<p>Last summer I did some research for my D who was interested in McGill. We visited the campus (from W.Va.) and were greatly taken by both the university and the city.</p>
<p>My recollection was that they'd charge us 2x for tuition and fees what they'd charge a Canadian. This seemed reasonable to me. </p>
<p>Now that we are about to apply, however, it looks as though McGill is going to be charging internationals 4x for tuition and fees what they'd charge a Canadian. What happened? This is a deal breaker unless McGill is going to be be giving out more need-based aid to compensate for this new price structure.</p>
<p>I don’t know where you got your figures from but tuition for internationals have never been only 2x that of Canadians. It has always been higher than that. Nothing has changed except tuition for all students (both local and international) has gone up over the years.</p>
<p>What faculty is your daughter looking to apply to? Some faculties are de-regulated and charge higher fees than certain others.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why the issue should be what the Internationals pay in relation to what the Canadian pay. McGill do get funding from Canadian tax payers so they could charge Internationals whatever they want. The issue should be more of what your child would pay if he/she go to other comparable schools, US or otherwise.</p>
<p>I realize now why I was confused. We visited McGill last summer at which time my D had not decided on a major. At the time, we were just looking at Arts and Sciences and the tuition for internationals was very reasonable. Since then, she has been leaning very strongly toward engineering. When I checked the tuition for Engineering the other day I was stunned. </p>
<p>I realize now that there is huge difference in tuition and fees among the various faculties at McGill. Arts and Sciences at McGill would be affordable for us but Engineering would not. In Arts and Sciences, internationals are paying 2.25x more than Canadians. In Engineering, internationals are paying 4.0x more than Canadians.</p>
<p>If your D is drawn to McGill because of the city, then why not try Polytechnique (for engineering) too? It’s not prohibitively more expensive than McGill Arts ($3-4k more)…</p>
<p>@lynch112: That’d be correct because as mentioned in an earlier post, some faculties are de-regulated and thus the higher tuition for international students. Engineering is one of them.</p>
<p>@Catria: Possibly because OP’s D isn’t fluent in French to study in a French institution.</p>