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Tuition Payment Plan Program
Laurier provides graduate students with a unique tuition payment option designed to help alleviate the financial pressures of pursuing graduate studies. The payment plan is open to graduate students who must enroll in the plan on a term by term basis.
Application Windows
Payment plan enrollment windows open when invoices are posted and available to access on LORIS.
Winter 2026- Opens: December 3, 2025
- Closes: January 3, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EST
The closing deadline date of the plan for each term is firm. Late applications will NOT be available or accepted.
Cost of the Plan
There is a $50 non-refundable Payment Plan Financing Fee for each term a student is enrolled in the plan. This fee covers the administrative costs of implementing the plan.
How the Plan Works
Students enrolled in the plan can pay tuition fees in three (3) equal installments applied monthly to their financial account. Monthly installment dates and their applicable due dates will be found in the Installment Information table available on LORIS after enrollment has been completed.
Installment effective dates are not payment due dates. After each installment effective date, an invoice will be posted to LORIS with that monthly installment's payment due date. An email notification will also be sent to you MyLaurier student email account to notify you that an invoice has been posted. A late fee of 1.25% will apply to any balances not paid by the installment's specified payment due date.
To be eligible to participate in the plan, you must:
- Be currently registered in courses for the term in which you are enrolling in the payment plan.
- Have a balance owing for the term in which you are enrolling in the payment plan.
- Have no amount owing from the previous term; if you owe previous term fees you will not be eligible for the plan until the previous term balance is paid in full.
- OSAP recipients: If expected OSAP funding directed to Laurier will cover or exceed the amount of fees you are owing, enrolment in the plan is not recommended.
- If you are enrolled in a graduate program with a Major Research Paper, Thesis or Dissertation oral examination and already have a defence date scheduled or expect to complete all the degree requirements (defence and submission of final post-defence documents) by the end of the first month of the semester, you should not enrol in the plan.
- If a late, or an increase, of financial support (including any OSAP funding) becomes available after the plan has been implemented and results in a credit balance, the plan remains in place for the term (payment plan financing fee continues to be non-refundable) and the credit balance will reduce as installment amounts become effective and are applied to your student account. Only credit balances exceeding the remaining installments owing under the plan will be eligible for refund upon request on LORIS.
- Once your plan for the term has been processed, the installments are static. New fees or credits applied to accounts after the plan has been processed will not be included with the active plan and your monthly installments will not be adjusted.
- New fees will be included with the next installment invoice and will be due by that invoice due date. Fees can include: transcript/letter requests, parking permits, UHIP fees, etc.
- New credits or funding added will be applied to payment of the current or next installment depending on processing date. Credits can include Health and Dental plan opt-outs, added scholarships or awards.
- The $50 Financing Fee is non-refundable for any reason including paying full balance prior to deadline dates or cancellation of enrollment in the plan.
- Check eligibility and complete enrollment through LORIS > Look for the "Student Financial Account" card > Apply for a Graduate Payment Plan
- The enrollment process will automatically assess your eligibility for the plan.
- If you are ineligible, the system will provide a reason and possible ways for you to make yourself eligible before the deadline.
- If eligible, enrollment in the plan is automatic and immediate. Your account will update with your plan installments after you receive your confirmation message and will be viewable on LORIS.
- Each installment will become effective on your student account each month and an invoice will be posted to your LORIS account with an applicable due date for each installment. Installment information, including installment amount, effective dates and invoice due dates can be referenced on LORIS through your Installment Information History.
If you are a graduate student and receive a notice that says you are "You are not authorized to view this page." when you try to go to the payment plan, follow these steps:
- Log out of LORIS completely and close the browser completely including all open tabs.
- Open the browser and login to LORIS and you should be able to navigate to the Plan Enrolment page.
- If this does not work, also try clearing your cache or deleting your browser history first.