Fees & Financial Statements

Your SU is proud of the way it manages your money.  We maintain that we have one of the lowest fee for service/revenue ratios of any students' association in the country.  We continue to carefully manage our percentage of student fees to total operating revenue without compromising the value of services and programs we offer to undergraduate students.

To view in detail the SU’s Statement of Operations, which includes our revenue and expenditures for this and previous years visit the Financial Statements section.

The SU’s annual fiscal year is July 1 to June 30th.  The SU undergoes an audit each fall by independent chartered accountants.  Audited financial statements are generally made available in December once the audit has been completed, and the Students’ Legislative Council has had the opportunity to review and approve the draft statements.

Fees and Levies – A Breakdown of what You Pay

Full-time undergraduate students (except Medicine and Co-op/Intern) pay $32.50 each fall and winter semester for the SU General Fee.  An additional  $23.00 in ancillary fees are collected by the SU and flowed through to third parties like CJSW and Student Legal Assistance, or specifically allocated to a particular cause like the Refugee Student Program or Committee of 10,000. Over the years, U of C students have voted through a referendum to approve the fees noted in the following schedule.

 

Title of Fee

Full-time Fee

Part-time Fee

Referendum Approval Date

Fee Administered By

SU  GENERAL  FEE

SU General (Operating/ Capital and Expansion) Fee

$32.50

$14.50

Mar-94
Mar -96

Students’ Union

Subsidizes the operating and capital costs of the Students’ Union

ANCILLARY FEES

Library Assistance Fee

$3.75

$2.00

Feb-04

Students’ Union
Contributes to an endowment fund that generates an annual amount to allow the library to purchase more resources for students

Student Legal Assistance Fee

$1.75

$1.75

Mar-01

Student Legal Assistance Society (Calgary)

Contributes to the funding necessary to provide free legal services to students

Refugee Student Program Fee

$2.25

$1.00

Mar-10

Refugee Student Board
Sponsors a refugee student to attend at UofC each year

CJSW Fee

$5.00

$5.00

Feb-07

UofC Student Radio Society

Contributes to the funding required to operate the student radio station

NUTV Fee

$4.50

$4.25

Feb-09

NUTV Board

Contributes to the funding required to operate the student television station

Gauntlet Fee

$4.50

$2.75

Feb-08

Gauntlet Publications Society

Contributes to the funding required to produce the campus student newspaper

Volunteer Services Fee

$0.75

$0.50

Mar-91

Students’ Union

Subsidizes the cost of providing volunteer programs and services on campus (e.g., Food Bank, etc.)

Committee of 10,000 Fee

$0.50

$0.00

-

Students’ Union’s Committee of 10,000

Distributes funding to deserving Calgary community and charitable organizations

HEALTH & DENTAL FEES (may opt out with  proof of alternative coverage)

Health Plan Fee

$51.50

n/a

Sep-93

Students’ Union via the Undergraduate Health & Dental Plan Office

Provides students with a comprehensive set of health insurance benefits, supplementary to any provincial health care plan

Dental Plan Fee

$45.00

n/a

Sep-91

Students’ Union via the Undergraduate Health & Dental Plan Office

Provides student with dental coverage through a specific network of dental clinics throughout Calgary

OPTIONAL FEES

Student Peer Assistance Bursary Fee

$10.00

$7.00

Mar-96

 

Creates bursaries for students in proven financial need (an optional fee)

 

The above table shows fees for full-time and part-time students who attend classes on campus in the Fall and Winter Sessions.  Fees assessed in spring/summer, or for medicine, off-campus and co-op students are slightly lower than those shown above that pertain to regular full-time and part-time students.