[SGS] Offers of Admission to Students Conditional upon Scholarship Support

SGS #009, 2010-2011

TO: Graduate Chairs and Directors, Graduate Coordinators and Administrators
FROM: Brian Corman, Dean of Graduate Studies and Vice-Provost, Graduate Education
CC: Council of Graduate Deans
School of Graduate Studies Staff
DATE: March 1, 2011
RE: Offers of Admission to Students Conditional upon Scholarship Support

Under the conditions described below, the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) will now allow graduate units, effective immediately, to issue offers of admission conditional upon the student securing scholarship support by the deadline to register. This will be allowed where there is an approved memorandum of agreement between the University of Toronto and the government scholarship agency. Failure to provide proof of funding by the registration deadline will result in the withdrawal of the offer of admission. No exceptions or extensions will be permitted.

Graduate units therefore cannot waive the requirement to provide funding for eligible
doctoral-stream students but now can issue conditional offers to students who are in the process of applying for approved government scholarships.

A list of currently approved government scholarships is as follows:
· Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC)
· Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Scholarships
· CONACYT

This list will be maintained as an appendix in the SGS Admissions Guide and will be updated as new agreements are approved by the University of Toronto.

SGS will also create admission condition codes for each of the above mentioned scholarships which can be inserted as remarks in the official letter of offer.

If you have any questions about the eligibility of specific government-sponsored scholarship programs which are not mentioned above, please contact the Director of Student Services, Heather Kelly at heather.kelly@utoronto.ca.