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TMU tuition, 2026–27

How much is tuition at TMU?

$6,232.56 a year for an Ontario student in arts, before fees.

Ted Rogers School of Management programs is the highest first-year rate, at $10,565.16. International students pay $36,590.

First year, full time, fall and winter, from TMU’s own 2026–27 fee schedule, read September 21, 2026.

For an Ontario student

  • Arts and Contemporary Studies, first year (Arts undeclared and Criminology are the same)

    $6,232.56

    2 terms × $3,116.28 = $6,232.56 Fee schedule

  • Ted Rogers School of Management programs

    $10,565.16

    2 terms × $5,282.58 = $10,565.16 Fee schedule

  • Engineering, first year

    $10,393.18

    2 terms × $5,196.59 = $10,393.18 Fee schedule

  • Architectural Science

    $9,742.46

    2 terms × $4,871.23 = $9,742.46 Fee schedule

Arts and science cost about the same across Ontario: from $5,982.48 to $6,250 at the 24 universities compared. TMU is cheaper than 3 of the other 23. Every university side by side

For an international student

  • Arts and Contemporary Studies, first year

    $36,590

    2 terms × $18,295.00 = $36,590.00 Fee schedule

  • Engineering, first year

    $42,550

    2 terms × $21,275.00 = $42,550.00 Fee schedule

On top of tuition

Ancillary and incidental fees: $1,167.50 a year. TMU prints $7,400.06 for first-year Arts with fees included; less $6,232.56 in tuition, the fees come to $1,167.50. Source

What these fees cover differs by university, so they are not added to the tuition above.

First year in residence, all in

The cheapest way to live on campus in first year: tuition, the cheapest first-year room and the meal plan a first-year has to buy.

  • Tuition, arts

    $6,232.56

  • Residence

    $8,985.86

    Double with a shared hallway washroom, Pitman Hall, the cheapest first-year room. Residence fees

  • Meal plan, required

    $7,571

    7-Day Mandatory Meal Plan (required in Pitman Hall rooms and the ILC), the cheapest required plan. Meal plans

  • From

    $22,789.42

Plus $1,167.50 in ancillary fees. The dearest first-year room is $15,144.86 (Single in a two-bedroom apartment, Daphne Cockwell Complex). Books, a phone plan and trips home are not counted. Every university, all in

“As a student living in a TMU residence, you’re automatically signed up to one of our three convenient and affordable mandatory meal plans. [table rows:] International Living/Learning Centre (ILC) | 7-day meal plan | n/a — Pitman Hall (PIT) | 7-day meal plan | n/a”

A cheaper required meal plan applies in the apartment-style buildings.

Some of it comes back. TMU lists 6 entrance scholarships, 1 of them automatic on your average.

TMU entrance scholarships, and what your average is worth

Reading these figures. TMU's own fee pages print totals with fees included. The tuition-only amounts come from its per-program fee schedules, which it publishes as Google Sheets.

These are 2026–27 rates. Students starting in fall 2027 pay the next year’s, which TMU publishes in the spring. Confirm on the fee schedule before you budget.

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