The 2013/2014 General Bursary Application is now available on Aurora Student.

The fall/winter general bursary application is annually available in early-to-mid August through the Aurora Student portal.  Applications and all supporting documentation must be submitted to the Financial Aid and Awards office no later than October 1, annually.

Results are finalized by early December of each year and money is directly applied to the successful applicant's winter term tuition.  Please check your tuition account in Aurora Student in mid-December to find out if you have been awarded a bursary.

General bursary criteria:

• All students must complete courses in both the fall and winter terms to be eligible.

• In most cases, student must register for and complete at least 60 percent of a full course-load per term (i.e. a minimum of 9 credit hours per term). Graduate students do no have to adhere to credit hour minimums provided they are registered as full-time students over the fall and winter terms with the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

• Students must meet minimum G.P.A. requirements. Continuing students must have a minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 2.0.  New students (from high school) must have a grade 12 average of 70% or higher.

• Financial need must be clearly documented on the application.  Students who have applied for government students loans from other provinces must provide a copy of a current "official" government loan assessment to support their declaration of financial need. Please note Manitoba Student Aid recipients do not need to submit a copy of their Notice of Assistance.

• International students in their first year of post-secondary study in Canada are not eligible to apply to the general bursary program.