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Bursaries

Review the availability, eligibility and selection process of undergraduate entrance and in-course bursaries.

The primary criterion for all bursaries is financial need.

However, financial need does not guarantee your selection for a bursary. Competition is significant and each bursary has different criteria which affects both eligibility and selection.

Entrance bursaries

The Entrance Bursary Program is designed to provide financial support to newly admitted students to an Undergraduate Bachelor's degree program in any discipline of study.

To apply to the Entrance Bursary program, an application form must be submitted online along with various supporting documents. Eligibility is determined following a financial needs test, a review of the candidate’s academic ranking as assigned during admission application processing, and a holistic appreciation of the applicant’s personal statements on the entrance bursary application form.

The Entrance Bursary Program is for:

  • Newly admitted students to an Undergraduate Bachelor's degree program who joined Concordia in Winter 2025 and Fall 2025 in any discipline of study 
  • Canadian and international students who have completed their most recent studies at a Cegep, Canadian high school, or international equivalent

If you are applying to Concordia as a Mature Entry student with past independent studies at Concordia, you may apply for an Entrance Bursary.

 

The program is not available to newly admitted students with previous university studies, including transfer students. These students however can apply for the In-Course Bursary program.

Students whose parents are receiving tuition waivers on their behalf are not eligible.

Entrance Bursaries are primarily for students in financial need who are seeking financial aid for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Required forms

In order to be eligible, you must complete three steps found in your Student Centre:

  Step 1: Aid Declaration 

  Step 2: Need Analysis  (as applicable, details below)

  Step 3: Entrance Bursary application

You must submit aid declaration, if required you will also submit the need analysis.  

When to submit a need analysis:

  • You are applying to Concordia from outside of Canada
  • You are neither applying for nor are already receiving government financial aid from the Quebec government, other Canadian provinces and territories, or through the United States loans program.

Your application will be considered as completed only when all steps are finished.

Please use a desktop or laptop computer to apply. The system is not optimized for mobile devices.

  1. Log into your Student Centre and click on Apply for Bursaries or Scholarships (on the left side of your screen)
  2. Choose Aid Year 2026
  3. Complete your Aid Declaration
  4. Complete your Needs Analysis
  5. Complete the Entrance Bursary application

Once your application is complete and you are ready to submit, click on I Agree. Keep in mind that you will not be able to modify your application once you have submitted it. You may be requested to submit supporting documents too.

If you need to upload supporting documents, the application system will automatically create a To-Do list.

To upload a document, choose Entrance Bursary Required Document on the dropdown list. In the Custom Description field, write a brief description of the document, then complete and save it.

 

Make sure you upload your documents as soon as possible, either when you apply, or within ten days of submitting your bursary application. It that's not possible, please contact us at fundingyoureducation@concordia.ca.

 

In order to protect your privacy, please don't email us your documents and don't upload them through the main document upload link in your Student Centre. Instead, please follow the upload process for secure document upload and to ensure your documents are well received. Your bursary application may be cancelled if you don't upload your documents via the bursary application.

As we review your file, we may add items to your To-Do list. It is your responsibility to review your To-Do list regularly. 

 

Selection committee

Entrance Bursary recipients are selected by committees overseen by the Undergraduate Awards Office on behalf of the U