Congratulations! Your offer of admission letter is now available in your Brock portal. We we encourage you to review all details of your offer carefully. Below, you’ll find additional information to help you understand the components of your offer letter. Please ensure that you respond to your offer of admission after reviewing these items.
Your offer of admission may include the following components:
Program Information
Your offer of admission includes details specific to the program options for which you have been admitted. This may include your specialization, your program pathway (thesis, major research project/paper, course-based), your registration status (full-time or part-time), your entry point, and other relevant details.
Funding Package
Some graduate students receive funding as part of their offer of admission. This funding may come from a variety of sources, including fellowships, scholarships and awards, bursaries, and employment income. Funding may vary by program, degree pathway, and student type. If funding has been offered to you, it will be detailed in the Funding Information section of your offer letter and applies to the entry term listed in your offer.
For more information about funding packages – including eligibility, terms and conditions, rates and how funding is paid – please visit our Funding webpage
International Students
After accepting your offer of admission and paying the required deposit (if applicable), international students will receive access to a ‘Letter of Acceptance for Study Permit Application’ document on the Brock Portal. This document is required for your study permit (visa) application.
Deadlines to Accept Your Offer
Most students have three weeks to respond to their offer of admission, which can be done through the Brock Portal. The timeframe for accepting your offer will be clearly indicated on your offer letter, and should be observed to secure your place in the program.
Some students will be required to pay a tuition deposit to complete their acceptance and secure their spot in the program. See additional details in the Deposits FAQs section below.
Financial Information
Information about graduate tuition and ancillary fees is available on Brock’s Finance website. Be sure note whether your particular program charges tuition per term or per half-credit. For deposit information, please see below. All students are responsible for ensuring they have sufficient financial resources to support themselves for the duration of their studies at Brock.
Terms and Conditions of Acceptance
Your offer of admission may include specific terms or conditions that must be met. These may include pre- or post-registration conditions such as maintaining a required academic standing or completing additional coursework before or during your graduate program.
Applicants who accept their offer must ensure that all required documents – such as official transcripts confirming degree completion and maintenance of Brock’s minimum admission requirements – are submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs by the stated deadlines. The Document Status section of your Brock Portal will show documents owing.
Next Steps
Please review your offer of admission carefully. If you have any questions, contact us at [email protected].
We want to support you in making the best decision for your graduate studies. Once you have accepted your offer, please visit our New Student Welcome page for next steps.
Graduate Program Deposits
The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) below provide important information about paying a graduate tuition deposit to secure a place in your graduate program.
Please note that deposit requirements and amounts are subject to change.
If a tuition deposit is required, it will be clearly indicated within your offer letter.
Most international graduate applicants will be required to pay a non-refundable tuition deposit to secure their place in the program (PhD applicants excluded).
Some graduate programs require domestic students to pay a non-refundable tuition deposit to hold their place in the program, including the Master of Public Health and graduate programs offered through the Goodman School of Business.
Your offer of admission letter will clearly outline whether a deposit is required, the amount, and applicable deadlines.
- International applicants: Deposits for masters programs typically range from $1000 to $2000.
- Domestic applicants: If applicable to your program, deposits are $500.
The timeframe for accepting your offer and initiating your tuition deposit will be clearly stated in your offer letter.
- International applicants: Your deposit is due upon acceptance of your offer, typically within three weeks of the offer letter issue date (unless otherwise noted).
- Domestic applicants: Your deposit is due three months prior to your program start date.
We request that offers be accepted and deposits initiated within the timeframe outlined in your offer letter. However, we recognize that payments – particularly for international transfers – may take several business days to process. A short grace period is therefore provided to allow payments already in progress to be received and applied.
Our Making a Payment page outlines accepted payment methods and how to initiate a payment to Brock University. Depending on the payment method used, it may take five or more business days for Brock to receive the payment.
Important: Please note that when paying a deposit payment as an applicant, your deposit owing will not appear as a charge in your student financial history, so there will be no ‘Due Now’ balance displayed if you are a new student with no other changes and/or payments. Once paid, the tuition deposit will appear as a negative amount on your account, indicating a credit balance. It will remain as a negative balance until we charge your tuition and fees for the term. It will then be applied to your fees owing.
Tuition deposits are non-refundable, except in cases where an international student’s study permit application has been denied (you will be required to provide a copy of the refusal letter issued by the Canadian Government).
If a student withdraws their application, defers their offer of admission, changes their mind, or withdraws from their program, the University retains the deposit.
Deposit amounts will be credited towards the tuition balance owed in your first term of study.
Note: If you have an outstanding balance with Brock University for previous study undertaken, deposit payments made will first be applied to outstanding balances owed, and required graduate program deposit amounts will be required in addition to balances owing.
You will be able to see that your tuition deposit payment has been received in the Financial History section of your Brock Portal.
Please note that Brock University does not issue receipts for deposits paid. Applicants can use screenshots of their financial history page within the Brock Portal to show proof of payment received, in conjunction with proof of payment from a financial institution.
Deposits should be initiated within the stated timeframe. A short grace period is provided to allow for payment processing, particularly for international transfers.
However, if we don’t receive your tuition deposit payment within a reasonable timeframe following your offer acceptance and if we haven’t heard from you, we’ll assume you do not wish to pursue your studies at Brock. For our more competitive graduate programs, your offer will be withdrawn and your application will be closed.
If your application has been closed and you would like your offer re-activated, please contact [email protected]. Re-activation of an offer is subject to program approval and space availability at that time.
For international students, an accepted offer and receipt of your required deposit payment secures your place in the program for the term in which you have been admitted, and additionally makes you eligible to receive key documents including:
- a Letter of Acceptance for Study Permit Application (visa letter) from Brock, required for your study permit application.
- a Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL), which can be requested on your behalf if your offer is accepted, your required deposit is paid, and your PAL Request Form has been submitted within your application.
- PALs are required for all graduate-level study permit applications submitted in 2025.
- Starting January 1 2026, the PAL requirement is waived for graduate applicants applying to study at a public university (Master’s & PhD level only). Brock graduate programs that fall outside of a Master’s or PhD degree program (e.g. Graduate Diplomas) may still be subject to the PAL requirement.
For the latest information, see the IRCC’s webpages on study permits, PALs, and studying in Canada as an international graduate student.
You may also wish to visit our Brock International webpages for more information on study permits and PALs.