Scholarships at Royal Roads University

Royal Roads offers Entrance Awards and Entrance Bursaries through this inclusive awarding system that provides an applicant the opportunity to put forward a description of their unique life experience that led them to studying at this university.

The Royal Roads Entrance Award program recognizes prospective students who have demonstrated achievement through academic or other preparation in one of Royal Roads’ major theme areas: business, communication and culture, education and technology, environment and sustainability, humanitarian studies, leadership studies, and tourism and hospitality.

The Royal Roads Entrance Bursary program recognizes prospective students who have selflessly dedicated their time and energy to volunteerism and community involvement and who demonstrate a reasonable amount of financial need. The purpose of this bursary is to aid in reducing the financial barrier to enrolling at Royal Roads University by helping those who have helped others.

The Awards Adjudication Panel has the flexibility to offer an Entrance Award for achievement, or an Entrance Bursary if the decision was based primarily on financial need.

About reasonable financial need: The cost of education and living will exceed the value of the Entrance Award/Bursary, so it must not be the only means by which an eligible candidate will fund their education. Eligible candidates will be able to demonstrate a reasonable plan for addressing the balance of funding required and make practical choices for affordability.

Eligibility

This tuition-credit award or bursary, valued from $2,000 to $10,000 at the discretion of the Awards Adjudication Panel, will be offered on a competitive basis to students who:

• Applies to a competition with a deadline that falls in the six months before the first day of their program, regardless of their admissions application status.

• Are entering an academic program.

• Have either demonstrated:

1. • achievement in one of Royal Roads major theme areas. Examples of achievement include: academic excellence in previous related studies; awards and honours; professional memberships and advancement in the relevant field of study, or

   • selfless dedication to volunteerism and community involvement and also has reasonable financial need.

• Preference for an award or bursary will be given to applicants who have overcome exceptional personal challenges (e.g. former child in care, children of fallen service members, etc).

The Royal Roads Scholarship for Outstanding Children of International Alumni will be awarded through competition to international students who wish to pursue their education at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Ten awards of $2,000 will be open for competition each year to entering undergraduate students who prove the potential for academic excellence in the Canadian educational system.

Eligibility

• a parent is an alumnus of an RRU program delivered overseas in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, or Taiwan.

• received as admissions offer to first year of an undergraduate program at RRU.

• achieved an outstanding Secondary School GPA.

• demonstrates exceptional potential for academic success at Royal Roads University by describing personal preparation for continuing education in Canada.

RRU Royal Scholarships will be presented to outstanding students from China and Taiwan who are admitted to undergraduate or graduate degree programs based in Canada. Scholarship applicants will be awarded on the basis of their academic performance as well as by demonstrating how they can promote increased understanding between Asia and Canada and contribute to building global linkages and international networks.

Eligibility

• International student from China or Taiwan

• applied to any undergraduate or graduate degree program

• describes academic standing from previous study

• describe plans for how you will promote increased understanding between Asia and Canada, and build global linkages and networks.