Fees, Refunds and Financial Support
Paying for a Course or Program
View a step-by-step guide on how to pay for a course.
Course fees must be paid in full using VISA, MasterCard, or Interac* via your Queen's SOLUS account in order to access your course(s). No other payment methods are accepted. Once you have paid for your course, allow for 1–2 business days to gain course access.
Canadian Tax Credit and Lifelong Learning Plan
The Canada Training Credit is a refundable tax credit that helps cover the cost of training fees.
The Lifelong Learning Plan is a program that allows you to withdraw money from your registered retirement savings plan (RRSPs) to finance education for you, your spouse, or your common-law partner.
Ontario Student Assistance Program
The Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) provides needs-based financial assistance to Ontario students with education-related costs such as tuition, books, and fees. Professional Studies courses that are 12 weeks or less in length qualify as OSAP-eligible microcredentials. Please visit the OSAP website to learn more.
Canada Job Grant
The Canada Job Grant (CJG) supports the upskilling of employees through government funding. The program reduces employee training costs, allowing more employees to learn new skills, and become more valuable to organizations.
The CJG has varying funding amounts and eligibility criteria for each province and territory, excluding Québec.
- Alberta – Alberta Job Grant
- British Columbia – British Columbia Employer Training Grant
- Manitoba – Manitoba Job Grant
- Newfoundland and Labrador – Newfoundland Job Grant
- New Brunswick – New Brunswick Job Grant
- Northwest Territories – NWT Job Grant
- Nova Scotia – Nova Scotia Job Grant
- Nunavut – Nunavut Job Grant
- Ontario – Ontario Job Grant
- Prince Edward Island – Prince Edward Island Job Grant
- Saskatchewan – Saskatchewan Job Grant
- Yukon – Yukon Job Grant
Sponsored Students and Custom Training
Find out how your organization can support workplace training and development with Custom Training for Organizations.
If a sponsor is paying your course fee, in lieu of payment, please complete your online application and submit your sponsorship letter to the University Fees Office:
Queen's University (Fees Office)
Office of the University Registrar
Fax: 613-533-2068
Email: fees@queensu.ca
Your sponsorship letter must include the following:
- Student name
- Student number
- Course name
- Start and end date of the course
- Amount covered
Refund Policy
Visit our Policies page for details about our refund policy.
Find out how to change or drop a course
Refunds for the Post-Graduate Certificate for Internationally Trained Teachers
Students may cancel their enrolment in the program before the program’s start date and receive a full refund. Refunds are processed for students who are unable to come to Canada for immigration-related reasons prior to the commencement of the program.
In the event that a visa is not secured before the start of the program, students will be offered the option to defer their enrolment to the next intake or receive a full refund.
Students who withdraw from the program after it has started may be eligible for a refund on the portion of their studies that they have not yet completed. Any completed courses are non-refundable.