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 (except the Internationally Trained Teacher Program) 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:

To register, please apply for the course(s) and session(s) of your choice on our website and complete the admission process.
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 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

Refund Policy

Visit our Policies page for details about our refund policy.

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