University of Windsor Costs & Financial Aid

Windsor publishes an automatic, average-based Open Entrance Scholarship ladder for students entering directly from secondary school: Blue and Gold Level Support of $1,000 at an 85% to 89.99% average, paid as $1,000 across one term and not renewable; Dean's Level Support of $10,000 at 90% to 94.99%, paid as $1,250 across eight terms and renewable; and President's Level Support of $16,000 at 95% to 100%, paid as $2,000 across eight terms and renewable.

The cliff between 89.99% and 90% is $9,000. No other decision in a Windsor applicant's Grade 12 year is worth that much per percentage point.

University of Windsor: Student Awards and Financial Aid: entering students · Verified August 16, 2026

Windsor bases the automatic entrance scholarship on your best six Grade 12 U/M level qualifying courses or their equivalent, using interim and final grades available in May. Eligibility requires registering full-time in the academic year immediately following high school graduation and no previous attendance at post-secondary educational institutions. Co-op courses are excluded from the calculation.

Grades available in May decide the award. A strong final semester that posts in July can lift your admission average without lifting your scholarship tier.

University of Windsor: Student Awards and Financial Aid: entering students · Verified August 16, 2026

The Dean's and President's Level awards are renewable across eight terms only if you register full time for 2 semesters within an academic year and maintain a minimum scholarship average of 85% at the end of each 2 term study.

An 85% university average is a materially harder standard than an 85% high-school average. Treat the $10,000 and $16,000 headline figures as maximums, not as money already banked.

University of Windsor: Student Awards and Financial Aid: entering students · Verified August 16, 2026

Windsor also lists application-based awards for first-year entering students, a Specialist High Skills Major Scholarship of $1,000, FIRST Robotics and Skills Competition scholarships, UWindsor special event awards, the Outstanding Scholars program, athletic scholarships of up to $5,000, and Law- and Education-specific awards. The application deadline for most entrance awards is April 30.

April 30 sits after most Ontario offers land and before the June residence deadline. Put it in the same calendar block as your offer acceptance.

University of Windsor: Student Awards and Financial Aid: entering students · Verified August 16, 2026

Windsor's international page publishes a Global Lancer Scholarship of up to $24,000 over four years for qualifying international undergraduates, and the entrance-awards page states that the Open Entrance Scholarship Program includes U.S. and international students studying in Canada or abroad, visa students entering directly from a Canadian high school, and CEGEP students who have completed two years of study.

University of Windsor: International students at UWindsor: community and scholarships · Verified August 16, 2026

There is no first-party Windsor page that lists undergraduate tuition rates by program. Windsor routes every applicant to its Tuition Fee Estimator, which states that the fees calculated are per term and covers four rate categories — Domestic Ontario Residence, Domestic Outside of Ontario province, International, and the US Good Neighbour Rate — across Arts/Humanities/Social Science, Visual Arts and Built Environment, Business, Commercial Aviation Leadership, Computer Science, Concurrent Education, Economics, Engineering, Human Kinetics, Nursing, Science and Social Work. Run the estimator for your exact program and status rather than trusting any published summary.

The estimator page carries Windsor's own warning that fees may change for the Fall 2026 term and should only be used as an estimate for the fees in the future. Any tuition figure you see quoted for Windsor on a third-party site is not sourced from a public Windsor rate table, because Windsor does not publish one.

University of Windsor: Tuition Fee Estimator: approved 2026-2027 fees · Verified August 16, 2026

Windsor's Academic Policy Committee package of April 10, 2025 carries a 2025/26 Tuition Fees: Undergraduate schedule with per-semester domestic rates: Engineering $5,609.50 in years one to three and $4,664.55 in year four; Business $5,179.00 in years one to three and $4,298.80 in year four; Computer Science $4,512.15 in year one, $4,469.15 in year two and $4,426.60 in years three and four; Education $3,410.70; Concurrent Education $3,054.05; Human Kinetics, Science excluding Computer Science, and Social Work $2,985.95; all other programs $2,899.90; and Law and the Dual JD $10,891.00.

These are per-semester figures, so double them for a Fall-and-Winter year. Note the fourth-year discount in Business and Engineering — the total four-year cost is lower than four times the year-one rate.

University of Windsor: Academic Policy Committee package, April 10, 2025: 2025/26 undergraduate tuition schedule (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026

Appendix B of Windsor's Board of Governors package of May 26, 2026 sets the approved 2026/27 tuition changes. Domestic Ontario undergraduate tuition rises 2% in both first and upper years, described as government regulated. Out-of-province domestic rises 5% for Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Law and the Dual JD, and Science excluding Computer Science, with all other programs at 2.5%. International first-year rises 5% for Engineering, Business and Nursing, 0% for Computer Science, and 3% for all others, while returning international students are held at 0% because they are covered by the tuition guarantee.

Applying the approved 2% to the published 2025/26 domestic Engineering rate gives roughly $5,721 per semester for 2026-2027. That is arithmetic from two published Windsor documents, not a figure Windsor prints — run the estimator for the number you will actually be billed.

University of Windsor: Board of Governors package, May 26, 2026: Appendix B, 2026/27 tuition fee changes (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026

Windsor's most recent published cost-of-attendance figures are in its 2023-24 Common University Data Ontario return: room and board on campus $12,514.00, books and supplies approximately $1,500.00, transportation for off-campus students approximately $320.00, and other expenses approximately $2,000.00.

Windsor publishes no 2026-2027 total cost-of-attendance estimate. Build your own from the residence rate, the mandatory meal plan, tuition from the estimator, and the ancillary schedule.

University of Windsor: Common University Data Ontario 2023: section G, annual student expenses · Verified August 16, 2026

The Student Awards page states President's Level Support at $16,000 and Dean's Level Support at $10,000 — the totals across eight terms. The future-students recruitment page states the same awards as $4,000/year and $2,500/year, renewable over 4 years. The numbers reconcile exactly, and the entrance award regulations confirm the Dean's award is paid in $1,250 installments each term, but a reader on one Windsor site sees a figure four times larger than a reader on the other.

When you compare Windsor's offer against another university's, make sure you are comparing per-year against per-year. The regulations state renewable awards may be received for a maximum of four academic years or eight semesters.

University of Windsor: Student awards for future students: per-year award framing · Verified August 16, 2026

Windsor's entrance award regulations set out exactly which grades carry each installment: installments 1 and 2 use the top six Grade 12 U/M courses used to calculate the admission average; installments 3 and 4 use the top six courses from semesters one and two; installments 5 and 6 use the top twelve courses from semesters one through four; and installments 7 and 8 use the top eighteen courses from semesters one through six. Awards appear as anticipated aid before the term fee deadline and are paid after the financial drop date.

Windsor publishes the 2025-2026 regulations only; a 2026-2027 version was not found. The May scholarship offer is described as final and will only change if the average increases for courses completed by June 30.

University of Windsor: 2025-2026 Entrance Awards Regulations and Notice of Collection (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026

The Student Awards FAQ states that the automatic entrance scholarship pool includes Canadian citizens, permanent residents, U.S. and international students studying in Canada or abroad, visa students entering directly from a Canadian high school, and CEGEP students who have completed two years of study. The entering-students page presents the same ladder under a domestic framing, and the International Student Centre lists separate International Student Entrance Awards made at the time of admission with no additional application required.

If you are an international applicant, email award1@uwindsor.ca and ask in writing which stream your offer falls under before you compare Windsor's funding against another university's.

University of Windsor: Student Awards and Financial Aid: award FAQs · Verified August 16, 2026

Windsor's in-course bursary requires both a completed UWinAward Profile in UWinsite Student and a completed government financial aid application, with deadlines of October 15 for Fall and Winter, January 31 for Winter-only, and June 30 for Intersession and Summer. The Student Access Bursary is automatic on submission of the first need-based profile, with an October 15 application date for Fall and Winter and funds credited on or before December 5. The Ignite Work Study Program for Fall 2026 and Winter 2027 opened August 14, 2026 and closes October 26, 2026, requires a cumulative average of 60% or higher, and caps on-campus work at 24 hours per week.

Ignite requires a 60% course load for domestic students and 80% for international students, and international students need an approved study permit and a valid Social Insurance Number. Windsor publishes no dollar values for the in-course bursary or hardship assistance.

University of Windsor: Student Access Guarantee and Student Access Bursary · Verified August 16, 2026

Windsor publishes a Global Conflict Relief Bursary of $10,000 with ten awards for 2025-26, opening August 1 and closing October 15, and a University of Windsor International Student Support Bursary of $1,000 per academic year for undergraduates in years two to four experiencing temporary unexpected financial difficulty, alongside an Emergency Relief Fund.

The Global Lancer Scholarship is named at up to $24,000 over four years but its average bands, renewal condition, and eligible programs are not published — its dedicated pages return 404.

University of Windsor: Scholarships and bursaries for international students · Verified August 16, 2026

Windsor's compulsory ancillary fee schedule sets per-term amounts for full-time students including an Athletics and Recreation Fee of $137.43, a Student Wellness Fee of $38.90, a Lancer Sports and Recreation (Toldo Lancer Centre) Fee of $72.35, a UWSA Drug and Dental Plan of $425.00, a UWSA Transit Windsor UPass of $153.03 for first-year and new students, a First Year Transition Support Fee of $79.31 assessed in the first semester only, and a Textbook All-Access Fee of $18.50. The ISC OHIP-equivalent health plan for international students is $875.58 for single coverage.

This is the most recent schedule Windsor publishes as a document; the estimator applies the current approved year. Program-specific charges also apply — a first-year Nursing Lab Fee of $111.71 and a Nursing Badge Fee of $20.00, for example.

University of Windsor: 2025/26 Compulsory Ancillary Fee Schedule (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026

Windsor's finance page lists non-refundable deposits of $2,000.00 for international undergraduate students, $500.00 for Law, MSW and MBA, $4,000.00 for international course-based graduate programs, $4,000.00 for the domestic Master of Management and Medical Biotechnology, and $475.00 for residence.

The three ask.UWindsor answers that used to publish deposit due dates and tuition-deposit detail now return This answer is no longer available. Confirm the payment deadline in your offer letter, not on the website.

University of Windsor: Finance: fees, charges, and non-refundable program deposits · Verified August 16, 2026

Windsor guarantees the tuition rate for all international students for a fixed number of terms — 15 consecutive terms for undergraduates, 9 for research-based master's, four terms for cohort-based master's with a fifth at a per-course rate if required, and 18 for PhD students. It excludes students on the US Neighbour rate, because it is already a reduced rate, and it does not include incidental fees.

Fifteen terms is five academic years of three terms. The guarantee covers tuition only — ancillary fees, the health plan, residence, meal plans and co-op fees all still move.

University of Windsor: ask.UWindsor: what is the UWindsor Tuition Guarantee? · Verified August 16, 2026

Windsor operates a separate US Good Neighbour tuition rate for American undergraduates, appearing as its own category in the Tuition Fee Estimator alongside Domestic Ontario, Domestic out-of-province and International. To qualify you must be registered part time or full time in an undergraduate program, be a U.S. citizen, and provide a valid study permit to the International Student Centre at the beginning of your first semester and offer renewed permits when granted. Incidental fees, residence and meal plan charges are not included and are charged in Canadian dollars.

Windsor does not publish the Good Neighbour dollar rate anywhere; the answer page says only See the Tuition Fee Estimator for current rates. This is the clearest financial expression of the border: a Detroit-area student pays a reduced rate that is explicitly excluded from the international tuition guarantee.

University of Windsor: ask.UWindsor: U.S. Good Neighbour tuition rate · Verified August 16, 2026