Quebec Tuition News Today

Ontario native David Angus Ferguson was studying at McGill University when he began an unexpected culinary journey in Montreal that is still going strong.

The student unions also pointed out that English universities will bear the burden of the hikes and changes to tuition will put students in an 'undesirable financial situation.'

Maclean's dropped its annual Canadian university ranking by reputation and while some schools scored high, others did not — one of which is right here in Quebec.

In November 2021, the Quebec government announced an investment of $10.7 billion over the next five years to provide financial aid to students across the province through the Quebec Perspective Scholarship program. Students in specific fields of study could now be eligible for anywhere from $9,000 to $20,000 all as a way to combat the lack of personnel in various Quebec industries.

A new study is calling on Quebec to rethink the way it funds universities. The study by the Institut de recherche et d'informations socioéconomiques (IRIS) concludes that the tuition model no longer makes sense and that the province has the means to eliminate it.

Some international students in Quebec are going to get a tuition discount. The province is extending the college and university tuition rate for residents to foreign students attending schools outside the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM), the group of 82 municipalities including and surrounding the metropolis.