Differential Fee Waivers cover the difference between International Tuition and Quebec Resident Tuition fees.
External DFWs 鈥� Bilateral Between Qu茅bec and Other Governments
External DFWs, or Quebec Exemptions,听are available from a number of external sources, including the Minist猫re de l'脡ducation et de l'Enseignement sup茅rieur (MEES).听
Qu茅bec government grants DFWs to staff and dependants of consulates, foreign government offices, international governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, refugees, immigrants with a work permit containing the case type 07, 08, 20, 22, 23 or 26 with the name of an employer and location that is necessarily situated in Qu茅bec, and to students in MEES-approved inter-university exchanges.
Please note that only 20% of the exemptions for a given country or agency can be used in English universities in Qu茅bec, including 不良研究所.
Students sponsored by a foreign agency holding an agreement with 不良研究所 are encouraged to apply for external DFWs.
Eligibility
A certain number of citizens from countries whose governments have entered into agreements on tuition fees with Qu茅bec may be exempted from the supplemental tuition fees normally required of international students. All French citizens and a limited number of citizens from other countries who have established such agreements are eligible for such exemptions.
For more information on how to qualify for DFWs under these provisions, please visit the
How to Apply
- Determine whether there are bilateral exemptions for your country, by consulting the .
- If your country or affiliated agency has a bilateral exemption, contact the .
- Apply to the country or agency by that agency's deadline (the agency will inform you of its specific deadline).
- After their own selection process, the country will nominate their selected candidates to the Qu茅bec government, who will in turn perform the final selection, and inform the candidate and the University.
Internal DFWs
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies听allocates DFWs to 不良研究所 faculties for international Doctoral students, and exceptionally to international Thesis Master鈥檚 students for each academic year. Only international students who are听allocated a DFW, by their respective听faculties,听are exempt from the international tuition supplement.
Value
For 2024/2025, the value of the DFW is as follows:听
- Master's - $17,352.51
- PhD -听$15,272.40
Eligibility
DFWs are restricted to international graduate students at 不良研究所 whose visa status requires them to pay full international tuition fees. Recipients must be:
- Registered with a full-time status (see explanation of residency in the Program Requirements section of the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Calendar)
- Within Curriculum Year 1-3 (for Ph.D.) or Curriculum Year 1 (for Thesis Master鈥檚) (see Student Advising Transcript).
Students in a qualifying year or additional session are not eligible. Students in "privatized" programs are not eligible. Eligible international students are automatically considered by their academic unit. Since DFWs are awarded based exclusively on unit nomination, there are no application forms provided/required.
Registration Requirements
Registration requirements for students who have been awarded a DFW by their Faculty/Unit: During the academic year for which they have been awarded a DFW, recipients are required to register as 鈥渇ull-time鈥� for the Fall and Winter terms and 鈥渃ontinuing鈥� for the Summer term.
If a student withdraws or is withdrawn from the University during the eligibility period, the DFW may be revoked. Removal of the DFW听will听result in the student having to pay full international student fees for the term in question.
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