UBC International Leader of Tomorrow Award

University of British Columbia in Canada

Scholarship Description:

The International Leader of Tomorrow Award recognizes international undergraduate students who express higher academic achievement, leadership skills, interest in student affairs and community service, recognized achievement in fields of endeavor such as the performing arts, sports, debating or imaginative writing, or external academic competitions and examinations.

Host Institution(s):

University of British Columbia in Canada

Field of study:

Eligible undergraduate degrees offered by UBC.

Target group:

International students

Deadline:

10 Dec 2014 (annual)

Scholarship value/inclusions:

International Leader of Tomorrow Award-winners receive an award-level appropriate with their financial need as determined by the costs of their tuition, fees and living costs, minus the financial contribution the student and their family can make annually towards these costs.

Eligibility:

Award candidates must be nominated by their current school or college/university. To be considered for an ILOT Award you must:

- Be allowable to the first choice program you are applying to, including meeting UBC’s English Language Admission Standard

- Have an excellent academic record (at least an “A” average or equivalent standard)

- Be an international student, who is neither a Canadian citizen nor a permanent resident of Canada, and who will be studying in Canada on a Canadian Study Permit (visa)

- Demonstrate a level of financial need that would otherwise prevent you from pursuing a UBC degree.

- Be inflowing a UBC undergraduate degree program from a recognized secondary school, college or other university

Application instructions:

Award candidates must be designated by their current school or college/university. UBC does not send nomination packages directly to students. When students are confirmed for nomination by their school, college, or university, their organization must use the International Leader of Tomorrow Award nomination package which can be downloaded at the official website.

The deadline for nomination packages to be received at UBC is 10 December 2014. Nominees must also complete the online application for academic admission to UBC by December 10, 2014 and meet the UBC English Language Admission Requirement by January 31, 2015.

Website:

Official Scholarship Website:  http://internationalscholars.ubc.ca/about-the-program/ilot/

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