Scholarships at Toronto Metropolitan University

For traditionally underrepresented groups including women, visible minorities, international students, students with disabilities and aboriginal students; minimum average of 80% in 6 U/M credits or equivalent; demonstrated financial need.

Students attending a Canadian secondary school with final averages of 86% and higher, who meet the terms and conditions for scholarship, are guaranteed a renewable entrance scholarship according to the following values.

Terms and conditions

To be eligible for consideration for the guaranteed and renewable scholarships, students must:

• Be currently enrolled full-time in a Canadian secondary school (minimum of three Ontario grade 12 U/M courses or Canadian provincial equivalent within the 2023-2024 regular school year

• Have been continuously enrolled full-time (no gaps in full-time attendance prior to the 2023-2024 regular school year)

• Be enrolling in a post secondary institution for the first time

• Have submitted the correct and complete application for admission to the program for which the scholarship is being granted by September 1, 2024

• Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada, protected persons in Canada and international students are eligible for this award

The International Secondary School Merit Scholarship is awarded to international students who are entering their first year of full-time, four-year undergraduate degree program at Toronto Metropolitan University and demonstrate academic excellence, commitment to volunteer work and extracurricular activities, and leadership skills. 

Up to seven (7) recipients | $5,000 (entrance only, non-renewable)

A minimum 85%/A or equivalent final admission average is required for consideration. 

This section will ask that you to include the following: 

• A Personal Statement

The International Student Winter Merit Scholarship is awarded to international students who are entering their first year of full-time, four-year undergraduate degree program at Toronto Metropolitan University in January 2023. The award is intended to recognize students who demonstrate academic excellence, commitment to volunteer work and extracurricular activities, and leadership skills. 

Two (2) recipients | $5,000 (entrance only, non-renewable)

A minimum 85%/A or equivalent final admission average is required for consideration. 

This section will ask that you to include the following: 

• A Personal Statement

The President's Entrance Scholarship is awarded to secondary school graduates who demonstrate academic accomplishment, leadership qualities, original thought and creative ability. 

Twelve (12) recipients | $40,000 (total value) | $10,000 (annual amount) (renewable)

Recipients are reserved (costs not included) a bed in residence. This is limited to Pitman Hall single bedroom with shared hallway washroom or the International Living/Learning single bedroom with private washroom. Please visit the Housing and Residence Life website for more information about living on campus.

A minimum 90% final admission average is required for consideration. An applicant's average is calculated with their best six Grade 12 U/M courses, or their home country's equivalent. 

This application will ask that you include the following: 

1. An essay or project summary: this may be a piece of creative writing, or a summary of any creative project which you may have undertaken. It must reflect your capacity for original thought and creative ability (max 500 words).

2. Two (2) letters of reference:

   1. academic reference letter that confirms your scholastic abilities. This reference may also speak to your leadership/creative endeavours.

   2. reference letter should address your leadership/creative endeavours. It should not verify academic achievement.

3. Your leadership activities: you will indicate the leadership activities/positions that you have been involved in during your final two years in secondary school.

The Supporting Aboriginal Graduate Enhancement (SAGE) Award has been established by a friend of the Rotary Club through the Toronto Eglinton Rotary Charitable Foundation to encourage Indigenous students to pursue graduate studies with the hope of increasing the number of Indigenous peoples entering careers in academia. Awarded a Rotary scholarship in 1968, she was able to travel from her homeland of Denmark to pursue post-graduate work in biochemistry in the United States, at a time when it was uncommon for women to pursue higher education. After completing her PhD in 1974, she came to Canada where she taught and conducted research at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, until her recent retirement as a tenured faculty member.

To be eligible for this award, students must:

• Be registered as a part- or full-time student in a graduate degree program (not including PMDip students) at Toronto Metropolitan University and have clear academic standing

• Demonstrate financial need, as determined by Toronto Metropolitan University through submission of a Student Budget Form

• Self-identify as an Indigenous person to the land we know as Canada (including First Nations (Status/Non-Status), Metis, or Inuit cultural and/or ancestral background)