2022 Winter Tuition and Financial Information

If you were not full time in Fall 2021 and are taking nine credits or more you will automatically be charged for the Green Shield Extended Health Plan.

If you already have alternative extended health coverage you can opt out of the plan between January 1 and 30, 2022. 

To opt out go to https://www.greenshield.ca/en-ca

If you have opted-out, you will receive an email from SUNSCAD Office when their cheque is ready.

For all international students who were not full time in Fall 2021, you will be billed for the international health insurance in the winter 2022 semester. Students who choose to opt out must contact Colleen Ralph, International Coordinator, and Student VIP International at admin@internationalhealth.ca.

Important financial due dates are as follows:

• January 19, 2022 – Tuition is due
• January 19, 2022 – Last day for 100% refund for 14-week courses
• February 2, 2022 – Last day for 75% refund for 14-week courses
• February 9, 2022 – Last day for 50% refund for 14-week courses
• February 10, 2022 – No refunds for 14-week courses

Note: Financial refund dates differ from Academic drop dates.

If you withdraw completely from the current semester you will be charged a $100 withdraw fee.

More details on tuition fees and deadlines (including refunds dates for seven-week classes) can be found here.

All student loans are electronically received by NSCAD University. The Student Accounts Office will begin confirming loans on January 10, 2022.

The Student Accounts Financial Office will confirm your enrolment and request the fees to be sent directly to NSCAD for your winter tuition.  It is your responsibility to monitor your loan status, including the amount to be received. If your loan amount does not cover all of your fees, it is your responsibility to make the appropriate payment before the due date.

If your Student Loan Confirmation of Enrolment document is received by January 19, 2022 and it is confirmed that your loan will cover all of your winter tuition and fees, you will not be charged the $50 late fee.

NSCAD University offers an interim loan program for students who may need financial assistance to cover personal costs until their student loans arrive. More information about the interim loan program is available in the NSCAD Form Portal.

All NSCAD students taking nine credits or more in the winter 2022 semester (that were not full time in the fall 2021) will be automatically charged for the Halifax Transit U-Pass.

U-Pass stickers can be picked up at the Office of Student Experience on the second floor of the Fountain Campus.

• Online banking (Canadian banks only): Set “NSCAD University” up as a payee in bill payments and use your student ID number as account number. Please allow up to five business days for payment to be processed.
• Pay at the bank (Canadian banks only): Advise the teller that you want to pay NSCAD University and give your Student ID number as account number. Please allow up to five business days for payment to be processed.
• Cheque: Payable to NSCAD University can be mailed to:
  Attention: Student Accounts, Finance Office 4^th Floor, NSCAD University 5163 Duke Street, Halifax, NS, B3J 3J6.
• In-person payments: Student Accounts is currently accepting in-person payments Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
• Wire transfer (international students only): Form can be requested from the Student Accounts Office by email.
• Pay my tuition.com (International Students only):  PayMyTuition visit paymytuition.com

Waitlist classes are not included in your tuition fees until you are officially registered in that class. Payment is due upon acceptance in the class. If your student loan has been confirmed before acceptance in waitlist classes, you are responsible to ensure payment is received immediately.

If you are unsure how to obtain this information you may contact Theresa Pottie or Ria MacGillivray in the Student Accounts, Financial Office, at studentaccounts@nscad.ca. We can usually confirm whether your student loan has been processed and we are waiting for the funds to arrive. If that is the case a late payment fee will not be charged. When communicating with the Student Accounts Office please include your NSCAD Student ID Number.

If you have received a scholarship from NSCAD, it will be applied to your account and used towards your tuition. Any balance that is not used for your current semester tuition can remain on your account for the future semester or can be refunded.

Refund requests must be emailed to the Student Accounts Office at studentaccounts@nscad.ca by February 14, 2022. Refunds can be done by cheque or e-transfer. Please allow four weeks for cheques to be processed and four weeks for e-transfers. Please include your NSCAD student ID number when communicating by email.

NSCAD University offers an interim loan program for students who may need financial assistance to cover personal costs until their student loans arrive. More information about the interim loan program is available in the NSCAD Form Portal.

Students paying with their TA, please make sure that the payroll department has your completed Payroll Authorization Form. Check with the Student Accounts Office to make sure that tuition fees will be covered in full by your TA. You will not be charged the late payment fee if paying with TA.

All sponsor students must make sure that their sponsorship letter has been received by the Student Accounts Office.