Bank of Montreal Entrance Scholarship

Award created thanks to the generosity of the Bank of Montreal

Award Overview

Value of the award:
Minimum $5,000
Number of awards:
Variable
Award frequency:
Annual
Level or program of study:
Undergraduate (threshold faculties)
Application Type:
Online Scholarship and Bursaries portal, accessible via uoZone.
Application Deadline:
March 31
Renewable:
No

Purpose of this Award

Provide financial assistance to attract outstanding students to undergraduate programs at the University of Ottawa and whose education would otherwise be compromised.

Eligibility Criteria

The candidate must:

  1. be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident, or a person with the protected/refugee status
  2. be admitted as a full-time student to the first year of an undergraduate program at the University of Ottawa
  3. be an Ontario resident, as per OSAP rules
  4. demonstrate financial need, as determined by the Financial Aid and Awards Service of the University of Ottawa
  5. have an admission average of at least 85 %
  6. show leadership qualities and commitment to academic and extracurricular activities

How to Apply

Submitted in the Online Scholarship and Bursaries portal, accessible via uoZone, and must include:

  1. the Financial Questionnaire
  2. the Curriculum Vitae on Online Scholarships and Bursaries
  3. a letter of reference from the principal of the applicant’s high school

About this Award

This prestigious scholarship was established in 2000 by the Bank of Montreal, Canada's first chartered bank, opened for business on November 3, 1817. It provided Canada's first sound and plentiful currency and has played a major and continuing role in the development of the country, taking part in the financing of the first transcontinental railway in the 1880s. The Bank took part in the creation of Canadian Confederation in 1867, and served as Canada's central bank until 1935. The first Canadian bank to open branches abroad, it has long been active in markets in Europe, Latin America, and East Asia as well as in the United States. Today it continues as one of Canada's pre-eminent financial institutions and a significant presence in United States and world markets.

The Bank of Montreal thanks the Government of Ontario for its matching contribution under its Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund program.