2024 tuition rate increase
The Government of Quebec increased tuition rates for Canadian students (or permanent residents) from outside Quebec effective fall 2024. Understand whether these measures apply to you.
NEW: Quebec court rules in Concordia’s favour on out-of-province Canadian tuition and French-language requirements. Learn more about what changes are coming. We will update this page once we get more information.
Fee changes
Students paying the Quebec resident tuition fee rate
If you started before fall 2024
Undergraduate
You are not impacted by these tuition changes. (Please note your fees will reflect a standard incremental increase annually.)Graduate
You are not impacted by these tuition changes. (Please note your fees will reflect a standard incremental increase annually.)
If you started fall 2024 or later
Undergraduate
You will not be impacted by the tuition changes. (Please note your fees will reflect a standard incremental increase annually.)Graduate
You will not be impacted by the tuition changes. (Please note your fees will reflect a standard incremental increase annually.)
Non-Quebec residents paying the Canadian-non-Quebec tuition rate
If you started before fall 2024
Undergraduate
You are not impacted by these tuition changes as they only apply to individuals starting programs in fall 2024 or later unless you change programs. Please note your fees will reflect a standard incremental increase annually.
An important note
If you're thinking about changing programs, keep in mind you will pay the new, higher tuition rate if you do a degree transfer, for example:
- BFA to BSc
- BA to BComm
- Certificate to a Bachelor's degree
- Independent student to a Bachelor's degree
- Undergraduate degree to a graduate degree
If you change concentrations or your program of study within the same degree, you will NOT be subject to the higher tuition rate. For example:
- Major in Human Relations to specialization in Human Relations
- BA in Sociology to BA in Psychology
- BEng in Mechanical Engineering to BEng in Electrical Engineering
If you add a minor or change minors (but your main program remains the same), you will NOT be subject to the higher tuition rate.
TIME LIMIT
There is a grace period allowing you to complete the program to which you were admitted prior to fall 2024 at the lower tuition rate. This grace period ends in summer of 2029. If you do not complete your degree by the end of the grace period and register for the fall 2029 term or any term after that, you will be subject to the higher tuition rate.
If you complete your degree AND start a new degree before the grace period ends, your new degree will be subject to the higher tuition rate.
DEFERRAL
If you were admitted prior to fall 2024 and deferred your admission to fall 2024 or any subsequent term, you will be subject to the higher tuition rate.
Graduate
You are not impacted by the tuition changes as they only apply to individuals starting programs in fall 2024 or later unless you change programs. Please note your fees will reflect a standard incremental increase annually.
An important note
If you're thinking about changing from a thesis-based master's degree to a course-based master's degree, keep in mind you will pay the new, higher tuition rate.
TIME LIMIT
There is a grace period allowing you to complete the program to which you were admitted prior to fall 2024 at the lower tuition rate. This grace period ends in summer of 2029. If you do not complete your degree by the end of the grace period and register for the fall 2029 term or any term after that, you will be subject to the higher tuition rate.
If you complete your degree AND start a new degree before the grace period ends, your new degree will be subject to the higher tuition rate.
If you started fall 2024 or later
- Undergraduate
You will be impacted by the tuition changes and subject to the new tuition fee rate. Please note the award information below. Also please note your fees will reflect a standard incremental increase annually. Graduate research (thesis-based master’s or PhD)
You will not be impacted by the tuition fee changes. Graduate research students are exempt. Please note your fees will reflect a standard incremental increase annually.Graduate non-thesis (professional or course-based)
You will be impacted by the tuition changes and subject to the new tuition fee rate. Please note the tuition fee reduction information below. Also please note your fees will reflect a standard incremental increase annually.
Non-Quebec residents paying the international student tuition rate
If you started before fall 2024
Undergraduate
You are not impacted by these tuition changes. Concordia has decided to keep fees at the currently published tuition rates for undergrads for 2024-25. Please note your fees will reflect a standard incremental increase annually.Graduate
You are not impacted by these tuition fee changes. Concordia has decided to keep fees at the currently published tuition rates for grad students for 2024-25. Please note your fees will reflect a standard incremental increase annually.
If you started fall 2024 or later
Undergraduate
You will not be impacted by these tuition changes. (Please note your fees will reflect a standard incremental increase annually.)Graduate research (thesis-based master’s or PhD)
You will not be impacted by these tuition changes. (Please note your fees will reflect a standard incremental increase annually.)Graduate non-thesis (professional or course-based)
You will not be impacted by these tuition changes. (Please note your fees will reflect a standard incremental increase annually.)
Other exceptions
Tuition increases do not apply to you if you are:
- studying in Quebec as part of an international agreement;
- a French citizen or a francophone Belgian citizen.
Undergraduate funding
All first-year undergrad applicants to Concordia are automatically considered for an entrance scholarship at the time of their application and that will continue to be the case.
We are aiming to increase the amounts allocated to scholarships from our own budget or from donors and to increase the number of scholarships available as well. We are pleased to offer several awards for incoming students:
Canada Scholars Award
For Canadian applicants who apply from an out-of-province high school, and who do not qualify for Quebec resident tuition status.
Canada Scholars Award for Indigenous students
For First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada.
Canada Transfer Student Award
For external students transferring from a Canadian university or college.
Graduate tuition fee reductions
Concordia is pleased to announce that, starting in fall 2024, every incoming out-of-province Canadian graduate student in a professional program with a full-time course load will receive a new fee reduction to minimize the impact of the tuition increases as follows:
- Non-thesis students (except MFA and MA Creative Arts Therapies):
$3,000 ($1,000 per term) - MFA and MA Creative Arts Therapies students:
$15,000 (over five terms) - Graduate Diploma students:
$2,000 ($1,000 per term) - Graduate Certificate Programs:
$1,000
Questions?
Please email the Birks Student Service Centre at students@concordia.ca