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Scholarships, Awards, Bursaries, Grants
Be sure to check out the financial support and other funding opportunities available to you:

Student Financial Services – Financial Assistance
Faculty of Graduate Studies – Fellowships, Assistantships, Scholarships, Awards & Prizes

Rhodes Scholarship

Are you an outstanding student approaching your final year of an Honours program at York University? Do you have a sound academic reason for continuing your studies at the University of Oxford in England after graduation from York? If so, then you should consider becoming a candidate for a Rhodes Scholarship.

Graduate Studies Contact

Office of Graduate Admissions
Student Services Centre
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario CANADA
M3J 1P3
TEL: 416-872-YORK (9675)

Fees & Funding

Fees

Academic fees are approved each year by York's Board of Governors. Once you have enrolled in your course/program requirements for an academic session, you can view any fee charges (or fees owing) on your student account online.

Questions?

Contact the Student Affairs Office of the Faculty of Graduate Studies at 416-736-5329.

Fees & refunds

Student Financial Services (SFS) publishes fees and refund tables for each academic session.

Funding

York offers competitive funding to all qualified graduate students

York University is committed to promoting excellence in research and teaching for graduate students. Training opportunities and funding are provided through research assistantships in the student's field of study, teaching assistantships with relevant undergraduate programs and/or graduate assistantships with faculty members or research units.

At the time of offer of admission, qualified graduate students are provided with a guaranteed funding package for the duration of their program. Students are also strongly encouraged to apply for major external awards (please see below). York graduate students have a very high success rate in attracting these scholarships.

Awards for incoming & continuing students

Graduate Entrance Scholarships are offered to our top-ranked incoming students.

The Elia Scholars Program is York University's most prestigious graduate award for incoming Canadian or international doctoral students.

Graduate Fellowships for Academic Distinction (GFAD) are scholarships awarded to incoming master's or doctoral students with high potential for future leadership in international affairs. Fellowships include a scholarship, a research assistantship and all tuition fees.

Chancellor Bennett Masters and Doctoral Scholarships are one of York's major awards for incoming master's or doctoral students entering a full-time program in the liberal arts. At the doctoral level, the award is renewable for a maximum of four years.

On the recommendation of a program, a limited number of international students are offered International Tuition Fee Scholarships.

The Faculty of Graduate studies and programs offer various awards, prizes and grants. Visit York’s Faculty of Graduate Studies Financial Support Web page or Student Financial Services for more information.

External awards

Applicants to the Faculty of Graduate Studies are urged to apply for external government awards and other awards tenable at York University. Some high-profile external scholarships:

Visit the Canadian government's CanLearn Web site for details about financial aid and private scholarships.