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Student Activity Fees

Who is Assessed?

Undergraduate students registered in 18 units or more during the Fall and Winter sessions in the following Faculties/Schools:

  • Applied Science
  • Arts and Science (includes Computing Science)
  • Commerce
  • Concurrent Education
  • Medicine
  • Nursing
  • Kinesiology and Health Studies

Students registered in 9 or more units, and attending Queen’s University only in the fall term, are assessed full student activity fees but may have this assessment reduced by 50% upon bringing their student card to the Office of the University Registrar prior to the final add/drop date for courses in the winter term and having their access sticker appropriately altered.

Students enrolled solely during the winter term are not assessed student activity fees. MBA (Science and Technology) students are also assessed undergraduate student activity fees. Adding or dropping units may result in changes in student activity fee assessment.

Undergraduate students who would not normally be charged student activity fees may opt-in at 125 Gordon Hall if they wish to participate in and have access to undergraduate student government activities and services.

Exemptions:

  • Students 65 years or older
  • Students registered exclusively in correspondence, off-campus or evening courses

NOTE: All students registered in at least one course, but falling below the student activity fee assessment threshold, will be assessed a flat mandatory $70.50 fee (50% of the full-time mandatory assessment of $141.00) in support of the capital costs of the Queen’s Centre. Queen’s-Trent education students are exempted from this fee.

What Am I Assessed?

Undergraduate students are assessed each of the following:

  • AMS Mandatory Fees - $678.84
  • AMS Optional Fees - $77.30
  • AMS Dental Plan - $97.15
  • AMS Health Plan - $112.43
  • Applicable Faculty Society Fee – see listing on this PDF


How Are Student Activity Fees Established?

Virtually all student activity fees are established by majority votes in campus-wide referenda. In order for a fee to appear on a referendum ballot it must collect signatures in support from 5% of AMS members and/or be approved for the ballot by the elected legislative branch of the student government (AMS Assembly). Virtually all student activity fees are subject to review by referendum every three years, giving students an opportunity to either confirm or reject support for individual fees.

Opting Out Of Optional Student Activity Fees

Any student wishing to opt-out of any optional AMS or Faculty-Specific Fee, may do so between September 1st and September 30th. Any student wishing to opt-out of the Health & Dental plan may do so between September 1st and September 23rd. Please visit this page to opt out.

But if tuition is due September 1st and I can't opt out until September 1st, how can I pay my tuition on time without over paying? Will I receive a refund?

Although tuition is due September 1st, student activity fees are not due until September 30th. Your SOLUS account should show Future and Current Due amounts.

  • Current Due: the payment expected by September 1st
  • Future Due: payment expected by September 30th 

If you have not paid for your student activity fees by September 1st because you are opting out of some of them, this should not affect student card validation or participation in open enrollment. 

Student Activity Fee Refund Policy

Students who formally withdraw from the University must submit their student card to the relevant Faculty Office or Office of the University Registrar in order to obtain a refund of both mandatory and optional student activity fees.

Partial refunds for mandatory student activity fees are calculated on a daily basis after the full refunding period, except for the AMS Health and Dental Plans which are non-refundable after the opt-out period. Optional student activity fee refunds are calculated according to the following schedule of withdrawal dates: 100% until the last week of September; 50% between the last week of September and the end of January after which no refunds are given. The AMS VP Operations may grant a full refund where he/she determines circumstances so warrant.

AMS Health and Dental Plans

The AMS Health Plan fee is distinct from the mandatory Student Health (Services) fee. The AMS Health and Dental Plans, two separate and distinct plans, both administered by the undergraduate student government, have been designed for and by students to meet their needs. The plans protect students with affordable, easy-to-use health and/or dental coverage for a full 12 months, meaning that the plans remain in effect during the summer after classes are completed.

Please visit myAMS.org/healthplan for full details on the plans.