Differential Tuition Fee Exemption Scholarship

University of Ottawa, Canada

Scholarship overview

Offered to international Francophone and Francophile students enrolled in a bachelor's, master's or graduate diploma program taught in French, or in the French Immersion Stream of an English program. It reduces the international tuition fee by a fixed amount per term.

Example given for undergraduates: with Faculty of Arts international tuition of $21,667.54 for the Fall term (2024-2025), the scholarship is $12,500, leaving $9,167.54 payable.

Award Information

Undergraduate

Accept an offer to a program offered in French, or to an English program with a French Immersion Stream option (and meet the stream's admission requirements).
Enrolled full-time and taking at least three courses (9 units) taught in French per term.
Pays international tuition fees; co-op students are not eligible during work terms.

Master's and graduate diplomas

Enrolled full-time in a master's program.
Accept an offer to a program offered only in French, or hold a secondary or postsecondary diploma attesting at least two years of study in French and, where courses are compulsory in both languages, enrol in the French courses.
Cannot be combined with the Education Bursary for International Master's Students.

Undergraduate, per eligible term (starting Winter 2024 or later)

Telfer School of Management: $16,000
Arts, Education, Social Sciences: $12,500
Law (Common Law and Civil Law): $12,500
Engineering: $18,000
Medicine (Translational and Molecular Medicine): $12,500
Science: $18,000 for Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering (Biotechnology) and Physics and Electrical Engineering; $12,500 other programs
Health Sciences: $12,500 (except Integrated Food Sciences)

Renewable up to 12 per-term payments if full-time enrolment and the French-course requirement are maintained.

Master's, per eligible term

Most Arts, Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Science, Law and Medicine programs: $5,500
Telfer: Intensive MBA $11,000; Professional MBA $5,500; Management and Health Systems $7,000; Health Administration $7,000 (full-time) or $4,000 (fast-track)
Education: $7,000
Engineering: $934 per unit (MEng), $734 per unit (other), $5,500 (thesis-based)

Master's awards run to a maximum of six per-term payments.

Apply for admission to an eligible French-language program or French Immersion Stream.
Accept the offer of admission; the scholarship amount is shown in the offer.
Spring-Summer term students must apply through Online Scholarships and Bursaries.