Doctoral program tuition winter 2025 - Domestic Ontario Students

How tuition is charged

At University of Waterloo the doctoral tuition rates are assessed by domestic, domestic out of province, and international residency status and full-time/part-time only; the actual program costs remain the same, regardless of discipline.

University of Waterloo charges tuition one term at time, with three terms occurring over the course of a year:

  • Fall Term – September to December
  • Winter Term – January to April
  • Spring Term – May to August

Non-tuition fees are also charged to your student account on a termly basis.

Other tuition fee assessments

  • Non-degree graduate students - pay the research/coursework master's rate indicated below, plus incidental fees.
  • Qualifying graduate students - pay fees at the year two undergraduate per-course fee corresponding to their program. For more information, please see the undergraduate fee schedule.

Other possible charges

  • A charge for residence may also be billed to your student account. For detailed information on refunds for housing charges, please see Campus Housing
  • Graduate co-operative programs: A fee in the amount of $786.00 per four-month work-term will be charged to students using the services of Co-operative Education.

Tuition and residence refunds

Withdrawal or program completion effective on or before the 100% refund deadline will result in all of your charges for the term being removed. Withdrawal or program completion effective on or before the 50% refund deadline will result in a 50% adjustment to the charges for tuition and student services fees only.

Doctoral program fees winter 2025 - Domestic Ontario

All amounts are shown in Canadian dollars

Faculty Program Program type Delivery mode Full-time tuition per term Full-time incidental fees per term (including HST) Part-time tuition per term Part-time incidental fees per term (including HST)

Arts

Applied Economics research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54

not offered part-time

  Applied Economics - Water collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 not offered part-time
  English research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $639.19 $1,127.00 $348.14
  French Studies research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  German research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $644.84 $1,127.00 $353.79
  History joint research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 not offered part-time
  Applied Philosophy research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Philosophy research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
 

Political Science

research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $656.14 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Political Science - Co-operative Program co-operative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $656.14 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Psychology research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $639.19 not offered part-time
  Religious Studies joint research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 not offered part-time
  Sociology research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Sociology - Co-operative Program co-operative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Global Governance joint research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 not offered part-time
  Accounting research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 not offered part-time

Engineering

Chemical Engineering research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $642.02 $1,127.00 $354.36
  Chemical Engineering - Nanotechnology collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $642.02 $1,127.00 $354.36
  Chemical Engineering - Water collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $642.02 $1,127.00 $354.36
  Civil Engineering research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Civil Engineering - Water collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Electrical & Computer Engineering research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Electrical & Computer Engineering - Nanotechnology collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Electrical & Computer Engineering - Quantum Information collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Entrepreneurship and Organization research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 not offered part-time
  Management Sciences research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering - Nanotechnology collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Systems Design Engineering research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Systems Design Engineering - Nanotechnology collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 not offered part-time
  Systems Design Engineering - Aeronautics collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88

Environment

Geography joint research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $667.30 $1,127.00 $349.64
  Geography - Water collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $667.30 $1,127.00 $349.64
  Geography - Aeronautics collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $667.30 $1,127.00 $349.64
  Global Governance joint research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $667.30 not offered part-time
  Sustainability Management research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $667.30 $1,127.00 $349.64
  Sustainability Management-Water collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $667.30 $1,127.00 $349.64
  Sustainability Management - Aeronautics collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $667.30 $1,127.00 $349.64
  Social & Ecological Sustainability research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $667.30 $1,127.00 $349.64
  Social & Ecological Sustainability - Water collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $667.30 $1,127.00 $349.64
  Planning research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $669.19 $1,127.00 $351.53

Health

Kinesiology and Health Sciences research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $641.45 $1,127.00 $349.84
  Kinesiology and Health Sciences - Aging, Health & Wellbeing collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $641.45 $1,127.00 $349.84
  Kinesiology and Health Sciences - Aeronautics collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $641.45 $1,127.00 $349.84
  Recreation & Leisure Studies research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $639.19 $1,127.00 $348.14
  Recreation & Leisure Studies - Aging, Health & Wellbeing collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $639.19 $1,127.00

$348.14

  Public Health Sciences research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $639.19 $1,127.00 $348.71
  Public Health Sciences - Aging, Health & Wellbeing collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $639.19 $1,127.00 $348.71
  Public Health Sciences - Water collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $639.19 $1,127.00 $348.71

Mathematics

Computer Science research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Computer Science - Internship research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Computer Science - Quantum Information collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Applied Mathematics research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Applied Mathematics - Quantum Information collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Applied Mathematics - Water collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Applied Mathematics - Aeronautics collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Combinatorics & Optimization research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Combinatorics & Optimization - Quantum Information collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Pure Mathematics research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Pure Mathematics - Quantum Information collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Actuarial Science research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Statistics research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Statistics - Biostatistics research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88

Science

Biology research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Biology - Water collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Chemistry joint research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 not offered part-time
  Chemistry - Co-operative program co-operative joint research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 not offered part-time
  Chemistry - Nanotechnology collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 not offered part-time
  Chemistry - Quantum Information collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 not offered part-time
  Earth Sciences research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Earth Sciences - Water collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Physics joint research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Physics - Nanotechnology collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Physics - Quantum Information collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Vision Science research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Vision Science - Aeronautics collaborative research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88
  Pharmacy research PhD on-campus $2,254.00 $633.54 $1,127.00 $345.88