Eligibility
Students
The UROP is open to students of all undergraduate faculties and programs who meet the criteria outlined below.
Students registered in the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Education or a CO-OP program should also consult the eligibility criteria specific to unit they belong to.*
Students must:
- Have a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of at least 7.5 (Students transferring from another institution who do not have a University of Ottawa CGPA must have an admission average to their program of 75%)
- Be registered full time in an undergraduate program at the University of Ottawa (Exchange students are not eligible)
- Be in the second or third year of their program of study for the session they are applying for (They must have completed a minimum of 24 and a maximum of 80 credits)
- Have never received a UROP award
- Have never completed a Master’s degree or its equivalent
* In addition to the above, the following criteria apply:
- Students registered in a CO-OP program are eligible for UROP during the sessions they are taking courses only. To be considered to be in third year, a student must not have completed more than 80 credits, excluding placement credits. In addition, a student cannot submit an application to UROP with any professor the student has worked for during a CO-OP research placement.
- Students registered in an undergraduate program in the Faculty of Law must have a minimum CGPA of 6.0 to be eligible. They can participate during the first or second year of their program. Exceptionally, for the Fall 2011 and Winter 2012 sessions, third year students will be eligible.
- Students registered full time in the one-year full-time BEd program (teacher education) at the Faculty of Education are eligible for UROP during the year of the BEd program.