Tuition and Financial Support

The Theory Centre aims to provide every qualified student offered admission to the program with sufficient financial resources to accept their offer. 

All full-time students in the Theory and Criticism programme receive a guaranteed minimum financial support package -- funding is awarded automatically and no application is required. This support package consists of a combination of Graduate Research Scholarship and Graduate Teaching Assistantship. The package is designed to cover a portion of a student's expenses for the eligible period of funding, and may be adjusted based on external awards and overall levels of student support.

In addition to sources of university support, students are encouraged to apply to external funding sources including the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), and Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) or SSHRC Doctoral Research Awards (SSHRC).

Domestic Master's students are eligible for financial support for the first six terms (two years) of full-time registration. Qualified students are provided with a minimum funding guarantee of $38,280 over two years and up to $63,800 over two years including external scholarships.

All Doctoral students are eligible for financial support for the first twelve terms (four years) of full-time registration. The Centre for Theory and Criticism provides all full-time PhD students with a minimum funding guarantee of $98,560 over four years, and up to $197,000 over four years including external scholarships.

Learn more about funding opportunities and tuition payments.

2024 - 2025 Tuition Fees

Effective September 1, 2024. 
For the most recent tuition fee schedule for domestic and international graduate students at Western, click here.

Master's

Domestic: $6,360/year*
International: $20,146/year*

Doctoral

Domestic and International: $6,360/year*

*does not include ancillary fees which vary by term and can be found at: https://www.registrar.uwo.ca/student_finances/fees_refunds/fee_refund_schedules.html 

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