University of Alberta Graduate Entrance Scholarship: Eligibility, Deadline & How to Apply

Stipend Value: $17,500 Master’s; $21,000 Doctoral. Students must have a Canadian bank account and Canadian address to receive the award.

Tuition and Fees: Domestic students will receive an additional $7,100, and international students will receive an additional $10,000 to help cover fees. The funds will be applied directly to students’ tuition and fees account.

Honourary status
If a student wins an external scholarship, the student is required to accept the external award. Accordingly, the Entrance Scholarship may become Honourary: the stipend will be of reduced or zero value depending on the value of the external award. If the tuition and fees are covered by another award, whether external or from the U of A, tuition and fees will not be covered by the Entrance Scholarship.

• The following admission terms are eligible: January 2025, May 2025, July 2025 and September 2025
• Must be a newly admitted student in one of the above terms in a master's or doctoral program
• Open to domestic and international students
• Open to course-based or thesis-based students
• Must have an Admission GPA of 3.7 or higher
• Must be full-time registered during the tenure of the award
• The tenure of this award is September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2026 regardless of the admit term of the student
• Students cannot transfer/switch between thesis based and course based programs
• The Entrance Scholarship is not renewable

• Prospective students and students newly admitted to a graduate program cannot apply for this scholarship. Only students admitted to one of the admission terms listed under eligibility may be considered, and they must be nominated to GPS by their admitting Department.
• Prospective/newly admitted students are to contact their admitting Department for information on their internal selection process; the Department can also assist with the application for admission process.

Prospective students and students newly admitted to a graduate program cannot apply for this scholarship. Only students admitted to one of the admission terms listed under eligibility may be considered, and they must be nominated to GPS by their admitting Department.

• Application
• Transcript
• CV
• Statement of intent
• Writing samples
• GRE, GMAT, other test scores
• References