MUN Tuition for Newfoundland Residents Versus Other Canadians: What Changed and Why

The current rate: one number for every Canadian student

For the 2026-27 academic year, Memorial University charges $6,750 in tuition for two semesters (10 courses), whether you grew up in St. John's or Saskatoon. Other Canadian students pay the identical $6,750 rate as Newfoundland and Labrador residents. International students pay $22,500 for the same course load. MUN's Board of Regents approves these figures, most recently confirmed as of June 2026, and posts them on the Money Matters tuition and fees page .

What "$6,750 for two semesters" buys

Memorial prices a full undergraduate year as 10 three-credit-hour courses split across fall and winter semesters, the standard full-time course load for most bachelor's degrees. Taking fewer courses prorates the charge per course rather than billing the full flat rate, and adding a spring semester on top adds its own separate charge.

What changed in 2021

Memorial kept tuition frozen for roughly two decades, a policy that left it among the lowest-cost universities in Canada. In July 2021 the university announced a new tuition framework, ending that freeze and resetting how it charges Canadian students. Before the 2021 framework, Memorial charged Canadian students from outside Newfoundland and Labrador a higher rate than it charged NL residents. The framework brought both groups onto the same schedule instead of keeping two separate domestic rates.

Why Memorial made the change

Two decades of frozen tuition meant Memorial's per-student revenue from tuition fell further behind its costs each year, while the province covered a growing share of the gap through its operating grant. The 2021 framework moved Memorial toward a rate closer to other Canadian universities, as part of a broader review of how the province funds post-secondary education, and it simplified billing by removing the separate non-resident Canadian rate.

What else you pay beyond tuition

Add these to your $6,750 tuition and you land close to $7,672 before residence or books. On-campus housing at the St. John's campus runs about $5,237 to $6,315 per semester depending on room type and residence.

Memorial's scale shapes the numbers

Memorial is the largest university in Atlantic Canada by enrolment, running its main campus in St. John's alongside Grenfell Campus in Corner Brook, a Labrador campus in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, and a Marine Institute. Tuition quoted above covers the standard St. John's undergraduate rate. Grenfell and the Marine Institute set some of their own program fees on top of the base tuition structure, so confirm the campus-specific page if you are applying somewhere other than St. John's.

Program-specific costs to watch

The flat tuition rate above covers a standard arts, science or business course load. Programs with extra lab time, clinical placements or professional accreditation, such as Engineering, Nursing or Pharmacy, often carry added program fees on top of base tuition. Check the specific faculty's fee schedule rather than assuming the flat rate covers every program.

The bigger picture for a Canadian applicant

Most Canadian public universities charge one domestic tuition rate to all Canadian citizens and permanent residents, regardless of home province, the way Memorial now does. Quebec is the country's main exception, charging Canadian students from outside Quebec a higher rate than Quebec residents. Before the 2021 framework, Memorial was its own smaller exception in the other direction, charging non-NL Canadians more than NL residents. The 2021 change brought Memorial in line with the more common Canadian pattern of one flat domestic rate.

Budgeting as an out-of-province Canadian applicant

• Confirm the current academic year's rate on MUN's own tuition page before you commit, the Board of Regents adjusts the figure most years

• Your NL residency status no longer changes your tuition bill, so moving to St. John's from another province does not carry the tuition penalty it once did

• Provincial student aid still follows your home province, not Newfoundland and Labrador, apply through your own province's student aid office for a loan or grant

• Add the mandatory fees and residence cost above tuition when you compare Memorial to other Atlantic schools

How this affects your application timing

Tuition and admission run on separate tracks at Memorial. Getting an offer of admission does not lock in a tuition rate, the Board of Regents sets the rate for the academic year you start in, not the year you applied. If you apply well ahead of your intended start date, treat any tuition figure you saw during the application process as a placeholder and recheck the official page closer to your actual start term.

Comparing Memorial to your home province

An Atlantic Canada applicant moving to Newfoundland and Labrador from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick or PEI gives up their home province's student aid program only in the sense that they still apply to it, not to Newfoundland and Labrador's. Your province of permanent residence, not the province where you study, decides which student aid office reviews your file. Confirm with your own province's student aid office how attending an out-of-province school like Memorial affects your loan and grant assessment before you commit to a start date.