We use cookies on this site to enhance your experience.
By selecting “Accept” and continuing to use this website, you consent to the use of cookies.
Co-op Fees
The university charges fees to recover a portion of the overall costs of maintaining Laurier's co-operative education programs and promoting the programs to employers.
Once you confirm your admission to co-op, we register you as a co-op student and you start paying co-op fees. All co-op students at Laurier pay at least two co-op fees before their first work term.
The co-op fee is not an employment fee, and you must pay the fee even if you fail to secure a co-op job.
You pay the fee online through Service Laurier; for more information, visit Tuition and Fees.
Each May, the university reviews the fees. When the university increases the fee, the new fee first appears in your bill for the fall term.
- Please pay each fee through Service Laurier by the due date listed on your invoice.
- After the due date, the university will charge you an interest penalty of 1.25% on your outstanding balance.
- Fees are subject to approval by the Board of Governors and may change without notice.
- The university reviews the co-op fees annually and begins applying the new fees each fall.
Before withdrawing from co-op, see the Refunds and Fee Appeals section to learn whether you are eligible for any refund.
Fees by Program
- The university charges you $387.30 per academic term, as of July 1, 2023. You pay the co-op fee four times.
- For second year, the fall term fee is due no later than November 2, 2023. Please review the refund schedule below. If you withdraw between October 17 and November 6, you will be charged 55% of the term fee even if you have not yet paid the co-op fee.
- 0% of the fall term fee is refunded after November 6, 2023.
- For second year, the university typically bills you in November for the winter term and you pay the fee in December, before the beginning of the academic term.
- For third year, the university typically bills you in July for the fall term and you pay the fee in August, before the beginning of the academic term.
- For third year, the university typically bills you in November for the winter term and you pay the fee in December, before the beginning of the academic term.
On average, Arts co-op and Science co-op students receive lower salaries and work fewer weeks each term than Business and Economics co-op students. They complete fewer work terms than other undergraduate co-op students and are expected to participate to a greater extent in the job search process. For these reasons, the university charges them lower fees.
- The university charges you $810.62 per academic term, as of July 1, 2023. You pay the co-op fee four times. (If you are in Business and Computer Science and choose to pursue four work terms, you will pay the fee five times.)
- For second year, the fall term fee is due no later than November 2, 2023. Please review the refund schedule below. If you withdraw between October 17 and November 6, you will be charged 55% of the term fee even if you have not yet paid the co-op fee.
- 0% of the fall term fee is refunded after November 6, 2023.
- For second year, the university typically bills you in November for the winter term and you pay the fee in December, before the beginning of the academic term.
- For third year, the university typically bills you in July for the fall term and you pay the fee in August, before the beginning of the academic term. (If you are a BBA student on an eight-month work term from May through December, the university will bill you in July for the fall term fee and you will pay in August.)
- For third year, the university typically bills you in March for the spring term fee and you pay the fee in April, before the beginning of the academic term.
- If you are a BBA Sequence One student seeking approval to vary your third work term to January from September, the university will bill you in March of third year for the spring term fee and you will pay the fee in April, before the beginning of the academic term.
- If you are in Business and Computer Science and pursue a fourth work term, the university typically bills you in March for the spring term of fourth year and you pay the fee in April, before the beginning of the work term.
- The university charges you $810.62 per academic term, as of July 1, 2023. You pay the co-op fee four times.
- For second year, the fall term fee is due no later than November 2, 2023. Please review the refund schedule below. If you withdraw between October 17 and November 6, you will be charged 55% of the term fee even if you have not yet paid the co-op fee.
- 0% of the fall term fee is refunded after November 6, 2023.
- For second year, the university typically bills you in November for the winter term and you pay the fee in December, before the beginning of the academic term.
- For third year, the university typically bills you in November for the winter term and you pay the fee in December, before the beginning of the academic term. (If you are a BBA student on an eight-month work term from September through April, the university bills you in November for the winter term and you pay the fee in December.)
- For fourth year, the university typically bills you in July for the fall term and you pay the fee in August, before the beginning of the academic term. (If you are a BBA student on an eight-month work term from May through December, the university bills you in July for the fall term fee in July and you pay in August.)
- The university charges you $810.62 per academic term, as of July 1, 2023. You pay the co-op fee four times if you do three work terms; if you do a fourth work term, you pay an additional fee.
- In September, the university bills you $1621.24, which covers two academic terms at once. (The billing date is September 11, 2023, and the due date is October 1, 2023.)
- If you withdraw between September 22, 2023 and October 16, 2023, you will be charged 55% of the term fee even if you have not yet paid the co-op fee.
- For third year, the university typically bills you in July for the fall term and you pay the fee in August, before the beginning of the academic term.
- The university bills your subsequent fee(s) according to the sequencing of your third (and optional fourth) work term(s).
- The university charges you $810.62 per academic term, as of July 1, 2023. You pay the co-op fee four times.
- For second year, the fall term fee is due no later than November 2, 2023. Please review the refund schedule below. If you withdraw between October 17 and November 6, you will be charged 55% of the term fee even if you have not yet paid the co-op fee.
- 0% of the fall term fee is refunded after November 6, 2023.
- For second year, the university typically bills you in November for the winter term and you pay the fee in December, before the beginning of the academic term.
- For third year, the university typically bills you in March for the spring term fee and you pay the fee in April, before the beginning of the academic term.
- The university charges you $810.62 per academic term, as of July 1, 2023. You pay the co-op fee four times.
- For second year, the winter term fee is typically due at the beginning of January of second year. Please review the refund schedule below. If you withdraw between two weeks after the deadline for acceptance of the co-op admission offer and two weeks following that date, you will be charged 55% of the term fee even if you have not yet paid the co-op fee.
- For third year, the university typically bills you in March for the spring term fee and you pay the fee in April, before the beginning of the academic term.
- For third year, the university typically bills you in November for the winter term and you pay the fee in December, before the beginning of the academic term.
- For fourth year, the university typically bills you in July for the fall term and you pay the fee in August, before the beginning of the academic term.
- The university charges you $810.62 per academic term, as of July 1, 2023. You pay the co-op fee four times.
- For second year, the winter term fee is typically due at the beginning of January of second year. Please review the refund schedule below. If you withdraw between two weeks after the deadline for acceptance of the co-op admission offer and two weeks following that date, you will be charged 55% of the term fee even if you have not yet paid the co-op fee.
- For third year, the university typically bills you in March for the spring term fee and you pay the fee in April, before the beginning of the academic term.
- For third year, the university typically bills you in November for the winter term and you pay the fee in December, before the beginning of the academic term.
- For fourth year, the university typically bills you in July for the fall term and you pay the fee in August, before the beginning of the academic term.
- The university charges you $810.62* per academic term, as of July 1, 2023. You pay the co-op fee four times. *2023 rate; fees are assessed each May and the updated rate will show on your tuition bill.
- For second year, the fall term fee will be due according to the fee schedule for that year. Please review the refund schedule below. If you withdraw between two to five weeks after accepting admission to co-op, you will be charged 55% of the term fee even if you have not yet paid the co-op fee.
- 0% of the fall term fee is refunded after five weeks of accepting admission to co-op.
- For second year, the university typically bills you in November for the winter term and you pay the fee in December, before the beginning of the academic term.
- For third year, the university typically bills you in November for the winter term and you pay the fee in December, before the beginning of the academic term.
- For fourth year, the university typically bills you in July for the fall term and you pay the fee in August, before the beginning of the academic term.
- The university charges you $810.62 per academic term, as of July 1, 2023. You pay the co-op fee twice.
- The fall fee will be billed September 11, 2023, and the due date is October 1, 2023.
- Please review the refund schedule below. If you withdraw between September 22, 2023 and October 16, 2023, you will be charged 55% of the term fee even if you have not yet paid the co-op fee.
- The university typically bills you in November for the winter term and you pay the fee in December, before the beginning of the academic term.
- The university charges you $810.62 per academic term, as of July 1, 2023. You pay the co-op fee three times.
- In September, the university bills you $1621.24, which covers two academic terms at once. (The billing date is September 11, 2023, and the due date is October 1, 2023.)
- Please review the refund schedule below. If you withdraw between September 22, 2023 and October 16, 2023, you will be charged 55% of the term fee even if you have not yet paid the co-op fee.
- The university typically bills you in March a one-term fee of $810.62 for the spring term, and you pay it in April, before the academic term.
- The university charges you $810.62 per academic term, as of July 1, 2023. You pay the fee for three academic terms.
- For third year, the fall term fee ($810.62) is due no later than November 2, 2023. Please review the refund schedule below. If you withdraw between October 17 and November 6, you will be charged 55% of the term fee even if you have not yet paid the fee.
- In November of third year, the university bills you $1621.24, which covers two academic terms at once. You pay the bill in December, before the beginning of the academic term.
- The university charges you $810.62 per academic term, as of July 1, 2023. You pay the fee for three academic terms.
- For third year, the fall term fee ($810.62) is due no later than November 2, 2023. Please review the refund schedule below. If you withdraw between October 17 and November 6, you will be charged 55% of the term fee even if you have not yet paid the fee.
- In November of third year, the university bills you $1621.24, which covers two academic terms at once. You pay the bill in December, before the beginning of the academic term.
- The university charges you $810.62 per academic term, as of July 1, 2023. You pay the co-op fee four times.
- For second year, the winter term fee is due at the beginning of January of second year. Please review the refund schedule below. If you withdraw between two weeks after the deadline of acceptance of the co-op admission offer and two weeks following that date, you will be charged 55% of the term fee even if you have not yet paid the co-op fee.
- For third year, the university bills you in July for the fall term and you pay the fee in August, before the beginning of the academic term.
- For fourth year, the university bills you in July for the fall term and you pay the fee in August, before the beginning of the academic term.
- For fourth year, the university typically bills you in November for the winter term and you pay the fee in December, before the beginning of the academic term.