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Probably not open to students in Gaza: A Canadian study permit needs fingerprints and a photo taken outside Gaza, and Canada has not waived this: more than 130 Palestinians admitted to Canadian graduate programmes are stuck in Gaza. If you have left Gaza, this may not apply to you; check the official page.
World University Service of Canada (WUSC)
WUSC Student Refugee Program (education and resettlement sponsorship)
A refugee resettlement and Canadian post-secondary sponsorship route; WUSC explicitly says it is not a scholarship.
Do I qualify Probably not open to students in Gaza
Do I qualify
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UNHCR-registered refugees currently and continuously resident for three years in Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon or Uganda; age 18-25 on 1 January; eligible for Canadian private-sponsorship resettlement; completed secondary school with original credentials; competent in English or French; single with no chil…
UNHCR-registered refugees currently and continuously resident for three years in Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon or Uganda; age 18-25 on 1 January; eligible for Canadian private-sponsorship resettlement; completed secondary school with original credentials; competent in English or French; single with no children; facing barriers to undergraduate post-secondary study.Show the full text
Not open to: Applicants outside an open country call, without UNHCR registration or Canadian resettlement eligibility, married applicants, or applicants with children
- Who is eligible
- Not specified; refugee and country-call eligibility govern
- Eligible residence
- Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon or Uganda, continuously for three years at application
- Level of study
- Undergraduate / post-secondary
- Fields of study
- Any
What's covered Partial funding
- Funding type
- Partial funding
- Funding details
- One year of in-kind/basic support such as reduced or free tuition and accommodation, plus a small sum for necessities; sponsored students do not receive study cash.
- Duration
- One year of sponsorship
- Host country
- Canada
- Host institution
- Participating Canadian campuses
What I need Not listed here
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How to apply
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- Deadline
- Deadline unconfirmed
- Deadline notes
- All 2027-28 calls are closed. Jordan/Lebanon—the most plausible routes for displaced Palestinians—closed 14 March 2026.
- Deadline timezone
- Country-specific
- Application cycle
- 2026 application cycle
- Notes
- The program uses a youth-to-youth sponsorship model where Canadian students support refugee students socially and academically.
Details to confirm
- This cycle is closed or has passed. Watch the official page for a future cycle.
- A direct official application route has not been found yet.
- Some hard eligibility requirements are incomplete in the captured source.
- This information is due to be checked again on the official page.
This cycle is closed or has passed; follow the provider page for the next cycle.
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