UBC Scholarships for Indian Students 2026

Amount: INR 21.26 Lakhs

• XIIth: Applicants must have passed High School
• Applicant must be an international student who will be studying in Canada on a Canadian study permit
• Applicant must be entering UBC from a recognized secondary school, college, or other universities
• Applicant must be applying for your first undergraduate degree
• Applicant must demonstrate superior academic achievement (at least an A average or equivalent standard)
• Applicant must demonstrate a level of financial need that would otherwise prevent him/her from pursuing a UBC degree
• English Language Proficiency Proof
• Academic transcripts

CAD 10,000 - CAD 25,000 per year (Around INR 6.5 L - INR 16.3 L)

• Be new to UBC, entering directly from secondary school or post-secondary (university or college)
• Be an international student studying at UBC on a Canadian study permit (student visa). (Changes to your citizenship status will affect your scholarship eligibility.)
• Demonstrate outstanding academic achievement and strong extracurricular involvement
• Not be nominated for a need-and-merit-based International Scholars award
• Applicants will automatically be considered for these merit-based awards

Amount: NA 

No specific deadline mentioned

• Applicants must be enrolled at UBC in any graduate programs except those listed above
• Applicant must fulfil eligibilty requirements specific to the course in which they are applying
• No specific documents required
• GSI allocations are made to disciplinary Faculties, who in turn allocate those funds amongst their graduate programs. Faculties and graduate programs are to establish and publish criteria by which the GSI funding will be distributed amongst their graduate students.
• Students should refer questions regarding funding criteria and amounts to their graduate program or Faculty.

Amount: INR 21.45 Lakhs 

• be an international student who will be studying in Canada on a Canadian study permit
• be entering UBC from a recognized secondary school, or transferring from your first year at a post-secondary college or other university
• have graduated from high school no earlier than one gap year prior to the academic year they are applying to
• be applying for their first undergraduate degree
• demonstrate superior academic achievement (achieve all As or equivalent standard)
• demonstrate a level of financial need that would otherwise prevent you from pursuing a UBC degree.
• meet UBC’s admission requirements, including general and degree-specific requirements and the English Language Admission Standard
• Graduation from a university-preparatory program at a senior secondary school: Higher Secondary School Certificate awarded on completion of Standard XII.

CAD 10,000 - CAD 25,000 per year (Around INR 6.5 L - INR 16.3 L)

• Be new to UBC, entering directly from secondary school
• Be an international student who will be studying at UBC on a Canadian study permit (student visa). (Changes to your citizenship status will affect your IMES eligibility.)
• Demonstrate exceptional academic achievement and intellectual promise, as well as impressive extracurricular and community involvement
• Not be nominated for a need-and-merit-based International Scholars award

Amount: INR 9.11 Lakhs 

• be entering their first year of graduate studies in a thesis-based Masters or Doctoral program in the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences or students in an Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies program
• Admission GPA of first-class standing
• be an International student
• GPA across the last two years of the undergraduate program
• Evidence of teaching experience or promise
• Student training (e.g. providing skills training to lab volunteers)
• Funding awards
• Community and public engagement activities
• All applicants who have submitted a complete admission application by the date indicated for each admission period will be considered for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Graduate Entrance Award
• No additional application is required
• Students are not able to update or make changes to their admission application for the purpose of this award

• Applicants must be enrolled at UBC in any graduate programs except those listed above
• Applicant must fulfil eligibilty requirements specific to the course in which they are applying
• Students will be auto-considered for this scholarship when they apply for the courses on which this scholarship is applicable.