Billings and Due Dates
The following sections contain information regarding billing and due dates.
Access to Fee Information
You can view your Account Summary by Term in Minerva. The Fall term fees will be accessible in mid-July.
Confirmation of Acceptance Deposit
When you are admitted to the University, you are required to confirm your acceptance of the offer of admission on Minerva under the Applicant Menu at mcgill.ca/minerva and you must pay the required deposit (may vary by program) by credit card (AMEX, Visa, or MasterCard) at that time.
Invoicing of Fees
Fees are assessed on a term-by-term basis.
Electronic billing is the official means of delivering fee statements to all McGill students. Your e-bill includes all charges to your account, including tuition, fees, health insurance, and miscellaneous charges. The University generally produces e-bills at the beginning of the month and sends an email notification to your official McGill email address stating that your e-bill is available for viewing in Minerva. Charges or payments that occur after the statement date appear on the next month's statement, but you can view them immediately on the Account Summary by Term under the Student Accounts Menu in Minerva (this is the online dynamic account balance view).
Failure to check your McGill email on a regular basis in no way warrants the cancellation of interest charges and/or late payment fees. Refer to the Student Accounts website for information on payment due dates.
| Term | Payment Due Date |
|---|---|
| Fall Term (Returning and new students) | August 29, 2025 |
| Winter Term (Returning and new students) | January 5, 2026 |
Late Payment Fees: If you have an outstanding balance greater than $100 at the end of October (or the end of February for the Winter term), you are charged a late payment fee as per the fee schedule found at Administrative Charges and Other Fees. When a student has a student aid deferral, government aid deferral, or graduate funding deferral that has ended, their next e-bill will show that there is no longer a deferral in effect. Should the balance not be paid in full by the payment due date on this bill, the late penalty fee will be charged in addition to interest.
Guest Access in Minerva
You may choose to give access privileges to a guest in Minerva. These privileges include viewing e-bills/account summaries, tax receipts, and e-payment.
The mcgill.ca/student-accounts/parents-and-sponsors/guest-access web page describes how to set up this access. You must provide certain information about the individual to whom you wish to grant access to your fee-related information. The guest will be contacted by email and provided with a link to use within a designated time period.
You can revoke guest access privileges at any time.
Note that Service Point staff may respond to questions from your authorized guest regarding the information to which they have been given access.
If you do not want to give a guest access privileges to Minerva, you can enter an “Alternate Student Billing” email address on Minerva to which Student Accounts will send a copy of the monthly e-bill notification, which includes the balance due on the account.
You should not share your PIN (personal identification number) with anyone, including a guest in Minerva. Guest Access allows your guest to view your account information without knowing your PIN.
Payment Procedures
Please see the Student Accounts website at mcgill.ca/student-accounts/your-account/payment for the various methods of payment available to students and their guests.
Yearly Fees and Charges—Undergraduate
Tuition fees at the undergraduate level are based on the number of credits you take.
Please consult the Tuition and fees tables and rates page on the Student Accounts website.
Yearly Fees and Charges—Graduate and Postdoctoral
In thesis programs, students are charged tuition based on 15 credits per term if they are registered full-time. In non-thesis programs, students are charged tuition on a per-credit basis.
Part-time, Qualifying, Special, diploma, and certificate students will be charged tuition fees at the per credit rate and all students are subject to student society fees, student services fees, athletics and recreation fees, and administrative charges.
Students who have completed the residency requirements for their program but have not yet completed the program requirements are required to be registered in a supplementary term until graduation. Where a student is in a thesis program, this is called “Additional Session” and fees will be charged each term that they are registered, including the Summer. Students required to register in a Thesis Evaluation term upon initial submission of the thesis will be charged only society and administrative fees in each term that they must be registered. Where a student is in a non-thesis program, this is called “Non-Thesis Extension” and fees will be charged in each term that they are registered. Please refer to Program Requirements > Master's Degrees and Doctoral Degrees, found in the Graduate section of each faculty and school.
In the Summer term, students with a status of “Continuing” in a thesis program are not charged tuition fees, unless they are enrolled in courses which are considered extra to their program. Students in a non-thesis program taking courses in the Summer will be charged tuition and ancillary fees on a per-credit basis.
Non-unionized postdoctoral candidates are charged fees for membership to the Post-Graduate Students' Society (PGSS) and Student Services fees in both the Fall and Winter terms, as well as the PGSS Health and Dental Insurance plan.
Note: Please consult the Student Accounts website for the current fees payable by graduate-level students.