Prestige Awards
The university values its high achieving entering students and these awards are for those students.
2020 award recipients
Amneet D.
Seymour Schulich Community Service/Entrepreneurial Entrance Award
Amneet is in an engineering and business dual-degree. She gained an interest in engineering and solving seemingly impossible issues after competing in physics competitions. Attending Women in STEM conferences, she knows the value of 30 By 30 and equitable opportunities. She sees a future where she is able to empower minorities through the innovation of inclusive medical technologies, serving unmet needs with well-intentioned and meaningful service work, allowing her to advocate for widening perspectives about ableism.
Matias T.
Richard and Lois Haskayne Legacy Scholarship
Matias Totz attended St. Michaels University School for his high school years. He was a member of the SHAD design team that won top prize for innovating a wearable carbon monoxide monitor to help save lives in the event of a wildfire. Founding his school’s first Marine Science Club to mentor students about Salish Sea marine life and ocean conservation.
Recipient stories
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Six students receive prestigious STEM scholarship
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Schulich Leader Scholarship program doubles its impact
Recipient Joycelyn Ho wholeheartedly recommends high-achieving undergrads apply
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Featured awards
Schulich Leader Scholarship
Launched in 2012, this $100 million scholarship fund provides 50 undergraduate scholarships each year, across top Canadian universities. The most promising students can pursue their dreams and become the next global pioneers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
Chancellor’s Scholarship
The Chancellor’s Scholarship is one of the most prestigious undergraduate awards offered by the University of Calgary. The criteria for the Scholarship includes not only academic excellence but also accomplishments outside the classroom.
Ena Lee Leaders in Business Scholarship
This scholarship was established by the Lee family to recognize the leadership and academic ability of students pursuing an undergraduate degree at the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business.
Learn more about the Ena Lee Leaders in Business Scholarship
Leader in Health Sciences Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Gail O'Brien and Others to recognize the academic ability and potential to succeed as a medical scientist of students pursuing the Bachelor of Health Sciences degree at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine.
Seymour Schulich Academic Excellence
Entrance Scholarship
Offered to students entering the Bachelor of Engineering degree program through the Schulich School of Engineering, this scholarship is for those students who excel academically throughout high school.
Seymour Schulich Community
Service/Entrepreneurial Entrance Award
This award of the student entering the Bachelor of Engineering degree program through the Schulich School of Engineering. Successful awards winner combine athletic excellence, musical talent, volunteerism, service, and entrepreneurism. Although the focus of the Community Service / Entrepreneurial Entrance Award is not academics, it’s not surprising that many of the winning students are often at the top of their class.
Richard and Lois Haskayne Legacy Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Richard and Lois Haskayne to recognize the leadership and academic ability of students pursuing an undergraduate degree in the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.
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UCalgary International Entrance Scholarship
The UCalgary International Entrance Scholarship is a prestigious award that recognizes outstanding accomplishments of an international student beginning their undergraduate studies. The criteria for the Scholarship includes not only academic excellence but also accomplishments outside the classroom.
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