Alexander Rutherford Scholarship

This scholarship was named in honour of Alexander Rutherford, who had the distinction of being Alberta’s first Premier and Minister of Education. He was known for his strong support of public education, particularly the University of Alberta and his active involvement in community affairs.

Apply once your official high school transcript marks are available and when you are currently enrolled in full-time post-secondary studies. Requirements for high school transcript marks will vary.

To receive this scholarship, you must also meet all of these eligibility criteria:

• be a Canadian Citizen, a Permanent Resident of Canada or Protected Person under Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, (Visa students are not eligible).
• be an Alberta resident, and to be considered an Alberta resident the following conditions must apply:
  • one parent or legal guardian must have maintained permanent residence in Canada for at least 12 consecutive months immediately prior to the applicant commencing a program of study; and be a resident of Alberta on the start date of the applicant’s program of study; OR
  • applicant has maintained permanent residence in Alberta at least 12-months prior to commencing a program of study.
• applicants are not eligible to receive a scholarship with respect to any grade unless they or their parent(s)/legal guardian were a resident in Alberta throughout the whole of that grade.
• have completed high school on or after September 30, 1980.
• be enrolled in a full course load in a designated undergraduate post-secondary or an apprenticeship program of at least one semester in length.

Note: Graduate level studies and professional programs (e.g. medicine, veterinary medicine, optometry, etc.) are not eligible for this scholarship.

You may only be awarded the Alexander Rutherford scholarship once.