Financing

Financial Aid

Need-based awards from external and university sources are administered through Student Services' Financial Assistance office. Financial aid comes in the form of university administered bursaries and loans as well as government loans and grants. For more information, please visit http://students.sfu.ca/fa/.

Teaching Assistantships

Students who have taken undergraduate business courses may be eligible for teaching assistantship positions or marker positions. Qualified master's students may be hired to do various tasks such as conduct weekly tutorials, mark assignments and exams, hold office hours, respond to student emails and assist the professor of a given undergraduate course. Payment is based on the number of hours worked weekly, with an average time commitment of eight to ten hours per week. For more information, visit http://beedie.sfu.ca/current-students/ta/.

Work Study Program

The work-study program provides part-time, on-campus jobs for full-time graduate students. These terms provide financial assistance and career-related employment experience to students in high financial need. For more information on this program, please visit http://students.sfu.ca/fa/workstudy/students.html.

Students in the MBA program in Management of Technology/Biotechnology are also eligible to apply for university-wide graduate scholarships. Please visit the Graduate Awards Database for a complete listing.

Employer Support

Increasingly, MOT MBA students are receiving assistance from their employers in the form of tuition support and incentives. Please download the guide for employers if you would like to approach your employer for support in terms of flexibility, opportunities, and financial assistance.

Student Line of Credit - up to $50,000

The BMO Professionals Program aims to assist students with tuition, books and personal living expenses as well as meeting everyday banking needs while enrolled (part-time or full-time) in a SFU Segal School of Business MBA program. Student can qualify up to $50,000 (upon meeting the Bank's usual credit criteria) at a highly competitive interest rate of prime+1%. Students are required to make interest-only payments while in school and do not have to repay principal until 1 year after the completion of their program, however additional payments can be made at any time without penalty. Enjoy easy access to the line of credit through free (and unlimited) Line of Credit Cheques and a BMO Line of Credit Mastercard.

We also offer free banking as part of the SFU MBA backing package! For more information and to apply please contact Louis Tang at 778-389-0300 or louis.tang@bmo.com. 

For information on BMO’s Professionals Program, click here.