Patel Family Scholarship in Accounting and Finance

Award type: 
Entrance scholarships
Award description: 

One scholarship, valued at $2,500, may be awarded to a full-time undergraduate student entering Year One of any program in the School of Accounting and Finance who is living in the Province of Quebec. Selection is based on academic excellence (minimum 80% cumulative average) combined with extracurricular and leadership involvement as assessed through the School of Accounting and Finance Admissions Assessment (SAFAA). This fund is made possible by Ripal Patel (PDACC ’00), an alumnus who was based in Quebec before enrolling in the School of Accounting and Finance. He hopes this scholarship will encourage more students from Quebec to pursue an education at the University of Waterloo.

Value: 
$2,500
Eligibility & selection criteria: 
  • entering Year One of any program in the School of Accounting and Finance
  • living in Quebec
  • extracurricular and leadership involvement as assessed through SAFAA (for AFM and SFM) or AIF (for Math/CPA)
Program:
Arts→Accounting and Financial Management; Sustainability and Financial Management; Computing and Financial Management; Mathematics→Mathematics/Chartered Professional Accountancy; Science→Biotechnology/Chartered Professional Accountancy
Citizenship: 
Canadian/Permanent resident
Application required?: 
No
Contact:
  • Student Awards & Financial Aid
    • safainfo@uwaterloo.ca