CBU Major Entrance Scholarships

Cape Breton University offers around $2.6 million a year in scholarships and bursaries to students entering the university, funded through donor contributions. Students entering directly from high school, or through articulation agreement partners, are automatically considered for a set of named entrance scholarships based on their academic grades, alongside a wider list of smaller donor-funded awards.

A limited number of major entrance scholarships are offered each year, led by the Chancellor's Scholarship and the President's Scholarship, through to a range of named awards worth $500 to $5,000 a year. No failures in Grade 11 are permitted, and the qualifying average is based on the five admission (AC/AD) courses required for the applicant's program, using final Grade 11 grades.

Major entrance scholarships

• Chancellor's: $30,000 total ($7,500/year)
• President's: $20,000 total ($5,000/year)
• Fitzgerald: $20,000 total ($5,000/year)
• Schwartz: $14,000 total ($3,500/year)
• W.M. Reid: $11,500 total ($4,000 + $2,500/year)
• Deans': $10,000 total ($2,500/year)

Beyond these, CBU lists numerous other named entrance scholarships and bursaries (for example the MacLeod-Matheson Bursaries, Drs. John & Jeanne Eyking Scholarships, Wanda Robson Scholarships, Judy Butler B.Ed. Entrance Scholarship, Irving Shipbuilding Scholarships & Bursaries, Harrison McCain Scholarship/Bursary and others), each donor-funded with its own criteria, awarded after a review of applicants.