The Lester B. Pearson International Scholarships for international student provided by the University of Toronto is a merit-based scholarship program that offers outstanding and deserving students fully-funded scholarships to study in Canada at the University of Toronto.
The University of Toronto is one of the best in the world and in Canada and it awards scholarships and financial aids to international students who show exceptional academic performance and achievements.
The scholarship is awarded based on how the students have impacted or added positively to the growth of the school, community, and the global community at large. Only international students are eligible for this prestigious award and only the best are selected as the scholarship is very competitive.
Each year approximately 37 students will be named Lester B. Pearson Scholars. The application is mainly available for undergraduate first entry students at the University of Toronto.
Note that there are many fraudulent websites and emails offering to assist students to apply for the Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship program.
You are advised to ignore any recruitment agency or agencies offering to help you. Students interested in applying for a Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship should follow the instructions on this website and submit their applications directly to the University.
Eligibility
- Only International students are eligible
- Be nominated by your school, you can ask your school admin or counselor about the nomination process.
- Apply to the University of Toronto
- You will be sent a personalized, secure link to the Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship application once you are done with applying to the university and receiving a nomination.
- You must currently be in your final year of secondary school or have graduated no earlier than June 2019.
- You must plan to begin your studies at the University of Toronto in September 2020 (the scholarship is available every year, so the dates will also change in the coming years unless otherwise).
Application process
You must first receive a nomination from your secondary school principal or counselor. Find out more here
Submit your application to the University of Toronto on their official page. Click here
Complete the Lester B Pearson scholarship application online.
Application deadline
School nomination deadline: November 29, 2019
Student OUAC application deadline: December 13, 2019
Student scholarship application deadline: January 15, 2020
Remember that the scholarship is available every year, so the dates provided will change in the next year.
Pearson Scholarship recipients can only be nominated by their current secondary school through our online process and the scholarship is available only to undergraduate degree applicants
