U Toronto funding for non-Canadians

[postersessions]

Hi all,

I am posting on behalf a friend of mine to ask how (and how much) U Toronto funds their international students-- my friend has recently been in touch with the department she wanted to apply to, and was told that funding for non-Canadians is extremely tight. She is from the US. They wouldn't give her any information whatsoever about how much money she will be able to take home if she gets in and gets funded.

We've been looking on their website, too, and the only thing we found was what they call a Connaught fellowship. There are contradictory information about how much that is ("value" of 35k, which includes international tuition, so a realistic take-home will be around 10-15? or 35?)

Does anyone know how Toronto funds their international students?

[ktel]

What program is she applying to?

For a lot of the programs at U of T, if you get accepted, you are accepted with a minimum level of funding. This is for Canadian students: http://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/Assets/SGS+Digital+Assets/Graduate+Research/Graduate+Funding+Structures+2010-11.pdf

For International students it is all unfortunately a lot more hazy as they leave themselves with a convenient amount of flexibility. Since I'm a domestic student I don't really know and most of my friends are domestic too.

[surefire]

You should contact the Centre for International Experience at U of T: http://cie.utoronto.ca/

Most people miss it because, let's be honest, it sounds like a structure that sends domestic students AWAY for a bit, but it actually has great resources for incoming or prospective international students!

As ktel mentioned, there is convenient variance. I would recommend trying to get the skinny on your specific department. The issue is not only base guaranteed funding, it's also the general APPROACH and atmosphere of student funding, and this varies by department. For example, a department might have unappealing base funding, but is amicable to "haggling" or providing other opportunities to supplement. It depends! I'm sorry that there isn't a clearer response but, if your friend is on her way to grad school, she must have a knack for research, which she can employ here to suss out the options!