Engineer_abroad

In my experience the queue for the photocopiers in the University library were there busiest the day the course reading lists came out each semester.

Oink

In grad school most of the profs would put the reading material for the class on loan in the library then we could all copy it. Not strictly legal but no one complained and saved us poor graduate students about $150 per course.

TrishP

Tuition fees by university - Universities Canada
Residence fees are available online for many Canadian universities.

Shard

Thank you.

Actually, by residency considerations I meant how much time do you need to spend in Canada to meet resident / non-international fee requirements. Currently we are in the UK.

TrishP

My understanding of the system here is that classification as an 'international student' is reserved for those who do not have the right to permanent residence in the country, ie. those who are not citizens or PRs. It's not a time-dependent issue AFAIK.

dbd33

International fees may depend on immigration status but "out of Province" fees do not. We paid a premium for university in NS and in Qc for being resident in ON. I suppose someone resident in the UK would count as "out of Province" if not International. At least in Qc establishing residency for this purpose only takes a year so the second and subsequent year fees are at the domestic rate (at least they were in the instance that mattered to me).

jimf

Canada can be much cheaper certainly but it does vary significantly with course and location. It seems that Ontario is generally more expensive. U of T tuition fees can vary from $6k pa to $14k pa. Add $2k pa for "incidentals" plus $700 booklist. For 8 months accommodation with meal plan add another $13k or so. Factor in 4 years rather than 3.

The likes of Lethbridge and Regina are pretty cheap. Calgary and UofA are also pretty cheap for anyone who would wish to go to such a place.

Novocastrian

Canadian Universities are cheap for a reason. The 2015 World Universites Ranking is out: these are where Canadian Unis rank...

QS World University Rankings® 2015/16 | Top Universities

If you scroll down far enough and know where I used to work, you can figure out why I retired at the first possible moment.

Oink

viajero

Well McGill is cheap because Quebec has always made cheap tuition a priority. At #24, it seems there's some talent that don't mind paying less.

Per capita, Canada's university rankings are somewhat behind the US. Canada, unlike the US, does not have an established network of extremely wealthy private universities that can afford the very top 0.01% of professors and facilities. Of course those institutions take the top spots, and deservedly so.

The top-ranked schools in Canada also tend to be the biggest in the country and hence, there are fewer. University of Toronto's 3 campuses have in total something like 80,000 students - massive for a country of Canada's population - but obviously only gets a single spot on the list. To put this into perspective, the largest university in the US is the University of Central Florida, which has lower enrolment than U of T in a country 9 times the population.

And of course, some schools are known for certain disciplines. University of Waterloo is ranked 152 in that list but if I'm not mistaken I believe its engineering department (and engineering is Waterloo's "thing") is easily top 50, possibly top 25. Of course this sort of qualifier can be made for many universities in Canada and elsewhere.

Anyway, interesting that a ranking that apparently shows Canada in a positive light is disregarded, but a ranking that apparently (though not really, for stated reasons) shows Canada in a negative is accepted without question.

Novocastrian

Could you please parse that post for content, because I believe it has none.

viajero

It requires a touch of impartiality.

Novocastrian

Ah, I see. It's just that you seem to have confused size with quality. I suppose the two may be the same if we restrict the debate to a certain organ, but not to Universities.

Oink

Very true, as do many/most university administrators.

viajero

No I have not. I can't see how anyone could have honestly interpreted my post that way.