University of Toronto & Faculty of Law Graduate Scholarships
Open Awards
Applicants are considered for all open awards at the time of admission. See the Complete List of Graduate Fellowships and Awards for more information about open awards, including Faculty of Law Fellowships, University of Toronto Fellowships, Law Foundation Fellowships, and others.
Financial need is a factor for open awards like these. If you complete the Financial Assistance Application Form along with your application, you will automatically be considered for all open awards for which you are eligible.
Targeted Awards
Targeted awards are focused on students from particular groups such as aboriginal students, or students planning to conduct research in particular areas such as capital markets, intellectual property and innovation, Canadian constitutional law, or tax law. See the Complete List of Graduate Fellowships and Awards for more information about targeted awards. The amounts for each of these fellowships is variable.
Financial need is also a factor for targeted awards. You must complete the Financial Assistance Application Form along with your application and specify which targeted awards you may be eligible for.
External Graduate Scholarships
Graduate students at the Faculty of Law have historically been successful at receiving external scholarships such as the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), various fellowships from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), and the Viscount Bennett Fellowship of the Canadian Bar Association. The Graduate Program encourages all students to apply to these and other external funding agencies.
See External Financial Support for more information about these sources of funding.
Loans
See Canada Student Loans Program and Ontario Student Assistance Program for more information.
Savings
Some students will finance their graduate legal studies through personal savings or private loans.
Employment
Students enrolled full-time are discouraged from undertaking employment or other programs requiring more than 10 hours per week without the permission of the Associate Dean, Graduate Studies. Permission will be granted only in extraordinary circumstances. Please visit our Employment & Accommodations page for more information.
