The Centennial College Scholarship system includes hundreds of academic and application-based awards for enrolled students. Awards recognize academic achievement, leadership, community involvement, student success, and, where an individual listing states it, financial need.
This guide explains how the two official scholarship pathways work, which credential levels and student groups may qualify, and how admission, English proficiency, programme rules, documents, and myCentennial steps fit together.
Key Facts
- Institution: Centennial College in Toronto, Ontario
- Award scope: Hundreds of scholarships across the college
- Repayment: Scholarships are financial awards that do not need to be repaid
- Academic route: Selection from academic performance and school nominations; no application
- Application route: Students complete the Scholarships and Bursaries Finder first
- Access: Eligible students receive matching information through myCentennial
- Selection factors: May include grades, leadership, involvement, success, financial need, or award-specific criteria
- Residency: Some awards are open to all students; others restrict Canadian or international status
- Study fields: College-wide and school-specific awards are available
- Official record: The current scholarship listing and myCentennial notice control eligibility
University Overview
Centennial College is a public college in Toronto offering Ontario college certificates, diplomas, advanced diplomas, bachelor’s degrees, graduate certificates, apprenticeship routes, and continuing education. Programmes span business, communications and design, health and community studies, engineering technology, hospitality, transportation, and other applied fields.
General admission rules depend on credential type, while individual programmes can add prerequisite courses, minimum grades, portfolios, auditions, writing samples, tests, interviews, or information sessions. Applicants must therefore check the published outline for the exact programme they select.
All coursework is taught in English, and every applicant must demonstrate acceptable proficiency through previous education, recognized upgrading, or an approved test or assessment. The official admission requirements explain the baseline for each credential category.
Scholarship Overview
- Centennial describes scholarships as non-repayable awards that recognize achievement and student success.
- Academic scholarships do not use an online application; the college selects recipients through academic results and school nominations.
- Application scholarships require the student to complete the Scholarships and Bursaries Finder in myCentennial.
- The student information system uses the Finder profile to identify scholarships for which the student may meet the minimum criteria.
- Eligible students receive instructions through their myCentennial email and apply through the student system.
- Many application awards request written responses that are assessed with the student profile.
- Supporting documents, when requested, are submitted through Centennial Access to Student Services.
- The official listing separates awards by college-wide availability, academic school, residency group, programme, semester, and selection criteria.
Eligible Majors
College-wide awards may cover students in any Ministry-approved post-secondary programme when the individual criteria say so. Other scholarships are organized through the School of Business, School of Communications, Media, Arts and Design, School of Community and Health Studies, School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science, School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts, School of Transportation, School of English and Liberal Studies, and continuing education.
A student should never infer eligibility from the scholarship name alone. The current listing may require a named programme, school, semester, course, career interest, academic result, or project, and these restrictions control selection.
Target Groups
- Full-time students in Ministry-approved post-secondary programmes
- Students in certificate, diploma, advanced diploma, or bachelor’s programmes
- Students in fast-track or graduate certificate programmes where a listing permits
- Second-year and later students when an award requires completed study at Centennial
- Students with high cumulative academic performance
- Students demonstrating leadership, community involvement, resilience, or engagement
- Students with verified financial need when the award includes that factor
- International students for awards open to all residency groups or specifically to international learners
- Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or protected persons for restricted awards
- Students in a named academic school, programme, course, or demographic group
Benefits
- Non-repayable scholarship funding
- College-wide awards for eligible students across programmes
- School-specific awards aligned with the student’s academic field
- Academic recognition without a separate application for nominated awards
- Application awards matched through one Finder profile
- Funding based on academic achievement, leadership, involvement, success, or stated need
- Access for international students where residency criteria allow
- Official notification and award administration through myCentennial
Values and numbers of awards differ by scholarship. The official Centennial College scholarship hub links to the current full listing, academic awards, and application awards.
Duration and Renewal by Degree
Certificates, diplomas, and advanced diplomas: Awards are tied to a stated selection term, programme stage, or semester range. Centennial does not publish one universal renewal rule; students should treat an award as term-specific unless its current listing explicitly provides continued or repeat eligibility.
Bachelor’s degrees: Degree students may qualify for college-wide or school-specific awards throughout eligible stages of study. A later award requires the student to continue meeting the current GPA, enrollment, programme, residency, and selection requirements.
Graduate certificates and fast-track programmes: Eligibility depends on the exact award listing because many scholarships identify programme, school, or semester. Admission to a graduate certificate does not by itself create scholarship entitlement.
Academic awards: Selection occurs from recorded academic performance and school nominations for the term shown in the listing. A previous award does not guarantee another selection.
Scholarship Requirements
- Active Centennial student record and access to myCentennial
- Enrollment in the programme, school, level, and semester specified by the award
- Residency or immigration status required by the individual listing
- Full-time status where expressly required
- Minimum cumulative GPA or course result where specified
- Completion of the Scholarships and Bursaries Finder for application awards
- Accurate responses to award questions
- Evidence of leadership, involvement, identity, achievement, or financial need when requested
- Submission of requested supporting documents through the designated student service
- Continued compliance with college and award-specific rules
Admission Requirements by Degree
Certificate, Diploma, and Advanced Diploma Requirements
Applicants normally need an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or an accepted equivalent, or must qualify through the mature-applicant route. Each programme can require particular secondary-school credits, minimum grades, English or mathematics preparation, and additional selection activities.
Bachelor’s Degree Requirements
Degree applicants need an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent with at least six Grade 12 U, M, or OAC credits. Programme prerequisites must be completed at the required U or M level or equivalent, and some degrees add portfolios, auditions, writing samples, tests, interviews, or other assessment.
Graduate Certificate and Fast-Track Requirements
Applicants generally need a university degree or a three-year college diploma. Some programmes may consider a partial degree or shorter diploma combined with relevant work experience, while others require prior study in a specific discipline or named post-secondary courses.
English Language Requirements
All applicants must demonstrate English proficiency. Centennial accepts qualifying previous education, recognized English upgrading, or approved tests and assessments; certain health and other programmes publish higher or additional requirements.
Application Steps
Step 1: Choose the Credential and Programme
Select the exact certificate, diploma, degree, graduate certificate, or other programme. Read the programme outline for academic prerequisites and additional admission requirements.
Step 2: Complete the Admission Process
Apply through the route Centennial specifies for your applicant type and provide the required academic and identity records. Admission must be resolved separately from scholarship matching.
Step 3: Establish myCentennial Access
Use the student credentials issued by the college and verify that the programme, semester, contact details, and residency information in the student record are accurate.
Step 4: Complete the Finder
Open the Scholarships and Bursaries Finder in myCentennial and answer every profile question accurately. The system uses these answers to identify application awards that may fit your record.
Step 5: Monitor myCentennial Email
Read scholarship messages in the college account. An invitation provides access to the relevant application instructions but does not guarantee selection.
Step 6: Review the Exact Listing
Confirm programme, semester, residency, GPA, enrollment, demographic, financial-need, and activity requirements before writing responses or gathering evidence.
Step 7: Prepare the Application
Answer the scholarship questions within the stated word range and connect each claim to verifiable study, leadership, community, work, or personal evidence. Upload only the documents requested.
Step 8: Submit Through the Student System
Submit the application and any requested supporting documents through the named myCentennial service. Save the final responses and monitor the college email for the result.
Required Documents
- Centennial admission application
- Official academic transcripts
- English-proficiency evidence
- Passport copy
- Programme-specific portfolio
- Letter of interest
- Resume
- Scholarships and Bursaries Finder profile
- Scholarship question responses
- Proof of enrollment
- Proof of residency status
- Financial-need evidence
- Leadership or community-involvement evidence
- Requested supporting documents
Practical Tips
- Advice: Complete the Finder only after checking that the student profile is accurate.
- Advice: Separate academic awards that need no application from application scholarships that require a response.
- Advice: Read the residency line for every award because rules vary within the same list.
- Advice: Confirm the required semester range before investing time in a written response.
- Advice: Use the GPA shown in the official student record rather than estimating it.
- Advice: Describe leadership or involvement with specific actions and outcomes.
- Advice: Match financial-need evidence to the exact request and avoid unsupported figures.
- Advice: Draft scholarship responses outside the portal, then proofread before submission.
- Advice: Keep each uploaded filename clear and confirm the file opens correctly.
- Advice: Save the invitation, final responses, uploaded evidence, and selection notice together.
Conclusion
The Centennial College Scholarship system rewards different forms of student success through academic nominations and myCentennial applications. The reliable approach is to secure admission, maintain an accurate student record, complete the Finder, read each current listing carefully, and provide focused evidence for every criterion claimed.
FAQ
What is a Centennial College Scholarship?
It is a non-repayable award that may recognize academic achievement, leadership, community involvement, student success, financial need, or criteria defined by a donor.
Do all scholarships require an application?
No. Academic scholarships use academic performance and school nominations, while application scholarships require the Finder and a student application.
How does the Finder work?
The student completes the Scholarships and Bursaries Finder in myCentennial, and the system uses the profile to identify potential application awards.
Can international students apply?
Yes, many awards are open to all students or to international students, but some are restricted to Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or protected persons.
Which programmes are covered?
College-wide and school-specific awards cover many credential types and fields. The current listing controls the exact programme and semester eligibility.
Are scholarships renewable?
Centennial does not publish one universal renewal rule. Treat an award as term-specific unless its current listing expressly provides repeat or continued eligibility.
Where are supporting documents submitted?
Centennial directs students to submit requested scholarship documentation through Centennial Access to Student Services in myCentennial.
Are written responses important?
Yes. Many application scholarships assess the response together with the student profile, particularly when several applicants meet the minimum criteria.
Does admission guarantee a scholarship?
No. Admission creates student status, while scholarship eligibility and selection follow separate award criteria and availability.
Where should students verify the current rules?
Use Centennial College’s official scholarship listing, the relevant academic-school page, the application-award page, and the notice in myCentennial.