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Funding

The School of Religious Studies aims both to provide requisite funding听补苍诲 to assist graduate students in obtaining additional funding for their studies and research during their time at 麻豆区. In addition to the cost of living in Montreal, tuition and other compulsory fees for Full-Time PhD studies will amount to roughly CAD 4,650 for Canadian residents and roughly CAD 18,900 for International students for PhD Year 1-4.听 Fees for all PhD students聽in Year 5-7, which is called Additional Session, are reduced to approximately CAD 3,960 for Canadian residents and roughly CAD 4,709 for International students.

For Full-time MA studies, tuition and other compulsory fees will amount to about CAD 4,650 for Quebec residents, about CAD 10,200 for non-Quebec Canadian residents, and about CAD 20,740 for International students.

More on calculating your cost of attendance can be found on the Future Graduate Students website.听 Remember that Montreal remains聽an attractive and affordable city .

Up-to-date detailed information about tuition and student fees can be found on the Graduate Tuition and Fees Table.听

Funding Opportunities

School of Religious Studies Fellowships

Funding for graduate students comes from several sources: School of Religious Studies Fellowships & Awards, Faculty of Arts Awards, Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Fellowships, external awards, Teaching Assistantships, and Sessional Teaching. All awards and fellowships are granted competitively on the basis of academic merit.

The School of Religious Studies also has several named fellowships and bursaries that are awarded on an annual basis to full-time incoming and in-course PhD students. The named fellowships and bursaries include:

  • the Ellen Bradshaw Aitken Fellowship, in memory of the former Dean of the Faculty of Religious Studies, awarded to an outstanding graduate student in any field of study in Religious Studies;
  • the McBurney Graduate Fellowship awarded to students working in the area of Inter-religious Studies & Social Engagement;
  • the Birks Fellowship;
  • the Deirdre and Robert Stevenson award for students studying Asian Religions;
  • the Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem Graduate award for students pursuing research in ecumenical topics;
  • the McConnell Fellowship;
  • the Arthur and Jessie Lochead Bursary;
  • the Saint Maurice Power Corporation Award;
  • the Religious Studies Bursary;
  • the Samuel Finley Bursary,
  • and the Topping Memorial Bursary.

The awarding of these fellowships and bursaries are based on progress towards the completion of the PhD program听补苍诲 academic merit. All full-time registered PhD students in good standing are considered for these fellowships. No application is required.

The School has four 4-year Wilfred Cantwell Smith Fellowships of approximately $15,000 per year that may be awarded to students admitted to the doctoral program聽(PhD full time). There are only a certain number of these fellowships available; they cannot be offered each year. The Wilfred Cantwell Smith Graduate Fellowships, honoring the memory of an influential and internationally renowned professor of the Faculty, are available through the generosity of Barbara and Patrick Keenan.

The School of Religious Studies may also assign Differential Fee Waivers for full-time PhD students who are not Canadian residents. Such Differential Fee Waivers cover the difference between the award holder鈥檚 international tuition fees and Quebec residents鈥� tuition fees. (The award-holder remains responsible for the equivalent of Quebec residents鈥� tuition fees.) For more information, see the聽DFW听飞别产蝉颈迟别.

All doctoral entrance fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis; all applicants who have completed their applications by the funding deadline (January 15th) will be considered. All in-coming students admitted to begin MA programs (Full-Time) are considered for modest entrance fellowships.

Dissertation finishing fellowships

The generosity of Barbara and Patrick Keenan has also provided for two annual PhD Dissertation Finishing Fellowships for doctoral students in Religious Studies.

The professors, staff and friends of the School of Religious Studies have also established a PhD 鈥淪tudent Dissertation Fund鈥� to assist students in the final stages of their doctoral program. All students in PhD Year 6 or year 7 in good standing and on track to complete their program聽will be considered in consultation with supervisors and the Graduate Program聽Director. Students do not need to apply for these funding opportunities.