Student Awards & Financial Aid
Student Awards & Financial Aid provides financial support, information and advice to help students achieve their post-secondary goals. We administer and process:
- Government aid programs, including OSAP and out-of-province student aid
- Awards and scholarships
- Bursaries
- Work-study programs
- Forms for all Student Awards & Financial Aid programs
Student Awards & Financial Aid staff are committed to assisting students with honesty, integrity and respect.
University of Waterloo support statement
The University aspires to identify students in need and ensure that all eligible students admitted to full-time undergraduate programs have the financial assistance necessary to complete their studies.
Find out more under Bursaries.
News
- Aug. 18, 2017Paying your fees with OSAP made easy!
Your OSAP funding will be sent directly to the University to pay your fees if you opted in to this service.
Need to find out if your OSAP will be redirected?
Login to your OSAP application and go to the “School you plan to attend” section. Look for the “Ministry may use a portion of my OSAP funding to pay…my school” option.
- May 1, 2017New - You can now submit a CIFS online!!!
- Sep. 12, 2016Determine your course load percentage for OSAP
Use this chart to determine your course load percentage for your OSAP application:
- 2.25 units or more = 100%
- 2.0 units = 80%
- 1.75 units = 70%
- 1.5 units = 60%
- 1.25 units = 50%
- 1.0 units = 40%
- 0.5 units = 20%
