Guelph International Entrance Scholarships

The University of Guelph in Ontario offers one of the more substantial and better-structured international undergraduate entrance scholarship packages in Canada, and almost all of it is awarded without a separate application. Renewable international scholarships range in total value from CAD 32,000 to CAD 37,500 across four years — at 235 rupees to the Canadian dollar, roughly LKR 7.5 million to LKR 8.8 million against your tuition. The President's International Entrance Scholarship and the University International Scholarship are assessed purely on the admission offer average that Guelph calculates, and for applicants who have not studied a Canadian secondary curriculum the university determines that average by interpreting your curriculum, grading practice and scale — so Sri Lankan A/L and Cambridge or Edexcel results are converted rather than dismissed. Recipients continue to receive a CAD 5,000 award in years two, three and four provided they stay in full-time study and maintain a minimum 80 per cent average in the previous year; the Dean's International Scholarship carries CAD 2,500 a year on the same renewal basis. Above all of these sits the Dr. Franco J. Vaccarino President's Scholarship, Guelph's most prestigious international entrance award: one is given each year to the top international student, valued at CAD 42,500 and bundled with a summer research assistantship, mentorship by a senior professor, and guaranteed first-choice residence in first year. Two dates and conditions govern everything. Your admission file must be complete by the final document deadline of 1 March, and you must be entering the first semester of post-secondary study for the first time — students who have already begun a degree elsewhere fall under a separate one-time CAD 10,000 transfer scholarship instead.