Ontario Graduate Scholarship — Master's Scholarship

The Ontario Graduate Scholarship supports academic excellence in graduate study at Ontario’s publicly assisted universities. At Rotman, it is jointly supported by the school, the Ontario government, and the University of Toronto, with an estimated three to five awards for Full-Time and joint MBA students.

Recipients hold the award while enrolled full-time at Rotman in Toronto. For the 2026–2027 competition, eligible Full-Time MBA cohorts graduate in 2027 or 2028, and incoming Full-Time MBA recipients select September as their award start session.

Benefits & funding

CAD 5,000 per term for two or three consecutive terms, worth up to CAD 15,000 over one year.
Incoming Full-Time MBA recipients are paid across the Fall, Winter, and Summer terms; returning students are paid across Summer, Fall, and Winter.

Eligibility

Applicants to Rotman’s master’s-level competition must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or protected persons when they apply; the scholarship does not impose a separate place-based residency rule.
Applicants must register and remain full-time in an eligible Rotman graduate program; for 2026–2027, eligible Full-Time MBA students graduate in 2027 or 2028.
Applicants with two years or fewer of graduate study need at least an A- average in each of the last two completed years; those with more than two years need at least an A- across all completed graduate courses.
Applicants must be in good standing with OSAP and Canada Student Loans and must remain within the two-year master’s-level OGS maximum and six-year lifetime maximum for government awards.
OGS cannot be held concurrently with another listed government award.

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Application process

1
Sign in to the University of Toronto OGS portal with a UTORid, JOINid, or supported social-login account and start an Ontario Graduate Scholarship form.
2
Select the second “Management” graduate-unit option, choose “Management and Administrative Studies – 2G” as the research discipline, and enter the year of study in the Rotman program.
3
Upload official transcripts, ensuring every non-U of T transcript displays its grading scale, and complete the required application sections and Plan of Study.
4
Invite two referees to submit confidential Academic Assessments; the application can be submitted only after both assessments are complete.
5
Submit by the Rotman deadline; the Rotman Awards Committee ranks applications, SGS completes central eligibility checks, and successful recipients are typically notified in July.

Program timeline

Application deadline for the 2026–2027 Rotman competition.
May 1, 2026, 11:59 p.m. EST
SGS typically notifies recommended recipients after central OSAP checks.
July 2026
September 2026
Incoming Full-Time MBA recipients select the September award start session.