New Students:
The Office of the Registrar is responsible for awarding entrance scholarships for students entering Dalhousie into first-year Engineering from high school and for some in-course scholarships. No application is required for these awards as students are automatically considered.
Please visit http://www.registrar.dal.ca/scholar
for more information and consult the Awards section of the university calendar at http://www.registrar.dal.ca/calendar/ug_awards/AWRD.htm.
Students are also invited to apply to the Dalhousie Bursary Program. Information is available online at www.registrar.dal.ca/bursary.
In addition to those awards offered through the Registrar's Office, the Faculty of Engineering is also pleased to offer scholarships to outstanding students, and bursaries to students with financial need.
Diploma of Engineering Students:
Several awards are available to Dalhousie Diploma of Engineering students during their first two years of study. Applications are required for bursaries and also for the John R. Kaye Memorial Scholarship and the A. David Blair Scholarship. The Nova Scotia Power Centennial Scholarship deadline is January 31. Students may consult the Awards section of the university calendar where other awards that do not require and application form are listed.
Annual Faculty of Engineering Scholarship Competitions:
There are two annual Faculty competitions, Year-Three Entrance and In-Course Scholarships. They are identifiable by their deadlines, and require students to complete a generic application form. Note: Students cannot apply for a Year-Three Entrance award and an In-Course award in the same academic year.
All of the Faculty awards outlined below are listed in the Dalhousie undergraduate calendar under In-Course Scholarships, Faculty of Engineering. These awards are subject to annual review and often exceed the posted amounts.
Year-Three Entrance (students entering term 5), deadline April 30
Application forms are available from your Director of Engineering.
Completed forms are to be submitted as follows:
Dalhousie students: Undergraduate Studies Office, Room MA108, Morroy Building, 5269 Morris Street.
Associated University students: Director of Engineering at the Associated University.
Eligibility: Candidates must have fulfilled, by April 30, all of the entrance requirements for Year Three of an undergraduate program in the Faculties of Engineering or Computer Science, or Year One in the BEDS program in the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, for awards for which students from these Faculties are also eligible.
Engineering scholarship applicants who meet all of the scholarship application requirements and also maintain a GPA of 3.85 or above in their engineering program, are guaranteed scholarships.
Exceptions that require separate application forms:
G.P. Wilson Engineering in Business Scholarship, for Industrial Engineering students Apply here.
Dr. Edward (Ted) Rhodes Scholarship in Engineering, for music and the arts, deadline September 30.
Hira and Kamal Ahuja Engineering Scholarship, for cultural contributions to the East Indian community, also requires a covering letter, deadline September 30.
Year Three Entrance Scholarships for students entering term 5 are listed in the university calendar HERE.
In-Course (for students in years four and five) deadline September 30.
Application forms are available from the academic departments, or the Undergraduate Studies Office at the Sexton Campus.
Eligibility: Students returning to their fourth or fifth year of study.
Fourth-year students are also eligible to apply for the Dr. Edward (Ted) Rhodes Scholarship in Engineering, for music and the arts, listed above.
