Awards and Financial Assistance
Outstanding Achievement Awards
General Information and Policies
Outstanding Achievement Awards (including Chancellor’s Club Scholarships) are available to students entering their first year of post-secondary studies who will be admitted to the U of C on the basis of their high school grades.
- Eligibility: Generally, recipients of these awards must have earned a minimum average of 88.0% throughout high school. Students must be entering a Fall Term at the University of Calgary. Students entering the Bachelor of Health Sciences program in the Faculty of Medicine are eligible to apply for Outstanding Achievement Awards. Students entering or continuing in the Bachelor of Education (Master of Teaching Program) are not eligible to apply for Outstanding Achievement Awards
- Requirements: The payment of monetary awards, with the exception of certain prizes and graduating scholarships, is contingent upon the student maintaining full‑time status in the immediate Fall and Winter terms. Unless otherwise stated in the conditions, the recipient must be in actual full‑time attendance at the University of Calgary before receiving the awards. Payment of tuition and fees is the first charge against such awards. If the value of an award is stated as Atuition and fees,@ it is understood not to include differential fees. Supplemental, deferred and special deferred examinations or term work may affect eligibility for certain awards.
Chancellor’s Club Scholarship recipients must be registered in a minimum course load of five half courses/15 units per term for both Fall and Winter. Chancellor’s Club Scholarships are renewable in the second, third and fourth year conditional on the achievement of a minimum grade point average of 3.50 on five half courses/15 units per term for both Fall and Winter. Spring and/or Summer courses cannot be used to reduce course-load requirements, nor will grades from these courses be used in calculating the grade point average required for renewal. Chancellor’s Club Scholarship recipients entering the U of C in a General Arts faculty or in the Faculty of Science must remain so registered to be considered for renewal.
- Application: To be considered for Outstanding Achievement Awards, complete the High School Awards Online Application, available in the PeopleSoft Student Center through the myUofC portal, and submit two High School Awards Character & Academic Reference Forms. Upon submitting the High School Awards Online Application students will also be considered for all remaining High School Awards. Students must apply for admission prior to applying for High School Awards as they will require a U of C student ID number to access the online application.
- Deadline: Submit the High School Awards Online Application on or before December 15 of the year prior to entering the University. Submit two High School Awards Character & Academic Reference Forms by January 15.
- Notification: Successful applicants will be notified by email in April and must accept/decline their award in the PeopleSoft Student Center.
- Note: Prior to applying, students are encouraged to review the High School Awards Online Applicationinformation provided on the Student Awards and Financial Aid website.
- Students need not have been accepted for admission to the University prior to applying for Outstanding Achievement Awards.
- Non-Alberta students must mail or fax their high school transcript to the Student Awards and Financial Aid office by January 15. Grades for Alberta students will be obtained electronically provided an accurate Alberta Learning ID number is entered on their application for admission to the U of C.
LIST OF AWARDS |
|||||
| Award Description | Donor | Number of Awards | Value | Award Criteria | |
| Chancellor's Club Scholarships - General Arts | University of Calgary's Chancellor's Club, and the University of Calgary | 5 | $10000* | 1 | Five awards are offered annually to students entering the Faculties of Communication and Culture, Fine Arts, Haskayne School of Business, Humanities or Social Sciences. |
| 2 | Academic merit throughout the applicant's high school career. | ||||
| 3 | Contribution to school and/or community life and an indication of academic promise. | ||||
| 4 | Students must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents. | ||||
| 5 | Renewable in the second, third and fourth year at the University of Calgary provided that recipients maintain a normal full course load and minimum grade point average of 3.50 for each year of study. | ||||
| Chancellor's Club Scholarships - General Sciences | University of Calgary's Chancellor's Club, and the University of Calgary | 5 | $10000* | 1 | Five awards are offered annually to students entering the Faculties of Kinesiology, Medicine (Bachelor of Health Sciences), Nursing, Schulich School of Engineering and Science |
| 2 | Academic merit throughout the applicant's high school career. | ||||
| 3 | Contribution to school and/or community life and an indication of academic promise. | ||||
| 4 | Students must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents. | ||||
| 5 | Renewable in the second, third and fourth year at the University of Calgary provided that recipients maintain a normal full course load and minimum grade point average of 3.50 for each year of study. | ||||
| Chancellor's Club Wigham Family Scholarships | Mr. and Mrs. Darol Wigham | 2 | $10000* | 1 | Academic merit throughout high school career and indication of academic promise |
| 2 | Contribution to school and/or community life | ||||
| 3 | Canadian citizen or permanent resident | ||||
| 4 | Renewable in the second, third and fourth year at the University of Calgary provided that recipients maintain a normal full course load and minimum grade point average of 3.50 for each year of study | ||||
| Chancellor's Club Mary Petrie Scholarship | Estate of Mrs. Mary Petrie | 1 | $10000* | 1 | Academic merit throughout high school career and indication of academic promise |
| 2 | Contribution to school and/or community life | ||||
| 3 | Canadian citizen or permanent resident | ||||
| 4 | Renewable in the second, third and fourth year at the University of Calgary provided that recipients maintain a normal full course load and minimum grade point average of 3.50 for each year of study | ||||
| Chancellor's Club Ross Family Scholarships | Mrs. Joan Ross | 2 | $10000* | 1 | Academic merit throughout high school career and indication of academic promise |
| 2 | Contribution to school and/or community life | ||||
| 3 | Canadian citizen or permanent resident | ||||
| 4 | Renewable in the second, third and fourth year at the University of Calgary provided that recipients maintain a normal full course load and minimum grade point average of 3.50 for each year of study | ||||
| Chancellor's Club Ross and Betty Giles Scholarships | Ross and Betty Giles | 2 | $10000* | 1 | Academic merit throughout high school career and indication of academic promise |
| 2 | Contribution to school and/or community life | ||||
| 3 | Canadian citizen or permanent resident | ||||
| 4 | Renewable in the second, third and fourth year at the University of Calgary provided that recipients maintain a normal full course load and minimum grade point average of 3.50 for each year of study | ||||
| M. Ann McCaig Chancellor's Club Scholarship | Colleagues and friends of the University of Calgary to commemorate Ann McCaig's service as the eighth Chancellor, 1994-1998 | 1 | $1000* | 1 | Awarded a Chancellor's Club Scholarship Renewable in the second, third and fourth year at the University of Calgary providing the recipient meets the criteria for renewal of the Chancellor's Club Scholarship No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered for nomination. |
| 2 | Dedication and commitment to volunteer work | ||||
| *Renewable | |||||