Studying an engineering programme at one of the universities in Canada is usually challenging, especially for international students. Aside the rigorous classroom instruction and field works, they have to pay more than their resident peers to get a degree in their chosen field of studies.
In Canada, just like elsewhere, cost of studying an engineering is usually higher than non-engineering programmes. Only medical science sometimes cost more and the cost to study all types of engineering (mechanical, aerospace, biomedical, civil, electrical, chemical, computer, nuclear and others) are always the same.
This page is not meant to give students the accurate figure of tution or cost to study an engineering programme in Canada but the factors that are taken into consideration when calculating it. Nobody or website is abble to give the accurate figure because the tution and all other expenses that form the cost of studying engineering regularly change per semester/academic session without notice and figures for each of the factors that dictate the cost are not the same at all universities.
Factors that Dictates the Cost of Studying Engineering in Canada.
Tution Fee: this is charge for just education and instruction. It is dictated by factors such as level of education (year 1 or year 2); mode of study (part time or full time) and is usually calculated by the number of course credit hours. In Canada international students pay as much as 3X what the resident peers pay but it vary from one university to another.
Students Organisation Fee: this fee is charged for students unionism.
Health and Hospital Insurance: this is mandatory fee for all international students who study in Canada.
Application Fee: for the processing of admission application forms and other documents.
International Service Fee: this is strictly charge on non Canadian citizen.
Québec Acceptance Certificate: this fee is charged when you are applying for temporary stay in the Province of Quebec.
Study Permit Fee: this is pay by an international student when apply for a Canadian visa
Personal Expenses: like clothing, shoes and more
Housing and Food: this vary depending on whether you are living on campus or off campus.
Library Fee: for using university library
Student Services Fee: this allow students access to full and wide range of student Services upon payment.
Student investment Funds- this represent development tools for faculties and their students.
Pedagogical Fees: this are supervision fees charged when registering for training which involves exceptional additional resources.
Recreation and Sport Fee: this is to support active living, sport and recreation among students.
Administrative Fee: this is for the administrative costs to the front-line services provider of the administrative unit.
Technology Infrastructure Fee: This is to enhance certain technology services provided to students (or internet facilities) and in the use of new technology.
Copyright: this is pay to COPIBEC: an organisation that protects the interests of authors and editors for the right to photocopy material protected by copyright.
Registration Fee: this is charge in every term students registered.
New Student Program fee: This cover the cost of providing services to assist students in their transition to university and provide support during the first academic year.
Adding all the fee above together for the entire duration of time of studying an engineering programme for the cost of studying it.
The fees could be more at some universities while it could be fewer at some others. Term use here could be different from the term use for same fee at other schools.
It should also be noted that while some fees are charged once on entering a university some are reoccurrence and vary from one province to another in Canada.
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