Queen's University Principal's Scholarship (automatic admission scholarship)
Queen's University
- Amount
- $7,000$7,000 for one year only. Awarded to students in the top 3% of the competitive admission average for their program. There is no fixed average cutoff; it varies by program and year. Queen's also automatically considers admitted students for donor-funded named grade-based awards, which can replace the automatic award with one of equal or higher value.
- Deadline
- No fixed dateNo application required. Queen's calculates an awards average from grades available at the time of the offer, and reviews final grades in July for students who accepted their offer but did not receive a scholarship at admission.
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About this award
Queen's does not use a fixed average cutoff for its automatic entrance scholarship. Instead, students whose admission average is in the top 3% of their program receive the $7,000 Principal's Scholarship for first year. No application is needed, and Queen's reviews final grades in July for students who did not get a scholarship at admission. Admitted students are also considered automatically for Queen's donor-funded named awards.
Who can apply
- Entering first year of post-secondary education for the first time, full time
- Top 3% of the competitive admission average in a first-entry undergraduate program
- Students with prior post-secondary education are not eligible
- Only one merit-based award per student
What to submit
- No separate application (automatic)
- Apply to Queen's through OUAC
- Full-time enrolment in first year
Quick facts
Words you'll see- Type
- Scholarship
- Category
- Merit
- Program
- University
- When to apply
- Grade 12
- Where it applies
- Ontario
- Only at
- Queen's University
- The gap between what school costs and what your family is expected to pay. Bursaries and grants often use it.
- No
- Paid again in later years of your program, as long as you keep meeting its rules, such as a minimum average.
- No, one-time
- Application cycle
- 2026-27
Sources
Last checked against the official site on Oct 1, 2026.
What the official pages say
"students who are in the top 3% of the competitive admission average for each first-entry undergraduate degree program"
https://www.queensu.ca/registrar/financial-aid/no-application-required/future-students/automatic-awards(opens in a new tab)"Annual value $7,000"
https://www.queensu.ca/registrar/financial-aid/no-application-required/future-students/automatic-awards(opens in a new tab)"1 year only (not renewable for subsequent academic years)"
https://www.queensu.ca/registrar/financial-aid/no-application-required/future-students/automatic-awards(opens in a new tab)"Students who apply to Queen's University will be automatically considered for the following awards."
https://www.queensu.ca/registrar/financial-aid/no-application-required/future-students(opens in a new tab)"Students will not be eligible for more than one merit-based award."
https://www.queensu.ca/registrar/financial-aid/no-application-required/future-students(opens in a new tab)"High school grades Varies by program and from year to year"
https://www.queensu.ca/registrar/financial-aid/no-application-required/future-students/automatic-awards(opens in a new tab)"we will review your final grades after we have received final grade reports from the Ontario Universities' Application Centre in July"
https://www.queensu.ca/registrar/financial-aid/no-application-required/future-students(opens in a new tab)
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