Students who are unable to complete their courses due to circumstances beyond their control, such as medical, compassionate, or other extraordinary reasons, may submit a Tuition Fee Appeal to request a reconsideration of their fees.
Appeals are only considered on courses without final grades. If you have final grades in the courses you are wishing to appeal, you will need to first seek an Authorized Withdrawal (AW) through your faculty office. Information on authorized withdrawal requests is available on the Student Advocacy website.
If you have already voluntarily withdrawn (VW) from your courses, you may submit a request using the link to the Tuition Fee Appeal card, in Aurora, below.
Before submitting your appeal, be sure to gather the documentation that is required to support your claim as you will need to upload it as part of the process. All appeals must be accompanied by a letter of explanation that outlines the basis of your appeal.
Categories of Appeal and Corresponding Documentation:
Medical Grounds, such as a physical or psychological illness, condition or crisis/crises. Requires documentation from a Healthcare Provider in a regulated profession that clearly and objectively supports the claims made in the appeal.
Critical Illness or Death of a person of significant meaning to the student. The submission should indicate the significance of the relationship. Requires documentation such as a Certificate of Death, obituary, funeral program, or Healthcare Provider statement.
Relocation due to employment commitments of the student, spouse, or in the case of a minor – parent or guardian. Requires documentation from employer.
Military Commitments that are unforeseen and interfere with studies (deployment). Requires documentation from the Commanding Officer.
Compassionate Grounds related to a significant, unanticipated circumstance such as eviction, family breakup, being a victim of crime or other life crisis. Supporting documentation is required to assess the grounds.
Administrative Errors or Oversight where a University of Manitoba staff member makes an error or the application of a policy is challenged in terms of fairness. Supporting documentation is required from the person(s) responsible for/or knowledgeable of the situation.
Non-attendance where a student has registered for courses but never attended. Student must submit statements from professors documenting non-attendance or, for international students or asylum claimants, proof of rejection of Student Authorization, and/or proof of attendance at another institution.
Special circumstances: Where a graduate student was told to audit a course but was not informed that they would have to pay additional fees. These students would be allowed the option to drop or delete the course with no financial penalty or would be required to pay the auditing fee to remain in the course.
Other situations, which do not fall into the above categories, may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Documentation will be dependent on the situation.
The following requests will not be considered:
- Where the student remains registered in the affected courses.
- For courses with grades on file, where the student has completed the courses and expects to retain credit.
- Where financial hardship is the sole reason for the appeal.
- Where a student was required to withdraw from a course or program, unless granted Authorized Withdrawals for the term in question.
- Where discipline relating to academic/non-academic misconduct was imposed, impacting the requested term or course.
- Where the student is deemed culpable for the situation which precipitated the withdrawal from the course or program.
