Master’s
Scholarships
Program
overview
The purpose of this
program is to promote academic excellence by offering scholarships to foreign
students who
are citizens of an African or European country (other than France1)
and are admitted to a master’s program at Université Laval.
This scholarship of $7,000 per year
is renewable once, subject to compliance with the faculty’s criteria of
excellence and upon the research director’s recommendation and faculty
approval.
Criteria
of excellence
The Registrar’s
Office considers the average available when the application is reviewed.
Achieve a
score of 14/20 or better or the equivalent of a “mention bien” on the diploma
required for admission.
Scholarships are
awarded to candidates admitted to a master’s program2.
Listof eligible programs
11/20 to
13/20 average
Candidates are
eligible, but scholarships are subject to faculty decision.
Eligibility
conditions
- At the
deadline indicated below, must have submitted a complete application
package3 at Université Laval in an eligible first master’s
program and have been accepted in this program.
List of eligible programs - You are
a foreign student who is a citizen of an African or European country other
than France. - You
graduated from a public university accredited by the ministry of higher
education in your country of origin. For private institutions, eligibility
is determined when the file is reviewed. - You are
registered full time for the two firt semesters in the program of study
for which the scholarship was granted (winter 2015 and summer 2015).
Please note that
master’s scholarships for international students will not be available for
study programs followed exclusively outside Quebec.
List of eligible
programs
Deadline
and Submission Guidelines
There is no form to
complete for master’s level scholarships. Recipients are selected using
information from admission applications received by Université Laval. To be
considered, candidates must submit a complete application for admission to the
University no later than the deadline of the target semester.
- Admission
for summer 2016 : January 15th, 2016 - Admission
for fall 2016 : March 15th, 2016 - Admission
for winter 2017 : September 15th, 2016
1 French citizens already
benefit from a supplemental tuition fee exemption under the MEES policy entitling them to pay the same tuition fees as
Québec students.
2 Participating faculties can
determine a fixed number of scholarships to be awarded. Please refer to the
person in charge of this program at your faculty to get more information.
3 Please see the admission
requirements.
Please note that
changes may be made to Master’s Scholarships for International Students without
notice during the year. Visit our website regularly to keep up to date.