Undergraduate Student Award Payments

Student award payments that will be paid out on your ACORN invoice can come from two sources:

  • Your faculty, college, or campus awards office has notified you of University of Toronto award funding.
  • You have been selected for an External Award that is funded by another organization

Undergraduate award payments are normally paid out on your ACORN invoice after the end of the registration period (e.g. mid-late September, mid-late January).

The awards office will decide to apply the award payment to outstanding fees, automatically refund the award payment or apply a portion to outstanding fees and automatically refund the remaining funding. Award pay out instructions will be displayed on your ACORN invoice.  The Student Accounts Office will handle award refund cheques and monitor award refund direct deposits.

If you have a question about award eligibility and when the award will be recorded on your ACORN invoice, contact the U of T awards staff in your faculty, college, or campus and/or University Registrar’s Office  for external scholarship/awards/bursary.  View contact list at the bottom of the page

Learn about how the award payments will be recorded on your ACORN invoice.

  • You are eligible for a tuition fee deferral on the basis of Undergraduate Scholarships or Awards (register without payment) if all of the following conditions apply:

    • you have paid for prior session fees,
    • you have documented scholarship/award/bursary funding for the current session of an amount that exceeds the minimum required payment (Fall term tuition fee total for Fall-Winter session or 50% of Summer tuition fee total for Summer session)
    • The scholarship/award must be offered by the University of Toronto or external award must be paid to the student by the University of Toronto. External awards paid directly to students are not eligible for tuition fee deferral.
    • you apply for a tuition fee deferral prior to your division’s Fall-Winter Pay or Defer to Register deadline or Summer session Pay or Defer to Register deadline.

    Request a tuition fee deferral on the basis of University of Toronto scholarship or award prior to your pay or to register deadline:

    1. Starting July 17, 2024, click ‘Tuition Fee Deferral’ on ACORN’s main navigation under Finances.
    2. If you are eligible to defer fees, click on the declaration checkbox and click ‘Process Fee Deferral’ and confirm.
    3. You will know immediately if your tuition fee deferral application is successful and the application will be noted in your activity log.
    4. If your tuition fee deferral request is successful, ACORN will change your registration status from ‘Invited to Register’ to “Registered’.

    If you are unable to request a deferral in ACORN or you have multiple awards that make you eligible for a fee deferral please complete one of the following:

    Request a tuition fee deferral on the basis of External scholarship or award:

    • complete the form
    • email your completed form, the award letter and a copy of your ACORN invoice to awards.uoft@utoronto.ca at least 10 days before your divisional registration deadline.
    • Include in email subject line “2024 Fall Winter Tuition Fee Deferral”
    • Retain a copy of your request for your records.

    If the fee deferral request is successful, ACORN will change your registration status from ‘Invited to Register’ to ‘Registered’.

    If the University scholarships or awards, does not exceed the Minimum Payment to Register amount on your ACORN invoice for your program, you may deduct the amount of the scholarships or awards, from the required Minimum Payment to Register amount and pay the remaining amount by the Pay or Defer to Register deadline, in order to complete your registration.

  • Fall – Winter Fee Payment Schedule

    You are responsible for paying for the portion of Fall-Winter fees that will not be paid by your scholarship and award funding by the payment deadline for the current session.

    Fall-Winter Payment Schedule for Students Registered with an Undergraduate Scholarship/Award Deferral
    April 30, 2025 Final deadline for full payment of Fall-Winter session Tuition & Non-Tuition fees to avoid the recording of an ACORN financial hold on May 1, 2025, and ineligibility to register for future session(s).
    May 15, 2025 First monthly service charge billing date for unpaid Fall-Winter Tuition & Non-Tuition fee amounts

    Summer Session Payment Schedule

    You are responsible for paying for the portion of Summer fees that will not be paid by your scholarship and award funding by the payment deadline for the current session.

    Summer Payment Schedule for Students Registered with an Undergraduate Scholarship/Award Deferral
    August 31, 2024 Final deadline for full payment of Summer session Tuition & Non-Tuition fees to avoid the recording of an ACORN financial hold on September 1, 2024, and ineligibility to register for future session(s). * Some programs may require an earlier deadline to pay Summer session fees to register for Fall-Winter session.
    September 15, 2024 First monthly service charge billing date for unpaid Summer Tuition & Non-Tuition fee amounts
  • Fall-Winter Session Payment Schedule

    You registered for Fall-Winter session by paying the Minimum Required Payment amount displayed on your ACORN invoice.

    Check your ACORN invoice before the end of September, January, and April, to determine if you need to make a fee payment.

    Fall-Winter Payment Schedule for with No Deferral
    September 30, 2024 Deadline to pay for Fall term Tuition & Non-Tuition fee amounts
    October 15, 2024 First monthly service charge billing date for unpaid Fall term Tuition & Non-Tuition fee amounts
    November 30, 2024 Deadline to pay for Winter term Tuition & Non-Tuition fee amounts
    December 15, 2024 First monthly service charge billing date for unpaid Winter term Tuition & Non-Tuition fee amounts
    April 30, 2025 Final deadline for full payment of Fall-Winter session Tuition & Non-Tuition fees to avoid the recording of an ACORN financial hold on May 1, 2025, and ineligibility to register for future session(s).

    Summer Session Payment Schedule

    You registered for Summer session by paying the Minimum Required Payment amount displayed on your ACORN invoice.

    Check your ACORN invoice before the end of May, and August, to determine if you need to make a fee payment.

    Summer Payment Schedule for Students with No Deferral
    May 31, 2024 Deadline to pay for Summer Session Tuition & Non-Tuition fee amounts
    June 15, 2024 First monthly service charge billing date for unpaid Summer session Tuition & Non-Tuition fee amounts
    August 31, 2024 Final deadline for full payment of Summer session Tuition & Non-Tuition fees to avoid the recording of an ACORN financial hold on September 1, 2024, and ineligibility to register for future session(s). * Some divisions may require an earlier deadline to pay Summer session fees to register for Fall-Winter session.

Award Cancellation

If your award eligibility changes, your faculty, college, campus or graduate unit may request a partial or full award cancellation.  The award cancellation transaction will be displayed on your ACORN invoice as an award cancellation fee transaction that is owed to the University immediately.

AWARDS 
2024 Fall 
Award Cancellation – UTAPS 2024-10-28   $750.00
2024 Fall term UTAPS award was cancelled on October 28, 2024

Award Refunds

View information about Award Refund Payments.