Tuition and Scholarships

Student fees range from $2,694 to $4,537 CAD, depending on your faculty and program. The student fees also include a mandatory $756 CAD fee for participation in the University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP).

For budgeting purposes, we recommend you use $4,537 CAD.

The costs of textbooks and other academic supplies can vary depending on your program. 

For budgeting purposes, we recommend you use $1,500 CAD.

Residence

All residences on the Brantford campus are apartment-style. You will have either a single bedroom or a double bedroom that you share with one other person. 

• Single bedroom: $9,018 CAD
• Double bedroom: $8,420 CAD

Convenience Plan

All students living in residence are required to purchase a Convenience Plan. You can use your Convenience Plan to buy groceries, purchase food on campus or dine out at select local residences.

Convenience Plan prices are for two terms:

• Welcome: $956 CAD
• Study: $1,124 CAD
• Comfort: $1,354 CAD

Groceries

Students who live in an apartment-style residence will have a full kitchen in their apartment, so they should budget for groceries

We recommend budgeting $3,300 CAD total for groceries for two terms.

Residence

Residences on the Waterloo campus are either dormitory-style or apartment-style. In either style of residence, you could have a single room or a double room that you share with one other person.

• Dormitory-style, single or double room: $7,779 CAD to $10,926 CAD
• Apartment-style, single room or double room: $7,779 CAD to $10,926 CAD

Meal Plans

All students living in residence are required to purchase a meal plan. There are different meal plan options for students living in dormitory-style residences and apartment-style residences. All meal plan costs are for two terms:

• Dormitory-style 5-Day All Access Meal Plan: $6,677 CAD
• Dormitory-Style 7-Day All Access Meal Plan: $7,220 CAD
• Apartment-Style Meal Plan: $2,698 CAD

Students living in apartment-style residences can choose to upgrade to an all access meal plan.

Groceries

Students who live in an apartment-style residence will have a full kitchen in their apartment, so they should budget for groceries

We recommend budgeting $3,300 CAD total for groceries for two terms.

You are automatically assessed for an entrance scholarship when you apply to Laurier and are offered based on your admission average. No application required.

Important Notes

• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and BBA double-degree students are now eligible for entrance scholarships with an admission average of 90% and higher.
• The scholarship for the admission average of 95.0 - 100% is the President's Gold Scholarship.
• You must be registered full time (2.0 credits minimum per term) to receive the full entrance scholarship amount and you must be registered in two terms within your first academic year. At Laurier, an academic year is from September to August.
• The value of your entrance scholarship is split between your first two terms of study.

The President’s Gold entrance scholarship, granted upon admission, is worth $6,000 CAD per year for international students and is renewable for subsequent years, provided that renewal requirements are met annually.

The Stay Golden at Laurier scholarship is for international undergraduate students who begin their studies in fall or winter 2025 and achieve an admissions average of 80% or higher. In the first year, the scholarship ranges in value from $1,500 to $6,000 CAD, and as long as you meet the renewal requirements, you will receive $5,000 CAD in each upper year of your program at Laurier.

The prestigious Laurier Scholars Award is an annual entrance scholarship that was established in 2021 to offer high-achieving students the opportunity to participate in a dynamic learning environment that will foster innovative thinking and ethical, visionary leadership. This award is worth up to a maximum of $40,000 over four years. 

This scholarship requires an application, the deadline for which is typically in February of each year. Application forms for fall 2025 will be made available in early December 2024. If you are selected as a Laurier Scholar, you will be notified by email in mid-May 2025.

Inspiring Lives Scholarships range in value from $1,000 to $5,000 CAD and are awarded each year to incoming international undergraduate students who inspire lives of leadership and purpose in their communities and through extracurricular activities.

Applications for the scholarship open each year in the spring. To apply, students must complete the application and submit a video, no longer than two minutes, describing how they inspire lives of leadership and purpose.

Students are invited to schedule an appointment with an enrolment advisor to discuss the scholarship and their application, or to email us at international@wlu.ca for additional support.

Every year, you can apply for competitive scholarships, awards and bursaries by completing an online student profile about yourself. Awards are granted based on the information you provide, including your interests, involvement, financial need, academic achievement and more. The application process begins in June and there are up to three profiles to complete once you accept your offer. Scholarships can range in value from $250 to $5,000 CAD 

Some scholarships and awards are available specifically for international students, including:

• Farouk and Dawn Ahamed International Student Scholarship
• The Walter Metzger Memorial Bursary Fund
• Students’ Union International Student Awards

In your upper years, you will automatically be considered for in-course scholarships based on the grade point average (GPA) of your Laurier courses from the previous academic year. In-course scholarships begin at a GPA of 10.5 (approximately 85%) and above. You could receive between $1,250 and $1,500 CAD annually.

You are eligible to apply to on-campus student positions. In addition, the International Student Work Experience Program (ISWEP) provides a limited number of international students with part-time employment opportunities on our Waterloo and Brantford campuses. Laurier’s Career Centre also assists international students in exploring and applying to part-time positions off campus.

Get confident in managing money through Dollars and Sense, Laurier’s program to help students manage their finances. Access resources, workshops and personalized support for financial planning. You can even attend workshops right at home in residence.

Our financial literacy specialist meets with students one-to-one to help them create a personalized budget. Regular review and revision of your budget will help you achieve your financial goals.