{"id":26865,"date":"2020-07-10T14:28:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T18:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/?page_id=26865"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:24:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:24:02","slug":"uhip","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/uhip\/","title":{"rendered":"University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2025\/06\/global.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP)\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>The University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP) is a <strong>mandatory&nbsp;<\/strong>health insurance plan for all international and\/or non-residents (and their dependents) studying or working at Carleton University.&nbsp; All plan details can be found at on the <a href=\"https:\/\/uhip.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UHIP<\/a> site and in the <a href=\"https:\/\/uhip.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2023-09-UHIP-Summary-2023-24-Final-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UHIP booklet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For information on the <strong>supplemental drug\/dental\/vision plan,<\/strong> visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/studentcare.ca\/rte\/en\/IHaveAPlan_CarletonUniversityUndergraduateStudentsCUSA_Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CUSA website<\/a> if you are an undergraduate student and the <a href=\"https:\/\/gsacarleton.ca\/healthplan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GSA website\u00a0<\/a>if you are a graduate student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"uhip-for-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">UHIP for Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Enrollment in UHIP is <strong>mandatory<\/strong> for the following groups of students at Carleton:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>International students enrolled in classes and physically in Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">If you are taking online classes from outside Canada<\/span>,&nbsp;<\/em>you may be exempt from UHIP.&nbsp; Email <a href=\"mailto:uhip@carleton.ca\">uhip@carleton.ca<\/a> for details.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Registered students with domestic status\/paying domestic fees who are not yet eligible for the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students with diplomatic status who do not have medical health coverage with their Embassy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0If you have OHIP (Ontario provincial insurance &#8211; green card), RAMQ (Quebec insurance), other provincial insurance or have coverage with your Embassy (diplomatic status), then UHIP\u00a0<strong>is not required.\u00a0<\/strong>Scan proof to <a href=\"mailto:uhip@carleton.ca\">uhip@carleton.ca<\/a> for review and to have the UHIP fee removed from your student account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/uhip\/uhip-for-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Go to the Student page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"uhip-for-staff-faculty\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">UHIP for Staff\/Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Enrolment in UHIP is\u00a0<strong>mandatory<\/strong> for all international short-term university visitors and employees who are here for a period of <strong>two weeks<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>or more<\/strong>. Enrolment is optional for stays less than two weeks.\u00a0Short-term visitors include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>visiting researchers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>visiting scholars<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>visiting professors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>post-doctoral students<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>new employees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/go-isso\/uhip\/uhip-for-staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Go to the Staff\/Faculty page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"additional-information\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For more detailed information about UHIP coverage, eligibility, premiums and more, explore the following resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhip.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UHIP Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Customer Care Line&nbsp; +1-888-509-7797<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ottawa Area 613-741-3313<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, you may also contact the Carleton UHIP Administrator at <a href=\"http:\/\/mail to: uhip@carleton.ca\">uhip@carleton.ca&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP) is a mandatory&nbsp;health insurance plan for all international and\/or non-residents (and their dependents) studying or working at Carleton University.&nbsp; All plan details can be found at on the UHIP site and in the UHIP booklet. 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