Funding

Financial support through teaching and research assistantships and scholarships is available to graduate students. The aim is to provide sufficient funding in order to make graduate studies self-supporting. This department does not distinguish among Visa Students, Landed Immigrants and Canadian Citizens in its financial support policies for students admitted for graduate study. We endeavour to offer financial support to all of those students whose admission we recommend. Ph.D. students will be offered annual funding of at least $20,000 for a 12-month period.

From these amounts, graduate students are normally required to pay tuition fees. Succesfull international students applicants with an A average (as determined by the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies) will automatically received extra funding to pay for the differential in tuition that exists between International and Canadian students.


Funding comes from various sources, which may include:

• Teaching Assistantships (GTA) (which entail duties such as tutoring and marking for a period of 10 hours per week)
• Research Assistantships (GRA) (from the reserach grants of faculty members)
• Western Graduate Research Scholarship (WGRS)
• External Scholarships (e.g. NSERC, OGS)
  
  

These are awarded on a competitive basis. For more information, visit the web site of the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at UWO by clicking here.


Subject to satisfactory progress, university funding, including Teaching Assistantships and University Scholarships, is limited to four (4) years for a Ph.D. student. Note that Master's students are admitted normally for either eight months (two terms) or twelve months.


You should state your interest in an award in a letter accompanying your Entrance Application form. Award winners are normally notified in the spring.