Fees

There are financial and academic consequences related to voluntary withdrawal. Individual Faculty sections should be consulted for deadlines and policies associated with voluntary withdrawal with or without academic penalty.

A student who finds it necessary to withdraw from attendance is required to obtain a Notice of Withdrawal form from the Registrar's website. This Notice, when signed by both the Dean and the Registrar, or their delegates, may entitle the student to a refund of tuition fees calculated as follows:

1. Students withdrawing up to the end of the third calendar week from the start of lectures each term first week for Summer Session) will receive a full refund of all fees.
2. Students withdrawing in calendar weeks four to seven from the start of lectures each term (second week of Summer Session) will receive a 50% refund of each of the following fees: tuition, Co-op fee, work report marking fee, CanCopy fee, and student services fee.
3. Refunds are not provided to students who withdraw after calendar week seven from the start of lectures each term (week two of Summer Session). The specific withdrawal refund dates are included in the Undergraduate Calendar and available at Important Dates, each term.
4. Requests for refunds of refundable incidental fees, including the WPIRG Fee, Radio Waterloo Fee, Imprint Fee, Science Foundation Fee, Sandford Fleming Foundation Fee, Student Society Fee, and Student Endowment Fund contributions, must be addressed to the organization concerned within three weeks from the start of lectures each term.
5. The benefits associated with health insurance and dental plan will be cancelled for those students who withdraw during the first three weeks from the start of lectures.
6. Federation of Students and Student Coordinated Plan Fees are not refundable after the end of the third calendar week from the start of lectures each term.
7. Certain scholarships and bursaries are given on the condition of completion of the term involved. Any withdrawal refunds will be credited to the agency as required.

Note:
The University reserves the right to require a student to withdraw when, in the opinion of University officials, a student poses a danger to the University community or is not profiting from University studies.