Scholarships and Financial Assistance

Annual scholarship of $7,500 per new student admitted to the first or second round 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.

Scholarship Payments

An amount of $3,750 will be paid after each drop deadline decreed by the Ministry of Higher Education, i.e., after September 20 (payment in mid-October) and after February 14 (payment in early March) of each year, during the two or three years of study, depending on the regular length of the program.

Distance education students are not eligible for this scholarship program.

Students in the following programs are eligible:

• Processing of Aquatic Products
• Marine Mechanics
• Professional Fishing
• Aquaculture
• Industrial Maintenance
• Forestry
• Social Work
• Intervention in Delinquency
• Medical Archives
• Early Childhood Education
• Arts, Letters and Communication
• Accounting and Management
• Social Science
• Natural Science

Regional Exception

For the Matapédia, Paspébiac, Bonaventure and Grande-Vallée high schools, all programs are eligible, except for DCS Springboard, Adventure Tourism, Tourisme d’aventure and Legal Techniques.

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 to have a full-time student status to obtain the scholarship during a mobility semester.

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 are eligible: 

• Nursing  
• Special Education  
• Early Childhood Education  
• Computer Science 

• Forestry Technology 

For more details

These scholarships are awarded upon successful completion of the final internship. All students are eligible, including international students, whether or not they are permanent residents. 

•  Social Work ($2,200) 
• Special Education ($2,300) 
• Early Childhood Education ($2,300) 
• Nursing ($2,500) 

For more details

For women in the Computer Science program, a $3,000 scholarship is awarded after the first year of full-time study (September 20 of the third semester) and a $3,000 scholarship is awarded following graduation. For men in this program, a $3,000 scholarship is awarded following graduation. 

Criteria: For all future students of Canadian nationality who follow the training in presence or by distance learning.