Final Year Fees and Funding
Fees and Funding for Final Year Students
Tuition Fees for Final Year Doctoral Students
Academic fees for Doctoral students in the final year of their program are pro-rated and based on the 12-month academic year.
Doctoral students will be billed for the annual fee but may choose to pay:
- the full fee,
- the minimum first payment or
- the expected monthly fee.
Incidental fees are charged on a sessional (term) basis. Doctoral candidates who complete all degree requirements (i.e. defend and submit a final thesis with all corrections and modifications approved), by mid-September/mid-January do not pay fees for the fall/winter session.
After mid-September, a monthly fee will be charged for each month in which all degree requirements are not completed.
For detailed information refer to the Student Accounts website.
Funding Policy for PhD Students Writing and Defending
A student will have a maximum of 6 months between receiving permission to write the thesis and the date of the Ph.D. Oral Examination. This includes three months to write the thesis, one month to revise and obtain approval from the supervisor and committee members via “Thesis Approval” and “Exam Request Forms” and two months for the exam to be scheduled.
Funding breakdown (living allowance + tuition)
Living allowance: The living allowance will continue to be paid up to and including the month the defence is held.
Tuition: for PhD programs tuition is based on the date the final thesis is submitted to the School of Graduate Studies. Note that the thesis submission can only be done AFTER the defence and as such students should allow sufficient time for these corrections to be made and approved (1-2 weeks minimum for minor corrections).
Final year fee’s are pro-rated on a monthly basis and are determined by the submission date of the thesis. The deadline is the 15th of the month.
No tuition: Submission of the final thesis by September 15th
After September 15th, the total tuition will be calculated monthly So for example, a student who submits their thesis between Sept. 16 – Oct. 15th will be charged 1 month, Oct. 16 – Nov. 15 charged 2 months etc. The actual monthly total will be posted on the Student Account website
NOTE: the fee’s for students (MSc and PhD) on a program extension will be different as they will reflect the reduced tuition of extension students. These will also be listed on
Departmental Funding Policy for MSc Students Writing and Defending
The student will have a maximum of four months from the permission-to-write date to defend the thesis; this includes three months for writing the thesis, obtaining approval from the supervisor and committee members via the “Thesis Approval” and “Exam Request Forms” and one month for scheduling of the exam.
Funding breakdown (living allowance + tuition)
Living allowance: The living allowance will continue to be paid up to and including the month the defence is held.
Tuition: for MSc programs tuition is based on the date the final thesis is submitted to the School of Graduate Studies. Note that the thesis submission can only be done AFTER the defence and as such students should allow sufficient time for these corrections to be made and approved (1-2 weeks minimum for minor corrections).
MSc students: Final year fees are calculated by term (Fall / Winter). There are two deadlines that will determine how much tuition a student will need to pay.
To avoid paying tuition for the Fall – the final thesis must be submitted to SGS by or before the SGS deadline – typically this is end of September / Early October.
To avoid paying tuition for the Winter session – the final thesis must be submitted to SGS by or before the SGS deadline – typically this is end of late January.
MSc thesis submitted AFTER the Winter session deadline will be charged for the Full year of tuition (which students must pay in full by the end of April to avoid paying interest charges)
NOTE: the fee’s for students (MSc and PhD) on a program extension will be different as they will reflect the reduced tuition of extension students. These will also be listed on the Student Account website
Master's Tuition Fee Bursary
A limited number of bursaries are available from SGS for Master’s students whose minimum period of registration (i.e. program length) will have ended by or before either August or December and who have a small amount of work outstanding for the degree.
The value of the bursary is equal to the difference between one session full-time fee and one session part-time fee. This tuition assistance is provided for only one session during the academic year. For further information contact the Graduate Program Administrator or the SGS.