Bachelor of Accounting & Financial Management

Fellowships

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2011 Fellowship selection and interviews: The AFM Admissions Committee and the SAF Fellowship Selection Committee will be completing our assessment of all qualified candidates for Fellowship consideration by early May 2010. Students selected for Fellowship interview will be contacted by phone during the period of May 12th - 16th, 2011.

The 2011 Fellowship Interview date is scheduled for Saturday, May 28, 2011. Students within driving radius are encouraged to come to campus with their families to participate in the interview process. Location and timing will be provided to the students at the time of the phone call. For more directions and a map to the Waterloo campus please click here.

Type Name of Scholarship Amount Description
Entrance Bill Harvie Scholarship/Fellowship $38,000 over 4 years awarded annually to an outstanding student entering Year One of Accounting & Financial Management. Continuance of the award beyond Year One is dependent on the student maintaining an 83% overall average in Accounting & Financial Management.
Entrance SAF Fellowship Program

$7,000 over 4 years for incoming students


$5,500 over 3 years for students in second year

The School of Accounting and Finance awards Fellowships to approximately 10% of each entering class of AFM students. A number of the Fellowships available for each class will be awarded to incoming students; and the remainder of available Fellowships for that class may be awarded at the beginning of year two, to outstanding first-year students. Students retain the Fellowship by maintaining an overall cumulative average of 80% and a cumulative major average of 80%. The Fellowship Program students must also fulfil their assigned Fellowship Program tasks over the three or four years. For more information, visit SAF Fellowship Program Details
Upper-year Robin K. Banks/Pacioli Fellowships $1,500 each Two fellowships are provided annually; one to an Accounting & Financial Management student entering year three and one to an Accounting & Financial Management student entering year four. The fellowship is based on academic merit combined with contributions and involvement in extracurricular activities. Each recipient will be required to provide a maximum of eight hours per week of teaching/research assistance for faculty for one of their two school terms. Selection of the term will be at the discretion of the recipient. Fellows will be allocated to faculty members based upon faculty members requests for teaching/research assistance for a specific term. Applications should be submitted to the Student Awards Office during the 2B/3B terms.

AFM
The School of Accounting and Finance is the only English speaking professional school of its kind in Canada. We offer 2 undergraduate (Accounting and Financial Management and Computing and Financial Management) and 3 graduate (Master of Accounting; Master of Taxation; PhD in Accounting) programs to provide students with the technical, analytical, evaluative, and communication skills needed to prepare for successful careers in public accounting, finance, industry, government and not-for-profit sectors. In conjunction with the Faculties of Mathematics and Science, the School also administers 2 undergraduate programs (Mathematics/Chartered Accountancy; Biotechnology/Chartered Accountancy) and 1 graduate program (Master of Quantitative Finance).