Exemptions for international students

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You can receive a lower tuition rate if you are a citizen of France or Belgium. If you are Belgian, you must also have Francophone status.

You can receive the Quebec tuition rate in one of the following situations:

• You are enrolled in a graduate or PhD program
• You live in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.

You can receive the Canadian tuition rate (non-resident of Quebec) without a supplemental increase in one of the following situations:

• You are enrolled in an undergraduate program
• You are pursuing independent studies or courses outside your program.

Documents to provide

For more information

• Agreement with France (PDF, in French)
• Agreement with Belgium (PDF, in French)
• Quebec government
• Budgetary rules (in French)

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You can receive a lower tuition rate if you are a citizen of a country that has signed an agreement with the Quebec government and you are continuously registered for full-time studies for fall and winter terms.

You can receive the Quebec tuition rate if:

• You are enrolled in a bachelor’s program (except citizens of China), a master’s program, an MBA program, or a PhD program.

You can receive the Canadian tuition rate (non-resident of Quebec) without a supplemental increase in the following situation:

• You are studying in a bachelor’s degree program and you have Chinese citizenship.

Exclusions

Independent studies, courses outside your program, short graduate and undergraduate programs, certificates, and specialized graduate diplomas are not eligible.

Documents to provide

1. Documents proving your legal status
2. Take the necessary steps.
   • The Ministère will send its decision to HEC Montréal’s Registrar’s Office if you are granted an exemption.

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Tuition fee exemptions through international agreements

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You can receive a lower tuition rate if you are a refugee, protected person, or person in need of protection in Canada.

You can receive the Quebec tuition rate in any of the following situations:

• You hold a Québec Selection Certificate.
• You are enrolled in a French study program and the course is part of one of these programs:
  • Certificates
  • Short Graduate Programs (D.E.S.S.)
  • Short Undergraduate Programs
  • Short Graduate Programs
  • Master’s degrees offered in French excluding the following specializations:
    • International Business
    • Social Innovation Management
    • Private and Public Sectors
    • Management of Cultural Enterprises (before fall 2024)
• You are the spouse or dependent child (up to age 22) of a temporary worker who has a work permit.

You can receive the Canadian tuition rate (non-resident of Quebec) without a supplemental increase if:

You do not have a Québec Selection Certificate and are in one of the following situations:

• You are enrolled in a study program held in French except for independent studies and are not registered for any classes outside your program.
• You are studying in the MSc thesis stream.

You can receive the Canadian tuition rate (non-resident of Quebec) wit a supplemental increase if:

You do not have a Québec Selection Certificate and are in one of the following situations:

• You are enrolled in an independent studies program.
• You are taking courses outside your program.
• You are enrolled in a study program held in English except for the MSc thesis stream.

Documents to provide

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You can receive the Quebec tuition rate if you are personnel on a diplomatic mission, their spouse, or their child (up to age 25).

Documents to provide

1. Documents proving your legal status
2. An attestation bearing the seal of Protocole du gouvernement du Québec.

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Exemptions from tuition fees based on immigration status

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You can receive the Quebec tuition rate if you are personnel or the spouse or child (up to age 25) of personnel from an international organization recognized by the Quebec government.

Documents to provide

1. Documents proving your legal status
2. An attestation bearing the seal of Protocole du gouvernement du Québec.

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Exemptions from tuition fees based on immigration status

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You can receive the Quebec tuition rate if you are recipient of a merit scholarship for international students and are studying in a PhD program or an MSc program thesis stream.

Documents to provide

For more information

• Merit scholarship program for foreign students
• Merit scholarships from the Quebec government

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You can receive the Quebec tuition rate if you are the spouse or dependent child (up to age 22) of a clergyperson or person who holds a work permit.

Documents to provide

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Exemptions from tuition fees based on immigration status

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You can receive the Quebec tuition rate if you are a person authorized in Canada to submit an application for permanent residence and hold a Québec Selection Certificate under the category “Family reunification,” “Refugee family member,” or “Humanitarian case.”

Documents to provide

1. Documents proving your legal status
2. A Québec Selection Certificate under the category “Family reunification,” “Refugee family member,” or “Humanitarian case”
3. A letter issued by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada indicating that the application for permanent residence in Canada is being processed.

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Exemptions from tuition fees based on immigration status

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You can receive the Quebec tuition rate for French language courses that you take at HEC Montréal or for “French language and literature” courses offered at other Quebec universities.

You must meet the following conditions:

• Study full time during the term in which you are registered for the language course. If you are taking the French language course during summer term, it is sufficient to have studied full time during the previous winter term.
• Be enrolled in a bachelor’s, master’s, MBA, or PhD program.
• If the language course is not recognized in your program structure, you must take another course that does contribute to your program.

Exclusions

Does not apply to Business French Summer or Winter School.

Documents to provide

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You can receive the Quebec tuition rate if professional order or organization overseeing a regulated profession in Quebec has issued a request for you to take a course.

Documents to provide

1. Documents proving your legal status
2. A request issued by a professional order

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Professional orders and regulated professions (in French)

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You can receive the Quebec rate if you are studying in a PhD program or an MSc program thesis stream.

Exemption quotas are administered and issued by HEC Montréal. The academic program office will contact those selected.

Documents to provide

For more information

• PhD program: Guide to financing
• MSc program thesis stream: Differential tuition fee exemptions