President's and Merit Scholarships (University of Waterloo)

• President's Scholarship of Distinction (admission average 95% or higher): $2,000 entrance scholarship, plus a $1,500 International Experience Award and/or a $1,500 Research Award.
• President's Scholarship (90 to 94.9%): one-time $2,000.
• Merit Scholarship (85 to 89.9%): one-time $1,000.
• The International Experience Award and Research Award are claimed from second year onward, after completing first year with an average of at least 80%, and before completing the undergraduate program.

No application. Scholarships are awarded in early to mid-May once Ontario high school grades are updated, and appear in the applicant portal under the Scholarships and financial aid tab. Information on using the award to pay tuition is emailed in late July.

1. Apply for admission to a full-time first-year degree program through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre.
2. Accept your offer of admission by the date on the offer.
3. Check the applicant portal from mid-May for scholarship details.

Selection is automatic and based only on the early-May admission average for the program the student accepted.