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Fees, Refunds and Financial Support

Explore financial resources designed to support your educational journey and empower you to distinguish yourself in a competitive job market.

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.

TAP Waiver

All Professional Studies courses and programs are now part of the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), which supports eligible Queen’s University employees by covering tuition costs for approved courses taken on a part-time basis (less than 60 percent course load).

If you are a Queen’s University employee interested in taking one of our courses, please follow the instructions below:

Steps to follow with Professional Studies:

  1. To register, please apply for the course(s) and session(s) of your choice on our website and complete the admission process.
  2. Once you’ve received confirmation from HR and submitted the signed waiver (Step 2 and 3 below), email professionalstudies@queensu.ca so we can manually enroll you in the course. Be sure to send this email before your course begins to avoid missing the start date.

Steps to follow with HR:

Step 1: Submit an Eligibility Inquiry

Send an email to hrodl@queensu.ca with the following information:

  • Your full name
  • Employee number
  • Optional (if already registered): Queen’s student number and term of study

Step 2: Receive Confirmation from Human Resources

HR will review your eligibility and confirm:

  • Whether you qualify
  • The available dollar amount of coverage based on your employment status

If eligible, HR will either prepare a TAP waiver form for you to sign or let you know when to reach out for the waiver based on your program or course start date.

Step 3: Sign the TAP Waiver

Once your waiver is ready, you will be asked to sign it electronically and return it to hrodl@queensu.ca.

Step 4: Waiver is Applied to Your Student Account

Ontario Student Assistance Program

The Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) provides needs-based financial assistance to Ontario students to help cover 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.

How to apply for and use OSAP to pay for your course

  1. Apply for the course of your choice through our website. To view available courses and upcoming start dates, visit our Courses page.
  2. Before applying, ensure you have enough time to complete the course application, apply for OSAP funding, and submit payment.
    • We recommend choosing a course that starts at least one month after your application date.
    • If you are using OSAP to pay for your course, you may only take one course at a time, with no overlapping course dates.
  3. After applying for your course, log in to your OSAP account and apply for microcredential funding.
  4. Once your OSAP application has been approved in principle (pending enrolment confirmation), send a screenshot of the approval confirmation to professionalstudies@queensu.ca. Upon receiving this documentation, we will manually enrol you in the course so that your enrolment can be confirmed with OSAP.
  5. Once we have confirmed your manual enrolment, contact Financial Aid & Awards at financialaid@queensu.ca. Include your Queen's Student ID, application number, and a screenshot of your OSAP confirmation, and request that they confirm your enrolment directly with OSAP.
  6. Once your enrolment has been confirmed by the Financial Aid & Awards Office, OSAP will release your funding.
  7. Please ensure your course fees are paid in full before the start of the second week of your course.
    • If your funding is delayed for any reason, please email professionalstudies@queensu.ca. We can withdraw you from the course before service charges are incurred.

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.

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