The Doug Webb Award in History is given in memory of Professor Douglas Gordon Webb (1945-2005) who taught in the Department of History at Toronto Metropolitan. This Award is made to a student entering his or her third or fourth year in the Arts & Contemporary Studies program, History program, or History double major program, who has completed at least four HST-coded courses, and has displayed academic excellence. It is required that the student will have completed, with a B+ grade minimum, a course in at least one of the following subjects: History of the Third Reich; History of the First World War; History of the Second World War; or the History of the American Civil War. Applicants must also meet the requirements of the Ontario Trust for Student Support (OTSS)
Established in 2003, Metropolitan University is a non-profit private higher education institution located in the urban setting of the medium-sized city of Sylhet (population range of 500,000-1,000,000 inhabitants). Officially accredited and/or recognized by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, Metropolitan University (MU) is a very small (uniRank enrollment range: 1,000-1,999 students) coeducational higher education institution. Metropolitan University (MU) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees, master degrees in several areas of study. See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details. This 16 years old higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on entrance examinations and students' past academic record and grades. The admission rate range is 60-70% making this Bangladeshi higher education organization a somewhat selective institution.