The General Entrance Award program is Dalhousie University’s one application for new undergraduates starting in the fall. Completing it puts an applicant in the running for hundreds of scholarships, bursaries and hybrid awards at once.
It is for students coming straight from high school or with no transferable post-secondary study; recipients study in person at Dalhousie in Halifax or Truro, Canada. Named awards that ask for a separate application are not covered.
Benefits & funding
- Award values run roughly $1,000 to $80,000 (Canadian), counted yearly or over four years depending on the award.
- An award may be one-time or renewable for up to four years.
- Funds go to the student account in two equal instalments, mid-August and mid-December; any balance after tuition and fees can be refunded.
- Payment requires full-time registration in each funded term: at least 9 credit hours for degree students, 6 for technology students.
Eligibility
- Applying straight from high school, or a mature student with no transferable post-secondary study; transfer students are generally excluded, except Indigenous Black and First Nations students from the Maritimes seeking the FNIB Scholarship.
- Starting in the fall term.
- Usually an 80% average across the program’s five required courses, or 26 predicted IB points (not applied to FNIB Scholarships).
- Domestic and international students are both eligible; financial-aid eligibility is not needed.
- Gap-year students qualify if they have done no transferable post-secondary study.
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Application process
- 1Apply to a Dalhousie undergraduate program through the application portal (C$70 fee for those not yet admitted).
- 2Complete the General Entrance Award application yourself in the same portal.
- 3Have your school send an official Grade 12 first-semester transcript to Admissions, unless Dalhousie already holds your Nova Scotia student ID or OUAC number.
- 4Upload any financial or disability documents inside the award application; everything is due by February 15, 2027.
Program timeline
October 1, 2026
Applications open for 2027–2028
Application deadline
February 15, 2027
Award offers sent
Spring 2027
Deadline to accept awards (with admission deposit)
May 1, 2027