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Terms and Conditions

BY ACCEPTING FUNDING FROM TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, YOU AUTOMATICALLY AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

You must maintain full-time enrolment and be actively engaged in academic pursuits and attend your graduate program at Toronto Metropolitan University during EVERY MONTH of the term in which you have received a payment. If you withdraw, complete your program, transfer to part-time status, take a leave of absence or fail to complete the term, you may be required to forfeit and repay all or part of your funding.

Funding is not paid for any terms in which you are not actively enrolled.

Funding must be returned for any terms in which you are not actively enrolled.

The only exceptions for part-time enrolment are Ted Rogers School Graduate Entrance Award and Scholarship recipients for the MBA program. 

Scholarships, fellowships, awards are non-renewable. You will be automatically considered for funding in subsequent years provided you meet the eligibility requirements.

At the Master’s level, funding consideration is automatic in the second year of a two year program. Funding offered would vary in duration from one term to three terms based on the expected time to completion associated with the program. At the Doctoral level, funding consideration is automatic from one to three years in addition to the funding offered in the first year. 

Renewed funding in subsequent years of study remains subject to these terms and conditions.

If you anticipate withdrawing, completing your program, transferring to part-time, taking a leave of absence from your full-time academic studies during the term of your funding for any reason or if you fail to complete the term: YOU MUST NOTIFY YOUR GRADUATE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR IMMEDIATELY. In the case of withdrawal, you must also proceed with the withdrawal process.

Graduate Program Administrator contact

Withdrawal during a term in which you have received funding will require repayment based on the University’s tuition refund policy:

  1. Full repayment if withdrawal occurs before the final date to withdraw and be eligible for a full refund of fees.
  2. 50% repayment if withdrawal occurs before the final date to withdraw and be eligible for a 50% refund of fees.
  3. No repayment required if withdrawal is after the 50% refund withdrawal deadline date.  

OGF, Rogers Fellowship and TMGS/TMIGS: You must maintain full-time enrolment and attend your graduate program at Toronto Metropolitan University during EVERY MONTH of the term in which you have received a payment. If you withdraw, transfer to part-time status or fail to complete the term, you will be required to repay the OGF, Rogers Fellowship or TMGS/TMIGS. OGF, Rogers Fellowship and TMGS/TMIGS award holders who complete their degree requirements (submit and defend their thesis, complete their courses, etc.) will continue to receive their funding until the end of the affected term.

Ted Rogers School Graduate Entrance Awards and Scholarships: You must maintain full-time or part-time enrolment, whichever the case may be and attend your graduate program at Toronto Metropolitan University during EVERY MONTH of the term in which you have received a payment. If you withdraw or fail to complete the term, you will be required to repay the Ted Rogers Entrance Award or Scholarship. Ted Rogers Award and Scholarship award holders who complete their degree requirements (submit and defend their thesis, complete their courses, etc.) will continue to receive their funding until the end of the affected term. 

If you transfer to part-time from full-time status, the Ted Rogers Entrance Award or Scholarship may be reduced or rescinded at the discretion of the program and faculty.

Leave of absence: All fees and all funding types are reversed in total to the start of the affected terms.

Funding is not deferred due to a leave of absence.

Only Provincial OGS and QEII-GSST as well as Federal CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC and Vanier scholarships may be deferred due to a leave of absence following Provincial Ministry and Federal Tri-Agency guidelines.

Payments begin in the term that your funding was approved to start and are paid in three equal instalments during the first month of each academic term in September, January and May through your fees account in MyServiceHub (TMU’s Administrative Management Self Service) after your term enrolment has been confirmed. Funding is deposited to your fees account first to ensure that a t-slip for income tax purposes is automatically generated. 

NOTE: Ted Rogers School Graduate Entrance Awards and Scholarships may be paid in two equal instalments on a per term basis.

Funding applies to your fees balance first. If a credit remains, you may REQUEST A REFUND in MyServiceHub. Refunds are processed by e-transfer. KEEP YOUR MyServiceHub MAILING ADDRESS CURRENT. The payment processor will contact you after your account balance is updated. Monitor your TMU email including the spam folder. You have the option to leave any credit in your account to apply against future fees.

If there is a balance payable, you must pay this before the deadline or LATE FEES will apply. 

Verify every term that your funding has been correctly applied to your account. If you discover any discrepancies, contact your graduate program administrator immediately.  

Visit MyServiceHub support for instructions such as viewing your academic, financial and personal information at Toronto Metropolitan University.

If you apply for OSAP, do not declare scholarships, fellowships, awards and graduate funding on your OSAP application. The University does this on your behalf when your funding is processed in MyServiceHub. If your funding changes in any way throughout the academic year - whether it is reduced, increased, rescinded or otherwise altered in any way - you must notify TMU Student Financial Assistance as soon as possible. 

  • TMU Student Financial Assistance contact
  • TMU Student Financial Assistance website

Tax slips reflect funding processed in MyServiceHub for the respective calendar/tax year not the academic year. Tax slips may be downloaded from MyServiceHub. If there are any discrepancies discovered with your tax slips, contact the TMU Office of the Registrar.

The University will contact you if your Social Insurance Number (SIN) is not on file on your MyServiceHub account.

Refer to the funding in this section which you have been offered from your graduate program. Make note of the name of your funding and then carefully read the applicable section that is specific to that funding.  

Terms and conditions are not limited to graduate funding listed in this section and includes any other internal and external funding; graduate faculty, department and program specific scholarships, fellowships and awards processed by Toronto Metropolitan University.

Graduate Scholarships and Awards

Toronto Met Graduate Development Award (TMGDA)

The TMGDA is compatible with all funding types. Students with external or internal funding are eligible to be considered for a top-up in the form of a TMGDA.

Toronto Met Graduate Fellowship (TMGF)

If you receive or accept internal or external funding: CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, Vanier CGS, OGF, OGS, OTS or QEII-GSST, TMGS you must forfeit or decline the TMGF. TMGF and TMISS may not be held concurrently.

International students are not eligible for the TMGF.

Toronto Met International Student Scholarship (TMISS)

If you receive or accept internal or external funding: CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, Vanier CGS, OGF, OGS, OTS or QEII-GSST, TMIGS, you must forfeit or decline the TMISS. TMGF and TMISS may not be held concurrently.

You must notify your graduate program administrator immediately if your international student visa status changes. You will no longer be eligible for the TMISS in a term in which you are charged domestic fees. Eligible students may be considered for top-up funding in the form of a TMGDA.

The TMISS is available only to international students enrolled in a doctoral engineering program.

Toronto Met Graduate Scholarship/Toronto Met International Graduate Scholarship (TMGS/TMIGS)

The TMGS/TMIGS is valued at $15,000 and is paid in three equal installments on a per term basis. In order to hold a TMGS/TMIGS, you must not have exceeded the lifetime maximum of 6 years of government-funded graduate awards including: CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, Vanier CGS, OGS, OTS or QEII-GSST. If you receive or accept an offer for any of the aforementioned awards, you must forfeit or decline the TMGS/TMIGS. Lifetime includes awards received at other Ontario OGS and QEII-GSST eligible institutions at the PhD or Master’s level.

You may not hold any of this funding concurrently with the TMGS/TMIGS: OGF, TMGF, TMISS, Rogers Fellowship, CERC funding. Eligible students may be considered for top-up funding in the form of a TMGDA. 

Rogers Fellowship

The Rogers Fellowship is valued at $20,000 and is paid in three equal installments on a per term basis. If you hold a $20,000 Rogers Fellowship and you are awarded an external scholarship or funding that is administered by the University that is greater than $5,000, you must accept this funding in place of your Rogers Fellowship. You will then receive a new Rogers Fellowship or TMGDA, which will bring the total value to a minimum of $20,000.  

You may not hold any of this funding concurrently with the $20,000 Rogers Fellowship: CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, Vanier CGS, OGF, OGS, OTS, QEII-GSST, TMGF, TMGS/TMIGS and TMISS.

The Rogers Fellowship is available only to PhD students in the Communication & Culture program.

Ontario Graduate Fellowship (OGF)

The OGF is valued at $12,000 and is paid in three equal installments on a per term basis. You may not hold any of this funding concurrently with the OGF: CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, Vanier CGS, OGS, OTS, QEII-GSST, TMGF, TMGS/TMIGS, TMISS, Rogers Fellowship, CERC funding. 

International students are not eligible for the OGF.

If applicable, you will be automatically considered for additional years of funding in the form of a Toronto Met Graduate Fellowship, provided you meet the renewal terms and conditions and that during your enrollment in the program you have applied for external funding to all government programs for which you are eligible (e.g. CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, OGS).

Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC)

CERC graduate stipends are compatible with TMGDA, TMGF and TMISS.

Ted Rogers School Graduate Entrance Awards and Scholarships

Ted Rogers Awards and Scholarships are valued up to $20,000 each for full-time and up to $5,000 each for part-time candidates. 

Ted Rogers Awards and Scholarships may be paid in two equal installments on a per term basis.

If you are offered and accept Ted Rogers funding and you are awarded internal or external scholarships including: CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, Vanier CGS, OGS, TMGF, TMGS/TMIGS, CERC, TRSM faculty or funding that is administered by the University that is greater than $5,000, you must accept this funding in place of your Ted Rogers funding. It will then be at the program’s discretion to provide any additional funding in any combination in the form of Rogers Awards or Scholarships, TMGDA or TRSM faculty funding.  

International students are only eligible for the Ted Rogers School Graduate Entrance Scholarship.

Ted Rogers School Graduate Entrance Awards and Scholarships are available only to students in the Management PhD, MBA, Master of Health Administration (Community Care) and Master of Science in Management programs. 

You are required to sign and submit separate terms and conditions to your Graduate Program Administrator for the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) and the Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST). OGS and QEII-GSST terms and conditions will accompany your award offer. Review this document carefully.

To accept the offer of an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) or Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII–GSST), you must agree to these terms and conditions. 

If you are an incoming student, you must also accept your Offer of Admission by the confirmation deadline or you will forfeit your funding offer.

OGS and QEII-GSST (scholarships)

  • OGS and QEII-GSST are not transferable to other institutions.
  • OGS and QEII-GSST are non-renewable.
  • Funding is not paid for any terms in which you are not enrolled.
  • Funding must be returned for any terms in which you are not enrolled.
  • The OGS and QEII-GSST are valued at $15,000 and are paid in three equal installments on a per term basis.

OGS ONLY

You must complete two consecutive terms of study to be eligible for an OGS; if you fail to do so, your OGS scholarship will be deducted from your fees account and you will be responsible to return the balance owing to Toronto Metropolitan University immediately.

QEII-GSST ONLY

You must be enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program in a science and technology discipline. QEII-GSST award holders must be enrolled for three terms of study at 12 months; if you fail to do so, your QEII-GSST scholarship will be deducted from your fees account and you will be responsible to return the balance owing to Toronto Metropolitan University immediately. The QEII-GSST is not transferable to other Toronto Metropolitan University graduate programs. International students are not eligible for QEII-GSST awards.

Registration

You must maintain full-time enrolment and be actively engaged in academic pursuits and attend your graduate program at TMU during EVERY MONTH of the term in which you have received a payment.

If you withdraw, transfer to part-time status or fail to complete the term, you will be required to repay the scholarship.

Scholarship holders who complete their degree requirements (submit and defend their thesis, complete their courses, etc.) will continue to receive their scholarship until the end of the affected term.

Funding Renewal

Eligible students may apply to be considered for an OGS in subsequent years of study. Consideration is automatic in subsequent years of study for the QEII-GSST.

Funding disbursement and fees - MyServiceHub

Payments begin in the term that your scholarship was approved to start and are paid in three equal instalments during the first month of each academic term in September, January and May through your fees account in MyServiceHub after your term enrollment has been confirmed. Funding is deposited to your fees account first to ensure that a t-slip for income tax purposes is automatically generated.

Funding applies to your fees balance first. If a credit remains, you may REQUEST A REFUND in MyServiceHub. Refunds are processed by e-transfer. KEEP YOUR MyServiceHub MAILING ADDRESS CURRENT. The payment processor will contact you after your account balance is updated. Monitor your TMU email including the spam folder. You have the option to leave any credit in your account to apply against future fees.

If there is a balance payable, you must pay this before the deadline or LATE FEES will apply.

Verify every term that your funding has been correctly applied to your account. If you discover any discrepancies, contact your program administrator immediately.

Visit MyServiceHub support for instructions such as viewing your academic, financial and personal information at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) and RESTRICTIONS

You must be in good standing with previous and current OSAP and/or Federal loans. If a restriction is discovered, the OGS or QEII-GSST will be revoked and you will be required to repay the scholarship in its entirety. 

If you apply for OSAP, do not declare your OGS or QEII-GSST funding on your OSAP application. The University does this on your behalf when your scholarship is processed in MyServiceHub. If your funding changes in any way throughout the academic year - whether it is reduced, increased, rescinded or otherwise altered in any way - you must notify TMU Student Financial Assistance as soon as possible.

  • TMU Student Financial Assistance contact
  • TMU Student Financial Assistance website

Withdrawal, Completion, Transfer to Part-Time, Leave of Absence, Failure to Complete the Term

If you anticipate withdrawing, completing your program, transferring to part-time, taking a leave of absence from your full-time academic studies during the term of your scholarship for any reason or if you fail to complete the term, you must notify your program administrator immediately. In the case of withdrawal, you must also proceed with the withdrawal process. 

Graduate Program Administrator contact

Additional Terms and Conditions and Funding Conflicts

In order to hold an OGS or QEII-GSST, you must not have exceeded the lifetime maximum of 4 years at the PhD level and 2 years at the Master’s level for a total of 6 years of government-funded graduate awards including CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, Vanier CGS, OGS, OTS, QEII-GSST in any combination. If you receive or accept an offer for any of the aforementioned awards, you must forfeit or decline the OGS or QEII-GSST, whichever the case may be. Lifetime includes awards received at other Ontario OGS and QEII-GSST eligible institutions at the PhD or Master’s level.

You may not hold any of these awards concurrently with the OGS or QEII-GSST: OGF, TMGF, TMGS/TMIGSS, TMISS, Rogers Fellowship, CERC funding. Eligible students may be considered for top-up funding in the form of a TMGDA.

Tax Slips and Social Insurance Number (SIN) Information Collection

Tax slips reflect funding processed in MyServiceHub for the respective calendar/tax year not the academic year. Tax slips may be downloaded from MyServiceHub. If there are any discrepancies discovered with your tax slips, contact the TMU Office of the Registrar.

Social Insurance Number (SIN) is required to finalize your eligibility to hold either the OGS or the QEII-GSST.

The University or the Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies will contact you if your Social Insurance Number (SIN) is not on file on your MyServiceHub account. This information is used to report your scholarship to the Ontario provincial government that provides this funding. This is not applicable to international OGS scholarship holders.

You are required to sign and submit separate terms and conditions for Federal Tri-Agency scholarships for CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC.

Terms and conditions apply to the following Federal Tri-Agency Awards:

CIHR NSERC SSHRC Vanier
CGS-M CGS-M CGS-M CIHR
CGS-D CGS-D CGS-D NSERC
  PGS-D Doctoral SSHRC

Canada Graduate Scholarships Master’s (CGS-M)

Postgraduate Scholarships - Doctoral (PGS D)

Canada Graduate Doctoral Scholarships

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS)

YSGPS will contact Federal Award winners directly with terms and conditions.

Registration

You must maintain full-time enrollment and be actively engaged in academic pursuits and attend your graduate program at Toronto Metropolitan University during EVERY MONTH of the term in which you have received a payment. If you withdraw, transfer to part-time status or fail to complete the term, the Granting Councils require that funding be returned for any terms in which you are not enrolled.

Award holders who complete their degree requirements (submit and defend their thesis, complete their courses, etc.) will continue to receive their funding until the end of the affected term.

Examples: You received a payment for the Fall term and you complete your program by the end of the Fall term, you are no longer eligible for the remaining two-thirds of your funding. TMU is required to repay the Granting Council the remaining two-thirds on your behalf.

You received a payment for the Fall term and you continue your program through the Winter term but you withdraw half-way in the Winter term, you would be required to repay only the full Winter term payment instalment. TMU in turn repays the Granting Council the remaining two-thirds (Winter and Spring) on your behalf. 

CONSENT TO DEDUCT TMU FEES FIRST

Toronto Metropolitan University requires your consent to authorize the automatic deduction of  all fees charged per term from award payment installments for the duration of the tenure of the award. If a credit remains, you may REQUEST A REFUND in MyServiceHub.

Funding disbursement and fees - MyServiceHub

Payments begin in the term that your award was approved to start after your term enrolment has been confirmed. Award payments are paid in three equal installments during the first month of each academic term in September, January and May through your fees account in MyServiceHub (TMU’s Administrative Management Self Service). Funding is deposited to your fees account first to ensure that a t-slip for income tax purposes is automatically generated.

Refunds are processed by e-transfer. KEEP YOUR MyServiceHub MAILING ADDRESS CURRENT. The payment processor will contact you after your account balance is updated. Monitor your TMU email including the spam folder. You have the option to leave any credit in your account to apply against future fees.

Verify every term that your funding has been correctly applied to your account for the tenure of your award. If you discover any discrepancies, contact your program administrator immediately.

Visit MyServiceHub support for instructions such as viewing your academic, financial and personal information at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Ontario Student Assistance Program - OSAP

If you apply for OSAP, do not declare your Federal funding on your OSAP application. The University does this on your behalf when your award is processed in MyServiceHub. If your funding changes in any way throughout the academic year - whether it is reduced, increased, rescinded or otherwise altered in any way - you must notify TMU Student Financial Assistance as soon as possible. 

  • TMU Student Financial Assistance contact
  • TMU Student Financial Assistance website

Withdrawal, Completion, Transfer to Part-Time, Leave of Absence, Failure to Complete the Term

If you anticipate withdrawing, completing your program, transferring to part-time, taking a leave of absence from your full-time academic studies during the term of your award for any reason or if you fail to complete the term, you must notify your program administrator immediately. In the case of withdrawal, you must also proceed with the withdrawal process.

  •  Graduate Program Administrator contact

Tax Slips and Social Insurance Number (SIN) Information Collection

Tax slips reflect funding processed in MyServiceHub for the respective calendar/tax year not the academic year. Tax slips may be downloaded from MyServiceHub. If there are any discrepancies discovered with your tax slips, contact the TMU Office of the Registrar.

The University will contact you if your Social Insurance Number (SIN) is not on file on your MyServiceHub account. 

Additional Terms and Conditions and Funding Conflicts

You are responsible for the terms as defined in the Award Holders Guide provided by your Granting Council. Should we become aware that you are violating the terms as defined by your Granting Council, we will terminate your payments and you will be required to repay the portion of your award paid to you while in violation of those terms.

If you receive or accept an offer for CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, Vanier CGS, OGF, OGS, OTS, QEII-GSST or TMGS you may not hold these awards concurrently. You must forfeit or decline the aforementioned awards, whichever the case may be.

Additionally, you may not hold these awards concurrently with CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, Vanier CGS: TMGF, TMISS, Rogers Fellowship. Eligible students may be considered for top-up funding in the form of a TMGDA.

IF YOU ARE AN INCOMING STUDENT, YOU MUST ACCEPT YOUR OFFER OF ADMISSION BY THE CONFIRMATION DEADLINE OR YOU WILL FORFEIT YOUR FUNDING OFFER.

AN OFFER OF FUNDING IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATE PROGRAMS. 

FUNDING IS ONLY TENABLE FOR THE PERIOD DEFINED IN THE OFFER. 

YOU MUST MAINTAIN FULL-TIME ENROLMENT AND BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN ACADEMIC PURSUITS DURING EVERY MONTH THAT FUNDING IS RECEIVED. 

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAYING FUNDING IN FULL IF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE NOT MET.

YOU MUST READ, UNDERSTAND AND ABIDE BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS WELL AS ANY OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR FUNDING AND ANY OTHER INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL FUNDING THAT YOU MAY RECEIVE AND IS PROCESSED BY TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY.