Costs and Expenses
The Alberta MBA offers excellent value and a strong return on your financial investment. The Alberta MBA offers world class instruction, smaller class sizes and many opportunities for professional development with tuition that is well below other leading Canadian business schools. The full-time MBA also allows students to complete a summer internship in between the 1st and 2nd years of the program, with monthly salaries ranging from $3,000 - $5,000.
Tuition and Fees
This section contains the latest available information. Figures given are for the entire program, are in Canadian dollars and are subject to change. Fees are course based and are assessed by term.
| Tuition and Fees (Domestic Students): |
$25,900 |
| Tuition and Fees (International Students): |
$48,950 |
| Textbooks: |
$2,000 (approximate) |
Living Expenses
Estimated monthly living expenses (in CDN$):
| Single Student living away from from home |
$1,176 |
| Married Students with no dependents (add $606 per dependent) |
$2,341 |
| Single Student with one dependent (add $606 per dependent) |
$2,035 |
Sample Tuition Assessment
The following sample assessments are general guidelines for Canadian and International students registering in the MBA program in Fall 2011 and Winter 2012. Fees change from year to year and assessments depend on the number of courses in which students are registered. Tuition is charged on a course basis by term.
The following is a sample assessment for the first year of the full-time two year program and is based on 15-credits per term (5 courses).
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Fall
|
Winter
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Total
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|
Instructional Fees
|
3,249.28
|
3,046.20
|
|
|
MBA Program Differential Fees
|
3,112.85
|
2,918.30
|
|
|
Non-Instructional Fees
|
|
|
|
|
Registration and Transcripts
|
72.84
|
72.84
|
|
|
Student Services
|
54.50
|
54.50
|
|
|
Athletics and Recreation
|
62.66
|
62.66
|
|
|
Health Services
|
25.86
|
25.86
|
|
|
Graduate Student Association (GSA)
|
44.10
|
44.10
|
|
|
GSA Dental Plan
|
155.00
|
0.00
|
|
|
GSA Health Plan
|
205.00
|
0.00
|
|
|
U-Pass
|
104.17
|
104.17
|
|
GS Assistance Program Fee
|
5.50 |
9.50
|
|
Common Student Space Fee
|
146.16 |
146.16
|
|
|
Total - Canadian/Permanent Resident
|
$7,237.92
|
$6,484.29
|
$13,722.21
|
|
International Student Differential Fee
|
3,249.28
|
3,046.20
|
|
|
International MBA Differential Fee
|
3,112.85
|
2,918.30
|
|
|
Total - International
|
$13,600.05
|
$12,448.79
|
$26,048.84
|
Students who require financial support to attend the University of Alberta MBA Program must arrange this support prior to their arrival. The MBA Program offers both merit-based awards and bursaries for incoming students. Competition for these awards is keen and the monetary value of the awards generally cover only a portion of the MBA Program Tuition. International students are encouraged to contact the Ministry of Education in their home country about potential scholarships for foreign study.
For a listing of scholarships available through the Alberta School of Business MBA Program and the University of Alberta, visit the Scholarship and Financial Aid section of this website.