Find the best fit for your global learning opportunity!
When going abroad you can expect to incur costs such as airline tickets, accommodations and other living expenses – but don’t let this stop you from gaining an international experience. Explore the opportunities listed below to learn more about available funding for your global learning opportunity including exchanges, internships, field studies and semesters, research and more.
°Õ³ó±ðÌýMobility Bursary for Exchanges can help defray additional costs related to exchanges for students who otherwise could not afford to participate.
McCall MacBain International Fellowships
Canada Learning Initiative in China (CLIC)
Killam Fellowships (Canada - United States)
International Enriched Educational Opportunities (EEOs) are high-quality off-campus mobility. Â鶹Çø is striving to make them accessible to all undergraduates regardless of their financial capacity.
The Â鶹Çø International Experience Awards (MIEA) were established in 2013 through a donation by Joseph Schull and Anna Yang. The MIEA benefit students in the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Law, and all other faculties through the Office of the Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning). Each faculty administers its own awards.Â
Different awards are open to students in the faculty of:
Read more on the different for each of the faculties as well as the eligibility criteria for each one
The Global Skills Opportunity (GSO) is a national student mobility program designed to increase accessibility and equity in international learning opportunities. The GSO program emphasized providing funding to students from equity-deserving groups, including Indigenous students, students with disabilities, and low-income students.
More information on the GSO at Â鶹Çø is available here. Applications for the GSO are now closed.
| Funding Opporunity | Amount | Location | Faculty Eligible |
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| Under the joint supervision of a home and host professor, successful senior undergraduate students, graduate students, as well as postdoctoral fellows will receive a $6,000 research award to conduct a 12- to 24-week research project in the other country. | Any country where applicant does not hold citizenship | All (undergrad and graduate) | |
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Mitacs provides $6,000 to support the student’s travel costs and living expenses. The DAAD provides health, accident, and liability insurance as well as logistical support to selected students (including assistance finding accommodation in cooperation with mentors at the host institution, information on visas and work permits, and research arrangements). |
Germany | All (undergrad) | |
| Türkiye Scholarships is a government-funded higher education scholarship program runned by the Republic of Türkiye for international students. The primary purpose of Türkiye Scholarships is to provide equal opportunities to successful students around the world in order to receive them. | Turkey | All | |
| £500 | All (undergrad) | ||
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Undergrad : 2 500 ¥; Masters: 3 000 ¥; PhD & Postdoc: 3 500 ¥; Also included: housing, health insurance, and $2500 for moving fees |
China | All | |
| 2-month long internship program in Germany. €1,800 per month from the German Bundestag. Subsidized health insurance is available through DAAD for a monthly fee. Travel expenses are the intern’s responsibility. | Germany | Political science, international relations, law, history, economics or German (undergrad or masters) | |
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Covers full tuition, monthy allowance (117000 yen/month) , round trip flight between Japan and Canada 5- year undergrad program & 2- year master's |
Japan | All | |
| 4 months (one term) or 10 months (two terms): 500 000 won per month in living expenses, 200 000 won for settlement, round-trip airfare, tuition, 20 000 won per month for medical insurance | Korea | All | |
| Antje Graupe Pryor International Awards in Engineering | $7500 per semester | Any university in the EU (preference for Germany & France) | Engineering |
| Moyse Travelling Scholarship | Approximately $10 000 for each of the two students (one in Arts and one in Science) for one year of study | Any (preference for British or European university) | Arts, Science |
| John Rea Travel Award in Composition | $7500/year awarded to one student to participate in a masterclass, attend a conference or take a course abroad | Any | Music |
| Music Graduate Travel Awards | 75% of the amount requested in your budget up to $500 for continental travel and $800 for intercontinental travel, must have applied to other funding as well | Any | Music |
| Up to $6,000 CAD for Canadian students (including travel and living expenses). | Various (Common wealth countries) | Primarily Medicine and Management | |
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Scholarships up to 1,000 Swiss francs available to applicants from Â鶹Çø to participate in the UZH International Summer Schools.  These discounts are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis. |
Switzerland | All |
Note to American students regarding federal student aid and exchanges: The U.S. Dept. of Education published final regulations which took effect on July 1, 2021, which allows US students registered at a Title IV foreign school to access US Direct Loans while attending US eligible colleges and universities and foreign institutions that do not participate in the US Direct Loan program, for up to 25% of their program of study. All other eligibility requirements must be met. .
For further information, please consult the Scholarships and Student Aid website.
