Tuition fees are assessed based on your assigned cohort year. Cohort year refers to the academic calendar year for your first admission to the university OR the calendar year for subsequent admission to a new program or readmission to the same program or a new program.
Effective Summer 2026, the academic definitions of full-time and part-time statuses have changed for undergraduate students. This change to the academic load definitiondoes not affect the calculation of tuition and fees.
If you're registered in up to 1.75 credits, you're charged per credit.
If you're registered in 2.0 credits or more, you pay a flat-rate tuition, and taking additional credits will not increase what you pay.
Undergraduate and diploma students are billed tuition based on their status in the University’s records as one of the following:
Domestic Ontario student
Domestic Non-Ontario student
International student
Exception: All Domestic Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) students are billed the same tuition as Domestic Ontario (i.e., there is no differentiation between Domestic Ontario and Domestic Non-Ontario for DVM).
Eligibility and Definitions
You are considered a Domestic Ontario student if you are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada and you meet one or more of the following criteria:
Ontario is the most recent province where you have lived for 12 months in a row prior to being a post-secondary student. You must not be considered a resident of any other province.
You are a dependent student, and the primary residence of your parent(s), stepparent(s) or legal guardian is in Ontario (i.e., Ontario is the most recent province where they have lived for 12 months in a row). If your parents/stepparents are separated or divorced, this requirement applies to the parent or stepparent with whom you normally reside.
You are married, and the primary residence of your spouse or common-law partner is in Ontario (i.e., Ontario is the most recent province where your spouse or common-law partner has lived for 12 months in a row).
You are eligible for the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP).
You are considered a Domestic Non-Ontario student if you are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada, and you do not meet the definition of a Domestic Ontario student.
International students are defined as non-Canadian students who do not have "permanent resident" status and have had to obtain the authorization of the Canadian government to enter Canada with the intention of pursuing an education.
For information about changing your status from international to domestic, see "Immigration Status Change."