Tuition fees - Canadian citizens residing outside Ontario
University fees for Canadian citizens or permanent residents differ based on whether they reside in or outside Ontario. Canadian students who don’t meet Ontario residence criteria are considered as residing outside Ontario. See “Province or territory of residence for Canadians”.
If you meet certain conditions, you may be eligible to pay Ontario resident tuition fees. The exemption criteria and information on how to request an exemption will be added to this web page in mid-August 2022.
Understanding the tuition fee table
The following table shows tuition fees for regular students, that is, students admitted to a program leading to a uOttawa degree, certificate or diploma and enrolled in one or more courses in their program.
If you’re not looking to receive a uOttawa degree, certificate or diploma, you can enrol in courses for units as a special student. Learn about tuition fees for special students.
To understand the information below, including how fees change based on your progress, and to use it to estimate your university fees for a year or several terms, see our university fees home page.
Important: The official total of university fees you must pay appears on your statement of account, available about a month prior to the start of each term.
Research fees for part-time graduate studies
A research fee is a tuition fee paid by students admitted to a graduate program who’ve received approval to enrol part-time to research activities (master’s or doctorate). It’s a flat fee invoiced each term you have your part-time enrolment to research activities approved. Fees are determined based on your status in Canada.
You can’t enrol in courses if you enrol part-time to research activities. Therefore, you won’t be invoiced for course-related tuition fees for the term in question.
During a term in which you’re enrolled part-time to research activities, you must also pay ancillary fees based on your status in Canada.
Important: The official total of university fees you must pay appears on your statement of account, available about a month prior to the start of each term.