How to submit a payment

  1. Submit a payment for the course by credit card (Visa or Mastercard only). If you’re using a card belonging to a parent, employer or spouse, ensure that you accurately provide the name and billing address of the cardholder.
  2. Once payment has been successfully submitted, check your email for an enrolment confirmation and SAIT receipt.

Tuition fees are listed in Canadian dollars. Unless otherwise specified, international and domestic students' tuition costs are the same for non-credit certificate programs and courses.

Your tuition balance, including mandatory fees, account fees, past payments and receipts*, can be found on your Continuing Education student account.

The following payment options are accepted:

  • Credit card (VISA or MasterCard) Preferred payment method – Payment can be made through your Continuing Education student account (My Invoices tab.)
  • CIBC International Student Pay portal – Available for select payments only. Contact coned.international@sait.ca for more information. While we support payment via the CIBC International Student Pay portal, we highly recommend that you pay by credit card when possible to avoid processing delays.

Currently, we cannot accept payment via Visa Debit, Pre-Paid Visas, or PayMyTuition for these programs.

If you are adding a second program, you must pay the $3,500 deposit fee to hold your seat. 

You may transfer your tuition deposit to any future open intake one time. If you want to transfer your tuition deposit again, you must submit a new application and pay an additional non-refundable tuition deposit. 

Each semester, fees are due one month prior to the start of the semester. 

*These are not official receipts for Canadian tax purposes.

If you’re being sponsored by an employer, First Nations organization, Canadian Armed Forces, Workers Compensation Board (WCB) of Alberta, Alberta Works, WorkSafeBC, or the like: 

  1. Contact our Advising team to confirm the requirements of the program/course you plan on taking. We can provide a cost estimate document for your sponsor summarizing tuition and tech fees, course availability/scheduling, and estimates for any required books and supplies. 
  2. Create a Continuing Education student account. 
  3. Have your sponsor email a signed letter* to our Advising team confirming approval of your course/program selection, as well as associated tuition, tech fees, and any course extension fees (if applicable). The letter must be on official company/organization letterhead and include: 
    1. Sponsor’s name, job title and contact information (direct phone number, address and email address) and signature. 
    2. List of courses (including course code, course name, course start and end dates and tuition and tech fee cost per course) that your sponsor agrees to pay for. 
    3. The email address where SAIT should email the invoice for your training costs. 
  4. Contact ConEdAdvising@sait.ca to register for your sponsor-approved courses. If you decide to drop a course, do so before the course drop deadline. Make sure to notify ConEdAdvising@sait.ca and your sponsor of this change.
  5. If your course requires the purchase of books/supplies from the SAIT Bookstore, ask your sponsor to email the bookstore manager directly at 2961mgr@follett.com to set up a charge account for you. Follow up with your sponsor and/or the SAIT Bookstore to confirm if the account has been set up and get instructions on how to purchase your books/supplies online or in person.
  6. If, for some reason, your sponsor does not pay for the course you are enrolled in, you’ll be expected to pay for any outstanding fees. 

* Download the sample sponsor letter (PDF)

Purchasing a course extension

Some of our online courses provide a one-time course extension purchase option, which gives you additional time to complete the course. If approved the extension period is half the original course duration.

To find out if your course is eligible, sign into your student account, and selected "My Enrolment History" to verify if your course offers an optional extension. If an extension is available, please contact the Continuing Education Advising team a minimum of seven days before the course’s original end date.

You will be required to pay a non-refundable course extension of $200. Payment by Visa or Mastercard is required at the time of the request.

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Tax receipts

When you register and pay for courses and programs at SAIT, you will be issued a T2202 and T4A slip, which you can use on your tax return (if applicable).

The receipts for the previous tax year are released each year on the last day of February. You can access them from your  mySAIT account.

Student tax receipts

Refunds

After you have completed your registration, you may transfer, drop or withdraw from a course to receive a refund by the set deadlines.

The following refund procedure applies to all students dropping from a program:

  • If you cancel your registration before the refund deadline, you’ll receive a full refund, excluding the non-refundable tuition deposit.
  • If you withdraw after the refund deadline but before the start of classes, you will not receive a refund unless extenuating circumstances are agreed on by the advising team.
  • If you are expelled from SAIT for any reason, you won’t be eligible for a refund.

International students must provide the International Advising team with a cancellation notice — in writing — before this deadline before the set deadline.

Tuition deposits and application fees

Some Continuing Education courses and certificates require an application fee and tuition deposit. These payments are non-refundable.

If you are an international student and your study permit has been denied, a tuition deposit refund minus a $250 administration fee may be considered.

To submit a request, submit a copy of your Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) denial letter to coned.international@sait.ca.

Exceptions include:

  • You provide a letter indicating the reason for the withdrawal and with supporting documents, such as a doctor's note.
  • You will receive a W grade on all ungraded courses for that term.

Certificate and course cancellations

SAIT reserves the right to cancel or reschedule advertised Non-Credit Professional Certificate programs for international students due to low applicant numbers or other extenuating circumstances.

SAIT reserves the right to limit registration, cancel, postpone or combine courses, alter course content, dates or times and substitute instructors. Full refunds will be issued should the program be cancelled.

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