Differential Tuition Fee Exemption Scholarship

Undergraduate programs - The value of the scholarship depends on your program and the term for which you are admitted. For example, if you enrol in the Faculty of Arts and tuition fees for international students are CAN $21,667.54 for the Fall term (as in 2024–2025), you'll receive a scholarship of CAN $12,500. This means you pay CAN $9,167.54 in tuition fees.

Master's and graduate diploma programs - The value of the Differential Tuition Fee Exemption Scholarship depends on your program. For example, if you enrol in the Faculty of Science and tuition fees are CAN $8,490.60 for the Fall term, you receive a scholarship of CAN $5,500. This means you pay CAN $2,990.60 in tuition fees.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for the Differential Tuition Fee Exemption Scholarship, you must:

• accept an offer of admission to a program offered in French, and
• be enrolled full time and take at least three courses taught in French per term (9 units).

OR

• accept an offer of admission to a program offered in English with a French Immersion Stream option
• meet the admission requirements of the French Immersion Stream, and
• be enrolled full time and take at least three courses taught in French per term (9 units).

To be eligible for the Differential Tuition Fee Exemption Scholarship - Master's Degree, you must:

• be enrolled full time in a master's degree program.
• accept an offer of admission to a program of study offered only in French

OR

• hold a secondary or postsecondary diploma attesting to a minimum of two years of study in French, and for programs that offer compulsory courses in both official languages (English and French), enrol in the courses offered in French.