Financial Aid

Posted July 14, 2009 - 09:10 by 尘
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The last thing you want to do is running into financial troubles while attending full time study.

If you are in that situation or going to, there are few ways to help you get out there:
1)       Student loan
2)       University Bursaries
3)       Access Fund
4)       Emergency Funding
 
 
Student loan are for Canadian citizenships and landed immigrants. Depends on situation, but most of time a portion of the loan is no-need-to-return. Usually arrange from 500-3000.  
 
2)       University Bursaries
http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/ubef/
There are few types of bursaries, the most common one is
Supplementary Bursary ($100-$2000)
http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/UBEF/nav01.cfm?nav01=26421

3)       Access Fund (Undergraduate Only)
http://www.su.ualberta.ca/services_and_businesses/services/accessfund
A portion of your SU fee goes toward to access fund, which means if you are paying SU fee, you can apply access fund. The yearly maximum you can receive is $3000 and a lifetime maximum is $6000. Access fund is for students whom need money,
How-Much-You-Receive = Your income – your expense.
most students does not have any income while attending full time study, but in order to apply successfully, especially for international students,  you need to show your most recent bank statement, and explain why the money wasn’t enough.
 
4)       Emergency Funding
      Emergency Student Loan
      http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/UBEF/nav01.cfm?nav01=26419&

      Emergency Bursaries (Maximum $2000)
      http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/UBEF/nav01.cfm?nav01=83498  

Graduate Students Association Emergency Bursaries (Maximum $1000)
http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/ubef/nav01.cfm?nav01=26528&

International Centre Emergency Loans and Bursaries Fund
http://www.international.ualberta.ca/current/loans.cfm