{"id":84,"date":"2013-12-03T11:09:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T16:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/studentaccounts\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2025-08-20T13:04:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:04:16","slug":"refund-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/studentaccounts\/fee-payment\/refund-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Withdrawal Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Withdrawal and Tuition Refund Credits<\/h3>\n<p>Course changes and withdrawals can only be done through Carleton Central. To be eligible for a refund credit, withdrawals must be made prior to the deadlines noted below or on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/studentaccounts\/dates-deadlines\/\">Dates and Deadlines<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n<p>A refund is only available if a fee adjustment results in a credit sufficient to offset\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all other amounts due\u00a0<\/span>on the student account at that time.\u00a0Refunds are made to the student and\u00a0are not automatically issued. Students can request a refund by logging in to <a href=\"http:\/\/central.carleton.ca\/\">Carleton Central<\/a> and selecting \u2018Refund Request\u2019. For more information, please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/studentaccounts\/faq\/#Refunds\">FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The University reserves the right to withhold tuition refunds until the end of the academic session in which they were generated.<\/p>\n<h3>Refund Schedules<\/h3>\n<p>In order to receive a full financial adjustment when dropping a course, a student must ensure that they withdraw themselves from the course via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.central.carleton.ca\/\">Carleton Central<\/a>\u00a0before the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/studentaccounts\/dates-deadlines\/\">financial adjustment deadline<\/a>\u00a0that applies to the course. Please also make sure you understand\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/studentaccounts\/tuition-fees\/fee-assessment\/\">how your fees are calculated<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; dropping a course may\u00a0<em>not necessarily\u00a0<\/em>generate a refund.<\/p>\n<p>The refund schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n<h4>Summer 2025 Financial Withdrawal Deadlines<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 94.2764%; height: 53px;\" width=\"742\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 27px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 27px;\">Early summer courses dropped <strong>before midnight on May 16<\/strong>\u00a0will receive a fee adjustment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 16px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 16px;\">Full summer courses dropped <strong>before midnight on May 31<\/strong>\u00a0will receive a fee adjustment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 10px;\">Late summer courses dropped <strong>before midnight on July 15<\/strong>\u00a0will receive a fee adjustment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>\u00a0Fall 2025 Fee Adjustment and Refund Schedule:<\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 94.3646%; height: 53px;\" width=\"742\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 27px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 27px;\">Early fall courses dropped <strong>before midnight on September 16<\/strong>\u00a0will receive a fee adjustment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 16px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 16px;\">Full fall courses dropped <strong>before midnight on September 30<\/strong>\u00a0will receive a fee adjustment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 10px;\">Late fall courses dropped <strong>before midnight on November 7<\/strong>\u00a0will receive a fee adjustment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0Winter 2026 Fee Adjustment and Refund Schedule:<\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 95.0004%; height: 53px;\" width=\"742\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 27px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 27px;\">Early winter courses dropped <strong>before midnight on January 16<\/strong>\u00a0will receive a fee adjustment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 16px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 16px;\">Full winter courses dropped <strong>before midnight on January 31<\/strong>\u00a0will receive a fee adjustment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 10px;\">Late winter courses dropped <strong>before midnight on March 6<\/strong>\u00a0will receive a fee adjustment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Notes\u00a0About Refunds<\/h3>\n<p>If courses are dropped prior to the financial withdrawal deadline, students may still be required to pay for some non-refundable\u00a0fees such as the health insurance and the UPass.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Summer Term<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 70px;\">Undergraduate students in the summer term are charged fees according to the number of billing hours they take. Each course you drop\u00a0before the financial withdrawal deadline\u00a0will result in a fee adjustment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fall\/Winter Term<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 70px;\">Undergraduate students in the fall and winter terms are assessed fees based on the number of billing hours taken per term. At 2.0 billing hours per term, students are charged a flat rate for their program. Subsequent courses above 2.0 billing hours will not result in additional tuition fees. Students who withdraw from 2.5 billing hours to 2.0 billing hours, even\u00a0before the financial\u00a0withdrawal deadline, will not receive a fee adjustment. There will only be a fee adjustment when students withdraw below 2.0 billing hours.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Graduate Students<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Graduate students are charged fees according to their program status; either full-time or part-time. Students admitted to their program as full-time will be charged the flat rate for the duration of their program no matter how many billing hours they are registered in. Graduate students admitted to their program as part-time will be charged per credit for the duration of their program. Changes to program status or withdrawal must be requested through their department and prior to the financial\u00a0withdrawal deadline.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>International Currency\/Wire Refunds<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Refunds for international payments <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>must<\/strong><\/span> be refunded\u00a0back to\u00a0the original sender&#8217;s account. No exceptions to this policy will be made. Refunds that are issued in international currency will utilize the exchange rate valid at the time the refund is processed.<\/p>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Withdrawal and Tuition Refund Credits Course changes and withdrawals can only be done through Carleton Central. To be eligible for a refund credit, withdrawals must be made prior to the deadlines noted below or on the\u00a0Dates and Deadlines\u00a0page. 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