Application fees

Your application for admission cannot be processed until your application fee is received. You will be prompted to pay this fee by credit card as part of the online application process. Cash will not be accepted.

Application fees for graduate students:

• $110 CAD - all transcripts arriving from institutions within Canada
• $135 CAD - any transcripts arriving from institutions outside of Canada

These fees are non-refundable and will not be counted toward your tuition. 

Acceptance deposits

Some academic units may require payment of an acceptance deposit. This deposit is non-refundable, but will be credited to your first term fees upon registration. Please contact the graduate secretary for your program to see if this applies to you.

About graduate tuition at UVic

For degree students at the graduate level, tuition is assessed as a total degree program fee, not as a per course fee. Payment of the fee is broken down into “fee installments.” You will be charged an installment for every term you are registered in a degree program. Fees are assessed in September, January and May.

Please note that minimum fee installments apply, regardless of your degree level or program timeline. For full details, consult the fees regulations.

Current fees

• For current fees, see the tuition and fees schedule. You will be assessed domestic fees if you are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. International fees will be assessed if you are studying on a student visa.
• In addition to tuition, you are required to pay other (ancillary) fees as part of student life at UVic and must arrange for appropriate medical insurance. 
• If you are studying at UVic as a non-degree student, you will pay for individual courses on a per-unit basis.

Please note:

• Students enrolled in the graduate co-op program will pay a work term fee in addition to program and other student fees.
• Students who remain registered after exceeding the time limit for their degree (normally five years for a master's degree and seven years for a doctoral degree) will be assessed a program extension fee at the regular tuition rate per term.

Tuition and Fees FAQs

Graduate Student Tuition Income Offset Plan

You have the option of participating in a Tuition Income Offset Plan to assist you in aligning the payment of your tuition with your award and/or employment income.  The plan allows you to pay tuition in four instalments over each four-month term and have the payments taken automatically from your bank account.

Full details, deadlines and the authorization form are available from Accounting Services.

As part of student life at UVic, all students are required to pay some universal (ancillary) fees in addition to their tuition. A list of ancillary fees is published in the graduate academic calendar.

See the Graduate Students’ Society for information on opting out of the extended health or dental plans.

Consult the Graduate Students’ Society for the very limited conditions for opting out of the U-Pass bus pass plan.

All students are required to have appropriate health insurance for the duration of their studies in Canada. The Graduate Students’ Society (GSS) provides a mandatory extended health plan and dental insurance plan (in addition to regular MSP coverage) for full-time graduate students. See the Graduate Students’ Society for information on health plan and dental coverage.

Aon Reed Stenhouse Inc. (Aon) is UVic’s approved emergency medical insurance provider for the waiting period. You can enrol for these services online. The extended health insurance included in your student fees is not a substitute for emergency health insurance or BC MSP.

International students: for more information on medical insurance requirements for international students, visit the International and Exchange Student Services website.

BC residents (including international students): you must be covered by BC Medical Services Plan (MSP). There is a waiting period for new applicants, so you should arrange for emergency health insurance from an alternate provider before you arrive in BC. 

Residents of another Canadian province: you may choose to stay with your home province medical plan. Please contact your provincial medical plan office for details: contact information is listed on the GSS website.

In addition to program and ancillary fees, financial considerations such as where and how you will live while you study and additional expenses including transportation, technology, travel, books and food all have to be factored in.

To give you some idea of what to expect, these resources offer a starting place:

• On-campus housing rates
• Off-campus housing listings
• UVic parking rates