Scholarships at University of Regina

Internationalization encourages, supports and promotes the integration of diverse worldviews into discovery through research and teaching. This award will encourage the recruitment and retention of outstanding international students into PhD programs across all Faculties at the University of Regina.

STUDENT STATUS

Full-Time

SCHOLARSHIP VALUE

$1400

APPLICATION TYPE

Internal

CITIZENSHIP

Non-Resident

AREAS OF STUDY

Unrestricted

SCHOLARSHIP TYPE

International Student Awards

DEADLINE

N/A

Eligibility

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

Fully-qualified – Holders of these awards are required to be admitted as a fully-qualified student in a Doctoral degree program at the University of Regina. For the purpose of this award a fully-qualified student is defined as:

• An applicant who has a two year (min 30 credit hour) Master’s degree or equivalent;

• An applicant who intends to undertake graduate studies in a field related to the Master’s degree.

In Good Standing – Students must maintain a minimum 80% average. An incomplete and/or failing grade from the previous semester's work will render the student ineligible. Failure to continue to be fully eligible each semester while holding this scholarship, will require the scholarship to be canceled.

Post-Program Maintenance – Students who are, or will be, in post-program maintenance (i.e. have completed all formal credit hour degree requirements in the program and therefore register in GRST 995XX or GRST 996XX) are NOT eligible for this award. 

Required:

• GRST 800AA must be completed by the end of the first semester in which a student begins their program, in order to be eligible. Failure to complete GRST 800AA by the end of their first semester will require the scholarship to be discontinued.

• Student must be a valid study or work permit holder. International Students who transition to permanent residency will have this award discontinued.

Registered Full-Time – Recipients of the IDSA must be registered in no fewer than 6 credit hours of course or thesis work pertaining to their program during the corresponding semester. For students with between 3 and 5 credit hours of unfulfilled requirements remaining in their programs, the number of credit hours in which they are required to register to qualify for funding will correspond with the number of credit hours remaining in their program.

Employment – There is no restriction on employment while holding this scholarship.

RATES OF SUPPORT – $1400 per semester.

All FGSR funding is subject to annual budgetary approval and up to the discretion of the Dean of FGSR.

Application Information

No application is required for this award. Students will automatically be considered each term they are in a PhD program at the University of Regina.

Other Details

• All international students applying to an undergraduate degree program will be automatically considered for this award.

• Students must have an admission average of at least 85%.

• Students receive their choice of either $3,000 in tuition or housing credit.

The International Student Athletic Award has been established to recruit and retain international student-athletes to the University of Regina. The eligible sport areas are basketball, football, hockey, soccer, swimming, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.

STUDENT STATUS

Full-Time

SCHOLARSHIP VALUE

Remission Of The International Student Surcharge. - Variable Available

APPLICATION TYPE

Internal

CITIZENSHIP

Non-Resident

AREAS OF STUDY

Unrestricted

CATEGORIES

Main Scholarship Awards, Ph.D. & Masters

DEADLINE

Nominated

NOMINATED

Yes

Eligibility

Awarded to undergraduate and graduate University of Regina student-athletes who meet the following criteria:
- Be a member of the University of Regina Cougars/RAMS athletic team who appear on the CIS team eligibility roster in the CIS academic year the award is begin offered;
- Be an international student attending the University on a Study Permit and be subject to international student surcharge;
- Meets the current CIS eligibility and funding requirements for either an entering, continuing or transfer student (for undergraduate and graduate students)
- Be fully-qualified student in good standing as per the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research; and
- Student must be registered full-time (minimum of six credit hours or as defined in the graduate calendar) in the fall and winter semesters and be registered in a minimum of three credit hours in the spring/summer semester.

• 50 international students with the highest high school averages each term will be awarded free on-campus housing and a meal plan. This award is valued at $80,000 for 4 years; 4.5 years for engineering students.

• All international students applying to an undergraduate degree program directly from high school will be automatically considered for this award.

• This award is renewable each year as long as students continue to complete 30 credit hours per calendar year and maintain a minimum UGPA of 80%.