Tag Archives: canada

UBC OKANAGAN GLOBAL ELEVATION AWARD 

LOCATION: Canada

The award is designed to reward those international undergraduate students who wish to study at UBC Okanagan and contribute to the growth of UBC’s international student community at this campus. 

ELIGIBILITY:

To be considered for the UBC Okanagan Global Elevation Award, you must be a new international student who enrolls at UBC Okanagan. 

All new international undergraduate students who enroll at UBC Okanagan will receive this award.  It is renewable for an additional 3 years—up to 4 years or degree completion, whichever is sooner.  The award is applied as a credit toward tuition fees. 

To apply, if you are accepted to and enroll at UBC Okanagan, this award will automatically be applied as a credit on your student account after you have accepted UBC’s offer of admission.  

BENEFIT:

The UBC Okanagan Global Elevation Award is an $8,000 award applied to international students’ tuition at UBC Okanagan. The credit will be paid in two equal installments of $4,000 in Winter Term 1 and Winter Term 2. 

APPLY

MCMASTER UNIVERSITY AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 

Application Deadline: February 19, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET.

LOCATION: Canada

The McMaster University Award of Excellence is a prestigious award and is presented to a student who exemplifies the highest standards of academic and personal achievement. 

ELIGIBILITY:

The recipient will:

Have a strong history of academic excellence

Demonstrate a commitment to community excellence

Show great potential as a student scholar at McMaster University

Exemplify McMaster University’s values of excellence, engagement, and personal growth.

Eligible faculties: Business, Engineering, Humanities, Science and Social Sciences

Renewable each year in Level 2-4 for a total of four years. Students are required to be enrolled in the faculty to which they were originally admitted, maintain full-time enrollment status, and continue to pay international student tuition fees

Applicants must apply through AwardSpring. McMaster English Language Development (MELD) applicants must apply through the McMaster University Award of Excellence Form for MELD.

Application opens: November 27th, 2025

Application deadline: February 19, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

Award amounts are determined by the faculty and are based on the student’s enrolled course load as required by their program. The final value will be confirmed following enrollment.

BENEFIT:

Award value: Up to $200,000 over four years.

APPLY