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Master's Faculty Awards

The UU直播 Engineering Faculty Awards program aims to recruit the best and brightest new master's students from all over the world. Selection for these awards is based on the excellence of a student鈥檚 academic and research record. This includes publications, presentations, and the student's potential to make a major impact on the quality of research both in UU直播's Faculty of Engineering and in the field of engineering as a whole.听

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Please note: Funding numbers are effective Winter 2024

The UU直播 Engineering Undergraduate Student Masters Award (MEUSMA) provides multi-year graduate funding to UU直播 Engineering Undergraduate students who are accepted to enter directly into a Research (thesis-based) Master鈥檚 program within the Faculty. Eligible students are nominated for this award by a Faculty of Engineering professor with the support of the Department or School.

Nominated students must meet the following criteria:

  • Graduated from a UU直播 Engineering undergraduate program with a CGPA of 3.5 or higher
  • Have participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering Program (SURE), an internal Faculty of Engineering Research Traineeship with a UU直播 Engineering professor or completed one of the following research courses: BIEN 471, CHEE 494, CHEE 495, CHEE 496, CIVE 470, ECSE 498, ECSE 499, MECH 403, MIME 410, MIME 484.
  • Be admitted to a thesis-based Master鈥檚 program within the Faculty of Engineering directly from a UU直播 Engineering Undergraduate degree

Please note that in order to be nominated for this award, students must:

  • meet the above listed criteria
  • be nominated by an Engineering professor in their department, with the support of their Department or School; it is recommended that students meet with a professor in their department to discuss MEUSMA funding and their nomination.

For international applicants, the program must begin in the Fall term (there are no International MEUSMAs available in the Winter term)

This award is valued at a minimum of $24,000 per year for two years. The international package for incoming students includes a supplement to offset international tuition and is valued at approximately $74,000 total for two years.

Master's Top-up Award

The Master's Top-Up award provides competitive recruitment funding to assist in attracting more high-caliber domestic Master's students to the Faculty of Engineering鈥檚 Masters and PhD programs by focusing on Master's students who are Tri-council and Provincial award recipients - NSERC (PGSM, CGSM), CIHR, SSHRC, FQRNT, FRSQ, and FQRSC Masters scholarships.

This award is in the amount of $5,000 per year, for one or two years, corresponding with the duration of the external award.

Both incoming and continuing students are eligible for this award. Please contact your Department or School if you believe that you are eligible for this top-up award.

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