Paying Your Fees

Paying Your Fees

After selecting your courses, complete your registration for the upcoming semester by paying your fees through your bank.

You can find a breakdown of your tuition fees on ACORN by clicking on the Finances menu, and selecting the "View invoice" button. Your invoice will show your upcoming fees for each semester.

Note: All payments are applied to the oldest outstanding charge on the ACORN invoice. There is no distinction between the type of charge, e.g. residence fees, academic fees, etc.

Returning students: please ensure that you have paid off all outstanding fees from a previous semester, in addition to making your tuition deposit for the upcoming year. If you have financial concerns, please speak with a Financial Aid Advisor immediately.

Methods of Payment 

Making a Fee Payment from within Canada 

Returning students: please ensure that you have paid off all outstanding fees from a previous semester, in addition to making your tuition deposit for the upcoming year. If you have financial concerns, please speak with a Financial Aid Advisor immediately.

Internet, Telephone, or ATM

  • Set up a new bill and register the University of Toronto as a payee. 
  • Enter your U of T account number, which can be found on the upper right hand corner of your invoice. It is the first 5 letters of your last name and your student number (LASTNAME1234567890).
  • Allow up to 7 business days for bank processing

In Person at Your Bank

  • Print a copy of your invoice directly from ACORN using your Internet browser settings. Most banks accept printed copies.
  • Payments at the Registrar's Office for tuition are not accepted.
  • Allow up to 7 business days for bank processing

Credit Card Payments on ACORN

The option to make a tuition payment using MasterCard or Visa on ACORN will only be available once your fees have been updated on your invoice. To make your payment:

  1. Login to ACORN using your UTORid and password
  2. Under the "Finances" menu, select "Make a Payment" and select the credit card option
  3. tutorial is available online if you would like more information.

A few important notes about making a tuition payment using a credit card on ACORN:

  • Credit cards can only be used to pay fees listed on your ACORN invoice.
  • It takes within 2-3 business days for your payment to processed successfully.
  • A non-refundable fee calculated at 2.50% of your payment is charged by Moneris.
  • Non-Canadian dollar denominated credit card fee payments will be subject to foreign exchange rates and fees as determined by the credit card company.

Making a Fee Payment From outside of Canada

The University of Toronto has authorized Convera & Flywire to process incoming international student tuition and residence fee payments for the University of Toronto. These are bank-to-bank payment and online options for non-Canadian denominated credit cards (Master card, Visa, Unionpay). This is the safest and most secure fee payment option and allows the University to return the fee payment if the student does not study at the University. The University does not authorize other payment services to handle incoming international student fee payments. Students who choose to use other services do so at his/her own risk. 

The Student Receivables & Accounting Office does not accept payments by wire transfer and/or demand draft/money order and reserves the right to hold or return these payments.

If payments exceed the amount of your tuition and residence fees or no fees were billed, or a payment for living expenses was made to the University, the University reserves the right to hold payments in excess of billed fees for a subsequent session or to return to the sender or to request that the student contact his/her bank to cancel the payment.

Convera

You pay the Canadian dollar fee payment in the currency of choice, online or at a local bank, at a competitive exchange rate and with NO transaction charges from Convera or the University of Toronto. Your bank may charge a transaction fee.

  • Select the appropriate country, currency, payment method and pay the equivalent in the Canadian dollar amount.
  • Make the payment within 72 hours.
  • Track your payment.
  • Allow up to 3 business days for processing and recording on your ACORN account.

Videos are available on this process in multiple languages, click here for details.

You must review the Convera Policy before beginning the payment process, see policy here: Final Disclaimer prior to student entering Convera website.

Flywire

Make your fee payment through the Flywire online payment portal in your home currency and local payment methods. This service provides real-time fee payment tracking, around-the-clock multilingual support, along with flexible payment options to users from over 240 countries and territories around the world

  • Choose from convenient, local payment methods including bank transfers, credit cards, e-wallets and more
  • Flywire offers a Best Price Guarantee for local bank transfers
  • Track your payments every step of the way via email, mobile app and text alerts
  • Access around-the-clock multilingual support from the Help Center via email, phone or live chat.
  • Allow up to 3 business days for processing and recording on your ACORN account.

Step by step video instructions are available to help you with this process.
For full details, and assistance, please view information from the Office of Student Accounts.

You must review the Flywire Policy before beginning the payment process, see policy here: Final Disclaimer prior to student entering Flywire website.

International Student Admission Deposit 

If you are a new International student (a student who requires a study permit to study in Canada), you are required to make a non-refundable $1000 admission deposit as a part of accepting your offer of admission. You must also accept your offer of admission through your JOIN portal. The admission deposit will be applied to your student account and towards your tuition fees. Paying an admission deposit allows your spot at the university to be held. 

Instructions for making your admission deposit will be posted in your JOIN portal as a part of your offer of admission information. This amount must be paid in full and you will be able to pay your deposit by credit card only. Your deposit due date is the same as the offer response date outlined in your offer of admission. After your payment has been processed, you will be able to see that your payment has been received in ACORN.

Click here for instructions on how to make your International Student Admission Deposit by credit card on ACORN. If you do not accept your offer and pay your admission deposit on time, you risk losing your spot. If you require additional information, please contact: utsc.offer@utoronto.ca