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MSVU Graduate Entrance Scholarships

Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada

Scholarship overview

Mount Saint Vincent University automatically considers students entering a thesis-based Master's program for a set of named graduate entrance scholarships, in the winter, summer and fall semesters. The Graduate Studies Scholarships, Assistantships and Awards Committee (GSSAAC) selects recipients, and no separate application is required unless a specific award states otherwise.

Awards include four general Graduate Entrance Scholarships for students beginning their first thesis-based Master's program with the highest entering undergraduate GPA, plus donor-named scholarships such as the BMO Financial Group Endowed Graduate Scholarship (Master of Arts or Science, academic achievement and leadership, application required) and the Dr. Ramona Lumpkin, CM and Dr. William H. Blackburn Graduate Scholarship in Women and Gender Studies (one full-time and one part-time award in the MA Women and Gender Studies program).

Award Information

  • Entering a thesis-based Master's program at Mount Saint Vincent University, in the fall, winter or summer semester.
  • The four general Graduate Entrance Scholarships go to incoming students with the highest entering undergraduate GPA; no application is required.
  • The BMO Financial Group Endowed Graduate Scholarship requires an application and is open to students entering a Master of Arts or Science program who show academic achievement and leadership.
  • The Dr. Ramona Lumpkin, CM and Dr. William H. Blackburn Graduate Scholarship in Women and Gender Studies is restricted to students in the MA Women and Gender Studies program (one full-time, one part-time); no application required.

The four general Graduate Entrance Scholarships and most named awards are decided in September, with students entering at any of the three semesters considered for most categories; the BMO Financial Group Endowed Graduate Scholarship requires a separate application.

  1. Apply for admission to a thesis-based Master's program at Mount Saint Vincent University.
  2. Most graduate entrance scholarships require no separate application; GSSAAC selects recipients automatically.
  3. Where an award explicitly requires an application (e.g. the BMO Financial Group Endowed Graduate Scholarship), submit that application as instructed on the award's listing.

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How selection works

The Graduate Studies Scholarships, Assistantships and Awards Committee (GSSAAC) selects recipients based on entering undergraduate GPA, academic achievement and, for some awards, leadership or fit with a specific graduate program.

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