Scholarships and Financial Assistance

These scholarships are $3,750 per session, which represent a total of $22,500 for a technical program or $15,000 for a pre-university program or a two-year DEP.

They are offered to new students admitted and living in a municipality located more than 60 km away:

• from a campus of the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles offering the chosen program of study

or

• from a CEGEP benefiting from this ministerial scholarship program.

Admission requirements

• Be admitted in the 1^st or 2^nd round;
• Be registered full-time;
• study in person on one of our campuses (distance learning students are not eligible).

No additional steps to your application for admission to Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles are necessary to obtain the Parcours Scholarship. If you qualify, a member of our team will contact you in the spring to let you know.

Students in the following programs are eligible:

• Natural Science (in English);
• Social Science (in English);
• Aquaculture;
• Archives médicales;
• Arts, lettres et communication;
• Comptabilité et gestion;
• Éducation spécialisée;
• Génie électrique;
• Informatique;
• Intervention en criminologie;
• Maintenance industrielle;
• Mécanique marine;
• Pêche professionnelle;
• Sciences de la nature;
• Sciences humaines
• Soins infirmiers;
• Technologie forestière;
• Travail social.

1. These programs also provide access to Perspectives scholarships (see below). It is possible to combine the Perspective Québec scholarships and the Parcours scholarships, which allows you to obtain up to $31, 500 for a three-year program.

2. In the case of the DEP Mécanique marine, lasting three sessions spread over one year, the Parcours scholarship totals $7,500.

Scholarship Payments

An amount of $3,750 will be paid in two parts:

• for the fall semester, a first installment of $1,250 will be made in September and the second installment of $2,500 in October.
• for the winter semester, a first installment of $1,250 will be made in February and a second installment of $2,500 in March.

Everything will be repeated, each year, during the two or three years of study, depending on the regular length of the program.

Student Mobility – One Semester

Students coming from partner CEGEPs and participating in a mobility semester according to the agreements in effect will receive $3,750 for their mobility semester, according to the same payment terms as those stated above. It is necessary for the student to be full-time to obtain the scholarship during a mobility session.

Parcours bursaries by random draw 

Each session, a random draw for five bursaries of $3,750 will be held among students in the following programs which meet the same eligibility criteria for those for the Parcours bursaries: 

• Adventure Tourism (in English); 
• Tourisme d’aventure; 
• Techniques juridiques;
• Techniques policières.

Each student can win the $3,750 bursary once by draw during the duration of their program.  

* Taxes *

The amount paid within this program is considered as income. You will then have to print the document which will be deposited in your Omnivox file by February 28 and attach it to your tax return.

These scholarships are $1,500 per semester, for 6 semesters, which represents a total of $9,000 for the entire duration of the studies. The following programs (in French) are eligible: 

• Éducation à l’enfance;
• Éducation spécialisée;
• Informatique;
• Soins infirmiers;
• Technologie forestière;
• Technologie du génie électrique.

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