlock Your Future with International English Scholarships

Note: Canadian citizens with dual citizenship (Canada and another country) are not eligible since they already qualify for Canadian tuition rates.

Eligible undergraduate programs

Students from Africa, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia or Vietnam will automatically be eligible for an Entrance or Excellence renewable, average-based scholarship when they enrol in an eligible undergraduate program offered in English. Students from China or South Korea will be considered for Excellence scholarships in those same programs.

FACULTY	ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS	INELIGIBLE PROGRAMS
Telfer School of Management	Finance Marketing Accounting International Management Human Resources Business Technology Management	All other programs not listed or not including one of the eligible disciplines
Faculty of Engineering	Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering	All other programs not listed or not including one of the eligible disciplines
Faculty of Health Sciences	Health Sciences Food and Nutrition Sciences Human Kinetics	All other programs not listed or not including one of the eligible disciplines
Faculty of Science	All programs, except for ineligible programs	Honours BSc Biochemistry/ BASc Chemical Engineering Honours BSc Physics/ BASc Electrical Engineering Honours BSc Ophthalmic Medical Technology
Faculty of Social Sciences	Economics Psychology Sociology Anthropology International Development and Globalization Conflict Studies and Human Rights Public Administration International Economics and Development	All other programs not listed or not including one of the eligible disciplines

Scholarship amounts by place of origin

Scholarship amounts vary, depending on the admission average and the faculty offering the program.

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 April 1, 2024, and whose admission has been processed by April 15, 2024. Candidates whose first choice is the University of Ottawa will be favored. Recipients must start their program in September. Insofar as possible and to maximize diversity, each faculty will award the same number of scholarships.