The Desautels Faculty of Management MBA Scholarships 2024/25

This is to inform the public about the 2024/2025 MBA Scholarships for prospective international students at the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. Details about the Program are given below.

The Desautels Faculty of Management MBA Scholarships 2024/25

McGill Desautels Faculty of Management MBA Scholarships 2024

Various entrance scholarship awards are available that prospective MBA students at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management can access during their admission process. They are as follows.

Adam Dinkes MBA Leadership Award

The Adam Dinkes MBA Leadership Award, established in 2015 by Adam Dinkes, MBA 2000, to support outstanding students entering or enrolled in the MBA Program in the Desautels Faculty of Management.

Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management based on academic merit and demonstrated leadership skills. Preference will be given to international students with an interest in entrepreneurship.

Value: $10,000

Alvin J. Walker Scholarship

The Alvin J. Walker Scholarship, established by the estate of the late Alvin J. Walker, is awarded on the basis of academic merit to a student entering the MBA program.
Value: Varies

Cesvet Family MBA Fellowship

The Cesvet Family MBA Fellowship, established in 2015 by Bertrand Cesvet, BA 1986, MBA 1988, in honour of his parents, to support outstanding students entering the MBA Program in the Desautels Faculty of Management.

This award is given by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management based on academic merit and demonstrated creative abilities. Preference will be given to a visible minority student.

Value: Varies

Dominic K.M. Lai MBA Fellowship

The Dominic K.M. Lai MBA Fellowship, established in 2016 by Dominic K.M. Lai, BSc 1977, MBA 1979, to support outstanding students entering or enrolled in the MBA Program at the Desautels Faculty of Management.

Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management based on academic merit. Preference will be given to students from Asia.

Value: Varies

Herschorn H E Graduate Award

The Herschorn H E Graduate Award was established in 1965 for a full-time student entering the MBA program. Awarded based on academic merit.

Value: Up to $5,000

Ip Kim Hung MBA Leadership Award

The Ip Kim Hung MBA Leadership Award was established in 2015 by Ip Hon Sum, MBA 1981, in honour of his father, Mr. Ip Kim Hung, to support outstanding students entering or enrolled in the MBA Program in the Desautels Faculty of Management.

Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management based on academic merit and demonstrated leadership skills. Preference will be given to students from countries in Asia.

​Value: Varies

J. Keith Drysdale MBA Fellowship

The J. Keith Drysdale MBA Fellowship was established in 2004 by Donna Drysdale, B. Ed. 1959, in honour of her beloved late husband, J. Keith Drysdale, B.Sc. 1960, M.B.A. 1966, and his esteemed career in logistics and materials management.

It is awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management to outstanding students entering or enrolled in the MBA Program on the basis of academic merit and demonstrated leadership skills. Preference will be given to a Canadian student.

Value: Varies

Kelly Family MBA Leadership Award

The Kelly Family MBA Leadership Award, established in 2010 by Brian Kelly, MBA 1968, to support outstanding students entering or enrolled in the MBA Program in the Desautels Faculty of Management. Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management based on academic merit and demonstrated leadership skills.

Value: $15,000

Lecky Foundation MBA Leadership Award

The Lecky Foundation MBA Leadership Award, established in 2018 by the Lecky Foundation, is to support outstanding students enrolled in the MBA Program in the Desautels Faculty of Management.

Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management to two exceptional students per year entering or enrolled in the MBA Program based on academic merit and demonstrated leadership skills.

Value: $10,000

Lewis and Margaret Pearl Pugh MBA Entrance Fellowship

The Lewis and Margaret Pearl Pugh MBA Entrance Fellowship was established in 2015 by Paul Pugh, BSc 1967, MBA 1971, in memory of his parents, Lewis and Margaret Pearl Pugh. The Fellowship is to support outstanding students entering the MBA Program at the Desautels Faculty of Management.

It is awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management on the basis of academic merit and demonstrated leadership skills.

Value: Varies

Linda & Robert Goldberger Fellowships

The Linda & Robert Goldberger Fellowships, established in 2009 by Linda H. Goldberger, BSW ’78, and Robert J. Goldberger, MBA ’82, to support students entering the MBA Program. Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management to outstanding Canadian MBA students based on academic merit.

Value: $25,000

Marcel A. Desautels Masters Fellowships

The Marcel A. Desautels Masters Fellowships, established in 2011 by Marcel A. Desautels, CM, LLD ’07, to support outstanding students entering the MBA Program. Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management to exceptional Canadian students based on academic merit and leadership qualities.

Value: Varies

MBA Class of 1979 Fellowship

The MBA Class of 1979 Fellowship, established in 2020 by the MBA Class of 1979 in recognition and celebration of their 40th-anniversary reunion, is awarded by the Desautels Faculty of Management on the basis of academic merit to an outstanding graduate student entering or enrolled in the MBA Program at the Desautels Faculty of Management.

Value: $10,000

MBA Class of 1994 Leadership Award

The MBA Class of 1994 Leadership Award, established by the MBA Class of 1994 in honour of their 25th-anniversary reunion, to support outstanding students entering or enrolled in the MBA Program in the Desautels Faculty of Management.

Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management based on merit and demonstrated leadership skills.

Value: $10,000

Nova Steel Award

The Nova Steel Award, established in 2021 by Scott B. Jones, MBA 1991, supports outstanding graduate students entering or enrolled in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program in the Desautels Faculty of Management.

Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management based on leadership, entrepreneurial spirit and academic merit. First preference will be given to Canadian students. Second preference will be given to students with demonstrated creative and innovative thinking.

Value: Varies

Philip Earle Jenkins MBA Leadership and Diversity Award

The Philip Earle Jenkins MBA Leadership and Diversity Award was established in 2017 by Philip Jenkins, BEng 1987, MBA 1995, to support outstanding students entering the MBA Program in the Desautels Faculty of Management.

Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management based on merit, demonstrated leadership skills and community service. Preference will be given to a visible minority student.

Value: $10,000

Paul Tellier MBA Fellowships

The Paul Tellier MBA Fellowships, established by Paul Tellier for outstanding MBA students in the Desautels Faculty of Management, are awarded on the basis of academic merit.

Value: Varies

Pierre-Olivier Perras MBA Leadership Award

The Pierre-Olivier Perras MBA Leadership Award, established in 2017 by Pierre-Olivier Perras, MBA 1997, to support outstanding students entering or enrolled in the MBA Program in the Desautels Faculty of Management.

Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management based on demonstrated leadership skills and excellence in business, sports and his or her community.

Value: $10,000

Robert Zittrer MBA Leadership Award

The Robert Zittrer MBA Leadership Award, established in 2015 by Robert Zittrer, BCom 1972, to support outstanding students entering or enrolled in the MBA Program in the Desautels Faculty of Management.

Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management based on academic merit and demonstrated leadership skills.

Value: $10,000

Rick McCreary MBA Leadership Award

The Rick McCreary MBA Leadership Award, established in 2015 by Rick McCreary, MBA 1997, supports outstanding students who have completed an undergraduate degree in Engineering and are entering the MBA Program in the Desautels Faculty of Management. It is awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management on the basis of academic merit and demonstrated leadership skills.
Value: $10,000

Ruth P. Glenen Fellowships

The Ruth P. Glenen Fellowships, established in 2022 by the 11:11 Charitable Foundation, in loving memory of Ruth Patricia Glenen.

Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management based on academic merit to two female students entering the MBA Program in the Desautels Faculty.

Value: Varies

Sal Iacono MBA Leadership Award

The Sal Iacono MBA Leadership Award, established in 2018 by Sal Iacono, MBA 1989, to support outstanding students entering or enrolled in the MBA Program in the Desautels Faculty of Management.

Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management based on academic merit, demonstrated leadership skills, and excellence in either business and his or her community.

Value: $10,000

Samira Sakhia MBA Leadership Award

The Samira Sakhia MBA Leadership Award was established in 2016 by Samira Sakhia, BCom 1990, DPA 1994, MBA 2001, to support outstanding students entering or enrolled in the MBA Program in the Desautels Faculty of Management.

Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management based on academic merit and demonstrated leadership skills.
Value: 10,000

Sandhya and Swati Sharma MBA Leadership Award

The Sandhya and Swati Sharma MBA Leadership Award, established in 2014 by Mahesh Sharma, Dip Eng 1968, MEng 1972, Dip Man 1974, MBA 1976, in loving memory of his children, Sandhya and Swati, those lives, along with their mother, Uma, were tragically cut short in the bombing of Air India Flight 182.

The Sandhya and Swati Sharma MBA Leadership Award was established to support outstanding students entering the MBA Program in the Desautels Faculty of Management. Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management based on academic merit and demonstrated leadership skills.

Value: Varies

Samer Bekai-Saab MBA Entrance Fellowship

The Samer Bekai-Saab MBA Entrance Fellowship was established in 2015 by Samer Bekai-Saab, BEng 1993, MBA 1996, to support outstanding students entering the MBA Program at the Desautels Faculty of Management.

This award is given by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management based on academic merit and demonstrated leadership skills.

Value: Varies

Scotiabank Fellowships

The Scotiabank Fellowships, established in 2010 by Scotiabank, support outstanding Masters students in the Desautels Faculty of Management.

They are awarded by the Desautels Faculty of Management on the basis of academic merit and demonstrated leadership skills. Preference will be given to students from Latin America or the Caribbean.

Value: $10,000

Timothy Thompson MBA Fellowships

The Timothy Thompson MBA Fellowships, established in 2010 by Timothy Thompson, MBA ’90, support outstanding students entering the MBA Program.

They are awarded to outstanding Canadian MBA students on the basis of academic merit, demonstrated community involvement, and leadership.

Value: Up to $10,000

Webb-Wong Family Masters Fellowship

The Webb-Wong Family Masters Fellowship was established in 2015 by William R. Webb, MBA 1993, and Agnes Wong, MDCM 1994, to support outstanding students entering the MD/MBA Program at McGill.

Awarded by the Master’s Program Office of the Desautels Faculty of Management based on academic merit, demonstrated community involvement and a commitment to improving the healthcare system.

Value: Varies

Eligibility Requirements

Unless otherwise noted, all students are automatically considered for awards, which are granted by the MBA Scholarships Committee.

How to Apply for Desautels Management Faculty MBA Scholarships

Prospective MBA students at the Desautels Faculty of Management can access any of the above scholarship funding options during their admission application process.

Application Deadline

There is no specific application deadline for the above scholarship awards, as they are Entrance awards awarded to newly admitted students at the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University.

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