Dalhousie University Entrance Scholarships for International Students

Dalhousie University's General Entrance Awards/Scholarships program offers more than 2,000 entrance awards to incoming first-year undergraduate students entering in the Fall term, totaling millions of dollars annually. International students are explicitly eligible alongside domestic applicants. Awards recognize academic achievement (generally requiring 80% admission average or 26 predicted IB points), leadership, extracurricular involvement, community service, financial need, and cultural identity. Values range from $550 one-time to up to $80,000 renewable over four years (e.g., $20,000/year), including both scholarships (merit-based) and bursaries (need-based), with some hybrid criteria. Many are renewable for up to four years if recipients maintain full-time enrollment and meet academic standards specified in offer letters. Funds are credited to student accounts in two installments per year for tuition/fees, with refunds available for other expenses.

Specific named awards for international students include the Sankofa Scholarship ($48,000 or $12,000/year for 4 years for Black/African Descent from Caribbean), CorpFinance International Limited (Kevin Andrews) Indian Scholarship ($15,000 for Indian students in Commerce), and Richard and Melda Murray Jamaican Engineering Scholarship (up to $88,000 or $22,000/year for 4 years for Jamaican students in Engineering). All applicants are considered for hundreds of donor-funded awards via the single General Entrance Award application; separate applications are required only for a few select awards. Offers are sent in Spring 2026, with acceptance by May 15, 2026.