Master's and PhD program tuition Winter 2026 - Domestic Ontario Students

At University of Waterloo the master’s tuition rates are assessed in a variety of ways, including:

• Residency status (domestic, domestic out of province, or international)
• Enrolment status (full-time, part-time)
• Research/coursework programs (including additional fees for specialized MENG/MMSc programs)
• Online professional graduate programs
• On campus professional graduate programs
• Some programs are course-based, and there is charge per course

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

• Graduate diploma – tuition fees for students who are registered in a graduate diploma program differ than those of a master’s program (see alphabetical program listing below for costs)
• Non-degree graduate students - pay the research/coursework master's rate indicated below, plus incidental fees.  Non-degree graduate students in professional programs pay tuition consistent with their program 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: 

2025/2026 Co-op Fee: $817 will be charged to students using the service of Co-operative and Experiential Education (CEE).

• Co-op fees represent the cost of running the co-op program, spread out over a specific number of terms. They are associated with your enrollment in the co-op program and are not “placement fees” or “internship fees”. 
• Grad co-op fees are assessed on the program's first study term, with the remaining fee(s) assessed during each subsequent work term. 
• Students admitted to a co-op program prior to fall 2025 will be charged the co-op fee only when enrolled in a work term. 
• Check out the co-op fee frequently asked questions (FAQs) to learn more about the cost associated with enrolling in a co-op program.

Tuition and residence refunds

All amounts are shown in Canadian dollars.

Programs with different incidental fees than noted above