Application is now open for the President’s Admission Scholarship at the University of Calgary. Interested candidates are encouraged to send their applications in before the deadline date.
About the University of Calgary and Scholarship
The Alberta Normal School, which was founded in Calgary in 1905, is where the University of Calgary had its start. It was founded in 1966. The new province’s elementary and secondary teachers were to be trained at the Normal School. Later, in 1945, the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Education absorbed it, and it functioned as a component of its branch campus in Calgary, which was originally housed in the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art’s west wing. The Calgary University Committee was established in 1946 with the goal of promoting independent permanent buildings for the campus’s branch.
The University of Alberta and the City of Calgary agreed to a one-dollar lease for 121.4 hectares (300 acres) of property in July 1957. 1958 saw the renaming of the branch campus as the “University of Alberta in Calgary” and the announcement of plans for new permanent buildings to be built on the leased site. October 1960 saw the opening of the new campus’s first permanent buildings, the Science and Engineering Building (now Science A) and the Arts and Education Building (now the Administration Building).
The University of Alberta gave academic and financial autonomy to the satellite campus in May 1965. Following the passing of the Universities Act by the Alberta Legislative Assembly in April 1966, the university was granted independence. The University of Calgary was designed to emphasize practical research and extension activities, emulating American state universities.
The University of Toronto Act of 1906, which established a bicameral system of university government with a senate (faculty) in charge of academic policy and a board of governors (citizens) with formal authority over all other matters, served as the foundation for the organization’s governance structure. The president provided institutional leadership by acting as a liaison between the two bodies, having been nominated by the board.
The Post Secondary Learning Act, a provincial law of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, establishes the responsibilities of the board of governors and senate, which oversee the University of Calgary. The conduct, administration, and control of the institution, including its assets, income, operations, and other matters, are under the purview of the board of Governors.
The chancellor of the university, the president, two alumni chosen by the alumni association, a member of the university senate, nine members of the public, and three staff and three student nominees from their respective associations round out the board members.
In a number of post-secondary rankings, the University of Calgary has attained noteworthy ranks. According to the QS World University Rankings 2024, the university ranked eighth in Canada and 182nd overall. It was placed between 151st and 200th in the world and between 7th and 8th in Canada in the 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities.
The President’s Admission Scholarship, which is accessible to undergraduate students from any faculty who are starting their first year straight out of high school, is one of the yearly awards granted by the institution.
Details about the President’s Admission Scholarship at the University of Calgary:
Scholarship Sponsor: University of Calgary, Canada
Scholarship Value: $5,000
Number of awards: N/A
Study level: Undergraduate
Host Institution(s): University of Calgary, Canada
Eligibility Criteria for President’s Admission Scholarship
Applicants are advised to meet the following prerequisites to be qualified for the President’s Admission Scholarship at the University of Calgary:
- Based on an undergraduate admissions office-calculated final high school GPA of 95.00% or above.
Application Process for President’s Admission Scholarship
Awards for Automatic Admission: No application is needed. You can also visit the official website for further details.
The Submission Deadline is: Not Specified
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