Excellence Scholarships

University of Ottawa
Amount
$5,000 - $100,000 CAD
Auto applied
Yes
Last updated
June 6, 2025
Source
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Overview

The University of Ottawa offers Excellence Scholarships to support international students from Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, South Korea, India, and Bangladesh who enroll in eligible undergraduate programs taught in English. These renewable, average-based scholarships provide significant tuition fee reductions starting from the fall 2024 term, recognizing academic excellence and promoting diversity within the university community.

Eligibility Criteria

To qualify for the Excellence Scholarships, applicants must:

  • Be a citizen of any African country or one of the specified countries (Indonesia, Vietnam, China, South Korea, India, Bangladesh).
  • Be newly admitted for the fall 2024 term or later into an eligible undergraduate program offered in English.
  • Not enroll in the French Immersion stream.
  • Hold a valid study permit at the start of classes.
  • Be enrolled full-time.
  • Note: Canadian citizens with dual citizenship are not eligible as they already qualify for Canadian tuition rates.

Students from Africa, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, or Vietnam automatically qualify for Entrance or Excellence renewable scholarships. Students from China or South Korea are considered for Excellence scholarships only.

Eligible Faculties and Programs

Scholarships apply to specific programs within these faculties:

Telfer School of Management

  • Accounting
  • Business Technology Management
  • Finance
  • Human Resources
  • International Management
  • Marketing

Faculty of Arts

  • All English programs except Digital Journalism and Public Relations

Faculty of Engineering

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering

Faculty of Health Sciences

  • Food and Nutrition Sciences
  • Health Sciences
  • Human Kinetics (BHK & BScHK)

Faculty of Science

  • Biochemistry
  • Biology
  • Biomedical Science
  • Biopharmaceutical Science
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Geoscience
  • Environmental Science
  • Financial Mathematics and Economics
  • Geology
  • Geology-Physics
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics and Economics
  • Physics
  • Physics-Mathematics
  • Statistics

Faculty of Social Sciences

  • Anthropology
  • Anthropology and Sociology
  • Communication and Sociology
  • Communication and Political Science
  • Conflict Studies and Human Rights
  • Criminology and Feminist and Gender Studies
  • Economics
  • Economics and Political Science
  • Economics and Public Policy
  • Environmental Economics and Public Policy
  • Feminist and Gender Studies and Political Science
  • Feminist and Gender Studies and Sociology
  • History and Political Science
  • International Development and Globalization
  • International Economics and Development
  • Mathematics and Economics
  • Philosophy and Political Science
  • Psychology (BA & BSc)
  • Public Administration
  • Public Administration and Political Science
  • Sociology

Scholarship Renewal Conditions

The International English Excellence Scholarship can be renewed for up to 12 installments if students:

  • Maintain full-time enrollment in their admitted undergraduate program.
  • Achieve a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 8.00 or higher at the end of each academic year.

If a student’s CGPA falls between 5.00 and 7.99, the scholarship renews at the International English Entrance Scholarship amount (except for students from China and South Korea, who are not eligible for the Entrance Scholarship and must maintain a CGPA of 8.00 or higher to renew).

Important Notes

  • Scholarships are average-based and renewable, rewarding ongoing academic excellence.
  • The program must be offered in English and listed as eligible; programs ineligible for the scholarship are excluded.
  • These scholarships aim to reduce tuition fees significantly for international students from targeted countries, enhancing access to quality education at the University of Ottawa.

Prospective international students from eligible countries are encouraged to check their eligibility and apply to the University of Ottawa’s qualifying programs to benefit from these prestigious Excellence Scholarships.

Eligible nationalities

Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic of the), Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Korea South, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tomé e Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Eligible program levels

  • 1-Year Post-Secondary Certificate
  • 2-Year Undergraduate Diploma
  • 3-Year Bachelor's Degree
  • 3-Year Undergraduate Advanced Diploma
  • 4-Year Bachelor's Degree
  • Integrated Masters
  • Top-up Degree
Entrance Scholarships
University of Ottawa
Amount
$5,000 - $60,000 CAD
Auto applied
Yes
Eligible nationalities
Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic of the), Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tomé e Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Eligible program levels
1-Year Post-Secondary Certificate, 2-Year Undergraduate Diploma, 3-Year Bachelor's Degree, 3-Year Undergraduate Advanced Diploma, 4-Year Bachelor's Degree, Integrated Masters, Top-up Degree
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