Free education in Canada

Education is paid in Canada, but scholarships are offered at the state, provincial and university levels. Most of them are designed for graduate students and bachelors, while scholarships for masters are very few, and they cover a very small part of the fee (about 1,500 Canadian dollars).

Payment in full

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships provides funding to candidates who have already completed PhDs and wish to contribute positively tosocio-economic sphere and research in the country.Payouts are $ 70,000 per year, and the program itself lasts 2 years. The scholarships are divided between research councils of different fields, which are subdivided into institutes (a researcher will work with them):

• the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

• the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

• the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

By the way, the preparation of the scholarship application is already underway.Deadline - September 19. Candidates are currently looking for a host institution.

The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, which is for graduate students, offer an annual payment of $ 50,000 over 3 years. As with the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships, the scholarships are split between the councils. At the same time, researchers do not apply for a scholarship on their own - they will be nominated by the host institute until October 31.

Another PhD Research Fellowship is Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarships. The program awards up to fifteen new fellowships annually to distinguished researchers in the social and human sciences. Conditions for the next academic year are being specified, but previously the scholarship provided for annual payments of 40,000 for 3 years and $ 20,000 for flights and research.

Ontario offers scholarship OntarioTrillium Scholarship for a maximum of 4 years. The program has been in operation since 2010, when the government of Ontario announced the implementation of OTS as an initiative to attract the best international students. Payouts are $ 40,000 per year. The field of activity of the candidates is not fundamental - they can be researchers from different fields.There is no direct application, so candidates are nominated by the provincial universities. For example, Carleton University, the University of Waterloo and other educational institutions in the province participate in the program.

The University of Toronto offers Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship Programfor international bachelors.The program is designed to reward students who demonstrate academic excellence and leadership skills.Particular attention is paid to the impact of the student on the life of the school in which he studied.The scholarship covers the costs of fees and living expenses for the entire period of study.The scholarship application must be submitted by the school where the candidate studied by November 20.After the applicant applies for admission.

Fairleigh Dickinson University provides full undergraduate scholarships. Presidential Scholarshipcovers the fee for all 4 years of study.The average score of candidates must be greater than 3.5 points (GPA).You also need to provide a statement and an essay of 400-500 words.The deadline for applications is January 15th.

The University of British Columbia offers a scholarship for bachelors International Leader of Tomorrow Award, the amount of which depends on your expenses for fees, accommodation, meals.The scholarship is awarded based on personal achievement and financial standing.If you have good results during your studies, the student receives a scholarship annually.Applications for the 2019-2020 academic year will open in September 2018. A similar scholarship from the same university is Donald A. Wehrung International Student Award .As candidates are considered immigrants from countries that are unstable politically or economically, or on the territory of which hostilities are being waged.

Tuition discounts

Universities offer many different discounts, but we tried to choose the most profitable:

• McGill University offers scholarships Centrally-administered Scholarships for bachelors, which is $ 3000 annually for 4 years of study.Fellows are selected on a competitive basis, and the results depend on the experience and achievements of the candidates.

• Queen's University provides aundergraduate scholarship of $ 6,000 for one year, for which you are automatically nominated upon application.

• The University of Saskatchevan offers 3 major scholarships. International Baccalaureate (IB) Excellence Awards ,Council of International School Awards and Canadian Curriculum Schools Awards provide a one-time payment of $ 15,000 for bachelors.The deadline for applications is February 15th. You need to demonstrate good academic achievement.

• Simon Fraser University provides bachelors scholarships from $ 10,000.The amount depends on the achievements of the candidate and can cover the entire fee.Deadline - January 15.

• Concordia University provides a Dagobert Broh Graduate Research Stipend for a PhD in History, which covers an annual cost of $12,000 and is paid throughout the study.

• The President's Scholars of Excellence Program from the University of Toronto covers $ 10,000 in the first year and guarantees part-time university employment. The scholarship is awarded based on academic achievement. There is no need to submit a separate application as exceptional candidates will be nominated automatically.

• York University offers a major scholarship for masters and PhD students. Within the framework of Graduate Fellowships for Academic Distinction, they pay $14,000 for masters and $22,000 for a PhD.

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