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Mount Royal University President's Scholarship

Mount Royal University, Canada

Scholarship overview

The President's Scholarship is Mount Royal University's top entrance scholarship for students entering directly from high school. It recognizes overall strength across academics, extracurricular involvement and leadership rather than grades alone.

Mount Royal runs one combined online application for all of its scholarships, bursaries and awards, covering both new and continuing students, through the MyMRU portal.

Award Information

  • Entering Mount Royal University for the first time in a credit program in the Fall semester, or a current/former MRU student starting a new program.
  • Must apply for Early Admission between Oct. 1 and Feb. 1 and hold an MRU admission record and student ID.
  • Selected on academic achievement, extracurricular activities and leadership, not on a single minimum average alone.
  • Must enrol full-time (at least 9 credits in the Fall semester, confirmed after drop/add).
  • CAD 7,500 total, paid as CAD 3,750 in the Fall semester and CAD 3,750 in the Winter semester.
  • Recipients can choose to use the award to pay or defer their tuition fees.

Early Admission application window: October 1 to February 1 (required for entrance award consideration). General award application period: November 1 to March 1. Entrance award decisions are typically communicated between May and June.

How to apply

  1. Apply for Early Admission to Mount Royal between Oct. 1 and Feb. 1.
  2. Wait for your MRU student ID number, sent by email with your Offer of Admission.
  3. Activate your MyMRU account using that student ID.
  4. Log into MyMRU, select the Applicant tab, and check the box for "applying for awards."
  5. Sign in with your MRU email address and MyMRU password and complete the single online award application, which covers the President's Scholarship and other MRU entrance awards automatically.

Official links

Documents you will need

  • Active MyMRU account and MRU email address.
  • MRU student ID number from your Offer of Admission.

How selection works

Recipients are selected on overall academic achievement, extracurricular involvement and demonstrated leadership. No separate application form or essay is listed; the single award application is used to consider students for this and other MRU entrance awards.

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