SCHOLARSHIPS IN CANADA
Most international students from around the world makes Canada a first choice of destination to study. While studying in Canada doesn’t cheap, scholarships to study in Canada can be attained from Canadian government, non-governmental organizations or the institutions in Canada.
Canadian government’s involvement in international scholarships is crucially handled by Global Affair Canada and there are a number of these scholarships available to international students of which is the VANIER CANADA GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS with a value of up to 50,000 CAD valid for the duration of 3 years. Yearly, over 160 of this scholarship is awarded to interested students who applies. Visit https://vanier.gc.ca/en/home-accueil.html for deadlines, eligibility criteria and application requirements.
Several scholarships to international universities are available in many of Canada’s best universities. Some of the scholarships offered by this universities are fully funded.
University Of Waterloo Scholarships (Fully funded scholarships): Offers scholarships at undergraduate, Graduate and PhD levels and has an award value of up to 10,000 CAD. See https://uwaterloo.ca/graduate-studies-postdoctoral-affairs/future-students/programs for application process guides, deadlines, criteria and requirements.
University Of Saskatchewan Graduate Scholarships: The value of this scholarship is between 16,000 CAD and 20,000 CAD available to internationals student from all over the world at both Graduate and PhD level only. Click link to see deadline and all necessary details to applying https://cgps.usask.ca/documents/UGS%20application%20form.pdf
University Of Calgary International Entrance Scholarships: This scholarship is only available at undergraduate level to international students to study any degree program of their choice valued at up to 60,000 CAD. Please follow link to view all details required to apply https://www.ucalgary.ca/future-students/undergraduate/how-apply/dates
Dalhousie University: Awards fully funded scholarships with a value of up to 30,000 CAD to international students at graduate and PhD levels. The scholarship also covers basic needs like housing, allowances, etc. For more information and application process click here https://www.dal.ca/faculty/gradstudies/programs/graduate-programs.html
University Of Toronto Lester B. Pearson Scholarship: This program has a total number of 37 fully funded scholarships available to international students at undergraduate level covering housing, tuition, study material and other basic needs for the duration of the degree program.
Click here https://future.utoronto.ca/pearson/about/ to learn more.
Universite De Montreal: This scholarship award excludes tuition fee for international students from all over the world at undergraduate, graduate and PhD levels valued at up to 27,000 CAD annually.
https://admission.umontreal.ca/en/scholarship-for-international-students/
FINANCIAL AIDS
Asides the Government of Canada Scholarship for international students, the Canadian government makes available to international students a few financial aids options by offering Canada student loan.
Search for awards via the website of the government of Canada international scholarship available for single applicants and study in Canada programs.
VISA
Canadian student visa also referred to as the Canadian study permit must be attained by every international student looking to study in Canada. Application for the Canada study permit can be done online and offline (paper application) via http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/study-how.asp .
The offline application process may take double the time of online application processing time. Please check with the Canadian embassy in your home country application requirements. Check link for the closest VAC to you https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/contact-ircc/offices/find-visa-application-centre.html
