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Funding and Entrance Fellowships

Support for incoming graduate students comes in various forms: Faculty Fellowships, awards established by alumni, Graduate Excellence Fellowships, major competitive fellowships, awards to reduce international fees (differential fee waivers), and research assistantships with professors and research centres.

Funding guidelines for incoming DCL and LLM students

DCL candidates

Our package for students entering in 2024 to 2025 guarantees DCL students four years of tuition payments. We will also provide $20,000 of guaranteed funding for living expenses ($5,000 per year for four years), plus a potential $39,000 of supplemental funding spread across a four-year period (payable if students do not have external grant support). Students are expected to apply for federal and provincial grants for which they are eligible; the Graduate Programs Office assists students with their applications. Please note that students are responsible for paying all other student fees besides tuition (student society fees, student services charges, copyright fee, dental insurance, health insurance, etc.). Funding and its renewal beyond 2024-2025 are conditional upon maintaining satisfactory standing in the DCL program. Funding amounts are based on annual budgets and funding package amounts for future incoming students may vary.

LLM candidates

We have very limited internal funding for LLM students aside from a few special fellowships (e.g. Research Group on Health and Law and O’Brien Fellowships). Most LLM students will receive no funding from the Faculty. You should plan your affairs on the basis that you will not receive funding.

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