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Tuition, Fees and Housing
Schedules
Fees for the current year will be posted by the Office of the Vice-President and Provost. Although the deadlines are fairly similar from year-to-year, for specific deadline dates (for payment of fees or fee deferral, final registration, first assessment of interest charges, etc.) and other related information such as refund schedules, students should refer to the School of Graduate Studies. Please note that amounts are posted here as a courtesy and that this is not an official source for tuition and fee information. Amounts posted are approximate and subject to change.
The University of Toronto will not mail fee invoices to students. You are informed of fees payable by way of ACORN. Simply view your account in invoice format on the ACORN, which lists every transaction posted to your account. All students are expected to view their account on ACORN to monitor all account activity.
Academic + Incidental Fees
1. Academic Fees 2023-24 for Domestic Students: $10,550.00
This applies to both Mississauga and St. George campus students.
MScOT students do not pay fees per individual course, but rather a program fee which covers the entire first year of the program (three terms). The following academic year, a program fee covers the entire second year of the program (three terms). When the annual program fee is posted to your student account in ACORN, it will be posted partially under the Fall session, and partially under the Winter session, and no fees will be posted to the Summer session. Students are allowed to register as long as they pay or successfully defer the minimum fee as indicated on the invoice.
2. Approximate Incidental Fees 2023-24 for Domestic Students:
- St. George ~ $2000.00
- Mississauga ~ $2500.00
Consists of campus and student society fees: mandatory charges for campus organizations and services.
- Charges for membership in student societies. All students are members of various student societies as determined by their program of study and full-time or part-time status, i.e., GSU, GSU-health insurance, UTMAGS.
- Fees charged to members of a specific college, faculty or program, i.e., OT Students Council. For UTM students only, U-Pass (Shuttle bus) service fees are included. For students assigned to the Mississauga campus, fees include the “U-Pass” / MiWay transit pass, hence the slightly higher fees.
- Please note, that Athletic Centre fees are not included for the Summer term (i.e. must be purchased separately, directly from the Athletic Centre)
3. Ancillary Fees 2023-24 for Domestic Students: $97.92
Charges related to OT Fieldwork badge, Lab Tool Fee, Publications, and Mask Fit Testing Fee.
More About Ancillary Fees
The Office of Vice-Provost, Planning & Budget is responsible for the University’s Schedule of Tuition Fees, as well as the Schedule of Ancillary Fees. The Vice-Provost’s administrative interpretation of the Policy on Ancillary Fees is listed (in part) below.
Fees in Category 5.0 - Cost Recoveries are charged to all students in a particular group because they will each receive the item and/or service in question (i.e., the OT Fieldwork Manual or the COTO Prep Modules).
- Divisions, under this section of the Policy on Ancillary Fees, may charge students for the reasonable cost of the provision of certain learning materials and services. As a matter of principle, the University through its operating budget will be responsible for the delivery of an academic program, while the student will be expected to purchase the requisite materials prescribed for the program.
Fees in Category 6.0 - Administrative User Fees and Fines are charged only to the one particular student who is receiving the item and/or service in question as it is specific to them and will not be received by all students.
- The University Policy on Ancillary Fees established a formal schedule of user fees and fines which may be charged by divisions for the provision of certain services to students. With the single exception of placement fees, these charges are not compulsory — they are paid only by those students who make use of a particular service, at the time they make use of that service.
- The fees and fines are established with reference to the cost of providing a particular service, or a reasonable estimate thereof.
Category 5
Eligible Cost Recoveries
In determining the appropriate cost recovery for fees in this category, divisions may include the direct cost of supplies, a reasonable estimate of labour charges, and a provision for photocopy equipment utilization, either rental charges or capital depreciation.The following groups of cost recovery fees will be permissible under the provisions of the Policy:
- Category 5.1 - Publications, case studies, laboratory manuals
- Publications-Medicine-OT: $25.50
- Category 5.2 - Field Trips
- Category 5.3 - Clothing
- Category 5.4 - Equipment purchases that become the property of the student
- OS&OT Lab Tool Fee (Year 1 only): $20.40
- Category 5.5 - Equipment rentals that, for the period of rental, come into the individual possession of the student
- Category 5.6 - Other goods and services provided individually to students for their exclusive use
- Medicine-OT-Fieldwork Badge (Year 1 only): $8.16
- Mask Fit Testing: $43.86
- Electronic Student Permit Check (The MScOT program has also engaged with Synergy Gateway, to ensure that all remaining components are collected and reviewed, including health record checks and proof of CPR certification. Synergy Gateway has provided the program with access to Verified– a documentation collection, verification and reporting partner application): $47.00 + HST, see chart below for additional fees for certain circumstances
- Category 5.7 - Materials, services, or licenses where the university acts as a broker with a vendor for the student
Category 6
Administrative User Fees and Fines (approximate – subject to change)
- Category 6.1 - Registration Fees
- Late Registration: $44.00 plus $5/day
- Category 6.2 - Records and Documents
- Official Transcript: $12.00
- Photocopies of Student Records: $15.00
- Letter of Confirmation (SGS): Free as of 2017 (basic)
- Licensing Fees (Occupational Therapy) Simple Confirmation: $50.00
- Course Documentation: $75.00
- Field Work Documentation: $100.00
- Course & Fieldwork Documentation: $125.00
- Category 6.3 - Examination and Grades
- Petition to re-read examination: $36.00 (Refundable if the grade is changed in the student’s favour)
- Special Examination: $70.00 (Written, oral, practical and clinical. May include, but is not limited to, supplemental or deferral exams.)
- Category 6.4 - (Fieldwork) Placement Fees
- International Placements: $80.00
- National Placements: $150.00
- Mask Fit Testing* (Year 1 or re-testing if required in future) – students will be required to pay for this separately (i.e., no longer included on invoiced U of T academic fees on ACORN) starting Fall 2021; the Department will arrange for a vendor with a volume discount to come to our campus sites that meets the on-site Mask Fit specifications required for our Fieldwork sites. The approximate cost of this should be budgeted by incoming students (effective Fall 2021, this will be moved out of category 5.1 and into category 5.7 and 6.4) and will be payable to the vendor following the completion of an on-site Mask Fit Test: $38.00 + HST*
- Category 6.5 - Library Fines
- Lost book and/or Accompanying Materials: $145.00
- Category 6.6 - Any Other Administrative User Fee or Fine Shown on the University Schedule of Administrative User Fees and Fines
- Replacement of Student/Library Card $20.00
- Replacement of Building Electronic Key (“FOB”): $15.00
Housing
The Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy typically has two spots available at Graduate House for incoming and current students attending the program at the St. George (Toronto) campus. If offered admission to the St. George campus, candidates will be informed of the application process. Toronto and Mississauga have a variety of rental housing options available with incredible walking, cycling, and transit options.
For other accommodation options, please refer to the University of Toronto’s St. George Campus Housing Services Office and the University of Toronto’s Mississauga Student Housing and Residence Life Office as they offer housing search resources.