Fees, Payment and Financial Aid

NAIT has partnered with PayMyTuition for online domestic and international tuition payment options. There are a variety of payment options available, including credit card, debit and e-transfers.

• Be sure to take into account the processing times for each payment method to ensure your fees are paid by the deadline.
• If your fees are due quickly/immediately, please use one of the immediate payment methods. 

You can only view your fees, charges due and outstanding balance in your secure PayMyTuition payment portal. To access the payment portal:

1. Login to your MyNAIT portal, select Open Self Service
2. Select Financial Account to access PayMyTuition Payment Center 
3. Choose select your bank location and be redirected to PayMyTuition, your secure payment portal.
4. Within the PayMyTuition portal, select Payment Center to view your account information and balances.

Pending financial aid, such as scholarships and student loans, will also be displayed in PayMyTuition.

Yes, eligible students can now self-enrol in a payment plan through their PayMyTuition payment portal to spread their tuition payments over the term. If you can’t pay your tuition in full by the payment deadline, enrol in a payment plan to pay in installment(s) and avoid having your classes dropped for non-payment. View full payment plan details, including eligibility, due dates and terms.

Be aware that a payment plan is not a loan; it doesn’t provide additional funds for your education. Before enrolling in a payment plan, ensure you have a budget and financial plan in place. This will help you cover the costs of your payment plan installment(s) and other expenses (eg. living expenses, costs of books and supplies, etc.), setting you up for success and preparedness throughout the term.

Please connect with PayMyTuition directly by calling 1.855.663.6839 (toll-free) or through one of their other contact methods, including live chat, email and local phone.  

No matter what time zone you are in, you will have a dedicated customer support team available to answer any of your questions and help you make your payment.

The convenience fee is collected by the payment processer when offering students the opportunity to pay through alternative methods of payment, such as Visa or MasterCard. Convenience fees are non-refundable as they are one-time charges per transaction, to complete payment processing.

A convenience fee may be refunded in certain circumstances, learn more.

Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for your refund to be processed. Refunds will be issued by Interac e-Transfer (domestic students) or bank transfer (international students).

Once your refund is processed, you’ll receive email notifications from PayMyTuition. View our refund policy for more information, including refund eligibility and step-by-step instructions.

If you’re a domestic student and eligible for a refund, you can find your one-time passcode in your PayMyTuition payment portal once your refund has been processed:

1. Log into your MyNAIT portal
2. Select the Open Self Service button
3. Select the Financial Account tile to access the PayMyTuition Payment Center.
4. Select your financial institution (bank) location to be redirected to PayMyTuition. 
5. Within the PayMyTuition portal, select the Refunds tile.
6. In the Refunds section, you can access the Outstanding Refunds tab and click on the icon within the Action column to retrieve your one-time passcode.
7.  Then return to the Interac e-Transfer email communication to select the Deposit your Money button.

*If your email address is registered for Autodeposits through your bank, you won't require a one-time passcode to finalize the deposit. Instead, when you select to deposit your funds, you’ll sign into your financial institution and the refund will autodeposit upon sign in.

If you’re an international student, you don’t need a passcode as your refund will be issued via bank transfer.

For complete refund steps, please visit the refunds page.

A financial hold means you have outstanding fees on our account that are past due. Until you pay those fees, you will have reduced access on your MyNAIT portal. For example, you may not be able to enrol in courses or access your grades until the fees are paid.

Once you have paid the financial hold amount on your account, please contact the Student Service Centre to have the financial hold removed.

Once you have paid the financial hold amount on your account, please contact the Student Service Centre to have the financial hold removed.

If you’re a NAIT student having financial difficulties, contact a NAIT Funding Advisor to discuss your options.

Depending on your selected payment method, it may not display immediately due to required processing times. You can check expected processing times for each payment method at nait.ca/payment. 

If your payment still does not appear after the expected time, there may have been an error and you should receive an email from PayMyTuition with details and next steps. You can also reach out to PayMyTuition Support directly if you have further questions about your payment status, including if you're seeing a duplicated payment.

Tax receipts are available through the MyNAIT portal. They are typically available at end of February each year. To access your tax receipt(s): login to your MyNAIT portal > Open Self Service > Financial Account > select NAIT Print T4A Tax Receipt and/or NAIT Print T2202 Tax Receipt.

It’s important to note that the tax receipts are for courses taken the previous year. For example, if tax receipts are available in your portal in late February 2021, this tax receipt is for courses taken in 2020.

To receive a student tax receipt, students must be enrolled in a qualified educational program from a certified institution (NAIT) and courses must be at a post-secondary level. The following tax receipts are provided  through your MyNAIT portal:

• T2202: this receipt includes the amount of tuition that can be deducted and the number of months of enrolment. Academic Upgrading and ESL courses are not eligible for tax receipts.
• T4A: if you received a scholarship or bursary from NAIT, you will be issued a T4A statement.

If you received a scholarship from a provider other than NAIT (for example, Jason Lang, Louise McKinney, or Alexander Rutherford Scholarship), you would receive a tax receipt from this provider (not from NAIT).

If you cannot access your tax receipts once they are released, please clear your web browser’s cache, cookies, and history as this often helps load new documentation. After clearing your cache, login again to your MyNAIT portal. If the tax receipts are still not there, please complete a web contact form at nait.ca/help – select topic Student Financial Account, and subcategory Where can I find my receipt?

In July 2021, NAIT transitioned to a fee-per-credit tuition model for domestic and international students. In this model, students pay per credit with no tuition cap. All students in a program will pay the same fee per credit, regardless of how many credits they take at once. The tuition rates are posted. You will receive your tuition assessment once you have registered for your courses (based on the cost per credit multiplied by the number of credits per term).

All students are also assessed mandatory fees each term – view course and program fees.

No, you do not need to request a tuition deadline extension. We will confirm your loan 30 days prior to the term start date (before the tuition deadline). If applying for full time funding, you will need to be enrolled in at least 60% of your course load for NAIT to complete the confirmation.

When your loan is confirmed, we will send you an e-letter with the amount of funding that has been requested from student aid. We will also place a funding indicator on your account so you will not be cancelled for non-payment.

To view the funding indicator, select the Funding icon on the homepage of your MyNAIT portal. If you are approved for funding and do not see the indicator by tuition deadline, please contact the Student Service Centre.

Student aid forms can be submitted to NAIT using this contact form. Please select submitting a form followed by funding and financial aid. 

Government loans and grants can support you in covering the costs of tuition, books and supplies, and living expenses while enrolled at NAIT. Students enrolled in Apprenticeship, Degree, Diploma, Certificate or Open Studies programs may be eligible for financial aid options.

In Alberta, student loans are referred to as Student Aid. You can apply for financial aid through Alberta Student Aid. For more information, visit our Student Aid, Loans, and Grants page.

There are a variety of awards available to you as a NAIT student, including scholarships, bursaries, grants, entrance and general awards. Some awards are given out based on academic achievement, while others recognize financial need, leadership, diversity, program of study and more! It’s a simple way to apply and get support for your next year of studies.

How to apply: Once the awards application opens in MyAwards Central, you’ll notified via email with a link to the application. You’ll answer questions to receive a tailored list of award opportunities for you based on your program of study. You must complete the award application before the deadline.

Check out the Student Awards page for complete step-by-step details, including how to accept your award offer.

Once the application period has closed, if you've been selected to receive an award, you will be notified via email. The email will have information about the award, including the deadline to accept their award and how to accept it in the MyAwards Central. An award offer may have an award condition attached (e.g. class enrolment) so be sure to carefully read the award eligibility, terms and conditions.

You must accept the award offer within 30 days to receive any award payment.  If you miss this deadline or take no action, your award offer will be cancelled and may be offered to another deserving student. Learn more about the steps to accept your award.

If you are an open studies student or apprenticeship student, and have been approved for Alberta Student Aid funding, please contact the Student Service Centre to have this information added to your account prior to enrolling.

If you are in a degree, diploma or certificate program and have approved Alberta Student Aid funding, it will be confirmed 30 days prior to the term starting. Once approved, you do not need to contact NAIT as we can view your approval with Alberta Student Aid and you will not be dropped.

If you do not see an amount on the Funding section on the homepage of your MyNAIT portal or have not received an e-letter by the tuition deadline, please contact the Student Service Centre.

NAIT has a flexible payment option for continuing education classes. 10% of the cost is due upon enrolment (as well as material fees if applicable). The remainder of tuition is due 30 days prior to class start date. 

Please refer to the ESL and Academic Upgrading Funding webpage for the most up to date funding information.

NAIT has a flexible payment option for continuing education classes. 10% of the cost is due upon enrolment (as well as material fees if applicable). The remainder of tuition is due 30 days prior to class start date. 

Please refer to the ESL and Academic Upgrading Funding webpage for the most up to date funding information.

To be eligible for a refund, you must drop your course at least 10 calendar days before the class start date.

Please see the refund policy for more information.

If textbooks, materials or software are required for an individual course, it will be noted in the course details. If software or other costs apply to a whole program, it will be listed in the program overview.

Most textbooks can be purchased directly from Shop at NAIT. The program area will provide further directions if your course requires textbooks, software or other materials that need to be purchased elsewhere.

There are several scholarships and student awards available to apprentices. Contact Student Awards at  awards@nait.ca for information on deadlines and application criteria.

Contact the Financial Aid office at  financialaid@nait.ca for information regarding the Canada Apprenticeship Loan and Alberta Student Aid funding option.

Apprenticeship Incentive Grant is available to students that have completed first and second period. Information on the Federal Apprenticeship Incentive Grant and application may be obtained from the Financial Aid office.

Contact the Financial Aid office at financialaid@nait.ca for Grant Funding application forms, also available at any of the Canada-Alberta Service Centers.

Full tuition and mandatory fee payment must be made at the time of registration. Payment to NAIT will be made through PayMyTuition, a secure payment portal. Learn more about NAIT payment options.

Failure to pay will result in your spot being released. See Apprenticeship Enrolment Information.

Yes, payment may be made by a purchase order or authorization letter. The letter must accompany the registration form at the time of registration. These requests can be processed in person, by fax, or mail.