Graduate funding

This tool provides information about graduate funding at the School of Computer Science at UoGuelph, including teaching and research assistantships, tuition scholarships, and tuition costs.

In the calculator below, select your degree and student status, enter your admission average for the last two years of your most recent degree (out of 100%), and check any additional requirements that apply to you. The table will show your estimated annual funding and the amount remaining after tuition.

Note: these are estimates calculated based on the information on the official School of Computer Science funding page. The detailed financial information will be listed in your offer of admission and may differ from the numbers shown here.

1. Degree

2. Student status

3. Admission average

4. Additional eligibility requirements[4]

Funding estimate

Funding source Per year
Total funding per year
Tuition per year[6]
Funding after tuition per year

Scholarships and travel grants

Competitive awards, not included in the funding totals. Please follow the provided links to check conditions and eligibility requirements.

Name Amount Deadline Link
Canada Graduate Research Scholarship — Doctoral $40,000/year for 3 years 2026–27 round closed September 22, 2025 Details
Canada Graduate Research Scholarship — Master’s $27,000 for 1 year December 1, 2026, 8 p.m. Eastern Details
Ontario Graduate Scholarship $15,000 for 1 year Late January/early February 2027, unconfirmed Details
Vector Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence (only for MS.AI program) $21,000 entrance award March 17, 2027; internal deadline earlier Details
Braithwaite Conference Travel Grant Up to $5,000/year At least 6 weeks before travel Details

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  1. Teaching assistant work means helping teach courses, support students, or grade work. Two positions are offered each year: one in Fall and one in Winter, each involving 140 hours of work. ↩
  2. School research funding (SoCS GRA) is provided by the School of Computer Science. ↩
  3. Supervisor research funding comes from your research advisor. ↩
  4. Graduate tuition scholarship: $6,000 per year for Master of Science and doctoral students with an admission average of at least 75% entering Winter 2027. The scholarship is not confirmed for students entering after Winter 2027. ↩
  5. International master’s tuition scholarship: $10,000 per year for two years, for students with an admission average above 75% who completed their full undergraduate degree at the University of Guelph. ↩
  6. Tuition uses the published full-time 2026–27 rates for three semesters per year, excluding compulsory fees. University tuition rates. ↩
  7. The funding shown in the table is the minimal guaranteed amount. If my current grants permit, I aim to contribute $5,200 per year for domestic MSc students, $11,200 for international MSc students, $11,200 for domestic PhD students, and $13,700 for international PhD students. ↩

Last update: October 2026