York International Merit Award — Bachelor's Scholarship

The York International Merit Award is an automatic entrance scholarship for international high-school applicants entering full-time undergraduate study at York University. It also covers applicants granted advanced standing of fewer than 24 transfer credits.

For the published Fall 2026 and Winter 2027 cycle, York places eligible applicants in this award band using their final admission average. No separate scholarship application is required.

Benefits & funding

C$10,000 in the first year.
C$5,000 in each of years two, three and four, for a maximum of C$25,000.
Renewable and regainable after completing at least 24 credits in an academic year with a minimum 7.5 GPA (B+).
The award is automatically applied at the start of each year level.

Eligibility

Be an international high-school applicant to a full-time York University undergraduate program and pay international tuition fees.
Have a final admission average of 80–89.9%, or the equivalent York determines for the applicant’s curriculum.
Applicants with advanced standing remain eligible only when they have fewer than 24 transfer credits.
No nationality, residence, age, gender or work-experience requirement is stated.

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Application process

1
Apply to a York University undergraduate program through the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre or York’s direct application route, as appropriate.
2
Submit all admission documents required for the chosen program and monitor the application in MyFile.
3
Do not submit a separate award application; York automatically assesses the final admission average.
4
If selected, maintain the annual credit-load and GPA conditions to renew or regain later instalments.

Program timeline

Published award cycle.
Fall 2026 and Winter 2027
November 18, 2026
Guaranteed-consideration admission deadline for international applicants to most Winter 2027 programs.
Start of each year level
Eligible scholarship instalment is applied automatically.