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Description: 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.
Eligibility
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;
applicant has maintained permanent residence in Alberta at least 12-months prior to commencing a program of study;
applicant is not eligible to receive a scholarship with respect to any grade unless the applicant or the applicant's 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.
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Fields
Tourism
Accounting
Aerospace Engineering
Agricultural Science
Agricultural Science
Anthropology
Archaeology and Ancient History
Architecture and Design
Artificial Intelligence
Arts and Culture
Astrophysics
Banking and Finance
Biochemistry
Biological Sciences
Biology
Biomedical Science
Building Technology
Business and Economics
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Communication
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Criminology
Data Science
Dentistry
Earth Sciences
Ecology
Economics
Education
Engineering
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Science
Epidemiology
Food science Technology
Forestry
French
Geographic Information Systems
Geography
Geosciences
Health Science
History
History of Art and Film
Horticulture
Hospitality and Management
Human Kinetics
Human Resources
Humanities
Information Systems
IT
Journalism
Journalism
Law
Library
Library and Information Science
Linguistics
Literature
Machine Learning
Management
Marine Science
Marketing
Material Engineering
Material Science
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Media
Medicine
Microbiology
Modern Languages
Museum Studies
Music
Neurobiology
Neuroscience
Nursing
Nutrition
Office Technology Management
Peace and Conflict
Pharmaceutical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Physiology
Plant Science
Political Science
Politics and International Relations
Psychiatry
Psychology
Public Health
Public Policy
Real Estate
Science
Social Science
Social Welfare
Social work
Sociology
Software Engineering
Soil Science
Space Science
Special Education
Sport Science
Supply Chain
Sustainable Development
Theology
Transportation Science
Urban Planning
Wild-life management
Zoology
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Qualifications
High School
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