1. UHIP for Students Overview
    1. Enrolment
  2. What UHIP covers, where UHIP can be used, and submitting claim forms
  3. Being exempted, post-graduation coverage and alternative coverage options

UHIP for Students Overview

The University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP) applies to the following two groups of students at Carleton:

  • international students (and their dependents) enrolled in classes and physically inside Canada ;
  • If you are taking online classes from outside Canada, you may be exempt from UHIP.  Email uhip@carleton.ca for details.
  • registered students with domestic status/paying domestic fees who are not yet eligible for the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP).

This page provides information about enrolment, what UHIP covers, making claims, etc. If you are a staff member wanting to enroll in UHIP, please visit our UHIP for Staff page.

UHIP does not cover prescription drugs, dental or vision services. For information on the supplemental drug/dental/vision plan, visit here if you are an undergraduate student and here if you are a graduate student.  For students starting in winter or summer term, enrollment in the supplemental plan is not automatic.   Please visit each site for opt-in details and deadline dates.  

Enrolment

Enrollment in the University Health Insurance Plan, (UHIP), is mandatory for all international students enrolled (and their dependents in Canada with them) in a degree program at participating Ontario universities including Carleton University.   

If you are taking online classes from outside Canada, you may apply to be exempted from UHIP.  Email uhip@carleton.ca for details.

How to get your UHIP card:    You will receive a welcome email from Cowan (the insurance underwriter) to your Carleton email account with details on how to access your UHIP e-card.  Check your spam/junk email folder as it will likely end up there. Print off your UHIP card and carry it with you at all times as you will need to show it to the doctor/hospital for all visits. More details can be found here

What UHIP covers, where UHIP can be used, and submitting claim forms

Being exempted, post-graduation coverage and alternative coverage options