Scholarships and Bursaries for Current International Students

In-course Scholarships for Current International Students  

Details

In order to streamline and maximize the allocation of scholarships to current international students, starting in Winter 2025, undergraduate international students will be assessed for an in-course scholarship based on their prior year’s academic performance provided they have made a formal application in the Summer of each year.  

Applications are required and the form will open every summer on the myTrent portal in June.  

For students who were awarded an entrance scholarship, the in-course scholarship will be considered its annual renewal, while students who were not eligible for an entrance scholarship may become eligible for the in-course portion if their grades at Trent University meets the 80% eligibility criteria. 
 
**Please note that 1st year students’ scholarship will be noted on their account statement as “TI Entrance Scholarship”, while scholarships for students in their upper years will be noted as “TI In-Course Scholarship”** 

The in-course scholarship ranges from $1,500 to $3000 and will be assessed in late September based on the student’s term average in a full-time courseload in the preceding academic year. 
 

Eligibility

• Undergraduate international students must be enrolled in a minimum of 2.0 Credits in September Fall 2025 term or be pre-approved part-time, or in their final term.
• Students must be on a study permit, paying international fees, and be in good academic standing to be eligible.
• Students must have successfully completed 5.0 credits during the preceding academic year with a minimum term average (Average of the previous academic year, not the cumulative average) of 80%. Please note that the Academic year includes Fall, Winter & the following Summer. Students are not required to take summer courses to be eligible for the in-course scholarship, however Summer courses would be included in the term average calculations.
• Graduate, Post-Graduate Certificate, special groups, Trent-ESL, and exchange students are not eligible for the in-course Scholarship.
• Students who started in September 2024: Applicants will be assessed upon completion of 5.0 credits during the academic year (at least 4.0 credits must have been earned during the Fall/Winter session and 1.0 credit can be earned in the summer session directly following the Fall/Winter session).
• Students who started in January 2025: Applicants will be assessed upon completion of 2.5 credits during the academic year (at least 2.0 credits must have been earned during the Winter session and 0.5 credit can be earned in the Summer session directly following the Fall/Winter session).
• Transfer credits will not be included in the calculation of obtained credits for the In-course Scholarship purposes.
• Students who started in May 2025 would be assessed for Entrance Scholarship eligibility based on their high school grades. These students are eligible to apply for the In-course Scholarship in May 2026.

Timeline Information

• The In-course Scholarship is only applied in students’ myTrent account statement once every academic year in Fall in mid-October.
• All eligible students would receive the In-Course Scholarship by mid-October of each year.
• Applications are required and the form will open every summer in June.
• Please note that the in-course scholarship amount cannot be transferred to a student’s personal bank account unless it was applied in their final semester.  

Please direct any questions to international@trentu.ca  

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