ELIGIBILITY:

International fee-paying students admitted to a full-time, first-year degree program at Waterloo starting in September 2026. This includes students applying from CEGEP.

You don’t need to apply. Students who are eligible will be automatically granted the scholarship. It will appear on the Awards and financial aid tab in the Waterloo applicant portal starting in mid-April.

You can receive this scholarship as well as any other entrance scholarship you may be awarded. Your scholarships will appear on the Awards and Financial Aid tab in the Waterloo applicant portal.

The International Student Entrance Scholarship is available only in the first year.

The scholarship is available in most undergraduate programs (with some exceptions, listed above) on the program website.

You need to be enrolled full-time (three or more courses) in your first and second terms at Waterloo.

You need to continue to be an international fee-paying student. If your residency status changes either before or during the term, and/or if you’re no longer required to pay the higher international study permit tuition fees, you’ll no longer be eligible to receive the scholarship.

BENEFIT:

$10,000

The first installment ($5,000) will be available in late July to help pay your first-term tuition. The second installment ($5,000) will be available to help pay your second-term tuition in late November.