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WSIB Software Engineering Award

The Scholarship

Value: 1 at $7,500, awarded annually, continuing for 2 years ($15,000 per student)

Awarded to full-time undergraduate students entering Year 3 Software Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, based on academic achievement and their career interest in Software Engineering. Candidates must be Canadian citizens or eligible to work in Canada. The award will continue in Year 4 provided that recipients maintain a 70% average and full-time status in Software Engineering. If a recipient does not qualify to maintain the award, a replacement recipient in the same year will be selected. Recipients will have an opportunity to interview for a work term or internship with WSIB. Students are not guaranteed a work term or internship with WSIB. An offer of full-time employment with WSIB may also be extended pending successful completion of the program and work term, at WSIB’s sole discretion. A recipient is not obligated to participate in the work term or accept employment with WSIB following graduation to receive or retain the award.

Application:

Students must complete an application form in accordance with the deadline announced annually by the Faculty of Engineering (approx. September 30). A limited number of applicants will be chosen to participate in an interview.

Selection:

A selection committee made up of representatives from the Faculty of Engineering will short list applicants for the award. Short-listed candidates will be interviewed by a representative from WSIB, a member of Engineering Undergraduate Services, Chair of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and the Director of the Software Engineering Program, or their designates. Final selection of recipients will be made by the Faculty of Engineering

Important Dates

  

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