Financial Assistance and Fees

All graduate students are supported by stipends from a combinations of External scholarships, Departmental scholarships, research grants, training grants, and teaching assistantships. The minimum stipend for 2011-2012 is $20,244.00. Hamilton is very affordable for students and thus the stipend affords a comfortable lifestyle. Graduate students are also eligible to receive financial support to attend scientific conferences.

Psychology graduate students without external scholarship support receive a departmental scholarship; in 2011-2012 this is $10,000 for both M.Sc. students and Ph.D. students. In recent years, foreign students have been put on a similar financial footing with Canadian students, by virtue of their receiving either a supplementary departmental scholarship or a tuition differential waiver.

In the course of their graduate training, students assist in the Department teaching activities. The nature of each student's contribution depends upon his or her other interests and the needs of the Department. Teaching assistantships, paying $10,244.00 per year (2011-12) for 260 hours of work, are available to all graduate students in our Department.

Canadian citizens and landed immigrants are eligible to apply for scholarships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and other provincial and federal funding agencies. Both Canadian and foreign graduate students are eligible to apply for Ontario Graduate Scholarships. Students awarded such scholarships remain eligible for teaching assistantships, and typically enjoy an income substantially in excess of the figures quoted above.

To view the Fees required please click here.  Tuition is automatically deducted from monthly pay cheques. A portion of the graduate stipend is subject to income tax. The tax payable will of course depend on circumstances. More information regarding tuition fees and income tax provisions may be obtained by writing the

School of Graduate Studies
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4L8