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Fees and Funding

Financing grad school - what are the costs?


Department Funding Policy

For more details about our departmental policy on graduate student funding, please refer to our Department Funding Policy document.

View Department Funding Policy document

Understanding tuition and fees

Visit UCalgary's Faculty of Graduate studies to learn more about tuition and fees, how to pay, and when to pay.

Learn more about tuition and fees

View your costs

Visit UCalgary's online calendar to see specific graduate student tuition and general fees costs.

View the calendar for detailed tuition and fees

Examples of graduate student awards


Graduate Award Competition

Includes Open Doctoral Scholarships, the Izaak Walton Killam Doctoral Scholarships, the Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships, and Special Awards. Scholarship value: up to $36,000.

Learn more about applying for this competition

Entrance Awards

The Faculty of Graduate Studies offers awards to new students through the annual entrance competition. To be eligible, you cannot have started your program prior to taking up the award. Scholarship value: up to $35,000.

Learn more about applying for this competition