Program Completion/Withdrawals/Refunds
A student who voluntarily withdraws from their academic program must complete and submit a Graduate Student Change of Enrolment Status/Voluntary Withdrawal Form available from the Graduate Studies Office or the GSO website: www.grad.uwaterloo.ca/ (See Current Students - Forms). This form, when signed by the Associate Dean (Graduate Studies) of the student's Faculty and the Director of Graduate Studies Academic Services or their delegates, may entitle the student to a refund as listed below (not applicable to the Master of Taxation program - see Graduate Fee Schedule: www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infofin/students/gradsch.html)
Graduate students enrolled in graduate degree, diploma or certificate programs who complete all of the program requirements (including the submission of all final approved copies of the thesis) must submit a Graduate Studies Intention to Graduate/Program Completion Form to their Department for verification of requirements and approval to graduate. See Calendar of Events and Academic Deadlines.
Students may be entitled to a refund of tuition fees calculated as follows:
- Students withdrawing or completing degree requirements up to the end of the third calendar week from the start of lectures each term will receive a full refund of all fees.
- Students withdrawing or completing degree requirements in calendar weeks four to seven from the start of lectures each term will receive a 50% refund of each of the following fees: tuition, CanCopy fee, student services fee and health insurance premium.
- Refunds are not provided to students who withdraw or complete degree requirements after calendar week seven from the start of lectures each term. Specific withdrawal/degree completion refund dates are included in the Graduate Studies Calendar - Calendar of Events and Academic Deadlines website each term.
- Requests for refunds of refundable incidental fees, including the Graduate House Fee, Accounting Students Education Contribution Endowment Fund, Environmental Studies Endowment Foundation Fee, Graduate Student Endowment Fund, and Graduate Student Association fees for, Architecture, Chemical Engineering, English, Planning, Political Science and Psychology, must be addressed to the organization concerned. Such refunds are available within the first three calendar weeks from the start of lectures each term.
- The benefits associated with health insurance will be cancelled for those students who withdraw or complete degree requirements.
- Non-Resident Health Insurance fee is non-refundable.
- Graduate Student Association fee is non-refundable.
- There is no refund of incidentals when changing status to part-time from full-time.
- Certain loans, scholarships, and bursaries are given on condition of completion of the term or session involved. Any withdrawal refunds will be credited to the agency as required.
- Refunds for qualifying students will be made as for undergraduate students.