Undergraduate Tuition + Fees

All undergraduate degrees require 120 credits to graduate.

Emily Carr has a Fall Term (September-December), a Spring Term (January-April), and two short Summer Terms (May-June and July-August).

During the Fall and Spring terms, undergraduate students generally take between 12 to 15 credits.

The breakdown looks like this:

• 9 to 12 studio credits
• 3 to 6 critical studies credits

Minimum Credit Load

You must be enrolled in at least nine credits to be eligible for a BC student loan, and twelve credits to maintain a BC Arts Council scholarship and/or an Emily Carr tuition scholarship. Visit the Financial Aid + Awards page for more information about loans and tuition scholarships.

Maximum Credit Load

The maximum number of credits a student can take per term is 18.

Students can register in more than twelve studio credits in a term through a process called Studio Overload Access. The maximum number of credits per term remains 18.

*This mandatory fee includes Upass for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fees schedule.

* '22/23 Academic Year and earlier cohort' students are defined as those students who are currently working towards a degree and have enrolled in credit-level courses at ECU in any term up to and including Spring 2023.

** This mandatory fee includes UPass for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE

Newly admitted international students will be assessed a one-time $184.75 mandatory international health care insurance premium that will provide health care coverage until they are eligible to transition to the BC Medical Services Plan (BCMSP).

* Students who started credit-level studies after April 1, 2023. Also includes students who paused their studies at ECU and are returning after April 1, 2023.

** This mandatory fee includes UPass for all students. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fee schedule.

*Tuition + Related Fees include Tuition, Learning Access Fee, Students' Union Fee, BC Federation of Students Fee.

**Other Mandatory Fees include Linkedin Learning, Adobe Creative Cloud, ESCU Health Plan, and UPass BC for all students. ECSU Health Plan is paid in the Fall Term only for full year coverage. Students can opt out through ECSU. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fees schedule.

* 22/23 Academic Year and Earlier Cohort students are defined as those students who are currently working towards a degree and have enrolled in credit-level courses at ECU in any term up to and including Spring 2023.

** Tuition + Related Fees include Tuition, Learning Access Fee, Students' Union Fee, BC Federation of Students Fee.

*** Other Mandatory Fees include Linkedin Learning, Adobe Creative Cloud, ESCU Health Plan, and UPass BC for all students. ECSU Health Plan is paid in the Fall Term only for full year coverage. Students can opt out through ECSU. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fees schedule.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE

Newly admitted international students will be assessed a one-time $184.75 mandatory international health care insurance premium that will provide health care coverage until they are eligible to transition to the BC Medical Services Plan (BCMSP).

* Students who started credit-level courses at ECU after April 1, 2023. Also includes students who paused their studies at ECU and are returning after April 1, 2023.

** Tuition + Related Fees include Tuition, Learning Access Fee, Students' Union Fee, BC Federation of Students Fee.

*** Other Mandatory Fees include Linkedin Learning, Adobe Creative Cloud, ESCU Health Plan, and UPass BC for all students. ECSU Health Plan is paid in the Fall Term only for full year coverage. Students can opt out through ECSU. For a detailed breakdown, download the full tuition and fees schedule.

Application Fees

• Education Planner BC ¨C $70 CAD
• SlideRoom - $12 USD

For details and help visit EducationPlannerBC.ca and Slideroom.com.

Visit Admissions to learn how to apply.

Optional Fees

These fees are optional, at the choice of the student.

Other Fees

These fees vary from student to student and are in addition to the tuition and fees in the table above. They are mandatory unless otherwise stated.

Note: Additional individual course fees may be charged to cover the costs of materials consumed in/or incorporated in the making of student work associated with individual courses.

See the 2023/24 undergraduate tuition and fees schedule here.

See the 2022/23 undergraduate tuition and fees schedule here.

See the 2021/22 undergraduate tuition and fees schedule here.

See the 2020/21 undergraduate tuition and fees schedule here.