University Fees
Your education is one of the most valuable investments you can make. When you plan ahead and understand your costs, you can focus on your learning and experience.
How much is tuition?
The amount of tuition you pay will depend on factors such as your program and year of study, your course load and your campus. While the exact tuition fees for each academic year are typically finalized in the spring, you can take a look at the previous year's amounts in your area of study to get an idea of how much you'll pay in tuition. Remember that in addition to tuition, your total fees will include incidental and ancillary fees.
Incidental and ancillary fees
Non-academic incidental fees (or just "incidental fees") contribute to things like student societies, campus-based services, athletics and recreation facilities and student health and dental plans.
Ancillary fees cover things like field-trip costs, special equipment provided for coursework, professional work experience and placements and administrative costs, such as transcript fees or library fines.
Other costs to consider
There are a number of other costs to factor into your budget–for example, books, educational supplies, food and residence. And international students should also factor in the University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP).
Budgeting your education
Take control of your spending and feel more confident about your money. Explore tools, examples and advice to help you build a budget that will work for your student life.
Paying your fees
Fall & winter fees are available for viewing on ACORN, the university's student information service, as early as mid-July. Depending on your program and enrolment status you may not see tuition fees until after you are registered in courses.
If you are receiving government financial aid, scholarship or other funding, you may be eligible to defer fee payments until that funding is available.
Admission deposits
Review your offer letter if it indicates that you need to make an admission deposit. You will pay your admission deposit through ACORN, our student information system. You can log in to ACORN with your JOINid—the same credentials you use to log in to the Join U of T applicant portal, or the Engineering Applicant Portal. After your offer is labelled Accepted on either applicant portals, log in to ACORN and find the admission deposit in the Finances card. ACORN allows for deposit payments to be made through a few methods, credit card being the most direct. Follow the instructions on ACORN to make your admission deposit. Your Offer Letter has more information about the admission deposit.