Western tuition, 2026–27

For an Ontario student

• Arts, Social Science and Science, Year 1 (not Computer Science)

  $6,171

  Fee schedule

• Engineering, Year 1

  $12,539

  Fee schedule

• Management and Organizational Studies, and Computer Science, Year 1

  $8,077

  Fee schedule

Arts and science cost about the same across Ontario: from $5,982.48 to $6,250 at the 24 universities compared. Western is cheaper than 13 of the other 23. Every university side by side

For an international student

• Arts, Social Science and Science, Year 1

  $47,493

  Fee schedule

• Engineering, Year 1

  $64,310

  Fee schedule

On top of tuition

Ancillary and incidental fees: $1,976.46 a year. Full time, every program, including the transit pass, health and dental plans, and first-year orientation. 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 and science

  $6,171

• Residence

  $8,900

  Bunked double, Delaware Hall, the cheapest first-year room. Residence fees

• Meal plan, required

  $7,700

  Meal Plan 2, the cheapest required plan. Meal plans

• From

  $22,771

Plus $1,976.46 in ancillary fees. The dearest first-year room is $13,620 (Suite single, Elgin or Essex Hall). Books, a phone plan and trips home are not counted. Every university, all in

“Meal plans are mandatory for all first-year students except for those living in Bayfield or Lambton Hall, and for upper-year students living in Alumni House and London Hall.”

The cheapest room is a bunked double. Meal plans are optional in Bayfield and Lambton Halls.

Other campuses

• Huron University College. Charges Western's tuition, $6,171.00 in first-year arts, but its own fees are higher: $11,920.23 in total for a first-year Ontario student, including $3,638.76 in Huron fees.
• King's University College. Charges Western's tuition, $6,171.00 in first year. Its first-year total with fees is $8,634.17.