Payment of Assistantships

Graduate assistants are paid once a month on the second last banking day of each month.

However, starting in July 2012, there will be bi-monthly payments.

All payments are made by direct deposit to the student's personal bank account.

Students must set up direct deposit in Bear Tracks.

See Direct Deposit on the Human Resource Services website for details. 

  
Questions?
Students with questions about payment of assistantships should always contact their department.

Department staff will work with Staff and Student Payments to resolve any
pay-related issues.

Automatic Deduction of Outstanding
Fees and Tuition

    

The University's payroll system automatically deducts outstanding tuition and fees from the pay cheques of graduate teaching and research assistants a month after the start of Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer terms.

That is, any fall tuition owing as of October 1 will be deducted from the student's October, November and December pay cheques in three equal installments.

  
Direct Tuition Relief
Departments may make direct, one-time payments towards a student's fees.

For more information see Tuition Relief.

Similarly, any winter tuition owing as of February 1 will be automatically deducted from the student's February, March, and April pay cheques.

Also, commencing in Spring, 2012, students will have automatic deductions from their paycheques in May, June, July and August.

Students cannot exempt themselves from this payroll deduction.

Full tuition for the Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer terms must be paid by the respective deadlines in order to have no fees deducted from their pay cheque.

Note: The automatic payroll deduction is only taken from assistantship funding. Installments are not withdrawn from any scholarship funding students may be receiving.
 
Note for staff: Fees will be automatically deducted from graduate assistantship job codes. To determine the appropriate code to use, refer to the Payroll Information - Human Resources.