Co-op students are responsible for paying tuition for their academic courses, ancillary fees, and levies. All Trent students are charged ancillary fees every Fall & Winter term. Co-op students will experience the same cycle for their ancillary fee payments regardless of when they are out on work terms. Co-op students do not pay tuition during their work terms.
Co-op students are responsible for paying a compulsory $750 co-op fee five times during their degree program. The co-op fee will be applied to your student account in Year 2 Fall, Year 2 Winter, Year 3 Fall, Year 3 Winter, and Year 4 Fall. For students in the 5-year Kinesiology program, the co-op fee will be applied to your account in Year 3 Fall, Year 3 Winter, Year 4 Fall, Year 4 Winter and Year 5 Fall.
How your fees are utilized
Your co-op fee goes towards a variety of aspects involved in the administration of our Co-op streams at Trent. This includes funding resource development, fostering employer relationships, and new job development. Funding also supports infrastructure and administration of the Co-op programs across departments at Trent.
OSAP and co-op funding
Co-op students are eligible to apply for OSAP during their study terms. You can also apply for full-time funding while completing your work term, which can help with living costs. Co-op students receiving OSAP will need to complete a “Change of OSAP” form on the myTrent portal prior to beginning a work term to inform the Financial Aid Office they will be beginning full-time work for a semester.
If you are contacted by OSAP inquiring about your progress towards degree completion, please connect with the Financial Aid office for support.
Any questions about OSAP can be directed to the Financial Aid office at financialaid@trentu.ca or 705-748-1524.
Application process
Each semester of studies or work term requires a new OSAP application. This is because your costs and earnings will change semester to semester.
If you’re completing academic studies in the fall semester, you would enter your program as:
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FALL SESSION
Select the correct year of study you’re entering and main campus.
If you’re studying in the winter semester, it would be the same but WINTER SESSION, etc.
For work-term semesters please select a specific work-term option. The program on your application should be entered as CO-OP WORK TERM and choose from three options:
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Fall – Year 1,2,3,4
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Winter – Year 1,2,3,4
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Summer – Year 1,2,3
Co-op Assistance Program
Co-op students are eligible to apply for the Co-op Assistance Program which is a dedicated financial resource for co-op students. The purpose of the bursary is to support students in financial need by helping with the costs of the mandatory co-op fees along with other expenses incurred during their work terms.
The Co-op Assistance Program is a bursary which is awarded on the basis of proven financial need. To demonstrate financial need, co-op students must be in receipt of OSAP, Canada part-time student loans, First Nations Band funding, or the government financial aid program of their home province.
Co-op and scholarships
Scholarships are deposited to your student account in the fall and winter terms. If you receive a scholarship during a work term you can either leave the funds on your student account until your next semester when tuition and fees are applied to your account or request a refund.
Eligible students who are required to complete three consecutive work terms in Year 4 will be issued their scholarship in Year 4. These funds are not eligible for a refund, but will remain on the student’s account to be applied towards Year 5 of their degree when they return to academic studies.
For more information, please email scholarships@trentu.ca.