Other sources of funding

Financial support from faculties

Graduate Studies Awards

With the Graduate Studies Awards, all Université Laval faculties can help you through the main steps involved in completing your master’s or PhD.

For information, visit the list of faculty plans for achievement bursary awards (French only).

Teaching or research assistant

You can also work as a research or teaching assistant during the academic year. A good knowledge of French is obviously an essential qualification for this type of job.

Research grants

Many faculties offer financial support equal to the grants provided for research by various agencies.

For information, contact your faculty program director.

Other international programs

International scholarships from the Government of Canada

As part of its university exchange program, the Government of Canada offers scholarships to residents of certain foreign countries. These scholarships allow top international students to pursue advanced studies or research at Canadian institutions.

For information, visit www.bourses.gc.ca.

Canadian Commonwealth Scholarships Program

These scholarships allow citizens of Commonwealth countries to pursue a master’s degree or PhD in French or English at a Canadian university.

For information, visit Commonwealth Scholarship & Fellowship Plan (CSFP).

Organization of American States (OAS) scholarships

Graduate scholarships are available under a cooperation agreement between the OAS and Université Laval. These scholarships are offered to students who wish to pursue graduate studies at a member university of the OAS Consortium of Universities, which Université Laval belongs to.

For information, visit the program website.

China Scholarship Council (CSC) scholarship program

PhD scholarships awarded under an agreement between the China Scholarship Council (CSC) and Université Laval. The goal of these scholarships is to provide top-quality research training to qualified Chinese students who wish to pursue their doctoral studies at our university.

For more information, send an email to SponsoredStudent.China@br.ulaval.ca.

You can also consult the organization’s website.

Scholarship programs resulting from agreements with the CALDO consortium

Agreements signed between the CALDO consortium, of which Université Laval is a member, and the governments of certain Latin American countries with a view to providing scholarships to resident students so they can pursue their studies and develop their expertise in their field at our university. The signatory countries at this time are Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.

For more information, please email us at: CALDO@daif.ulaval.ca.

Consult the CALDO consortium website for more details.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Fellowships

Contact UNESCO through the governments of countries that are members of or receive assistance from this UN organization.

Rotary Foundation scholarships

The Rotary Foundation, the world’s largest private scholarship provider, offers various types of scholarships that allow thousands of university-level students to study abroad. Scholarship recipients, who hail from nearly 70 countries, act as goodwill ambassadors for the Rotary organization.

For information, contact the Rotary Foundation.

If you are interested in Rotary Foundation programs, please contact your local club.