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Fees & Funding

Tuition Fees

Total tuition and fees are approximately $7,255 CDN per year for domestic students and $15,200 CDN per year for international students.

Financial Support

MSc students receive generous funding in the amount of $26,000 from Smith School of Business. This funding is allocated from several sources – Smith Business awards, research assistantships, university fellowships, teaching assistantships and international tuition awards.

Students may supplement their package with additional research assistantship and teaching assistantship employment. Graduate students may work a total of 520 hours per year, or an average of 10 hours per week.

The program also provides funding to students to conduct research and present at conferences during the academic year.

Fellowships and Awards

All applicants to the MSc program who have accepted an offer of admission by March 1 are automatically considered for nomination for University fellowships and School of Business awards.

Students entering the MSc program with a provincial or national fellowship will also see their funding package increase. MSc students planning to apply to the PhD program are expected to apply for external fellowships early in the first term of the MSc year.

Living Expenses

The cost to attend Smith School of Business will vary. You may find it helpful to look at an estimate of basic living expenses for students at Queen’s.

When to apply for funding

Students considering Smith School of Business should apply to SSHRC or OGS awards if eligible prior to starting the program.

Students do not have to be accepted prior to applying for these scholarships.

International Student Loans

MPOWER Financial

MPOWER Financing offers loans to international students. To learn more or to start an application go to the MPOWER Financing website.

Questions?
mpower.me@mpowerfinancing.com

Note: acceptance to a program does not guarantee or imply qualification for financing.

External Awards

The overwhelming majority of students supplement their formal funding from the School with at least one of these sources. We strongly urge you to investigate all sources of support for which you may be eligible

SSHRC - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

NSERC - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program