Students who withdraw from the University or from individual courses voluntarily or otherwise before October 31 (or last business day in October) in the first semester or February 28 (or last business day in February) in the second semester may be allowed a refund on part of their tuition fees, (please note that fees other than tuition fees and student union dues are not refundable) provided written notice is previously filed with the Registrar's Office. The date of withdrawal shall be the day notice is received. Refunds will be made for complete months only; any part of a calendar month attended or registered by a student constitutes a full month.

Refunds are based on discontinuation dates; refer to UPEI's Academic Calendar. 

International student refund rules and procedures

Some programs, such as graduate studies, will require a non-refundable tuition deposit. This will be outlined in the letter of offer for the program. Payment of non-refundable tuition deposits are not refunded for students that subsequently do not attend/complete the program. Payments to UPEI in excess of the non-refundable tuition deposit are calculated under the following rules and procedures for international students:

Study permit denied

NOTE: Applicants that decide not to apply for a study permit will have their refund request processed as a withdrawal from UPEI without a visa refusal letter. See the withdrawal section below if that is the case.

• Students who are not successful in obtaining a study permit prior to arrival in Canada, and wish to withdraw their offer of admission to UPEI, must make a formal request to do so.
• Students must complete a notification form before the start date of the academic semester of the calendar year.
• It is the student's responsibility to check the UPEI calendar dates to ensure that they submit their request for withdrawal on time.
• Students must remove themselves from any courses in which they are registered before requesting a refund.
• For requests received before the start of the academic semester students will be refunded the amount paid to UPEI less a $500 administrative fee.
• Requests received after the start of the academic semester will be charged a $1,000 administrative fee which will be subtracted from the total amount paid.
• Refunds will be returned to the original sender in the manner in which they were received.
• All requests for refunds must be accompanied by the student's visa rejection letter, where the visa rejection letter must be for the most recent semester the applicant had been accepted.
• UPEI reserves the right to verify the authenticity of all visa rejection letters.
• Refunds will only be processed after verification is obtained from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and all of the required banking documentation has been provided to UPEI Financial Services when necessary.
• Refund requests accompanied by a visa rejection letter from an application originating from a prior semester OR a visa rejection letter determined to be invalid will be treated as a withdrawal from UPEI (see section below).
• Students should be aware that this process may take up to eight (8) weeks.

International Student Withdrawal from UPEI

Applicants that decide not to apply for a study permit will have their refund request processed as a withdrawal from UPEI without a visa refusal letter.

Students who decide not to attend UPEI after being granted a study permit to UPEI (and have not received a Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL)) must complete a notification form and will be charged a non-refundable administrative fee of $3,000 to be automatically deducted from any applicable refund.

Students who required and received a PEI Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL) in order to apply for a Canadian Study Permit, and subsequently decide not to attend UPEI after being granted a study permit to UPEI, must complete a notification form and will be charged a non-refundable administrative fee of $5,000 to be automatically deducted from any applicable refund.

Refunds will be returned to the original sender in the manner in which they were received, and when all of the required banking documentation has been provided to UPEI Financial Services when necessary.

Please be aware that it may take up to eight (8) weeks to process a request for a refund.