Tuition & Financial Support

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Tuition

Apply for our program on the Western Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies website

For the most current information about tuition and fees for domestic and international graduate students at Western, see the Office of the Registrar's website.

Financial Support

The Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry endeavors to provide a competitive funding package for all eligible full-time students. All students admitted to the program receive funding: MSc students for 2 years and PhD students for 4 years. (Funding is not available for the MSc Clinical Medical Biophysics - CAMPEP Stream Program).

MSc Annual Stipend

As a Medical Biophysics MSc student, you will receive a funding support package of $23,500/year effective September 2024 to assist with your living expenses. Students will receive WGRS (Western Graduate Research Scholarship) currently worth $5000/year to offset a portion of their tuition costs.

Your graduate supervisor will cover the remaining annual tuition owed on a per term basis in addition to your funding support package ($23,500/year) for living expenses.

Funding Support Package Guarantee For The Length of Time To Complete A MSc Degree: MSc stipends are guaranteed for 2 years which is the time required to complete this degree.

Funding is not available for MSc Clinical Medical Biophysics - CAMPEP graduate program.

PhD Annual Stipend

As a Medical Biophysics PhD student, you will receive a funding support package of $24,500/year effective September 2024 to assist with your living expenses. Students will receive WGRS (Western Graduate Research Scholarship) currently worth $5000/year to offset a portion of their tuition costs.

Your graduate supervisor will cover the remaining annual tuition owed on a per term basis in addition to your funding support package ($24,500/year) for living expenses.  

Funding Support Package Guarantee for the Length of Time To Complete A PhD Degree Under The Following Conditions:

      • If you are entering our PhD program after completing a MSc degree, your basic stipend is guaranteed for 4 years which is the time required to complete a PhD degree.
      • If you are directly entering our PhD program after completing a Bachelor’s degree, your basic stipend is guaranteed for 5 years.
      • If you reclassify from a MSc degree in our program to a PhD degree, your basic stipend is guaranteed for 5 years from your initial registration date as a MSc student.

All students are encouraged to apply for external funding from such sources as the Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program. For more information see The Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Graduate Studies website. Our students are highly successful in scholarship applications and grants. Current 4th year undergraduate students are also encouraged to apply for OGS if you are thinking of applying to a graduate program!