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Carleton University Entrance Bursaries (including Leadership Entrance Bursary awards)

Carleton University, Canada

Scholarship overview

The Carleton University Entrance Bursary helps new undergraduates meet the direct education costs of their first year of study, based on demonstrated financial need rather than academic merit. It is open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents who have been offered admission for September entry and who are applying for government student financial assistance.

A related set of named Leadership Entrance Bursaries (for example in Global and International Studies, Economics and Electrical Engineering) go to high-school applicants who combine financial need with a leadership role in extracurricular or community activities, and are applied for through a single separate form.

International undergraduates are not eligible for the Entrance Bursary itself, but may apply for the General Undergraduate Bursary for financial need after completing one year of undergraduate study at Carleton.

Award Information

  • Applied to and been offered admission to an undergraduate degree program at Carleton for September entry.
  • Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
  • Demonstrated financial need and applying for government student financial assistance.
  • Entrance Bursary application submitted through the Undergraduate Application Forms system on Carleton Central by June 30 (later applicants may still be considered via the General Undergraduate Bursary application from September).
  • For Leadership Entrance Bursary awards: financial need plus participation in extracurricular secondary-school activities, community service or volunteer work, applied for by May 1.
  • International students: eligible only for the General Undergraduate Bursary, after completing one year of undergraduate study at Carleton.
  • General Entrance Bursary: amount based on demonstrated financial need (not a fixed published figure).
  • Marjorie Carol Shaver-Jones Bursary in Global and International Studies (1 award): full tuition for years one to four.
  • Mabel Grace Gilroy Shaver Bursary in Economics (1 award): full tuition for years one to four.
  • Charles Marston Shaver Bursary in Electrical Engineering (1 award): full tuition for years one to four.
  • Linda Dunsmore Brown Bursary (1 award): $3,000 in the first year, renewable.

Entrance Bursary application (Carleton Central): by June 30. Leadership Entrance Bursary application: by May 1. Later applicants may use the General Undergraduate Bursary application available from September.

  1. Apply for and receive an offer of undergraduate admission to Carleton for September entry.
  2. Apply for government student financial assistance, to demonstrate financial need.
  3. Submit the Entrance Bursary application through the Undergraduate Application Forms system on Carleton Central by June 30 (or the Leadership Entrance Bursary application by May 1 for the named program bursaries).

Official links

Documents you will need

Entrance Bursary / Leadership Entrance Bursary application form submitted through Carleton Central; evidence of having applied for government student financial assistance.

How selection works

Awarded on demonstrated financial need; the named Leadership Entrance Bursaries also weigh the applicant's extracurricular leadership, community service or volunteer work.

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