Graduate Studies Tuition + Fees

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MFA program in the 2025/2026 academic year.

Year 1 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2026/2027 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $34,024.60

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan, BC Federation of Students, LinkedIn Learning, and UPass for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, UPass, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MFA program in the 2025/2026 academic year.

Year 1 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2026/2027 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $46,810.40

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan, BC Federation of Students, LinkedIn Learning, and UPass for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, UPass, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

International Student Health Insurance

Newly admitted international students will be charged a one-time $208.48 mandatory international health care insurance premium. This provides 4 months of health care coverage, until you complete your BC-MSP application and are eligible to transition to the mandatory BC Medical Services Plan (BCMSP). Students who do not have BCMSP in place after 4 months will incur another international health care insurance premium charge the following term. Students with access to other temporary health insurance are eligible to opt out of this fee, however you must provide proof of insurance to intadvising@ecuad.ca by August 15^th (for Fall 2025 intake); and December 15^th (Spring 2026 intake). For more information on medical coverage visit; International Students Health, Medical + Wellness. Questions about this fee requirement can be directed to intadvising@ecuad.ca.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MFA program in the 2024/2025 academic year.

Year 1 (2024/2025 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $33,567.02

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan, BC Federation of Students, LinkedIn Learning, and UPass for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, UPass, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MFA program in the 2024/2025 academic year.

Year 1 (2024/2025 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $42,763.22

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan, BC Federation of Students, LinkedIn Learning, and UPass for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, UPass, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

International Student Health Insurance

Newly admitted international students will be charged a one-time $208.48 mandatory international health care insurance premium. This provides 4 months of health care coverage, until you complete your BC-MSP application and are eligible to transition to the mandatory BC Medical Services Plan (BCMSP). Students who do not have BCMSP in place after 4 months will incur another international health care insurance premium charge the following term. Students with access to other temporary health insurance are eligible to opt out of this fee, however you must provide proof of insurance to intadvising@ecuad.ca by August 15^th (for Fall 2025 intake); and December 15^th (Spring 2026 intake). For more information on medical coverage visit; International Students Health, Medical + Wellness. Questions about this fee requirement can be directed to intadvising@ecuad.ca.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MFA program in the 2023/2024 academic year.

Year 1 (2023/2024 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2024/2025 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $31,966.16

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan and BC Federation of Students for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

***Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, UPass, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MFA program in the 2023/2024 academic year.

Year 1 (2023/2024 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2024/2025 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $39,855.56

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan and BC Federation of Students for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, UPass, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MFA Low Residency program in the 2025/2026 academic year.

Year 1 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $33,368.00

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan and BC Federation of Students for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, UPass, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MFA Low Residency program in the 2025/2026 academic year.

Year 1 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2026/2027 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $45,966.20

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan and BC Federation of Students for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, UPass, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MFA Low Residency program in the 2024/2025 academic year.

Year 1 (2024/2025 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $32,732.72

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan and BC Federation of Students for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, UPass, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MFA Low Residency program in the 2024/2025 academic year.

Year 1 (2024/2025 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $41,928.92

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan and BC Federation of Students for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, UPass, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MFA Low Residency program in the 2023/2024 academic year.

Year 1 (2023/2024 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2024/2025 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee*** = $31,966.16

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, and BC Federation of Students for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**GSMA 652 extends into the Summer Term.

***Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, and UPass are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MFA Low Residency program in the 2023/2024 academic year.

Year 1 (2023/2024 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2024/2025 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee*** = $39,855.56

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, and BC Federation of Students for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**GSMA 652 extends into the Summer Term.

***Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, and UPass are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MDES program in the 2025/2026 academic year.

Year 1 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2026/2027 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $40,017.20

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan, BC Federation of Students, LinkedIn Learning, and UPass for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, UPass, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MDES program in the 2025/2026 academic year.

Year 1 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2026/2027 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $53,982.80

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan, BC Federation of Students, LinkedIn Learning, and UPass for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, UPass, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

International Student Health Insurance

Newly admitted international students will be charged a one-time $208.48 mandatory international health care insurance premium. This provides 4 months of health care coverage, until you complete your BC-MSP application and are eligible to transition to the mandatory BC Medical Services Plan (BCMSP). Students who do not have BCMSP in place after 4 months will incur another international health care insurance premium charge the following term. Students with access to other temporary health insurance are eligible to opt out of this fee, however you must provide proof of insurance to intadvising@ecuad.ca by August 15^th (for Fall 2025 intake); and December 15^th (Spring 2026 intake). For more information on medical coverage visit; International Students Health, Medical + Wellness. Questions about this fee requirement can be directed to intadvising@ecuad.ca.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MDes program in the 2024/2025 academic year for both the interdisciplinary and interaction design programs.

Year 1 (2024/2025 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $39,258.02

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan, BC Federation of Students, LinkedIn Learning, and UPass for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, UPass, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MDes program in the 2024/2025 academic year for both the interdisciplinary and interaction design programs.

Year 1 (2024/2025 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $49,284.02

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan, BC Federation of Students, LinkedIn Learning, and UPass for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, UPass, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

International Student Health Insurance

Newly admitted international students will be charged a one-time $208.48 mandatory international health care insurance premium. This provides 4 months of health care coverage, until you complete your BC-MSP application and are eligible to transition to the mandatory BC Medical Services Plan (BCMSP). Students who do not have BCMSP in place after 4 months will incur another international health care insurance premium charge the following term. Students with access to other temporary health insurance are eligible to opt out of this fee, however you must provide proof of insurance to intadvising@ecuad.ca by August 15^th (for Fall 2025 intake); and December 15^th (Spring 2026 intake). For more information on medical coverage visit; International Students Health, Medical + Wellness. Questions about this fee requirement can be directed to intadvising@ecuad.ca.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MDes program in the 2023/2024 academic year for both the interdisciplinary and interaction design programs.

Year 1 (2023/2024 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2024/2025 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee = $37,545.56

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan and BC Federation of Students for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MDes program in the 2023/2024 academic year for both the interdisciplinary and interaction design programs.

Year 1 (2023/2024 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2024/2025 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee = $46,065.56

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan and BC Federation of Students for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MDES Information Futures program in the 2025/2026 academic year.

Year 1 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2026/2027 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $39,079.20

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan, BC Federation of Students, and LinkedIn Learning, for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MDES Information Futures program in the 2025/2026 academic year.

Year 1 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2026/2027 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $53,044.80

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan, BC Federation of Students, and LinkedIn Learning, for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MDes Information Futures program in the 2024/2025 academic year.

Year 1 (2024/2025 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $38,330.82

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan, BC Federation of Students, and LinkedIn Learning, for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to students who started the MFA Low Residency program in the 2024/2025 academic year.

Year 1 (2024/2025 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee = $48,356.82

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan, BC Federation of Students, and LinkedIn Learning, for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to the interdisciplinary design part-time program for students who started the in the 2023/2024 academic year.

Year 1 (2023/2024 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2024/2025 Academic Year)

Year 3 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $37,841.54

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan, BC Federation of Students, and LinkedIn Learning, for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Fees and expenses below apply to the interdisciplinary design part-time program for students who started the in the 2023/2024 academic year.

Year 1 (2023/2024 Academic Year)

Year 2 (2024/2025 Academic Year)

Year 3 (2025/2026 Academic Year)

Estimated Total Program Fee** = $46,361.54

*This includes mandatory fees including Learning Access Fee, Student Union, Health Plan, BC Federation of Students, and LinkedIn Learning, for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

**Additional charges may apply as pertains to program and courses registered. Tuition rate remains the same for both years; Learning Access Fee, Student Union Fee, BCFS, and Health Plan are subject to yearly increases. See also Conditional Fees for additional fees that may apply.

Application Fees

• Education Planner BC – $100 CAD
• SlideRoom - $12 USD

For details and help visit EducationPlannerBC.ca and Slideroom.com.

Visit Admissions to learn how to apply.

Optional Fees

These fees are optional, at the choice of the student.

Other Fees

These fees vary from student to student and are in addition to the tuition and fees in the table above. They are mandatory unless otherwise stated.

Note: Additional individual course fees may be charged to cover the costs of materials consumed in/or incorporated in the making of student work associated with individual courses.

Master of Fine Art (MFA)

See the 2023/24 Master of Fine Arts tuition and fee schedules for Low-Residency Option 1/Option 2 and Full-Residency.

See the 2022/23 Master of Fine Arts tuition and fee schedules for Low-Residency and Full-Residency.

See the 2021/22 Master of Fine Arts tuition and fee schedules for Low-Residency and Full-Residency.

See the 2020/21 Master of Fine Arts tuition and fee schedules for Low-Residency and Full-Residency.

See the 2019/20 Master of Fine Arts tuition and fee schedules for Low-Residency and Full-Residency.

Master of Design (MDes)

See the 2023/24 Master of Design tuition and fees schedule for Interdisciplinary Design + Interaction Design and Interdisciplinary Part-Time.

See the 2022/23 Master of Design tuition and fees schedule for Interdisciplinary Design + Interaction Design and Interdisciplinary Part-Time.

See the 2021/22 Master of Design tuition and fees schedule here.

See the 2020/21 Master of Design tuition and fees schedule here.

See the 2019/20 Master of Design tuition and fees schedule here.