2023-24 Undergraduate Entrance Bursary

These bursaries, ranging from $500 – $2,500 each, are offered to students entering their first undergraduate degree (including transfer students). Entrance Bursaries are non-renewable, non-transferable and are limited in number.

Bachelor of Education and Graduate students are not eligible.

To be eligible for the Entrance Bursary, students must meet all of the following criteria:

  1. Be accepted to MSVU for the upcoming academic year and starting in the next fall term;
  2. If a domestic student, must have, or intend to have by September 1, either a government student loan or bank funding (a follow-up Confirmation of Need form will require proof of this funding);
  3. Be enrolled as a full-time student in both the upcoming fall and winter terms (minimum 3 courses per term).

How to Apply:

The 2023-24 Undergraduate Entrance Bursary Application is closed. The deadline to apply was Monday, June 12, 2023.

Entrance bursary offers will be mailed in July and students must return a signed Confirmation of Need form (with proof of student loan funding) by Monday, August 14.  The Confirmation of Need form will be sent with all Entrance bursary offers.

Entrance bursary amounts are applied to the student’s Mount student account – 50% for the Fall term and 50% for the Winter term.

In addition to the Entrance Bursary, there is another bursary opportunity in the Fall.  The 2023-2024 In-Course Bursary program application will open in early October; deadline to apply is Friday, November 3.

Questions: Contact financial.aid@msvu.ca