Students

Tuition and Stipends


All students admitted into our graduate program are offered a competitive stipend, sufficient to cover living expenses and tuition.

The stipend derives from a combination of Teaching Assistantships (TA), Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA) and scholarships for highly qualified students. Outstanding students can benefit from a number of NSERC scholarships and internal awards such as the Four Year Fellowships (4YF). The table below summarizes a few examples of stipends for Canadian students during the academic year 2023-24. Of note, there is a 50% reduction in the Teaching Assistantship workload for all major scholarship holders.

As you can see, all PhD students receive a Tuition Award that will cover their tuition fully. The tuition award is offered for five years. As no such award is available for MSc students, we have adjusted their stipend upwards to defray the tuition.



2023-24 MSc Students PhD Students
Stipend NSERC CGSM Stipend (Yr 1-2) NSERC CGSM UBC 4YF NSERC PGSD NSERC CGSD
Funding $17,500 $17,500 $18,200 $21,000 $35,000
TA   $9,608   $4,804   $9,608   $4,804   $4,804   $4,804   $4,804
GRA $19,876   $5,500 $15,712   $5,500   $2,500   $2,500
Tuition Award   $5,408   $5,408   $5,408   $5,408   $5,408
PAEIPA Funding   $1,215   $1,215   $1,215   $1,215   $1,215
Laird Fellowship   $2,000   $2,000   $2,000   $2,000   $2,000
Total Funding $29,484 $29,804 $31,943 $36,427 $34,127 $36,927 $48,427
 
Expenses
Tuition Fees   $5,408   $5,408   $5,408   $5,408   $5,408   $5,408   $5,408
 
Net Funding $24,076 $24,396 $26,535 $31,019 $28,719 $31,519 $43,019



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