The Department of Computer Science will ensure that all full-time degree graduate students receive financial support to at least the basic departmental level, provided that they are making satisfactory progress in their graduate program.
A student who starts our program from a Bachelors degree will receive 60 months (5 years) of financial support. Of these 60 months, up to 17 months of support is provided to complete the Masters and 43 months of guaranteed support is provided to complete the Ph.D. Students who enter the Ph.D. program with a Master's degree from elsewhere will receive 48 months of financial support to complete the Ph.D.
Students and prospective students wishing to obtain financial support must apply for all scholarships, fellowships, and bursaries for which they are eligible. Canadian and permanent resident students should apply to the Canadian and Ontario Government scholarship (NSERC and OGS, see below). Foreign students are expected to apply to their own government and national agencies, and for Government of Canada Scholarships available through the Canadian Embassy in their country. The Ontario Student Aid Program (OSAP) provides interest-free loans.
Students who win a major scholarship are no longer eligible for basic departmental support, since that support will now be provided by their scholarship. To ensure scholarship winners obtain a significant financial reward from their scholarship, the department will pay a top-up for scholarship holders who are within their guaranteed funding period.
Deadlines and procedures for application to all award competitions will be announced by email to all registered students as that information becomes available each year.