Ontario Graduate Scholarships for Canadian and Foreign Students at
University of Ottawa in Canada
Subject(s): The
scholarship is provided to learn any of the subjects offered by the university.
Course Level: This scholarship is for pursuing master’s and PhD
programme.
Scholarship Provider: Province of Ontario and Ontario universities
Scholarship can be taken at:Canada
Eligibility:
In
order to be considered for an OGS, applicants must meet the following criteria:
1.Citizenship
-be a Canadian citizen, Permanent Resident, or Protected Person [under
subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protections Act (Canada)] at
the time of the OGS application deadline date.
-foreign students who are studying in Ontario under a temporary resident visa
or student study permit, under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
(Canada) are eligible for the allotted international student awards.
Applicants who do not have a valid temporary resident visa or student study
permit at the time of application will be required to provide proof of a valid
one at the time of taking up the award.
-be enrolled in, or plan to enrol in a graduate program for the 2013-2014
academic year at the University of Ottawa.
-full-time or part-time student status is at the time of application not a
factor.
-if applying for funding for a master’s program, applicants cannot have
completed more than 4 terms of their master’s program at the time of taking up
the award.
-if applying for funding for a PhD program, applicants cannot have completed
more than 13 sessions of their PhD program at the time of taking up the award.
following OGS academic requirements:
-If entering the first or second year of graduate studies at the time of
application the applicant must have an overall average of at least A-, which is
equivalent to a GPA of at least 8.0/10 at the University of Ottawa, on the last
20 one-term/semester courses completed at the time of application.
-If entering the third year of graduate studies at the time of application the
applicant must have an overall average of at least A-, which is equivalent to a
GPA of at least 8.0/10 at the University of Ottawa, on all graduate courses
completed
-at the time of application.
-If master’s or doctoral degree marks used for calculating an applicant’s GPA
are not available (e.g. courses were graded on a pass-fail basis), then the
last 20 one-term/semester most recently available university marks will be used
to calculate an applicant’s GPA.
Open for International Students: The students of Canada can
apply for this scholarship and foreign students who are studying in
Ontario under a temporary resident visa or student study permit, under
the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) are eligible for the
allotted international student awards. Applicants who do not have a valid
temporary resident visa or student study permit at the time of application will
be required to provide proof of a valid one at the time of taking up the award.
Description: Since
1975, Ontario, in partnership with Ontario’s publicly-assisted universities,
has encouraged excellence in graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral
levels through the awarding of Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS). OGS awards
are merit-based scholarships available to students in all disciplines of
academic study. The OGS program is jointly funded by the Province of
Ontario and Ontario universities.
and duration of scholarship: An OGS is valued at a maximum
of $15,000 annually ($5,000 per term) and must be held for a minimum
of two consecutive terms with a full-time student status. Awards
can be taken up either in May 2013, September 2013 or January 2014.
notified no later that April 30, 2013.
Application Deadline: Do submit your applications till
15 November 2012.