Connaught International Scholarship 2025

The University of Toronto has initiated the Connaught International Scholarship for Doctoral Level Students, a cost-sharing initiative designed to assist graduate units in recruiting and supporting top international students by providing a top-up scholarship to each recipient, which will be paid in addition to the program’s normal funding package provided by the graduate unit.

Eligibility criteria for the Connaught International Scholarship:

To be eligible, applicants must:

• Be international applicants (citizens and permanent residents of Canada are ineligible);
• Not currently registered in a degree program at the University of Toronto at the undergraduate or graduate level;
• Have been or will be offered admission to a full-time doctoral program* with a funding commitment beginning in September of the upcoming academic year​; and
• Have achieved an A- average in each of the last two years of full-time study.​

Value of the Scholarship:

Successful applicants of the Connaught International Scholarship will receive a scholarship value of $10,000 top-up, in addition to the program’s normal funding package (base amount + tuition and fees), to a combined total of no less than $50,000 annually.

Applications: Graduate units make nominations during the winter session based on admission applications that are completed and submitted by or before the admission application deadline.