
University of St. Michael's College
Toronto, Ontario
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Overview
Entity and degree answer
A federated U of T college—not a separate undergraduate destination
The University of St. Michael's College is an independent Catholic university federated with the University of Toronto. For undergraduate planning, St. Michael's is a college within the U of T Faculty of Arts & Science system: students are admitted by U of T, become college members, and graduate with University of Toronto degrees.
Institutional status
Established in 1852 by the Basilian Fathers, St. Michael's is an independent Catholic university and one of three federated colleges within the University of Toronto, alongside Victoria and Trinity.
Undergraduate status
St. Michael's College undergraduates are U of T Faculty of Arts & Science students and receive University of Toronto degrees, with federation giving access to roughly 700 undergraduate programs.
Membership role
The college runs registrarial advising from Brennan Hall, residence for 680 students, awards, first-year seminars, Kelly Library, and community for roughly 5,000 college members.
Catholic identity
Grounded in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition while stating that it welcomes faculty and students from every background who want to participate in its life.
Separate graduate route
The Regis St. Michael's Faculty of Theology, formed when the USMC Faculty of Theology federated with Regis College in 2022, runs graduate and ministry theology degrees—not undergraduate admission.
Use the University of Toronto requirements—not a made-up St. Michael's cutoff
Admission category, prerequisites, grades, supplemental work, deadlines, tuition, and the undergraduate degree come from U of T. Use the University of Toronto admissions guide for the application itself; use this page to compare St. Michael's membership, programs, residence, awards, and community.
Fall 2027
Fall 2027 cycle status
UNIVERSITY-LEVEL. U of T's live dates-and-deadlines page is still labelled for 2026 entry: November 7 recommended early consideration, a February 2 final OUAC deadline for Arts & Science St. George, decisions released from January through late May, and September 11 for deferral requests. No Fall 2027 U of T dates are published yet. COLLEGE-LEVEL, St. Michael's publishes no application dates of its own because it does not run an undergraduate application.
The early-November and early-February pattern recurs annually, so treat November 2026 and early February 2027 as working planning dates only—verify future.utoronto.ca and OUAC once the Fall 2027 cycle posts.
University of Toronto: U of T dates and deadlines for undergraduate applicants · Verified August 15, 2026
Current institutional status
What St. Michael's actually is
COLLEGE-LEVEL. The University of St. Michael's College was established in 1852 by the Basilian Fathers and is one of three federated colleges within the University of Toronto, alongside Victoria and Trinity Colleges. It is an independent Catholic university that federates its undergraduate teaching into U of T rather than granting its own bachelor's degrees.
University of St. Michael's College: About St. Michael's: founding, federation, and college scale · Verified August 15, 2026
Current federation terms
Whose degree you receive
UNIVERSITY-LEVEL. St. Michael's states plainly that undergraduate students enrolled through St. Mike's are University of Toronto students and graduate with University of Toronto degrees, and that federation gives them access to roughly 700 undergraduate programs. There is no separate St. Michael's undergraduate degree to apply to.
University of St. Michael's College: How the U of T college system works from St. Mike's side · Verified August 15, 2026
College-published counts
Size of the college community
COLLEGE-LEVEL. St. Michael's describes itself as home to approximately 5,000 students, and its Campus Life office describes serving over 5,000 students. That is the college cohort inside a U of T Faculty of Arts & Science population many times larger.
These are the college's own published counts rather than audited enrolment data; treat them as directional.
University of St. Michael's College: About St. Michael's: founding, federation, and college scale · Verified August 15, 2026
Current mission statement
Catholic identity and who is welcome
COLLEGE-LEVEL. The mission reads: "Grounded in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, and committed to the education of the whole person, the University of St. Michael's College challenges all its members to exercise transformative leadership in service of the common good and care of all creation." The same page says the college welcomes faculty and students from every background who want to participate in its life. No religious affiliation is stated as an undergraduate membership requirement.
University of St. Michael's College: Mission and goals: Catholic Intellectual Tradition and welcome · Verified August 15, 2026
Current campus context
Campus, heritage buildings, and resident institutes
COLLEGE-LEVEL. St. Basil's Church and Odette Hall are described as the oldest buildings at the University of Toronto. The St. Michael's campus, on the east side of Queen's Park, also hosts the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies and the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute. Alumni named on the college's own page include former Prime Minister Paul Martin and CIBC's Victor Dodig.
University of St. Michael's College: About St. Michael's: founding, federation, and college scale · Verified August 15, 2026
Official federation and mission sources
Detailed application guides
Ontario University Application Deadlines
The 2027 OUAC timeline, offers, acceptance, and separate program deadlines.
OSAP 2026–2027 Application Guide
Open status, eligibility, residency, course load, grants, deadlines, and documents.
Ontario Universities With Co-op
Direct-entry and later-entry co-op models, work terms, fees, and questions to ask.
Admissions Planning
How St. Michael's College membership works
Apply to a U of T St. George Arts & Science admission category, then list up to three college preferences—or no preference—on the application. St. Michael's does not require a separate college profile, and college membership is confirmed with the U of T offer.
- 1. Apply to a University of Toronto St. George Faculty of Arts & Science admission category through OUAC or the applicable U of T application route.
- 2. List up to three college preferences on the Arts & Science application, or select no preference.
- 3. Rank St. Michael's first if you want its admission awards: the college states preference goes to applicants who select SMC first when admission awards are distributed.
- 4. Do not submit a separate St. Michael's applicant profile: U of T says St. Michael's has no additional college application requirement.
- 5. Review the college membership named in the U of T offer. Preference is considered but a specific college is not guaranteed.
- 6. Apply for residence separately in StarRez and meet the current guarantee, ranking, offer, and deposit steps.
No membership supplement
U of T says St. Michael's has no additional college application requirement. Your admission category may still require a program supplement, so follow the U of T portal checklist.
Preference is not a guarantee
U of T prioritizes stated preferences, but every Arts & Science student is assigned a college and a particular preference is not guaranteed. Membership changes are not normally facilitated.
The college's summer sequence after an offer (2026 intake)
These are the dates the St. Michael's registrar published for students entering in September 2026. The order recurs every year but every date shifts—confirm yours on the college's newly-admitted page once your own offer lands.
- March 31, 2026 — residence guarantee application on StarRez.
- May 1, 2026 — submit documentation to obtain your UTORid and TCard.
- May 27, 2026 — domestic students complete Need Navigator for a UTAPS estimate.
- June 2026 — SMC101 online orientation module opens.
- June 13, 2026 — mandatory Welcome Day at the college.
- July 1, 2026 — ACORN enrolment start times released.
- July 13, 2026 — deadline to register with Accessibility Services.
- July 16, 2026 — Arts & Science course enrolment on ACORN at your assigned start time.
- Mid-July 2026 — your ACORN invoice posts.
Current process
There is no St. Michael's application
UNIVERSITY-LEVEL for the application itself: you apply to a U of T St. George Faculty of Arts & Science admission category, and membership at St. Michael's is confirmed with the U of T offer. COLLEGE-LEVEL, the only thing St. Mike's asks of an applicant is the college-preference ranking inside that U of T application—its own registrar's page for newly admitted students begins after "admission to the Faculty of Arts and Science with membership at St. Michael's College."
University of St. Michael's College: Newly admitted students: the summer registration sequence · Verified August 15, 2026
Current award rules
Ranking St. Mike's first has a money consequence
COLLEGE-LEVEL. This is the single college-level decision that changes an outcome: several St. Michael's admission awards require the applicant to have indicated St. Michael's as their first choice of college in the Faculty of Arts & Science, and the college states that preference is given to students who select SMC first when admission awards are distributed. Students are automatically considered on admission and are notified in the letter of offer.
University of St. Michael's College: Admission awards for incoming students · Verified August 15, 2026
2026 entry, latest available
The dates U of T currently publishes
UNIVERSITY-LEVEL, 2026 entry. Recommended early consideration is November 7 with supporting documents by December 2; the final OUAC deadline for Arts & Science at St. George is February 2, with January 15 finals for Engineering, Kinesiology, Music, Nursing and Physician Assistant, and February 2 for Architecture. Supplemental applications fall between January 15 and February 16 depending on program, and admission decisions are released from January through late May.
These belong to the 2026 cycle. Expect the same shape for Fall 2027 and confirm each date on future.utoronto.ca before building a plan around it.
University of Toronto: U of T dates and deadlines for undergraduate applicants · Verified August 15, 2026
2026 intake, latest available
The college's summer sequence after an offer
COLLEGE-LEVEL, 2026 intake. The St. Michael's registrar publishes an ordered summer: residence guarantee application by March 31, 2026; documentation for UTORid and TCard from May 1, 2026; Need Navigator by May 27, 2026 for a UTAPS estimate; the SMC101 online orientation module from June 2026; a mandatory Welcome Day on June 13, 2026; Accessibility Services registration by July 13, 2026; ACORN enrolment start times released July 1, 2026 with Arts & Science course enrolment on July 16, 2026; and the ACORN invoice posting in mid-July 2026.
This is the 2026 sequence published for students entering that September. The order recurs, but every date shifts—check the college's newly-admitted page once your own offer lands.
University of St. Michael's College: Newly admitted students: the summer registration sequence · Verified August 15, 2026
Current service model
Who advises you once you are in
COLLEGE-LEVEL. Registrarial service is the college's core job. The St. Michael's Registrar's Office sits in Brennan Hall at 81 St. Mary Street, is reachable at smc.registrar@utoronto.ca and 416-926-7117, and opens Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. It advises on registration, course selection, program selection and financial support, and runs virtual drop-in advising Tuesdays and Thursdays 9–10 a.m. plus in-person drop-in Wednesdays 2–4 p.m.
University of St. Michael's College: Registrar and academic support services · Verified August 15, 2026
Official membership and admitted-student sources
Programs and Pathways
Four sponsored U of T Arts & Science programs
St. Michael's sponsors four distinctive interdisciplinary undergraduate programs. They are open under Faculty of Arts & Science program rules to students across the college system; joining St. Michael's is not a prerequisite for studying them.
Book and Media Studies
Interdisciplinary study of books, print, publishing, media, communication, and material and digital cultures, with a hands-on letterpress component in BMS110Y1 The Printed Book.
Celtic Studies
Interdisciplinary study of the history, mythology, literature, politics, languages, and cultures of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, with Irish-language instruction from absolute beginner level.
Christianity and Culture
Major and Minor plus a distinct Minor in Christianity and Education whose courses are recognized by the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association as equivalent to required ministry courses.
Mediaeval Studies
Specialist, Major, or Minor spanning mediaeval history, literature, philosophy, religion, art, languages, and material culture, supported by the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies on campus.
Undergraduate study versus graduate theology
Christianity and Culture is an undergraduate Arts & Science program. The Regis St. Michael's Faculty of Theology is a separate graduate and ministry-focused academic entity. Do not treat its MDiv, MTS, MRE, ThM, DMin, MA, or PhD routes as direct-entry undergraduate programs.
SMC One: the first-year seminars only college members can take
This is the clearest reason to rank St. Michael's. Four small first-year seminars carry international learning components that are unusual anywhere in Canada—but only one of them publishes a cost.
SMC188H1 / SMC189H1
The Gilson Seminar in Faith and Ideas / Faith in Rome
Full-year seminar on Christianity and the arts, science, philosophy, and politics, with an eleven-day learning experience in Rome and Assisi. Published ancillary fee not to exceed $3,000 for room, board, and programming; students pay their own airfare.
SMC165H1
The Boyle Seminar in Scripts and Stories
Celtic influences in the mediaeval world and early books as historical artifacts, with a trip to Dublin after the April exam period. Not eligible for the CR/NCR option.
SMC155H1
The McLuhan Seminar in Creativity and Technology
Creativity and technology in the tradition of Marshall McLuhan, who taught at St. Mike's from 1946 until his death in 1980, with a Silicon Valley trip during reading week.
SMC135H1
The Donovan Seminar in Visual Art and Meaning
Newly listed seminar reading visual art through the St. Michael's and U of T collections. No travel component is published.
Current program list
The four college-sponsored programs
COLLEGE-LEVEL. St. Michael's sponsors four interdisciplinary undergraduate programs inside U of T Arts & Science: Book and Media Studies, Celtic Studies, Christianity and Culture, and Mediaeval Studies. The college's own academic pages use the older "Mediaeval" spelling, which matters when searching the Arts & Science Calendar and Timetable Builder.
University of St. Michael's College: St. Michael's sponsored undergraduate programs · Verified August 15, 2026
Current enrolment rule
College membership does not gate the programs
UNIVERSITY-LEVEL rule stated by the college: "The Christianity and Culture Program is open to undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto, and students across the University are welcome to join our classes." You do not have to be a St. Michael's member to enrol in a St. Michael's-sponsored program. Ranking the college is about community, residence, registrar and awards—not about program access.
University of St. Michael's College: Christianity and Culture program page and enrolment eligibility · Verified August 15, 2026
2026–2027 offerings
SMC One first-year seminars
COLLEGE-LEVEL, 2026–2027 offerings. Four SMC One seminars are listed: SMC135H1 The Donovan Seminar in Visual Art and Meaning (new), SMC155H1 The McLuhan Seminar in Creativity and Technology, SMC165H1 The Boyle Seminar in Scripts and Stories, and SMC188H1/SMC189H1 The Gilson Seminar in Faith and Ideas / Faith in Rome across the full year. The Boyle seminar is not eligible for the CR/NCR option.
Seminar rosters change year to year—the Donovan seminar is flagged as new for this listing. Confirm the offering list and course codes on the Timetable Builder for the year you enter.
University of St. Michael's College: First-year courses: SMC One seminars and Foundation courses · Verified August 15, 2026
2026 trip, latest available
What the Gilson seminar's Rome trip costs
COLLEGE-LEVEL. The Gilson Seminar includes an eleven-day international learning experience in Rome and Assisi in May 2026. The college publishes an ancillary fee not to exceed $3,000 covering room, board and programming, and states that students pay their own airfare on top of that. Some financial assistance awards are available, and trip dates are subject to change on government health-authority guidance.
The $3,000 figure is a published ceiling for the May 2026 trip and excludes airfare. Budget the flight separately and re-check the ancillary fee for your own year.
University of St. Michael's College: First-year courses: SMC One seminars and Foundation courses · Verified August 15, 2026
2026–2027 offerings
First-Year Foundation and small-entry courses
COLLEGE-LEVEL. Beyond the SMC One seminars the college lists First-Year Foundation courses SMC192H Sherlock Holmes: Mass Media and Fan Culture (new), SMC197H1 The Sistine Chapel, SMC198H1 Studying Video Games, and SMC199H1 Intelligence, Artificial and Human, plus program gateways MST110H Robin Hood: Legend and Legacy (new), CLT110H1 Celtic Mythology and Saga, CHC130H1 Playing with Fire: Alchemy, Astrology, and Magic, BMS100H1 Introduction to Book and Media Studies, BMS110Y1 The Printed Book with hands-on letterpress printing, and CLT141Y1 Introduction to the Irish Language.
BMS110Y1 carries a published enrolment limit because of space. Course lists rotate annually—verify against the Timetable Builder.
University of St. Michael's College: First-year courses: SMC One seminars and Foundation courses · Verified August 15, 2026
Current program structure
The Christianity and Education teaching route
COLLEGE-LEVEL. Christianity and Culture offers a Major and a Minor, plus a distinct Minor in Christianity and Education aimed at students anticipating teaching careers in Ontario Catholic schools; certain courses in it are recognized by the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association as equivalent to required ministry courses. The program page notes no Specialist option.
University of St. Michael's College: Christianity and Culture program page and enrolment eligibility · Verified August 15, 2026
Current structure
The graduate theology faculty is a different thing
COLLEGE-LEVEL but not undergraduate. In 2022 the USMC Faculty of Theology federated with Regis College to form the Regis St. Michael's Faculty of Theology, offering MDiv, MTS, MRE, ThM, DMin, MA and PhD degrees. None of those are direct-entry undergraduate Arts & Science routes; Christianity and Culture is the undergraduate program.
University of St. Michael's College: About St. Michael's: founding, federation, and college scale · Verified August 15, 2026
Official undergraduate program sources
St. Michael's College Residence Fees and U of T Housing
2026–2027 St. Michael's residence and meal-plan fees
The current main-residence schedule covers Sorbara, the Historic Houses, Brennan, Elmsley, and Queen's Park halls. Loretto Residence uses separate fee information. Deposits are paid in StarRez and are credited against later ACORN residence charges.
Triple
$11,190
2026–2027 academic-year room fee
Double economy
$11,840
2026–2027 academic-year room fee
Single economy
$12,758
2026–2027 academic-year room fee
Double
$12,937
2026–2027 academic-year room fee
Single
$13,953
2026–2027 academic-year room fee
Single ensuite
$15,878
2026–2027 academic-year room fee
Five-day meal plan
$6,845
Seven-day meal plan
$7,986
Elmsley Hall
200 students in 98 double rooms and 4 single ensuites. Doubles run about 5.3m by 3m with twin XL beds and separate desks. 24-hour porter's desk, mailroom, and floor-segregated housing.
Sorbara Hall
The newest building, designed to complement St. Basil's. 173 rooms—167 singles and 6 doubles. Singles are about 3m by 4m with a double bed, kitchen sink, and air conditioning; mini-fridges on floors 3–4. Music room and cardio room on site.
Loretto
All-women residence of roughly 89 residents: 42 singles, 38 doubles, and 9 graduate ensuites. Has its own chapel, dining hall, and fitness room, runs a separate fee schedule, and charges an $11.50-per-semester residence council fee.
Queen's Park, Historic Houses, Upper Brennan
The remaining three of the six St. Michael's buildings, priced on the same main residence schedule as Elmsley and Sorbara.
Budget from the fees page, not the building tour pages
The 2026–2027 schedule above and the individual building pages disagree. Sorbara still quotes a single at $13,444 and labels it 2025-26, Elmsley quotes a double at $12,452, and Loretto quotes a single at $12,564 on its own separate schedule. The residence-life fees page is the one to plan against.
Fall 2027 guarantee dates are not yet confirmed here
The current St. Michael's page documents the 2026–2027 process below. Treat it as prior-cycle evidence and follow the new StarRez, ranking, offer, deposit, and cancellation dates for Fall 2027. The trap is the two-week ranking window: it starts from your offer date, not a fixed calendar date, so you can lose guarantee status while still inside the March 31 window.
- March 31, 2026, 11:59 p.m. EST — first-year deadline to confirm residence interest on StarRez.
- Within two weeks of your admission offer — rank residence choices on StarRez or lose guarantee status.
- February 20, 2026 — returning-resident application deadline for first-round offers.
- March 15, 2026 — upper-year and waitlist offers begin.
- June through August 2026 — rolling first-year residence offers after the June 1 offer-acceptance deadline.
- July 21, 2026 — second $1,000 deposit due; upper-year residents instead pay one $2,000 deposit at offer.
- August 30, 2026 — first-year move-in.
Current residence system
Residence scale and building set
COLLEGE-LEVEL. St. Michael's College and Loretto Residences houses 680 students each year across six buildings: Elmsley Hall, Queen's Park, the Historic Houses, Sorbara Hall, Upper Brennan, and Loretto. The community mixes first-year and upper-year residents; first-year students are expected to live with a roommate while upper-year students are assigned single rooms.
University of St. Michael's College: St. Michael's College and Loretto Residences overview · Verified August 15, 2026
2026–2027 fees
2026–2027 room fees by type
COLLEGE-LEVEL, 2026–2027. For Sorbara Hall, the Historic Houses, Brennan Hall, Elmsley Hall and Queen's Park Halls the published academic-year room fees are $11,190 triple, $11,840 double economy, $12,758 single economy, $12,937 double, $13,953 single, and $15,878 single ensuite. An ensuite upgrade is listed at an additional $1,936 payable with the second instalment.
This is the current published schedule, not a Fall 2027 rate. Residence is a college charge and is separate from U of T tuition.
University of St. Michael's College: 2026–2027 residence room fees, deposits, and meal plans · Verified August 15, 2026
2026–2027 fees
2026–2027 meal-plan fees
COLLEGE-LEVEL, 2026–2027. The five-day meal plan is $6,845, billed $4,107 in the first instalment and $2,738 in the second. The seven-day plan is $7,986, billed $4,791.60 and $3,194.40. A room fee plus the seven-day plan puts a single room at roughly $21,939 for the year before incidental fees.
University of St. Michael's College: 2026–2027 residence room fees, deposits, and meal plans · Verified August 15, 2026
2026–2027 process
Deposit structure
COLLEGE-LEVEL, 2026–2027. First-year residents pay two $1,000 deposits, the first on accepting the residence offer and the second by July 21, 2026; both are non-refundable and non-transferable and are credited against the room fee. Upper-year residents pay a single $2,000 deposit at the time of offer instead.
University of St. Michael's College: Applying to residence: StarRez steps, guarantee, and key dates · Verified August 15, 2026
2026–2027 process
How the first-year residence guarantee actually works
COLLEGE-LEVEL, 2026–2027. Two steps preserve the guarantee: confirm interest in residence on StarRez by 11:59 p.m. EST on March 31, and then rank residence choices on StarRez within two weeks of receiving your admission offer. Offers roll out from June through August after the June 1 offer-acceptance deadline, with first-year move-in on August 30. Returning residents applied by 11:59 p.m. ET on February 20 for first-round offers and upper-year offers began March 15. The college states plainly that the guarantee does not guarantee a specific residence or your top choice.
The two-week ranking window is the trap: it starts from your offer date, not from a fixed calendar date, so a student who defers reading the StarRez email can lose guarantee status while still inside the March 31 window.
University of St. Michael's College: Applying to residence: StarRez steps, guarantee, and key dates · Verified August 15, 2026
Current building profiles
What the individual buildings actually offer
COLLEGE-LEVEL. Elmsley Hall houses 200 students in 98 double rooms and 4 single ensuites, with doubles about 5.3m by 3m, twin XL beds, a 24-hour porter's desk and floor-segregated housing. Sorbara Hall, the newest building and designed to complement St. Basil's, has 173 rooms—167 singles and 6 doubles—with singles about 3m by 4m carrying a double bed, kitchen sink, air conditioning, and mini-fridges on floors 3–4, plus a music room and cardio room. Loretto is an all-women residence of roughly 89 residents in 42 singles, 38 doubles and 9 graduate ensuites, with its own chapel, dining hall and fitness room.
University of St. Michael's College: Elmsley Hall building profile · Verified August 15, 2026
2026–2027 versus 2025–2026
The building pages and the fee page disagree
COLLEGE-LEVEL conflict. The 2026–2027 fee schedule lists a double at $12,937 and a single at $13,953, but the individual building pages still quote 2025–2026 numbers: Sorbara states single $13,444 and double $12,452 and labels them 2025-26, Elmsley quotes a double at $12,452 and an accessible ensuite at $15,335, and Loretto quotes single $12,564, double $12,303 and graduate ensuite $15,335. Budget from the residence-life fees page, not from the building tour pages.
Loretto also carries its own fee structure separate from the main St. Michael's schedule, and charges non-SMC residents incidental fees plus an $11.50-per-semester residence council fee. Ask the residence office which schedule applies before signing.
University of St. Michael's College: Loretto College residence profile · Verified August 15, 2026
Fall 2027
Fall 2027 residence rates and dates
COLLEGE-LEVEL. No 2027–2028 St. Michael's residence rate, meal-plan price, deposit schedule or StarRez date is published. The live pages are entirely 2026–2027.
Plan with the 2026–2027 schedule as a floor and expect an increase; do not quote a 2027–2028 dollar figure until the college posts one.
University of St. Michael's College: 2026–2027 residence room fees, deposits, and meal plans · Verified August 15, 2026
Official housing sources
Tuition, Scholarships, and Aid
U of T tuition plus St. Michael's awards and grants
St. Michael's membership does not create a separate undergraduate tuition schedule. Tuition follows the student's U of T campus, Faculty of Arts & Science program, year, and domestic or international status. Residence and meal plans are separate college costs.
Admission awards with published values
Consideration is automatic on admission and recipients are notified in the letter of offer—but the college states preference goes to applicants who ranked St. Michael's first. Most of these carry Ontario-residency and Canadian-citizenship conditions; the H. T. Kelly, Unger Family, and Gerald S. Horgan awards are the ones explicitly open to international applicants.
SMC WORTHI Award
$7,500Renewable at a C+ GPA minimum. Domestic Arts & Science students with a STEM focus, immigrant status, and financial need.
Sutton Family Scholarship
$4,000Renewable in acceptable standing. Faculty of Arts & Science, any Canadian province or territory, preference for financial need.
Honourable H. T. Kelly Memorial Scholarship
$3,000–$4,000Renewable at a 3.5 GPA. Merit-based on a high-80s average and explicitly open to international as well as domestic applicants.
Clayton W. Kehoe Scholarship
$3,000 then $1,500Renewable at a 3.50 GPA. Humanities or Social Sciences, Ontario resident with regional priority, includes a residence component.
Pope Leo XIV Admission Scholarship
$2,500Renewable at a 3.5 GPA. High-80s average, financial need, Ontario resident, St. Michael's as first-choice college.
King Charles III Admission Scholarship
About $2,000Renewable at a 3.5 GPA and includes a residence credit. High-80s average, financial need, Ontario resident, SMC first choice.
Melissa Clubbe Memorial Admission Scholarship
$2,000Renewable at a 3.0 GPA. Ontario high-school graduate with a mid-80s average in Humanities or Social Sciences, SMC first choice.
Louis L. Odette Residence Scholarship
About $5,400Largest of the residence-contingent awards. Requires taking a St. Michael's residence place, financial need, and Ontario residency.
Admission awards
Automatic on admission for SMC-first applicants. The exceptions are the Janet Elizabeth Faulds Award, which can be applied for or won by nomination, and the Catholic Women's League scholarship, which is administered externally.
In-course awards
Academic standing, program, community service, year, financial need, or residence can determine eligibility for named awards.
Grants and bursaries
Eligible students generally use U of T's Undergraduate Grant Application in ACORN. Some residence bursaries credit the housing account.
Cycle-label warning
St. Michael's main awards page still labels many sections 2025–2026 and includes past deadlines. Do not copy those dates into a Fall 2027 plan. Use the live applicant portal, ACORN, Award Explorer, and current college notices to confirm values and deadlines.
Compare U of T-wide tuition, OSAP, UTAPS, and scholarships in our University of Toronto scholarships and financial-aid guide.
Current fee structure
Who sets your tuition
UNIVERSITY-LEVEL. Membership at St. Michael's creates no separate undergraduate tuition schedule. Tuition is set centrally by the University of Toronto and depends on campus, Faculty of Arts & Science admission category and program, year of study, and domestic or international status. The college's own charges are residence, meal plan, and incidental residence-council fees.
University of Toronto: U of T Office of the Registrar tuition and fee schedules · Verified August 15, 2026
Fall 2027
Fall 2027 tuition status
UNIVERSITY-LEVEL. At verification the U of T Office of the Registrar's tuition-and-fees hub published undergraduate fee schedules through 2025–26, with earlier years archived, and did not publish a 2027–28 schedule. Any Fall 2027 tuition figure quoted anywhere today is an estimate, not a published rate.
Use the U of T Tuition Explorer and the registrar's fee schedules for the year you actually enter. We do not publish a Fall 2027 tuition number because U of T has not set one.
University of Toronto: U of T Office of the Registrar tuition and fee schedules · Verified August 15, 2026
Current award rules
How St. Michael's admission awards are decided
COLLEGE-LEVEL. Incoming students who select St. Michael's as their first choice of college are automatically considered for the college's admission awards on admission, and recipients are notified in the letter of offer. Almost every award is auto-considered; the exceptions published are the Janet Elizabeth Faulds Award, which can be applied for or won by teacher or principal nomination, and the Catholic Women's League of Canada Admission Scholarship, which is administered externally by the Toronto Diocesan Council and submitted directly to the CWL. The college notes award values are subject to change with availability.
University of St. Michael's College: Admission awards for incoming students · Verified August 15, 2026
2026 entry, latest available
Named admission awards and their published values
COLLEGE-LEVEL. Published values include the SMC WORTHI Award at $7,500, renewable at a C+ GPA minimum for domestic Arts & Science STEM students with immigrant status and financial need; the Sutton Family Scholarship at $4,000, renewable; the Honourable H. T. Kelly Memorial Scholarship at $3,000–$4,000, renewable at a 3.5 GPA, open to international and domestic applicants with a high-80s average; the Pope Leo XIV Admission Scholarship at $2,500, renewable at 3.5; the King Charles III Admission Scholarship at about $2,000, renewable at 3.5 and including a residence credit; the Melissa Clubbe Memorial Admission Scholarship at $2,000, renewable at 3.0 for an Ontario high-school graduate with a mid-80s average in Humanities or Social Sciences; the Clayton W. Kehoe Scholarship at $3,000 in first year and $1,500 thereafter; the Robert and Mary Catherine Birgeneau Scholarship at about $4,000; the Doris Annie Davies Admission Scholarship at about $3,800; and the Victor Dodig Scholarship in Rotman Commerce at about $2,400.
Most of these carry Ontario-resident and Canadian-citizen-or-PR conditions and first-choice-college requirements; the H. T. Kelly and Unger Family awards are the ones explicitly open to international applicants. Values are published as approximate and subject to change.
University of St. Michael's College: Admission awards for incoming students · Verified August 15, 2026
2026 entry, latest available
Awards that specifically require living in residence
COLLEGE-LEVEL. A separate admission-residence award set is contingent on taking a St. Michael's residence place: the Louis L. Odette Residence Scholarship at about $5,400, the C.D. Howe Memorial Residence Scholarship and Wilfred S. McDonnell, Q.C. Residence Scholarship at about $4,000 each, the Rev. John M. Kelly, C.S.B. and Hubert Sceats Memorial Residence Scholarships at $2,000–$5,000, an OTSS Residence Bursary at about $3,000, the Class of 6T5 45th Anniversary Residence Bursary at about $2,000, and the Gerald S. Horgan Residence Award at $1,000, which is open to domestic and international students.
Most of these require Canadian citizenship or permanent residency plus Ontario residency and demonstrated financial need. The residence requirement is real—declining a residence offer can forfeit the award.
University of St. Michael's College: Admission awards for incoming students · Verified August 15, 2026
2025–2026 cycle, latest available
In-course awards, grants, and their deadlines
COLLEGE-LEVEL. The college runs three award streams after first year. Application-required in-course awards closed at 5 p.m. on Monday, October 20, 2025 for the 2025–2026 term and include the Patricia A. Massel Bursary and the Antonietta, Felice & Roberto Ciasca Scholarship at $5,000 each and the Michael J. Walker Student Bursary at $2,500. Automatic in-course awards need no application—examples include the John Ward McGovern Scholarship in Celtic Studies at $5,000, the Richard Yee Memorial Bursary at $3,000–$5,000, and the J. Robert S. Prichard and Ann Wilson Prize at about $3,000. Bursaries and grants run through U of T's Undergraduate Grant Application in ACORN, and several credit directly to the residence account.
The awards hub is labelled 2025–2026 and mixes expired deadlines with live 2026 ones (April 3, 2026 for the program travel and research awards, May 1, 2026 for graduation awards). Never copy an October or March date from that page into a future plan without re-checking.
University of St. Michael's College: Awards and scholarships: in-course, grant, and graduation awards · Verified August 15, 2026
Current aid channels
The U of T aid the college registrar administers
UNIVERSITY-LEVEL money, delivered through the college. The St. Michael's registrar's office lists UTAPS, government aid and OSAP counselling, the UTSU Student Aid Program with bursaries up to $500, the Noah Meltz Program for part-time students, an IT Grant of up to $750 toward laptop costs, and the John H. Moss Scholarship at $20,000 annually. Domestic students complete Need Navigator to receive a UTAPS estimate.
UTAPS and the Noah Meltz Program are need-based and generally require government aid eligibility, so most international students will not qualify—the H. T. Kelly, Unger Family and Horgan awards are the international-eligible college routes.
University of St. Michael's College: Registrar and academic support services · Verified August 15, 2026
Student Life and Support
A U of T home base with academic and community support
College membership provides registrar advising, orientation, mentorship, commuter and residence community, student groups, intramurals, awards, and academic support while students use the wider St. George campus. Kelly Library and the Academic Success Centre are prominent St. Michael's resources.
Catholic identity and inclusion
The College's mission is grounded in Catholic intellectual and spiritual traditions while explicitly welcoming students and faculty from every background.
Student government and publications
SMCSU is elected each spring as 13 councillors and funds the college's clubs, running the Michaelmas Celebration, Christmas Market, Formal, and clubs fair. The college also carries an unusually deep publication set for its size: The Mike, a bi-weekly newspaper founded in 1947, plus Mnvera, Windrose, Foolscap, and Saeculum.
Kelly Library
The John M. Kelly Library at 113 St. Joseph Street holds humanities and social-science collections strongest in Catholic theology, the Middle Ages, Celtic languages, book history, and Irish history, plus Special Collections archives of Marshall McLuhan, Sheila Watson, and G.K. Chesterton. It houses the Writing and Research Help Centre and the Math and Computer Science Success Centres in Room 105.
Downtown Toronto fit
The college reports roughly 35% international students from 168 countries and regions. Compare residence or commute, meal-plan structure, late-evening travel, access to St. George classes, and whether the College's historic campus and community scale fit your priorities.
Current student government
SMCSU and college student government
COLLEGE-LEVEL. The St. Michael's College Student Union is the college's student government, made up of 13 councillors elected each spring, and it funds the college's clubs. Its signature events are the Michaelmas Celebration, the Christmas Market and the SMCSU Formal, alongside the annual clubs fair.
University of St. Michael's College: Student clubs, SMCSU, and student publications · Verified August 15, 2026
Current club roster
Clubs, course unions, and student publications
COLLEGE-LEVEL. The clubs page describes more than ten clubs and student groups and names roughly nineteen, including the Book and Media Studies Student Association, the Celtic Studies Course Union, the Thomistic Institute Chapter, Pride SMC, the Troubadours drama group, Maestoso Legato, SAGA, SMC Run Club and Pair-A-Dice gaming. The college also carries an unusually deep student-publication set for its size: The Mike, a bi-weekly student newspaper founded in 1947, the Mnvera literary and arts review, the Windrose yearbook, and the program journals Foolscap and Saeculum.
The college's international-student page separately cites 90-plus student clubs and cultural organizations; that larger number appears to describe the wider U of T offering rather than the college roster. Use the clubs page for the college-level count.
University of St. Michael's College: Student clubs, SMCSU, and student publications · Verified August 15, 2026
Current programming
Campus Ministry and spiritual life
COLLEGE-LEVEL. Campus Ministry runs retreats and spiritual programming, hosts the St. Michael's Schola Cantorum singing group, and takes student applications to join a student-led ministry team. The Campus Life office sits within the Dean of Students Office and runs workshops, orientation and leadership development for the college's 5,000-plus students, with dedicated programming for commuter students.
University of St. Michael's College: Campus life, Campus Ministry, and orientation · Verified August 15, 2026
Current service model
Academic and wellness support you get for being a member
COLLEGE-LEVEL. Membership buys a concrete support stack: learning strategists bookable through Folio, the Writing and Research Help Centre staffed by instructors and librarians in Kelly Library, a Math Success Centre and a Computer Science Success Centre both in Kelly Library Room 105, an on-location Accessibility Services advisor in Brennan Hall, and confidential wellness advising with a registered social worker. The registrar's page also lists the crisis lines students are pointed to, including Good2Talk and U of T Telus Health.
University of St. Michael's College: Registrar and academic support services · Verified August 15, 2026
Current library profile
The John M. Kelly Library
COLLEGE-LEVEL. Kelly Library at 113 St. Joseph Street is the college's academic hub inside the U of T Libraries system, with large humanities and social-science collections strongest in Catholic theology, European literature, the Middle Ages, history, Celtic languages, book history, media studies, Irish history, philosophy and religious studies, and expanded Jesuit and Ignatian holdings since the Regis federation. It runs a Personal Librarian program, the Syllabus Service and Kelly InfoExpress, bookable group study rooms, and digital preservation, conservation and print studios. Special Collections holds the personal archives of Marshall McLuhan, Sheila Watson and G.K. Chesterton.
University of St. Michael's College: About the John M. Kelly Library · Verified August 15, 2026
College-published counts
International students at the college
COLLEGE-LEVEL. St. Michael's reports that roughly 35% of its students are international, coming from 168 countries and regions, within a U of T population of nearly 24,000 international students. Supports named are the Centre for International Experience for immigration advising bookable through Folio, English Language Learning courses including free summer offerings, automatic UHIP enrolment plus the UTSU Health and Dental Plan, Convera and Flywire fee payment, a Kelly Library personal librarian match, and an SMCSU Vice President of International Community Outreach.
The 35% figure is the college's own published share and is not dated on the page; treat it as directional.
University of St. Michael's College: International student experience at St. Michael's · Verified August 15, 2026
U of T Work Experience, Research, and Career Support
Career and work experience follow the U of T program
St. Michael's does not operate a separate university-wide undergraduate co-op stream. Co-op, ASIP, research, field study, community engagement, professional placements, and career services depend on the student's U of T campus, admission category, program, and eligibility.
Program-level planning
Check the official U of T program calendar and career pages for work-term structure, in-course applications, GPA rules, fees, hiring, international authorization, and placement guarantees.
College-level value
Advising, alumni, events, student leadership, program communities, library collections, and small first-year courses can complement the university's formal career and experiential routes.
Compare U of T work-experience systems
Review UTSC co-op, St. George ASIP and PEY, and UTM's current internship structure on the canonical University of Toronto guide.
Current structure
There is no St. Michael's co-op
COLLEGE-LEVEL. St. Michael's runs no separate undergraduate co-op stream. Work-integrated learning at U of T—UTSC co-op, the St. George Arts & Science Internship Program and PEY, and UTM internships—belongs to the campus, admission category and program, not to the college. Ranking St. Mike's neither adds nor removes a work-term option.
University of St. Michael's College: How the U of T college system works from St. Mike's side · Verified August 15, 2026
Current service model
College-level career support
COLLEGE-LEVEL. What the college does provide is career advising and employment exploration listed among its registrarial services, alongside the U of T Career and Co-Curricular Learning Network (CLNx) route into the Work Study Program for on-campus positions. This is advising and on-campus employment, not a placement guarantee.
University of St. Michael's College: Registrar and academic support services · Verified August 15, 2026
Current program status
AMPlify alumni mentorship
COLLEGE-LEVEL and genuinely exclusive to St. Mike's. AMPlify connects upper-year undergraduates and recent graduates with alumni mentors through a passcode-protected directory filterable by undergraduate stream, with a four-step flow of registration, directory access, direct email contact for coffee chats or Zoom calls, and a reflection form after each meeting. It runs grad-school panels and networking nights.
At verification the AMPlify page states activities are paused for the summer following a two-year pilot review, with updates expected in September. Do not assume the program will run in its current form—confirm before treating it as a reason to rank the college.
University of St. Michael's College: AMPlify: the St. Mike's alumni mentorship program · Verified August 15, 2026
2026 offerings, latest available
Built-in international learning in first year
COLLEGE-LEVEL. The SMC One seminars carry international components that are unusual for a first-year course anywhere in Canada: the Gilson Seminar's eleven-day Rome and Assisi experience with daily lectures and site-specific talks, a Boyle Seminar trip to Dublin after the April exam period, and a McLuhan Seminar trip to Silicon Valley during reading week. Financial-assistance awards are available toward the Gilson trip.
Only the Gilson ancillary fee ceiling of $3,000 is published. The college publishes no cost for the Dublin or Silicon Valley components, so budget them as unknown and ask the seminar coordinator.
University of St. Michael's College: First-year courses: SMC One seminars and Foundation courses · Verified August 15, 2026
June 2026 graduation cycle, latest available
Awards that fund the step after graduation
COLLEGE-LEVEL. Two graduation awards fund what comes next: the Sir Bertram C.A. Windle Graduate Scholarship at $2,000 for a graduating student entering a liberal arts graduate program at U of T that September, and the Khoury Memorial Fund Award in Medicine at $2,500 for an outstanding graduand pursuing U of T's Temerty Faculty of Medicine, which accepts applications before the medical admission offer arrives. The application-based graduation awards closed at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 1, 2026.
The Khoury award deadline is listed as TBA rather than fixed. These are four-years-out considerations, not admission-year decisions.
University of St. Michael's College: Awards and scholarships: in-course, grant, and graduation awards · Verified August 15, 2026
Official career and mentorship sources
University of St. Michael's College applicants need to distinguish U of T Faculty of Arts & Science admission from college membership, program selection from college preference, undergraduate U of T degrees from graduate theology, and current residence costs from future-cycle guarantees. This guide keeps the federated entity relationship, application process, four sponsored programs, residence, awards, student life, and U of T career routes on one canonical, official-source-backed page.
St. Michael's College U of T membership, programs, residence, awards, and student-life questions
Direct answers to what the University of St. Michael's College is, how U of T Arts & Science admission and college preferences work, whether a supplemental application or Catholic identity is required, its four sponsored programs, current residence and meal-plan costs, awards, undergraduate degree status, graduate theology distinction, and U of T work-experience routes.
Official Sources and Next Steps
Stellar keeps this guide structured for comparison, but official university pages remain 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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