FULL-TIME
If you're taking 60% (9 credits) or more of a full course load, please follow the following instructions. A person with a disability is a full-time student if he/she is taking at least 40% (6 credits) of a full course load.
Spring/Summer 2012 - OSAP extension
If you already have an active full-time OSAP application for Laurentian University for the 2011-2012 academic year, you are NOT required to submit a new "on-line" application. Please download the 2012 Spring/Summer Extenstion Application and submit it to our office as soon as possible to ensure that your funding is available by May 7, 2012, the first day of Spring session. The official deadline to apply for the 2012 spring/summer session is May 30, 2012. In order to qualify for either full-time Canada or Ontario student loans, you must register in and maintain a minimum course load of 60% in each term of study for which you are requesting assistance. In other words, you must be registered in 3 courses (or 9 credits) per term.
If you are taking spring/summer courses at Laurentian University and another institution, you must also complete the Studies At Another Institution form.
New application - 2012 Spring/Summer
If you don't have an active full-time OSAP application for Laurentian University for the 2011-12 academic year, please submit a new application via www.osap.gov.on.ca.
If you are taking spring/summer courses at Laurentian University and another institution, you must also complete the Studies At Another Institution form.
Fall/Winter sessions
2012-2013 OSAP applications should be available in April 2012
Information and application forms are available at http://osap.gov.on.ca/ or from Student Awards Office, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6.
If you are taking spring/summer courses at Laurentian University and another institution, you must also complete the Studies At Another Institution form.
PART-TIME
Students taking less than 60% (6 credits or less) of a full course load may be eligible for other forms of financial assistance. They include the following:
1. Part-time Canada Student Loan/Grants (on-line application www.osap.gov.on.ca)
2. Ontario Special Bursary Plan
OSAP (Ontario Student Assistance Program)
In order to qualify for either Canada or Ontario student
loans, you must register in and maintain a minimum
course load of 60% in each term of study for which you are
requesting assistance. In other words, you must be registered
in 3 courses (or 9 credits) per term. For OSAP calculation
purposes, a 6-credit September to April course is considered
3 credits in the 1st term an 3 credits in the 2nd term.
Additional information and applications for the above may be obtained
at http://osap.gov.on.ca.
OR
Student Awards Office
Laurentian University
935 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6
(705) 673-6578
financialaid@laurentian.ca
You may check the status of your application by acessing the OSAP
Web site at http://osap.gov.on.ca.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Students who are Canadian citizens or landed immigrants, who have been residents in Ontario for one year prior to beginning their studies and meet admission requirements of a Canadian university or an eligible post-secondary institution in Ontario, may apply for financial assistance from OSAP.
A student qualifies for OSAP on basis of an established financial need; funds are provided to supplement a student's own financial resources and those of his or her immediate family. A student who intends to pay tuition fees with government loans should have applied to OSAP before end of June of each year. If an application is forwarded after this date, it is likely that funds will not be available in time for payment of registration. In this case, students is required to cover first installment payment of tuition fees with ir own resources.
Information and application forms are available at http://osap.gov.on.ca/ or from Student Awards Office, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6.
Course Withdrawals and Changes
If you withdraw from or fail a course(s), your OSAP
entitlement will be reduced and this may result in an
overpayment. If you incur an overaward, you may be
restricted from OSAP, and you will be required to repay
the loan overpayment in full in order to apply to OSAP in
subsequent terms (even if you change institutions or return
to study several years later). Consult the Student Awards
Office before you withdraw from a course.