Who is eligible and who should apply to the WAM program?
- Undergraduate students who self-identify as women and are interested in learning more about investments and asset management and will have completed their second year of undergraduate studies by May 2025 from Western University of any other Canadian university;
- You are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident (international students are not eligible)
- You can be in any faculty;
- You should have a natural curiosity for financial markets and investing;
- You should have a strong track record of academic success while balancing extracurricular activities; and,
- Investment knowledge and strong research, reporting, and technical skills are beneficial but not required.
The 2025 Women in Asset Management (WAM) Application Portal will go live on this website starting in October 2024. There are two rounds of admission opportunities. The first round opens on October 1, 2024, and closes on November 18, 2024. The second round opens on November 19, 2024, and closes on January 6, 2025. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis as they are submitted, and decisions are issued within 2-3 weeks of the respective round's deadline. You don’t need to wait until the application deadline to apply, and early submissions are encouraged.