Make a Deposit Payment

Deposit payments may be required for newly admitted students who have accepted an admission offer in an academic program and/or students who have accepted a residence offer.

  • If you have received an offer of admissions requiring the payment of a non-refundable deposit by a specified deadline, make your payment on ACORN MasterCard or VISA credit card payment service:

    Log into the Student Information System (ACORN) at acorn.utoronto.ca using your Join ID credentials to make the payment.

    • This payment option includes a service fee, which is a fee billed by Moneris (credit card service provider), and is NON-REFUNDABLE, even if you decide NOT to study at the University of Toronto.
    • The service fee, charged at a rate of 2.50% of the fee payment, is billed directly by Moneris, and is not remitted to the University of Toronto.
    • If you are unable to pay using the credit card payment service in ACORN, please use an alternate payment option on our website – see Making Payments – and complete the Alternate Admission Deposit Form.

    It is your responsibility to ensure that the deposit payment has been recorded in your ACORN account by the deadline set by your program Admissions Office.  It can take 2-3 business days upon receipt of the payment to record the deposit payment in your ACORN account. Additional processing time is required if you choose an alternate payment option.  After your payment has been processed, you will be able to see that your payment has been received in ACORN.

    International Students requiring a Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL)

    To receive a Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL), you will need to do the following:

    1. Accept your offer of admission
    2. Pay the admission deposit (if applicable):
      1. Undergraduate and professional programs: Pay the admission deposit as outlined in your offer of admission
      2. Graduate programs: Please refer to your offer of admission/graduate program office to verify if an admission deposit is required.

    Once you have accepted the offer of admission and paid the admission deposit (if applicable), the University will request a PAL on your behalf. Once it is received by the University of Toronto, you will receive an email notification when your PAL is available. You can then download/obtain it from the following locations:

    1. Direct-entry undergraduate programs:  Join U of T Applicant Portal.
    2. Second-entry or pathway programs: See you faculty/program office for additional information
    3. Graduate programs:  GradApp Status Portal
    4. Rotman MBA programs: Rotman Application Portal
    5. TST: your registrar’s office will send it to the email address provided in your application

    The admissions deposit will be applied to your student account as a payment toward your tuition fees. Admission deposits are non-refundable.

     

  • After receiving a residence offer via email, follow the instructions to pay the residence deposit by the deadline displayed in your offer to secure your spot in residence.

    It can take 2-3 business days upon receipt of the payment to record the deposit payment in your ACORN account.  After your payment has been processed, you will be able to see that your payment has been received in ACORN.

    The residence deposit payment will be applied to the residence fees on your ACORN invoice.