Third-Party Sponsorship
If your tuition fees are paid by an external agency or organization, you may wish to set up a formal third-party sponsorship payment arrangement. This arrangement will enable you to defer your fee payment. Deferring allows you to register without making a payment and gives you time to arrange with the sponsorship organization to pay your outstanding balance.
An annual letter from your sponsor to U of T is required to complete your registration and set up the deferral for each academic session. Failure to provide this letter may result in your registration being cancelled and you being removed from your classes.
How to Arrange a Third-Party Sponsorship
To qualify, the sponsor must meet the following requirements:
- Be an eligible organization, such as:
- First Nations, Inuit, and Métis funding organizations
- Domestic and international government or non-government agencies
- Non-profits
- Private companies
- Be paying the current session tuition fees that exceeds the minimum required payment directly to the University of Toronto as follows:
- Fall-Winter session: Fall term tuition fee total
- Summer session: 50% of Summer tuition fee total
- Require an invoice from the University of Toronto to be sent directly to the sponsor
- Have paid for prior session fees for all funded students
- Is not owned by the student or a family member
Note: The University of Toronto reserves the right to decline third-party sponsorship arrangements that do not comply with the university policies and practices
If a sponsor does not meet the above eligibility criteria, the student will remain responsible for paying tuition fees by the applicable payment deadlines.
Students must submit the following documents annually, even if the sponsor provides a multi-year letter:
Sponsorship Letter
A letter from the third-party organization confirming their commitment to paying the student’s fees. The letter must include:
- Student’s full name and student number
- Period of sponsorship coverage
- Official letterhead of the sponsoring organization
- Contact information for a representative at the organization
- A list of fees covered and not covered by the sponsorship
- Terms and conditions of the sponsorship arrangement
- Invoicing instructions
- Letter should include a signature from the sponsor
ACORN Invoice
A copy of the student’s ACORN invoice for the current session.
Submission Instructions
- U of T Students: Email documents to studentar@utoronto.ca
- Toronto School of Theology Students: Submit documents to Toronto School of Theology College Registrar
Submit the required documentation by the payment deadline.
If approved, a third-party sponsorship deferral will be processed and will complete your registration. Your registration status in ACORN will be updated to “Registered”.
The outstanding balance on your ACORN account must be paid in full, by you or your sponsor, by the final sessional payment deadline.
Unpaid balances after these deadlines will result in a financial hold placed on the account.
Responsibilities for Students and Sponsors
- Monitor ACORN to confirm that the sponsorship deferral is applied before the registration deadline.
- Pay any fees not covered by the sponsor by the payment deadlines.
- Ensure that the sponsor payments are received. Students are responsible for any unpaid fees if:
- The sponsor’s payment is delayed or canceled
- The sponsorship terms do not cover all fees
- Submit payments promptly after receiving the university’s invoice.
- Communicate with the university if there are any changes /cancellations to the sponsorship arrangement.
- Monitor any credit balances and request refunds if applicable.
- Students: Financial holds may be applied to accounts with unpaid balances, preventing future registrations.
- Sponsors: Outstanding invoices may delay processing for future sponsorships.
Payment Schedules
Invoice Submission to Sponsor
Invoices for the Fall-Winter session will be sent to sponsors in November. In exceptional cases, an invoice for Winter term fees may be submitted to sponsors in February.
Invoice Submission to Sponsor
Invoices for the Summer session will be sent to sponsors in June.
Health and Dental Insurance Fees
If the sponsor will cover the health and dental insurance fees, then they will be included on the invoice sent to the sponsor for payment.
If the sponsor will not cover the health and dental insurance fees, then students are responsible for paying these fees or may opt-out of University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP) and/or student society health and dental fees, if applicable.
Refunds for Overpayments
Sponsorship overpayments may result in a credit balance on the student’s ACORN account. Refunds from sponsorship payments are issued to the sponsor, not the student.