Université de Moncton
Moncton, New Brunswick
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The short answer
- Apply through the Portail UMoncton, not OUAC, the Ontario Universities' Application Centre. Canadian applicants pay a $70 file-review fee.
- Ontario applicants need 65% across five admissible Grade 12 courses and 65% in FRA4U. Each other course needs 60%.
- Moncton publishes one Canadian tuition rate: $8,601 for 2026–27. Ontario students pay the same as New Brunswick students.
- Moncton campus residence runs $4,656 to $7,104 for 2026–27. Meal plans are not included in those rates.
- Fall 2027 deadlines and 2027–28 tuition are not yet published. August 31 and May 31 are planning anchors.
Reviewed August 15, 2026 · Official university sources · How we review guides
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Overview
Entity answer
Canada's largest French-language university outside Quebec
Université de Moncton is a French-language university with campuses in Moncton, Edmundston, and Shippagan, New Brunswick. The current undergraduate guide says the Moncton campus serves more than 4,000 students. Program availability, housing, deadlines, and some co-op options differ by campus.
65%
Published general admission average
3
New Brunswick campuses
French
Language of instruction
Choose the campus with the program
“Université de Moncton” is one university, but it is not one interchangeable campus. Confirm where the program begins and whether it can be completed there before comparing residence, travel, or experiential learning.
Fall 2027 cycle status
2027 pending · Fall 2027
No page has a Fall 2027 label. The live important-dates page lists undergraduate deadlines with no cycle year. These are August 31 for the autumn session and January 5 for winter. February 1 is for Nursing, Interior Design, and the 16-month Bachelor of Education at the Moncton campus. May 31 is for international autumn entry. September 30 is for international winter entry. Only the separate session calendar has a year. It reads Automne 2026: registration deadline September 4, classes start September 9, drop-without-record September 18, and mid-session study days October 26 to 30.
Moncton publishes the deadlines as standing annual dates, not dated cycle dates. So August 31 and May 31 are reasonable Fall 2027 planning anchors. But the university reserves the right to close applications early when volume is high. The session calendar for Fall 2027 has not been posted.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Important dates and undergraduate application deadlines · Verified August 15, 2026
Language of instruction — the decision an anglophone makes first
Current rule · Published for this period
Université de Moncton is a French-language university. Its Ontario recruitment page states plainly that a student has the assurance the programme will be delivered in French from first year to last, and that services, the student-success programme, and cultural and social activities are also in French. There is no English-language undergraduate degree route. An anglophone or French-immersion applicant is choosing to complete an entire degree in French.
Moncton documents genuine first-year scaffolding for non-francophones. But the scaffolding runs alongside a French degree. It does not convert any programme into an English one.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Université de Moncton pour les élèves de l'Ontario · Verified August 15, 2026
Canada's largest French-language university outside Québec
Current institutional positioning · Published for this period
The university states in its own words that it is 'la plus grande université canadienne de langue française à l'extérieur du Québec'. Its English page says the same: 'Canada's largest French-language university outside Québec'. It also claims one of the lowest faculty-to-student ratios in the country. It also claims a professor-to-student ratio among the best in Canada. This applies to bachelor's and first-cycle programmes.
These are the university's own institutional statements, not independently audited rankings.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Réputation d'excellence: largest francophone university outside Québec · Verified August 15, 2026
Size, programme count, and history
University-published counts · Published for this period
Moncton publishes 165 study programmes. Of these, 40 are at the master's and doctorate level. It also has more than 35 active research centres, chairs, and institutes. It was created in 1963 and has awarded more than 53,000 degrees. It describes itself as the single most important centre for the social, cultural, and economic development of New Brunswick's Acadian population. Its student body comes mainly from New Brunswick but also from almost all countries of the international Francophonie.
The Ontario recruitment page advertises 'près de 200 programmes' while the institutional page publishes 165. Treat both as marketing counts and check the programme repertoire for the specific degree.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Who we are: scale, programmes, research centres, and history · Verified August 15, 2026
Three New Brunswick campuses, one university
Current structure · Published for this period
The university runs three campuses in New Brunswick's francophone regions. They are Moncton (18, avenue Antonine-Maillet), Edmundston (165, boulevard Hébert), and Shippagan (218, boulevard J.-D.-Gauthier). Each campus has its own admissions inbox. Each has its own housing inventory and programme mix. The university's own student-life page tells applicants to compare the three before choosing.
Some deadlines differ by campus — the 16-month Bachelor of Education is February 1 at Moncton but June 30 at Edmundston and Shippagan for Canadian applicants.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Vie étudiante: three campuses, clubs, and socio-cultural activity · Verified August 15, 2026
Parts of the official site are still offline
2027 pending · Current site status
Several umoncton.ca pages return an error message stating that, because of a cybersecurity incident on the website, access to certain pages and tools has not yet been restored. Verification of some detail pages — including the study-permit and provincial attestation-letter pages — was not possible at this review.
If an official page is unreachable, contact the campus admissions office directly. Do not rely on a cached or third-party copy.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Admission FAQ: application fees, portal steps, processing times · Verified August 15, 2026
Detailed application guides
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Canadian Business and Commerce Programs
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Canadian Credential Evaluation Guide
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Admissions Planning
Université de Moncton Ontario requirements and 2027 timing
The university groups programs into Conditions A through D. Every route uses five admissible courses, but mathematics and science change with the program. Ontario applicants need 65% across the admission courses, at least 65% in FRA4U, and at least 60% in each other course.
| Admission condition | Current Ontario course pattern |
|---|---|
| All undergraduate conditions | You need an Ontario secondary-school diploma. You need five admissible Grade 12 courses. You need at least 65% across the admission courses. You need at least 65% in FRA4U. You need at least 60% in every other required or admissible course. |
| Condition A | FRA4U plus four Grade 12 courses judged equivalent to Université de Moncton's New Brunswick admissible-course list. |
| Condition B | FRA4U, MHF4U, and three Grade 12 courses judged equivalent to the admissible-course list. |
| Condition C | FRA4U, MHF4U, SBI4U, SCH4U, and one Grade 12 course judged equivalent to the admissible-course list. |
| Condition D | FRA4U, MHF4U, two different sciences chosen from SBI4U, SCH4U, and SPH4U, plus one Grade 12 course judged equivalent to the admissible-course list. |
Condition A
Arts and Social Sciences, including English, Drama, Visual Arts, Criminology, French Studies, History, Communication, Music, Political Science, Sociology, Translation, and Social Work; also Leisure, Sport, and Tourism Management.
Condition B
Business Administration concentrations, Economics, Environment and Geography, Sustainable Development and Coastal Zone, and Information Management.
Condition C
Nutrition and Nursing. Forestry and Psychology use published variations of the science pattern, so applicants must check the exact program row.
Condition D
Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering; Computer Science and Applied Computer Science; Mathematics, Physics, Biochemistry, Biology, Kinesiology, and the preparatory Health Sciences diploma.
Condition Special patterns
Primary Education uses French, mathematics, one science, and two admissible courses. Secondary Education requirements depend on the teaching subject.
Fall 2027 dates are not complete
The live deadline table still describes Fall 2026. Treat the dates below as planning benchmarks only. Before you rely on one, verify the applicant's campus, program, citizenship status, and entry term.
| Applicant or program | Current published date | Planning note |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian citizen or permanent resident | August 31 for the autumn session; January 5 for winter | Published with no cycle year attached. The university warns that programs may close earlier when application volume is high, and says late applications are carried forward to the next session. |
| Nursing or Interior Design | February 1 | Limited-enrolment programs close roughly seven months before the general date. |
| International applicant | May 31 for the autumn session; September 30 for winter | Documents, admission processing, and study-permit timing make early completion important. |
| 16-month Bachelor of Education | February 1 at Moncton; June 30 at Edmundston and Shippagan for Canadian applicants | Admission is advanced entry. The academic requirements are separate, and the date differs by campus. |
| Session calendar (the only dated block) | Automne 2026: registration September 4, classes September 9, drop without record September 18 | This is the one place the deadline page names a cycle year, and it still reads Fall 2026. No Fall 2027 calendar has been published. |
French-language admission route
Enough French is a condition for admission. The university evaluates admitted students through the file, a placement test, or an interview. It assigns FRAN or advanced FLSA courses. French-immersion students complete an oral interview. They may use the first-year Groupe-pont pathway. The university says most secondary immersion graduates meet its language expectation.
Ontario Conditions A–D, exactly as published
Current requirements · Published for this period
Condition A: FRA4U at a minimum 65% plus four other Grade 12 university-preparation courses at a minimum 60%. Condition B: FRA4U at 65%, MHF4U at 60%, and three other Grade 12 U courses at 60%. Condition C: FRA4U at 65%, MHF4U at 60%, SBI4U at 60%, SCH4U at 60%, and one other Grade 12 U course at 60%. Condition D: FRA4U at 65%, MHF4U at 60%, two Grade 12 sciences from different disciplines chosen from SBI4U, SCH4U, or SPH4U at 60%, and one other Grade 12 U course at 60%. In every condition the overall average of the courses used for admission must be 65% or higher.
Ontario applicants must have training the admission committee judges as equivalent. The committee checks it against Moncton's New Brunswick admissible-course list. So if your Grade 12 timetable is unusual, check with admissions before it is locked in.
Applies to: Ontario high school
Université de Moncton: Admission conditions by region of origin (Conditions A–D) · Verified August 15, 2026
MCV4U is recommended, not required
Current requirements · Published for this period
The Ontario condition table carries an explicit footnote: although it is no longer required for admission, the university strongly recommends that applicants to programmes requiring Condition D take MCV4U. Condition D covers Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Biochemistry, Biology, and Kinesiology routes.
Dropping MCV4U will not block an offer, but the university's own wording signals that first-year calculus assumes it.
Applies to: Ontario high school
Université de Moncton: Admission conditions by region of origin (Conditions A–D) · Verified August 15, 2026
No CEGEP and no qualifying year for a 12-year diploma
Current requirements · Published for this period
Moncton is a New Brunswick institution. It admits Ontario applicants and other twelve-year-diploma applicants straight from Grade 12 into first year. There is no qualifying year. There is no CEGEP (a Quebec college most Quebec students attend before university) requirement. The exception runs the other way. A Québec applicant with only a Secondary 5 diploma is assessed. This happens if the average across the five admissible courses is at least 75%. If it is not, that applicant must first complete at least 12 CEGEP general-education credits. The average must be at least 65%.
This is the structural advantage of a francophone university outside Québec. The Québec tuition-residency rules do not apply here. The CEGEP rules do not apply here either.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
Université de Moncton: Admission conditions by region of origin (Conditions A–D) · Verified August 15, 2026
Moncton's own application, no centralised service
Current fee schedule · Published for this period
Applicants create an account on the Portail UMoncton and apply directly. There is no OUAC (Ontario's university application site) or equivalent centralised service. Canadian applicants pay a $70 file-review fee. This fee is added to tuition in the first session of registration. International applicants pay a non-refundable $300 CAD file fee. Of that, $230 CAD is credited against university fees at the start of the first session. A complete file is normally processed in four to six weeks. Programme changes and campus transfers take two to four weeks.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Admission FAQ: application fees, portal steps, processing times · Verified August 15, 2026
How the deadlines actually behave
Current published pattern · Published for this period
The university reserves the right to close applications before the published dates. This depends on volume. It states that undergraduate applications received after the published dates are automatically carried forward to the following session. They are not refused. Nursing, Interior Design, and the 16-month Bachelor of Education at the Moncton campus close on February 1. That is roughly seven months earlier than the general August 31 date.
The dates page still carries a stale 2021 notice about study-permit processing at the top; read past it to the deadline lists, which are the current content.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Important dates and undergraduate application deadlines · Verified August 15, 2026
French evidence for immersion and anglophone applicants
Current requirements · Published for this period
To register through the immersion route, you must first pass an oral interview. The interview is by telephone or during a visit to the Moncton campus. You arrange it with the immersion programme lead. This is before you submit an admission application. The university states that most students who finished secondary school in immersion meet its language rules. A French-level evaluation is optional for reassurance. It becomes mandatory if you want to bypass the immersion programme. Then you register as a regular student. A written evaluation is strongly advised, though not required, for Information-communication, Translation, and French Studies.
The admission committee may in some cases consider a candidate who does not meet the Grade 12 French-course requirement. So a weak FRA4U result is worth raising with admissions. Do not assume refusal.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian, International
Université de Moncton: French immersion: interview, evaluation, and first-year FLS courses · Verified August 15, 2026
First-year non-francophone status: writing in English
Current policy · Published for this period
An admitted student may request the special 'étudiante ou étudiant non francophone' status. The faculty dean grants this status. It is only for the first year of full-time study in a regular programme. The status allows tests and assignments to be written in English. Language courses are the exception. The immersion route itself delivers four French-as-a-second-language courses across the first year. That means two per session. After this, a student continues normally with the rest of the curriculum.
This concession expires after first year. Plan for full French academic writing from second year onward.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: French immersion: interview, evaluation, and first-year FLS courses · Verified August 15, 2026
AP and IB credit — the two official pages disagree
Official-source conflict · Current policy
The admission-conditions page states that Moncton grants credit for International Baccalaureate subjects at both standard and higher level judged equivalent to its own courses when the result is 4/7 or better, and says nothing about Advanced Placement. The French-immersion admission page states that credit is granted for higher-level subjects only, at 4/7 or better for IB and 3/5 or better for AP. Both pages are current.
Do not budget an IB standard-level credit until the faculty confirms it in writing. The faculty that owns the programme grants the credit. Central admissions does not grant it.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian, International
Université de Moncton: Admission conditions by region of origin (Conditions A–D) · Verified August 15, 2026
International (Hors-Canada) admission routes
Current requirements · Published for this period
For applicants outside Canada, Conditions A to D use French-system baccalauréat streams. They are not course codes. Condition A accepts the lettres et sciences humaines series. It also accepts littéraire (L), économique et sociale (ES), and pédagogique. It accepts sciences économiques and sciences économiques et de gestion too. It also accepts sciences expérimentales, sciences mathématiques, and scientifique (S). Conditions C and D require sciences expérimentales, sciences mathématiques, or scientifique (S). The baccalauréat professionnel is explicitly not accepted as equal to a secondary diploma. A baccalauréat technique may be accepted. This happens when the stream matches the programme applied for. It also happens when results are satisfactory.
Applies to: International
Université de Moncton: Admission conditions by region of origin (Conditions A–D) · Verified August 15, 2026
Programs and Pathways
Université de Moncton programs by academic area
Compare the degree, campus, admission condition, and experiential option together. A program name in the university-wide repertoire does not mean every campus offers the same entry or completion route.
Business and administration
General Administration, Accounting, Finance, International Management, Management, Marketing, Operations Management, Organizational Information Systems, and a multidisciplinary BAA.
Engineering, computing, and science
Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering; Computer Science, Applied Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, and multidisciplinary Science.
Health, education, and community
Nursing, Nutrition, Kinesiology, Psychology, Social Work, Leisure/Sport/Tourism Management, primary and secondary Education, and the preparatory Health Sciences diploma.
Arts, language, and society
Arts, Social Sciences, Criminology, Communication, Translation, Music, Visual Arts, Drama, French Studies, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, and Economics.
Environment and regional strengths
The list covers Environment and Geography, Forestry, and Information Management. It also covers Sustainable Development and Coastal Zone. Campus availability differs among Moncton, Edmundston, and Shippagan.
Law is not direct entry from high school
The current undergraduate guide says you must first complete a bachelor's degree before pursuing law. A high-school applicant should choose the undergraduate program on its own merits. Plan for the later Juris Doctor process separately.
Fields of study across the three campuses
Current structure · Published for this period
Moncton's own summary of its fields lists administration, arts, education, engineering, forestry, law, nursing, nutrition, psychology, sciences, and social work. The live programme selector on its recruitment forms names Business Administration in eight concentrations, Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Nursing, Nutrition, Kinesiology, Psychology, Social Work, Interior Design, Translation, Criminology, Information-communication, Forest Management, Information Management, Sustainable Development and Coastal Zone, the D.S.S. preparatory health-sciences diploma, and eleven Secondary Education majors.
Programme availability differs by campus. Choose both the programme and the campus in the application, and confirm the degree can be finished where it starts.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Who we are: scale, programmes, research centres, and history · Verified August 15, 2026
Common law taught entirely in French
Current programme · Published for this period
The Faculté de droit was founded in 1978. It was founded to meet what it calls a pressing need: to give francophones across Canada 'une formation en common law entièrement en langue française'. It describes itself first and foremost as an institution teaching common law in French. It is a member of the Council of Canadian Law Deans. It publishes the Revue de la common law en français. Its own pages announce the move from the LL.B. to the J.D.
The faculty's own pages do not claim to be one of only two French-language common law programmes in the world. Do not repeat that framing without a source — what is verified is that it teaches common law entirely in French and was founded for that purpose.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Faculté de droit: common law in French and the move to the J.D. · Verified August 15, 2026
Law entry route and prerequisites
2027 pending · Current programme
Law is not a direct-entry route from high school. The university's own undergraduate guide states that a student must first complete a bachelor's degree before pursuing law. The Faculté de droit publishes a separate 'Conditions d'admission — Règlements particuliers' section, but those detail pages were not reachable at this review, so the exact current J.D. prerequisites, LSAT expectations, and deadline are unverified.
A high-school applicant should not plan on direct entry to law. Choose an undergraduate programme on its own merits and confirm the J.D. prerequisites directly with the Faculté de droit before assuming a route.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: 2026 undergraduate guide (Renseignements généraux) · Verified August 15, 2026
Juris Doctor cost band for 2026-2027
2026-2027 · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
The Juris Doctor carries an additional $2,000 programme fee. This produces a published 2026-2027 total of $11,647.25 for Canadian students. For international students, the total is $19,839.30. This is the highest band Moncton publishes, above Nursing and Engineering.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Cost of a university year, 2026-2027 tariffs · Verified August 15, 2026
The D.S.S. preparatory diploma and the medicine route
Current programme · Published for this period
Moncton states that anglophone New Brunswick students are enrolled in its Diplôme préparatoire aux sciences de la santé (D.S.S.). Those students are eligible for medical studies at the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick. That centre is located on the Moncton campus. The D.S.S. sits in the Condition D admission pattern.
The published eligibility statement names anglophone New Brunswick students specifically. An Ontario or international applicant should confirm eligibility with the Bureau du recrutement étudiant before treating the D.S.S. as a medicine pathway.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: French immersion: interview, evaluation, and first-year FLS courses · Verified August 15, 2026
Which campus owns which regional strength
Current structure · Published for this period
The co-op programme list attributes Forest Management to the École de foresterie at the Edmundston campus (UMCE). It attributes Information Management plus Sustainable Development and Coastal Zone to the Shippagan campus (UMCS). Shippagan also hosts the Centre international d'apprentissage du français. That centre runs intensive total-immersion French programmes. These are for students who want to build French before entering a regular degree.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Co-operative Education Office list of co-op programmes · Verified August 15, 2026
Université de Moncton Residence Costs & Campus Housing
Université de Moncton residence costs for 2026–27
These are the current Moncton-campus academic-year prices per person. The university notes that the holiday period is excluded. It also notes that shared apartment applications must identify all occupants.
| Residence | Annual price | Room note |
|---|---|---|
| Lefebvre | $4,656–$5,266 | 2026–27 small or large single room; the three-bedroom studio is $4,864 per person. |
| Médard-Collette | $5,973 | 2026–27 two-bedroom studio rate per person. |
| Lafrance | $6,324 | 2026–27 single studio rate. |
| P.-A.-Landry | $7,104 | 2026–27 single studio rate. |
| Student apartments | $3,032–$7,671 per person | The price depends on the unit and how many people live in it. Applicants for a shared unit must name all occupants. |
Edmundston and Shippagan publish separate residence inventories and prices. Do not use the Moncton table for another campus.
2026-2027 Moncton campus residence rates, per person
2026-2027 · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
Published academic-year rates: Résidence Lefebvre type 1 small single room $4,656 ($2,328 per session). Type 2 large single room $5,266, and the three-bedroom studio $4,864 per person. Résidence Médard-Collette two-bedroom studio $5,973 per person. Résidence Lafrance single studio $6,324. Résidence P.-A.-Landry single studio $7,104. Student apartments at 150 Morton, 160 Morton, and 10 McLaughlin run $7,671 for a one-bedroom occupied alone. A one-bedroom shared by two is $3,789 per person. A two-bedroom shared by two is $4,628 per person. A two-bedroom shared by three is $3,032 per person.
These are genuinely low by Canadian standards. The cheapest single room is under $4,700 for the academic year. But they exclude the holiday period and apply to the Moncton campus only.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Moncton campus residence fees for 2026-2027 · Verified August 15, 2026
Occupancy and shared-unit rules
2026-2027 · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
All rates are quoted per person and the holiday period is not included. Tenants sharing a university apartment are responsible for keeping the unit fully occupied if a roommate leaves. In a one-bedroom apartment, a tenant who does not want to replace a roommate must absorb the vacant share. Occupying a two-bedroom apartment alone is prohibited. Each tenant of a shared unit must submit a reservation request listing every occupant. Incomplete requests are not considered.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Moncton campus residence fees for 2026-2027 · Verified August 15, 2026
Fall 2027 residence rates and guarantee
2027 pending · Fall 2027
Not yet published. The housing service currently posts two fee pages, 2025-2026 and 2026-2027. No general residence guarantee tied to an application date appears on the Moncton campus housing pages. The published mechanisms are a reservation request, a reservation deposit, and a waiting list.
Use the labelled 2026-2027 table to plan your budget. Check the fee page again when Moncton opens the 2027-2028 housing cycle. Also recheck the deposit rules and the waiting-list status at that time.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Moncton campus housing service: buildings, terms, and reservation · Verified August 15, 2026
The one published residence guarantee runs through a scholarship
Current award cycle · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
The Bourse Premier départ is the only Moncton mechanism that guarantees a residence place. The award page states that it guarantees a spot in university housing and that housing fees are free for the first session of study. It is worth up to $3,000, is non-renewable, and closes March 1.
Eligibility is narrow — see the Premier départ claim in Costs and Financial Aid before counting on this as a housing plan.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
Université de Moncton: Bourse Premier départ: residence guarantee and free first session · Verified August 15, 2026
Meal plans are not bundled into the residence rate
2027 pending · 2026-2027
Most Ontario residence systems work differently. Moncton's 2026-2027 residence fee table has no mandatory meal plan line. The rates cover the room only. Food Services publishes meal plans separately. At this review, the plan document linked from the Moncton campus Food Services page was still labelled 2025-2026.
Do not assume a meal plan is optional for every building. Confirm the current plan requirements and prices with Services alimentaires before budgeting. In the meantime, use the university's own $7,500 annual food estimate.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Moncton campus housing service: buildings, terms, and reservation · Verified August 15, 2026
Official residence source
Tuition, Scholarships, and Aid
Université de Moncton tuition and scholarships
The figures below are 2026–27 estimates, not guaranteed 2027–28 charges. Program, student status, course load, health coverage, and campus-specific expenses change the final bill.
| Cost item | Published estimate | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian undergraduate total | $9,536.25–$9,647.25 | Official 2026–27 standard-program estimate including $8,601 tuition and listed compulsory fees and insurance. |
| International undergraduate total | $17,728.30–$17,839.30 | Official 2026–27 standard-program estimate including $15,761 tuition and listed compulsory fees and insurance. |
| Engineering total | $9,844.25–$9,955.25 Canadian | Carries a $463 technology fee instead of $155. International Engineering is listed at $18,036.30–$18,147.30 for 2026–27. |
| Nursing total | $10,386.25–$10,497.25 Canadian | Includes $850 in annual clinical-training fees. International Nursing is listed at $18,578.30–$18,689.30 for 2026–27. |
| Juris Doctor total | $11,647.25 Canadian | Includes a $2,000 additional programme fee. International Juris Doctor is listed at $19,839.30 for 2026–27. |
| Living-cost planning estimate | $22,220–$22,720 | The official planning page uses average housing of $5,720, books of $1,500–$2,000, food of $7,500, and personal expenses of $7,500. |
Bourse Distinction académique
$2,000/year at 85%, $3,000/year at 90%, or $4,000/year at 95%
Automatic with no application. Published maximums for a five-year program are $10,000, $12,000, and $20,000; the $12,000 figure does not reconcile with $3,000 per year, so confirm it in the award contract.
Bourse d'excellence Roméo-LeBlanc
Up to $45,000 in tuition over a maximum of five years
This award is automatic at admission for a 96% secondary average. It is offered first to Atlantic francophone high schools, at one award per school. The award page says March 1 and the important-dates page says February 28. So work to February 28.
Bourse Premier départ
Up to $3,000, non-renewable
This award is application-based and closes March 1. It is for Canada excluding Quebec. It guarantees a university housing place and free housing fees for the first session. It requires a French-language school diploma in a francophone-minority setting.
Automatic Ontario entrance award
$2,000
The university's Ontario recruitment page says this comes with the admission letter. It is for every Ontario student registering for the first time in a first-cycle program. Stacking rules with the merit awards are not published.
Fondation de la famille Arthur L. Irving
Three awards of $10,000, renewable up to four years
This award is application-based and closes January 15. It is for Atlantic-province graduates with 80%+ in Grades 10 and 11, leadership, and community involvement. It cannot be combined with Roméo-LeBlanc or the merit awards in later years.
Canadian 2026-2027 tuition and total cost by programme
2026-2027 · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
For 2026-2027 the published Canadian tuition is $8,601, plus connected fees of $460 to $571, technology fees of $155, a $263.95 health plan, and a $56.30 dental plan, for a standard-programme total of $9,536.25 to $9,647.25. Engineering totals $9,844.25 to $9,955.25 on a $463 technology fee. Nursing totals $10,386.25 to $10,497.25 including $850 in annual clinical-training fees. The Juris Doctor totals $11,647.25 including a $2,000 additional fee.
Moncton labels these tariffs 'à titre indicatif'. Treat every figure as planning evidence, not a quote.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian, Transfer, Mature
Université de Moncton: Cost of a university year, 2026-2027 tariffs · Verified August 15, 2026
One Canadian rate — no province-of-residence tiers
2026-2027 · Published for this period
Moncton publishes exactly two undergraduate tuition columns. One is for Canadian students and one is for international students. There is no Québec-resident rate. There is no out-of-province supplement. There is no exemption scholarship needed to reach the domestic price. An Ontario student pays the same $8,601 tuition as a New Brunswick student.
This is the real financial difference between studying in French here and studying in French in Québec. There, non-Québec Canadians face a supplemental fee and an exemption-scholarship process.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
Université de Moncton: Cost of a university year, 2026-2027 tariffs · Verified August 15, 2026
International 2026-2027 tuition and total cost
2026-2027 · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
International tuition is $15,761 for 2026-2027, plus the same $460 to $571 connected fees and $155 technology fee, a $1,296 health plan, and a $56.30 dental plan, for a standard-programme total of $17,728.30 to $17,839.30. Engineering totals $18,036.30 to $18,147.30, Nursing $18,578.30 to $18,689.30, and the Juris Doctor $19,839.30. The health-plan charge can be adjusted downward by up to $960 for a full-time international student who holds a New Brunswick Medicare card.
Applies to: International
Université de Moncton: Cost of a university year, 2026-2027 tariffs · Verified August 15, 2026
2027-2028 tuition status
2027 pending · 2027-2028
Not yet published. The cost page states in its own footnote that the 2027-2028 rates have not yet been set.
Budget with the labelled 2026-2027 tariffs and recheck the cost page before treating any figure as a Fall 2027 quote.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Cost of a university year, 2026-2027 tariffs · Verified August 15, 2026
Published annual living-cost estimate
2026-2027 · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
The university's own planning figures are $5,720 for housing. Books and school materials are $1,500 to $2,000. Food is $7,500. Personal expenses, including leisure, internet, and phone, are $7,500. The total is $22,220 to $22,720. The housing figure is described as the average cost of university housing. It varies by campus and residence.
Moncton gives study-permit applicants an explicit warning. This total does not reflect IRCC's required annual financial resources.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Cost of a university year, 2026-2027 tariffs · Verified August 15, 2026
Bourse Distinction académique — automatic entrance award
Official-source conflict · Current award cycle
It is automatic with no application, based on the secondary-school average. 85% pays $2,000 per year up to $10,000 for a five-year programme. 90% pays $3,000 per year up to $12,000 for a five-year programme. 95% pays $4,000 per year up to $20,000 for a five-year programme. Eligibility requires Canadian citizenship or permanent residence before the diploma is obtained. It also requires a diploma from a Canadian school. It also requires first-time enrolment in first year at one of the three campuses. Averages are not rounded up. Awards depend on available funds.
The 90% row does not reconcile: $3,000 per year over five years is $15,000, but the published maximum reads $12,000. Confirm the maximum in the award contract before budgeting the upper figure.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
Université de Moncton: Bourse Distinction académique: values, eligibility, renewal · Verified August 15, 2026
The February 1 application-timing lever
Current award cycle · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
If the admission application is submitted before February 1, the Distinction académique offer is calculated on Grade 11 marks alone. That offer is honoured regardless of first-semester Grade 12 results. A recalculation at the end of February then adds first-semester Grade 12 marks. The award is increased if the average rises. Applying after January 31 but before graduation means the calculation uses Grade 11 plus first-semester Grade 12. Applying after graduation means all Grade 11 and 12 courses count.
Applying early is a one-way option: the Grade 11 offer is floored and can only be revised upward. A transcript must accompany the admission application for any of this to run.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
Université de Moncton: Bourse Distinction académique: values, eligibility, renewal · Verified August 15, 2026
Renewal rules that decide whether the award survives
Current award cycle · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
Both the Distinction académique and Roméo-LeBlanc awards renew only if you stay registered in at least 11 credits per session. You must also reach a minimum weighted average of 3.80 after each September-to-April year. In first year only, a weighted average between 3.70 and 3.79 earns a 50% renewal. If you lose qualification in one year, you cannot requalify in later years. Awards are renewable for a normal four-year programme, except for five-year programmes.
The one-strike rule is the harshest term here. A single weak year permanently ends the award. So treat the headline maximum as conditional, not expected.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
Université de Moncton: Bourse Distinction académique: values, eligibility, renewal · Verified August 15, 2026
Bourse d'excellence Roméo-LeBlanc
Official-source conflict · Current award cycle
It is worth up to $45,000. It covers tuition for a maximum of five years. It is awarded automatically at admission. It requires a secondary-school average of at least 96%. It requires Canadian citizenship or permanent residence before the diploma. It requires a diploma from a Canadian school. It requires first-time first-year enrolment. It requires registration in the autumn session following graduation. It is offered first to students from Atlantic francophone high schools with the best average in their cohort, one award per school. Where no eligible candidate comes forward, it goes to the best average among all other Canadian high-school candidates.
The two official pages disagree on the deadline. The award page says the transcript must be filed by March 1. The important-dates page says the eligibility deadline is February 28. Work to February 28 and confirm with the financial-aid office.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
Université de Moncton: Bourse d'excellence Roméo-LeBlanc · Verified August 15, 2026
Bourse Premier départ — the francophone-minority award
Current award cycle · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
It is worth up to $3,000. It is non-renewable. It is awarded on application by March 1. It is open to Canada excluding Québec. It guarantees a university housing place. It makes housing free for the first session. The applicant must hold Canadian citizenship or permanent residence by March 1. The applicant must be entering first year for the first time at one of the three campuses. The applicant must hold a diploma from a French-language Canadian school in a francophone-minority setting. In New Brunswick, that means a school in a county less than 50% francophone. It must also be more than 80 km in a straight line from the nearest campus. The university names Carrefour Beausoleil (Miramichi), Sainte-Anne (Fredericton), Centre scolaire Samuel-de-Champlain (Saint John), Étoile de l'Acadie (Rogersville), and Régionale de Baie-Ste-Anne. Elsewhere in Canada, it means a province or territory less than 50% francophone.
Every Ontario francophone-school graduate satisfies the out-of-New-Brunswick test. Ontario is well under 50% francophone. The award requires a French-language school diploma. So an English-stream immersion graduate should confirm eligibility before relying on it.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
Université de Moncton: Bourse Premier départ: residence guarantee and free first session · Verified August 15, 2026
Automatic $2,000 award for Ontario students
Current award cycle · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
Moncton's Ontario recruitment page says every Ontario student who registers for the first time in a first-cycle programme gets an automatic $2,000 scholarship. The scholarship comes with the admission letter. You do not need a separate application. The same page says one student in three at the university holds a scholarship.
This award is on a recruitment page, not in the central scholarship repertoire. Stacking rules with the Distinction académique and Roméo-LeBlanc awards are not published. Confirm the combined total in writing before you treat both as additive.
Applies to: Ontario high school
Université de Moncton: Université de Moncton pour les élèves de l'Ontario · Verified August 15, 2026
Fondation de la famille Arthur L. Irving recognition
Official-source conflict · Current award cycle
There are three recognition awards of $10,000 each. They renew for the normal length of the programme, up to four years. The application deadline is January 15, and a form is available online from early October. Applicants must have graduated from an Atlantic-province high school in the June before enrolment. They must be admitted full-time to a first-cycle programme at one of the three campuses. They must have kept an average of at least 80% in Grades 10 and 11. Renewal requires an annual average of 3.50 or higher, sustained community engagement and leadership, and at least 12 credits per session. Shortlisted candidates are interviewed.
The page header advertises 'jusqu'à 50 000 $'. The terms describe three $10,000 awards renewable for up to four years, which totals $40,000. It also cannot be combined with the Roméo-LeBlanc award, a bourse d'accueil (mérite académique or leadership), or a bourse de mérite académique in later years.
Applies to: Other Canadian
Université de Moncton: Fondation de la famille Arthur L. Irving recognition awards · Verified August 15, 2026
Total scholarship investment and automatic programme awards
Current award cycle · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
The scholarship portal states that the university invests more than $11 million a year. This money goes to scholarships and financial support. The general scholarships page adds one more fact. Many programmes of study carry an automatic admission award. That award is $1,000 to $2,000. It comes on top of the merit awards.
The general scholarships page also advertises a merit award from an 80% average worth $1,000 per year. That is below the 85% floor published on the Distinction académique page. Treat the award page, not the summary page, as the operative terms.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Scholarship programmes index and annual investment · Verified August 15, 2026
Student Life and Support
French immersion, three campuses, and student support
Language is central to the academic experience. Every bachelor and undergraduate diploma includes at least six compulsory French credits. The first-year Groupe-pont option supports eligible immersion students. It gives them four advanced French-as-a-second-language courses.
Moncton
The largest campus and the broadest program, residence, and professional-school environment.
Edmundston
A smaller northwestern New Brunswick campus with regional strengths including Forestry.
Shippagan
A northeastern campus with strengths including Information Management, coastal-zone study, and intensive French learning.
FÉÉCUM, the Moncton campus student federation
Current campus life · Published for this period
The Fédération des étudiantes et étudiants du Campus universitaire de Moncton is the FÉÉCUM. It brings together all students of the Moncton campus. It represents more than 3,700 members a year. The university describes its mission as looking after its members' interests. It links to the federation's own site from the student-associations page. Other student associations exist per faculty and per campus.
The 3,700-member figure is a useful proxy for Moncton-campus scale — this is a mid-sized campus, not a large one.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Student associations and the FÉÉCUM · Verified August 15, 2026
Aigles Bleus and Aigles Bleues varsity athletics
Current season pages · Published for this period
The university's athletics site fields women's hockey, soccer, volleyball, cross-country, and track and field. It also fields men's hockey, soccer, cross-country, and track and field. The programme competes in U SPORTS and Sport universitaire de l'Atlantique (SUA). In the most recent season posted, the men's hockey team reached the U SPORTS national championship. It was chasing a fifth national title. Mika Cyr was named U SPORTS men's hockey Player of the Year and SUA male athlete of the year.
Team rosters and results roll over each season. Confirm a specific sport still competes before planning a recruitment approach.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Aigles Bleus and Aigles Bleues varsity athletics · Verified August 15, 2026
What the university publishes about day-to-day campus life
Current campus life · Published for this period
The student-life page names variety shows, music, cinema, theatre, and improv. It names a student radio station and a student newspaper, and matches of the university's own teams. It also names the student council, student clubs, dance and theatre troupes, and a choir as ways to get involved. It names recreational sports leagues too. The Moncton campus adds Ciné-Campus, which programmes francophone films through the academic year. It adds a socio-cultural leisure service that runs shows with tickets sold at the Centre étudiant.
These activities are francophone by default. That is the point of the campus, and it is also the adjustment an anglophone should plan for socially, not just academically.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Vie étudiante: three campuses, clubs, and socio-cultural activity · Verified August 15, 2026
Acadian context and the city of Moncton, honestly
Current positioning · Published for this period
The university describes itself as the single most important centre for the social, cultural, and economic development of New Brunswick's Acadian population. It tells Ontario applicants they will build ties with francophones from across Canada. It also says they will build ties with francophones from around fifty other countries of the Francophonie. Its Ontario page carries first-person student accounts. They describe a smaller, family-feeling campus. They describe a city where a francophone can be served in French off campus as well as on it.
Those accounts are the university's own recruitment testimonials. Moncton is a bilingual city. It sits inside a majority-anglophone province. So French immersion here is a campus and community choice. It is not an unavoidable one.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Université de Moncton pour les élèves de l'Ontario · Verified August 15, 2026
French-learning support beyond first year
Current support · Published for this period
The Centre international d'apprentissage du français (CIAF) is at the Shippagan campus. It runs intensive programmes. These combine classroom French with socio-cultural activity. The university presents it as a total-immersion springboard. It is for students who want to build French before entering a regular degree. The Moncton campus immersion route delivers four French-as-a-second-language courses across first year. These are designed around the individual learner's needs. Students entering Information-communication, Translation, or French Studies take additional language courses. This is because of the nature of those programmes.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: French immersion: interview, evaluation, and first-year FLS courses · Verified August 15, 2026
Université de Moncton Co-op, Work Terms & Transfer Credit
Université de Moncton co-op and transfer credit
Selected programs alternate study with paid three- or four-month work terms. The university describes a completed co-op sequence as roughly one year of relevant experience. But admission, work-term timing, and continuation rules remain program-specific.
- Business: Accounting, Finance, International Management, Management, Marketing, Operations Management, and Organizational Information Systems
- Science: Biology, Biochemistry, Applied Computer Science, and Mathematics
- Engineering: Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering
- Arts: Translation
- Regional programs: Forest Management at Edmundston; Information Management and Sustainable Development/Coastal Zone at Shippagan
AP, IB, and transfer credit
The current guide permits equal AP credit at 3/5 or higher. It permits equal IB Higher Level credit at 4/7 or higher. Past postsecondary study may get transfer credit. This can happen when official documents and detailed course descriptions show equivalence. Plan credential documents early with the Canadian credential evaluation guide.
How Moncton describes its co-op model
Current programme · Published for this period
The university states that co-op lets a student finish a degree with the equivalent of one year of paid work experience in their field. Students alternate study and workplace placements throughout the bachelor's degree. Placements run three to four months each and are described as paid. They let students gain experience, explore the labour market, and become known to employers before graduating.
The 'equivalent of one year' phrasing is the university's own. It does not publish a guaranteed placement rate, so do not present co-op as a guaranteed job pipeline.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Programmes COOP: work-term model and paid placements · Verified August 15, 2026
Exactly which programmes carry a co-op option
Current programme · Published for this period
The Co-operative Education Office lists these undergraduate programmes. In business: Administration, Accounting, Finance, International Management, Operations Management (GOP), Management, Marketing, and Organizational Information Systems (SIO). In science: Biology, Biochemistry, Applied Computer Science, and Mathematics. Also Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering. Translation in arts and social sciences. Forest Management through the École de foresterie at Edmundston. Information Management (BGI) plus Sustainable Development and Coastal Zone at Shippagan. At the graduate level, the MBA carries a co-op option.
Nursing, Nutrition, Psychology, Social Work, Education, and Law are not on the co-op list. Those programmes use their own clinical or practicum structures instead.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Co-operative Education Office list of co-op programmes · Verified August 15, 2026
Published competency profiles and office structure
Current programme · Published for this period
Each co-op programme on the list links to a competency profile. The profile is broken down by work-term level. So applicants can see what is expected at each placement before committing. The Co-operative Education Office publishes separate student and employer streams. These cover the training model, work-term sequencing, related fees, responsibilities, salaries, statistics, and the Orbis placement account.
The co-op fee schedule sits behind the 'Frais relatifs' page rather than in the main tuition table. Confirm the current co-op fees with the office before budgeting.
Applies to: All applicants
Université de Moncton: Co-operative Education Office list of co-op programmes · Verified August 15, 2026
Transfer credit and credential recognition
Current policy · Published for this period
Transfer-credit requests go to the faculty that owns the programme, not to central admissions: Edmundston applicants email admissions@umoncton.ca, Moncton applicants contact their faculty directly, and Shippagan applicants email admissions.umcs@umoncton.ca. The same route applies to Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate credit. Moncton also offers Ontario applicants who have already begun university studies a personalised file analysis that reports quickly which courses will be credited.
Applies to: Transfer, Mature, International
Université de Moncton: Admission FAQ: application fees, portal steps, processing times · Verified August 15, 2026
Official co-op and credit sources
Université de Moncton applicants need to match FRA4U, MHF4U, and the correct science combination to Condition A, B, C, or D. They need to distinguish the 65% general minimum from an offer guarantee. They need to verify French or immersion placement. They need to avoid relabelling Fall 2026 dates as confirmed for 2027. They need to choose the correct campus. They need to compare program-specific tuition, residence, scholarships, co-op, and transfer credit. This guide keeps those decisions on one canonical, official-source-backed page.
Université de Moncton requirements, French rules, deadlines, programs, tuition, residence, and co-op questions
Direct answers to Université de Moncton's FRA4U, MHF4U, science, and 65% Ontario requirements; French and Groupe-pont rules; Fall 2027 deadline status; three campuses; programs; law entry; 2026–27 tuition, scholarships, residence; co-op; AP, IB, and transfer credit.
Official Sources and Next Steps
Stellar keeps this guide structured for comparison. But official university pages remain the source of truth. They are the source of truth for program requirements, tuition, residence, scholarships, deadlines, and policy changes.
Prepared by Stellar Advisers Editorial Team · Reviewed August 15, 2026 · Editorial, corrections, and source methodology
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