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Additional scholarship information, including information about upper-year scholarships, is available in the Undergraduate Calendar and on the Student Awards & Financial Aid website.
| Award | Range of scholarship | Criteria |
| President’s Scholarship of Distinction | $2,000 Entrance Scholarship; $1,500 International Experience Award* and/or; $1,500 Research Award*, or both | Open to students admitted to full-time first-year degree studies at UW who are beginning post-secondary studies for the first time in fall 2010.
*Note: The International Experience Award and/or Research Award are available in your upper years if you choose to claim them. The International Experience Award is available only to Canadian citizens or permanent residents. |
| President’s Scholarship | $2,000 Entrance Scholarship | Open to students admitted to full-time first-year degree studies at UW who are beginning post-secondary studies for the first time in fall 2010.
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| Merit Scholarship | $1,000 Entrance Scholarship | Open to students admitted to full-time first-year degree studies at UW who are beginning post-secondary studies for the first time in fall 2010.
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| Deer Ridge Entrance Award | One or more awards valued at a minimum of $1,000 for one year | Open to students entering from a Region of Waterloo high school
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| Hong Kong Alumni Association Entrance Award | One at $1,200 | Open to students who reside in or who previously resided in Hong Kong
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| UW - China Hong Kong Entrance Scholarship | One at $2,000 | Open to students who reside in or who previously resided in Hong Kong or mainland China
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| Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top Scholarship | Many at $100 to $3,500 | Open to Ontario residents (as defined by OSAP) entering post-secondary studies for the first time
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| Serbian Education Fund Entrance Award | One at $1,000 | Open to students entering a first-year program at UW
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| Shad Valley Alumni Entrance Scholarships | Several valued at $1,000 - $5,000 for one year | Open to Shad Valley alumni who are entering first year of a program in any Faculty, except the Faculty of Arts
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| University of Waterloo – Waterloo County Entrance Scholarships | Several at $2,000 in Year 1 with an additional $2,000 in Year 2 | Open to students entering from a Region of Waterloo high school
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| Various Entrance Scholarships – sponsored by alumni, private donors and corporations | Several at $1,000 - $5,000 |
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| Program / Award | Range of scholarship | Criteria |
| All programs Entrance Scholarship | $500 for one year | |
| Lyle S. Hallman Entrance Scholarship | 3 at $2,500 for one year |
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| Chachra Family AHS Entrance Scholarship | $2000 for one year |
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| Kinesiology Entrance Scholarship | $1000 for one year |
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| Program / Award | Range of scholarship | Criteria |
| Honours Arts, Arts and Business (Regular and Co-op)/ Arts Alumni Entrance Scholarship | Several at $3,000 over 2 years; 1 at $10,000 over 4 years |
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| Accounting & Financial Management/ Boris and Karen Bong Entrance Scholarship | One at $3,000 | Open to students who reside in or who previously resided in Hong Kong
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| Accounting & Financial Management | $1,000 to $40,000 over 4 years |
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| Accounting & Financial Management | 15 School of Accountancy Fellowships at $7,000 over 4 years |
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| Computing & Financial Management | $2,000 for one year |
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| Program / Award | Range of scholarship | Criteria |
| Architecture | One at $2,000 for one year | Open to students entering from a Region of Waterloo high school
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| All programs | $5,000 entrance scholarship (renewable in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years) | Open to international students admitted to full-time, first-year studies in Architecture, Engineering, and Software Engineering who are studying on an international Study Permit. |
| All other programs | $1,000 to $5,000 for one year; 14 at $10,000 over 4 years |
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| Program / Award | Range of scholarship | Criteria |
| Environment and Business, Environment and Resource Studies, Geography and Aviation, International Development, Knowledge Integration, Planning, Geomatics, Geography and Environmental Management | $750 for one year |
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| International Development | Several at $1,000 - $1,500 |
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| Knowledge Integration | 10 at $1,000 for one year |
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| Program / Award | Range of scholarship | Criteria |
| All programs (excluding Software Engineering, Computing and Financial Management) | $2,000 for one year; $8,000 over 4 years |
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| All programs (excluding Software Engineering, Computing and Financial Management) | Descartes National Scholarships – $14,000 to $18,000 over 4 years |
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| All programs (excluding Software Engineering, Computing and Financial Management) | Waterloo Mathematics Foundation National Scholarship – $18,000 over 4 years |
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| Computer Science, Mathematics/Business Administration | CIBC National Scholarship – $25,000 over 4 years |
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| Computing & Financial Management | $2,000 for one year |
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Note: For more information visit the Mathematics Scholarships website.
| Program / Award | Range of scholarship | Criteria |
| All programs | $500 for one year |
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| All programs | Limited number at $500 - $5,000 for one year |
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| Science and Business | 2 at $10,000 or 4 years |
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| Science program leading to a Physics major | Several at up to $5,000 for one year |
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| Optometry, Pharmacy | Entrance scholarships are not offered | |
| Program / Award | Range of scholarship | Criteria |
| Software Engineering | Several at $2,500 for one year One at $20,000 over 4 years |
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| All programs | $5,000 entrance scholarship (renewable in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years) | Open to international students admitted to full-time, first-year studies in Architecture, Engineering, and Software Engineering who are studying on an international Study Permit. |
Conrad Grebel University College
| Program / Award | Range of scholarship | Criteria |
| Music | Several at $1,000- $2,000, some renewable. | Details are on the Music Department website. |
| Program / Award | Range of scholarship | Criteria |
| Renison Principal’s Scholarship for Excellence | $3,000 |
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Renison Principal’s Scholarship | $2,000 |
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| Entrance Scholarship | $1,500 |
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| $1,200 |
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| $800 |
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| $500 |
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| Entrance Award | $200 |
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Note: For more information and conditions visit the Renison University College Scholarships website.
| Program / Award | Range of scholarship | Criteria |
| Board of Governor's Scholarship | $3,000 |
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| President's Scholarship | $2,000 | Open to students admitted to full-time first-year degree studies at SJU who are beginning post-secondary studies for the first time in fall 2009.
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| Honours Arts | $1,000 or $1,200 or $1,500 |
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| Arts and Business Co-op | $1,000 or $1,200 or $2,000 |
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| Mathematics | $1,000 |
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Founders Scholarships : | ||
| Honours Arts, Arts and Business Co-op, Mathematics | $1,000 | Open to students from selected Roman Catholic high schools in Brantford, Cambridge, Kitchener-Waterloo, and North Bay
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