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
Entrance bursaries are designed to offer financial support to students newly admitted to an undergraduate studies in a Bachelor's degree program in any discipline of study.
Application deadline
The first day to apply for an entrance bursary is March 2, 2026. The deadline to apply is April 17, 2026.
To apply for an entrance bursary, submit the form online alongside supporting documents. The Financial Aid and Awards teams undertakes a financial needs test, a reviews your academic ranking as assigned during the admissions process and a holistic appreciation of your personal statement.
The Entrance Bursary Program is for:
- Students newly admitted to undergraduate studies in a Bachelor's degree program in any discipline of study who join Concordia in Winter 2026 or Fall 2026
- 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 an in-course bursary.
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 2026-2027 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.
Students receiving government financial aid
If you have applied for government financial aid, or you are already receiving it, simply complete the aid declaration form, which will let us verify your government financial aid file. If for any reason we cannot verify your file, you will also need to submit the needs analysis form.
Please use a desktop or laptop computer to apply. The system is not optimized for mobile devices.
- Log into your Student Centre and click on Apply for Bursaries or Scholarships (on the left side of your screen)
- Choose Aid Year 2027
- Complete your Aid Declaration
- Complete your Needs Analysis
- 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.
Technical problems?
If you run into technical problems such as, fields that won't open, or a greyed out screen when you try to upload your documents, log out of your Student Centre, clear your web browser’s cache and cookies, relaunch your browser, then log back into your Student Centre and try again. In some cases, your web browser’s configuration and plug-ins may prevent the online application from working properly and you may need to get in touch with IITS. If that doesn't work, email us at fundingyoureducation@concordia.ca and we will investigate the issue.
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 Undergraduat