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Financial Information
To estimate your expenses for a 12-month (three term) academic year, including tuition, visit the Graduate Student Affordability Calculator.
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Tuition & Fees for the PhD in Media Studies program are set by the University. For full information, visit the Office of the Registrar's Fee Schedules page.
All full-time PhD students in good standing will receive a funding package consistent with Western’s Doctoral Funding Guarantee.
Funding is guaranteed pending continuous full-time enrolment, maintenance of good standing in the program, meeting the required progression benchmarks, and acceptable performance of any employment duties, such as teaching assistantship.
| Annual Funding Support Package for FIMS DOCTORAL Programs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| External Scholarship | Total from Western | External Scholarship Amount | Total Funding |
| No external scholarship | $24,563.12 | $0 | $24,563.12 |
| Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) | $20,953.12 | $15,000 | $35,954.12 |
| Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral (CGRSD) | $17,953.12 | $40,000 | $57,935.12 |
- Above amounts are as of 2025/2026.
- Total from Western normally includes Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA), Western Graduate Research Scholarship (WGRS) for FIMS students.
- International students with no external scholarship have University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP) paid as part of their WGRS (additional $792 annually) not included in the above totals.
- Funding support packages can be comprised of funds from a variety of sources and can differ from student to student. Funding sources might include scholarships, graduate fellowships, and part-time employment such as graduate teaching assistantships or graduate student assistantships.
You can also explore the following resources:
- Bursaries and other funding through the Society of Graduate Students (SOGS)
- The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) maintains a list internal and external funding sources. This includes loans, scholarships, grants, bursaries and workstudy programs
International doctoral students who meet the minimum funding average will receive the standard funding package plus additional funds through the Western Graduate Research Scholarship (WGRS). These additional funds are intended to reduce tuition normally assessed to international students to the rate paid by Canadian students.
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Applications for September 2026 open on October 1, 2025. The deadline to apply is January 15, 2026.