Scholarships & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Assistance

MTM College offers many options for students who are unable to pay all or part of their tuition due to financial hardship, including a number of scholarships and some bursaries.

Students attending MTM are not eligible for OSAP, but many find the student line of credit to be a helpful alternative. A student line of credit is similar to OSAP in that you do not have to begin paying back your loan until 6 months after graduation, and interest rates are lower than a regular loan. We can provide support in helping you find an appropriate financial institution. You can learn more about student lines of credit here, or contact studentsupport@maxthemutt.com for more information.

Quebec students applying for Full Time studies

MTM College is an eligible college under the QSL act
for students Studying Outside Quebec

Our school code is: H7538A
program codes are:
Illustration- 8880A
Animation- 8880M
Concept Art – 9002A

Scholarships and Bursaries

Scholarships and bursaries are awarded on a review of your portfolio, financial need, and the recommendations of references.

Available Scholarships and Bursaries

Sean Michael Stewart Memorial Scholarship (for students entering Year 1)
Application deadline: May 13, 2022
Interview date for finalists (if relevant): To be determined
New Canadian Scholarship (for students entering Year 1)
Application deadline: May 13, 2022
Interview date for finalists (if relevant): To be determined
Bradley Mark Johnston Memorial Scholarship (for students entering Years 2 or 3)
Application Deadline: May 27, 2022
Patricia Rose Christmas Memorial Scholarship (for students entering Year 4)
Application Deadline: Not offered this year
MTM Bursary grants (for students entering Years 2, 3 or 4)
Application Deadline: May 27, 2022

We strive to notify all applicants of the results within one month of the deadline date.

Scholarships For Students Entering Year 1

The Sean Michael Stewart Memorial Scholarship

About the Scholarship: This scholarship offers tuition support for an incoming student showing excellence of previous work and character as well as demonstrated financial need, entering the first year of any diploma program at MTM. It is renewable for Years 2 and 3 if the recipient retains good academic and professional standing. This scholarship is worth up to $10,850 per school year in tuition support.

Sean Michael Stewart was an early supporter of MTM who believed in the mission of Career Colleges. He was very experienced in the field, and often and freely graciously gave advice and counsel. His untimely passing affected all of us, and we established this scholarship in his memory. The Sean Michael Stewart Memorial Scholarship is for a Canadian student entering Year 1.

Deadline to apply: May 13, 2022

Interview date for finalists (if relevant): To be determined

Eligibility:

This scholarship is for Canadian citizens or permanent residents.
You must have already been reviewed and accepted into Year 1 of any of our three diploma programs to apply for this scholarship (before the scholarship application deadline).
Scholarship criteria is based on excellence of work and character as well as demonstrated financial need.

To Apply:

To apply, please fill out an application form, and submit it along with the following required items to admissionscounselor@maxthemutt.com. Please note that all required items must be submitted electronically via email in one folder, either as a shared Google Drive folder or as a single zipped file. All images must be in JPG or PNG format.

Required Items:

1. 1. 1. A completed SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM.
    2. The images from your original portfolio review along with any additional work you believe highlights your strengths (maximum of 6 additional images). Additional work can be digital images, drawings, sketches, paintings, etc. but all images must be submitted electronically in JPG or PNG format.
    3. One character reference letter (must be a different reference from those given for your application).
    4. An essay of no more than 1 page (max 400 words) outlining why you think you demonstrate excellence of work and character, as well as why you need financial assistance, and any special considerations that are relevant to your financial situation.
    5. An expected budget for the school year including your anticipated monthly costs for rent, transportation, food and living expenses. Please use this template to create your budget.
    6. Copies of the Notice of Assessment for the previous tax year from both you and your parents and/or guardians to show evidence of financial need. If your tax assessments are not in English, please also provide the number for how much you and your parents (and/or guardians) made before and after tax (to ensure documentation is clear for the scholarship committee).

The New Canadians Scholarship

About the Scholarship: MTM College is pleased to offer the New Canadians Scholarship to new Canadians. This scholarship offers tuition support for an incoming student showing excellence of previous work and character as well as demonstrated financial need, entering the first year of any diploma program at MTM College. It is renewable for Years 2 and 3 if the recipient retains good academic and professional standing. This scholarship is worth up to $10,850 per school year in tuition support.

Deadline to apply: May 13, 2022

Interview date for finalists (if relevant): To be determined

Eligibility:

Must have resided in Canada for less than five years, have permanent resident status, or be a citizen.
You must have already been reviewed and accepted into Year 1 of any of our three diploma programs to apply for this scholarship (before the scholarship application deadline).
Scholarship criteria is based on excellence of work and character as well as demonstrated financial need.

To Apply:

Required Items:

1. 1. 1. A completed SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM.
    2. The images from your original portfolio review along with any additional work you believe highlights your strengths (maximum of 6 additional images). Additional work can be digital images, drawings, sketches, paintings, etc. but all images must be submitted electronically in JPG or PNG format.
    3. One character reference letter (must be a different reference from those given for your application).
    4. An essay of no more than 1 page (max 400 words) outlining why you think you demonstrate excellence of work and character, as well as why you need financial assistance, and any special considerations that are relevant to your financial situation.
    5. An expected budget for the school year including your anticipated monthly costs for rent, transportation, food and living expenses. Please use this template to create your budget.
    6. Copies of the Notice of Assessment for the previous tax year from both you and your parents and/or guardians to show evidence of financial need. If your tax assessments are not in English, please also provide the number for how much you and your parents (and/or guardians) made before and after tax (to ensure documentation is clear for the scholarship committee).

Please note that students who successfully complete Stage One of the application process may be asked to do an interview depending on the year and number of applicants.

Scholarship For Students Entering Year 2 or 3

Bradley Mark Johnston Memorial Scholarship

About the Scholarship: This scholarship offers a number of one-year tuition awards ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 for students entering Years 2 or 3 of a diploma program. The number of awards handed out varies each year depending on the number and strength of applicants.

This scholarship is made possible by the Bradley Mark Johnston Education Foundation. Bradley Mark Johnston was a graduate of MTM Animation School and a talented artist and animator. He was a kind, generous, compassionate and caring young man who was a loyal and loving son, brother and fiancé. In honour of his unexpected passing, Brad’s family has established this foundation in his memory in remembrance of his generous desire to support aspiring young artists.

“The mission of the Bradley Mark Johnston Educational Foundation is to assist deserving, talented young people by granting financial tuition assistance, thus enabling them to further their post-secondary education in Fine Arts and Animation, which they might not otherwise be able to pursue. The Foundation is a Registered Charity, recognized by the Canada Revenue Agency, and tax-deductible contributions can be made to the Foundation by both individuals and companies.

Deadline to apply: May 27, 2022

Eligibility:

This scholarship is open to all students (Canadian and International) entering Years 2 or 3.
Scholarship criteria is based on excellence of work and character as well as demonstrated financial need.
Students must be in good academic standing to apply.
All classwork from previous year must be completed and grades submitted before the application deadline.

Please note: If you apply for the Bradley Mark Johnston Memorial Scholarship, you will automatically be considered for the MTM Bursary Grants if you do not get the Scholarship. You do not have to apply twice.

To Apply:

To apply, please fill out an application form, and submit it along with the following required items to registrar@maxthemutt.com. Please note that all required items must be submitted electronically via email in one folder, either as a shared Google Drive folder or as a single zipped file. All images must be in JPG or PNG format.

Required Items:

1. 1. A completed SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM.
  2. An essay of no more than 1 page (max 400 words) outlining why you think you demonstrate excellence of work and character, as well as why you need financial assistance, and any special considerations that are relevant to your financial situation.
  3. An expected budget for the school year including your anticipated monthly costs for rent, transportation, food and living expenses. Please use this template to create your budget.
  4. Copies of the Notice of Assessment for the previous tax year from both you and your parents and/or guardians to show evidence of financial need. If your tax assessments are not in English, please also provide the number for how much you and your parents (and/or guardians) made before and after tax (to ensure documentation is clear for the scholarship committee).
  5. A maximum of 8 submissions from your portfolio of work. All images must be in JPG or PNG format. Demo reels: 1920×1080 in any of the standard watchable video file formats (.mp4, mpeg-4, .mov, .avi, etc). Please include images from your sketchbook (max 5 images) with each image counting as 1 submission, along with the following:
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    Illustration and Concept Art students entering Year 2: Portfolio work from any of your first year courses of your choosing.
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    Animation students entering Year 2: Submit a demo reel of your animation e.g., animation assignments, personal projects.
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    Illustration and Concept Art students entering Year 3: A portfolio of work showing what you have achieved in subjects directly related to your major (max 8 submissions). See table for accepted courses.
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    Animation students entering Year 3: Submit a demo reel of your animation ie: animation assignments, 2D computer animation, personal projects.
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  6. Two reference letters from instructors. For students entering Year 2, these can be from any instructor at MTM with whom the student had a class in Year 1. For students entering year 3, at least one of these references should be from a professional teaching a course related to your major. See table for accepted courses.

Accepted Courses for References and Portfolio Work for Students Entering Year 3
Animation	Concept Art	Illustration
Digital Background Painting Introduction to Storyboarding & Film Language 2D Computer Animation (any course) Storyboarding 1 Animation Basics Character Design Layout for Animation	Digital Background Painting Introduction to Storyboarding & Film Language Storyboarding 1 Advanced Environment Design & Painting in Photoshop Environment Visualization Layout for Animation Drawing Props & Objects	Layout + Inking Constructive Figure Drawing Background, Props & Structures Penciling Visual Storytelling Scripting Cartooning Colouring & Lettering Illustration

Scholarship For Students Entering Year 4

Patricia Rose Christmas Memorial Scholarships

Please note that due to low class numbers, this scholarship will not be offered for the 2022/2023 school year. Students can still apply for an MTM Bursary.

About the Scholarship: This scholarship offers tuition support for an incoming student showing excellence of work and character as well as demonstrated financial need. This scholarship is awarded to a student entering Year 4 in one of our diploma programs. There is one scholarship given per program in which there are 11 or more full-time students in a graduating class. Scholarships are worth up to $10,350 for Animation students and $9,850 for Concept Art and ISSA students in tuition support.

Patricia Rose Christmas acted as our Advisor and Publicist when MTM was in its infancy. She was very generous and supportive. She helped find ways to introduce us to the world, and was enthusiastic about spreading the word to industry and others about the quality of work our students were producing. She had all the qualities we want to emulate: professionalism, generosity of spirit and great courage. In memory of Patricia Rose Christmas, MTM established the this memorial scholarship.

Please note: If you apply for the Patricia Rose Christmas Memorial Scholarship, you will automatically be considered for the MTM Bursary Grants if you do not get the Scholarship. You do not have to apply twice.

Deadline to apply: N/A – not being offered this year

Eligibility:

This scholarship is open to all students (Canadian and International) in any of our diploma programs entering Year 4 as part of a program cohort of 11 or more full-time students.
Scholarship criteria is based on excellence of work and character as well as demonstrated financial need.
Students must be in good academic standing to apply.
All classwork from previous year must be completed and grades submitted before the application deadline.

To Apply:

Required Items:

1. 1. A completed SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM.
  2. An essay of no more than 1 page (max 400 words) outlining why you think you demonstrate excellence of work and character, as well as why you need financial assistance, and any special considerations that are relevant to your financial situation.
  3. An expected budget for the school year including your anticipated monthly costs for rent, transportation, food and living expenses. Please use this template to create your budget.
  4. Copies of the Notice of Assessment for the previous tax year from both you and your parents and/or guardians to show evidence of financial need. If your tax assessments are not in English, please also provide the number for how much you and your parents (and/or guardians) made before and after tax (to ensure documentation is clear for the scholarship committee).
  5. A reference from your Program Coordinator.
  6. Your portfolio of work as follows:
    For Animation students: You must include an animation demo-reel but should also include work from your storyboard courses, layout courses, and/or character design. You can also include additional work from related courses such as Drawing for Animation. You can either provide this work in the your application folder, or you can provide a link to a website where we can view the work. If you provide a link to the website, please make sure we know which work we should be looking at. For demo reels: 1920×1080 in any of the standard watchable video file formats (.mp4, mpeg-4, .mov, .avi, etc).
    For Concept Art students: You must include both final and in progress work for Environment Design, Prop Design and Character Design courses. You can include additional work from other related subjects. You can either provide this work in the your application folder, or you can provide a link to a website where we can view the work. If you provide a link to the website, please make sure we know which work we should be looking at.
    For ISSA students: You must include 3 pages of comics pencils (preferably consecutive pages), 2 inking examples, 1-2 character designs, 1-3 examples of colouring and/or lettering, and 1-3 children’s book illustrations. The whole portfolio should be about 10-12 items.
  7. One reference from an instructor of a course directly related to your diploma program as follows:
    For Animation students: animation, layout, or storyboarding instructor
    For Concept Art students: environment, character design, or props instructor
    For ISSA students: Penciling 2&3, Inking 2&3, Cartooning, Character Design, Colouring & Lettering, Illustration for Children’s Books, and Intro to Graphic Novels.

PLEASE NOTE: MTM cannot award Year 4 scholarships in years when we have too few in the graduating group (10 or less full-time students) as these scholarships are given without an endowment and reflect our commitment to doing our best to support deserving students who are financially challenged.

MTM Bursary Grants

About MTM Bursary Grants: Bursaries are one-year tuition support grants which take into consideration a student’s portfolio work, professionalism and financial need. These grants may range from $1000 to $6000 dollars.

Deadline to apply: Mar 27, 2022

Eligibility:

This scholarship is open to all students (Canadian and International) entering Years 2, 3 or 4.
Bursaries are given based on demonstrated financial need. Students must also show excellence of work and character.
Students must be in good academic standing to apply.
All classwork from previous year must be completed and grades submitted before the application deadline.

Please note: If you apply for the Bradley Mark Johnston Memorial or Patricia Rose Christmas Memorial Scholarship, you will automatically be considered for the MTM Bursary Grants if you do not get the Scholarship. You do not have to apply twice.

To Apply:

Required Items:

1. 1. A completed SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM.
  2. An essay of no more than 1 page (max 300 words) outlining why you need financial assistance, and any special considerations that are relevant to your financial situation.
  3. An expected budget for the school year including your anticipated monthly costs for rent, transportation, food and living expenses. Please use this template to create your budget.
  4. Copies of the Notice of Assessment for the previous tax year from both you and your parents and/or guardians to show evidence of financial need. If your tax assessments are not in English, please also provide the number for how much you and your parents (and/or guardians) made before and after tax (to ensure documentation is clear for the scholarship committee).
  5. Your portfolio of work. All images must be in JPG or PNG format. Please include images from your sketchbook (max 5 images) along with the following:
    –
    Illustration and Concept Art students entering Year 2: Portfolio work from any first year courses of your choosing (max 5 submissions).
    –
    Animation students entering Year 2: Submit a demo reel of your animation e.g., animation assignments, personal projects.
    –
    Illustration and Concept Art students entering Year 3: A portfolio of work showing what you have achieved in subjects directly related to your major (max 5 submissions). See table for accepted courses.
    –
    Animation students entering Year 3: Submit a demo reel of your animation e.g., animation assignments, 2D computer animation, personal projects.
    –
    Animation students entering Year 4: Submit an animation demo-reel. Also include some work (max 10 images) from your storyboard courses, layout courses, character design and/or Drawing for Animation.
    –
    Concept Art students entering Year 4: Include both final and in progress work for Environment Design, Prop Design and Character Design courses. You can include additional work from other related subjects (max 5 images).
  6. Two reference letters from instructors. For students entering Year 2, these can be from any instructor at MTM with whom the student had a class in Year 1. For students entering year 3, at least one of these references should be from a professional teaching a course related to your major. See table for accepted courses.

Accepted Courses for References and Portfolio Work for Students Entering Year 3
Animation	Concept Art	Illustration
Digital Background Painting Introduction to Storyboarding & Film Language 2D Computer Animation (any course) Storyboarding 1 Animation Basics Character Design Layout for Animation	Digital Background Painting Introduction to Storyboarding & Film Language Storyboarding 1 Advanced Environment Design & Painting in Photoshop Environment Visualization Layout for Animation Drawing Props & Objects	Layout + Inking Constructive Figure Drawing Background, Props & Structures Penciling Visual Storytelling Scripting Cartooning Colouring & Lettering Illustration