Full Time Levels of Assistance

The GRPSEO's requirements to qualify as a full time student depend on your level of study as outlined in the following 4 levels:

Level 1 (college diploma): Registered full time by the institution and taking a minimum of 12 hours of in-class/labs instruction per week per academic semester for the program registered in (tutorials do not count).  This course load must be carried throughout the semester. 

Level 2 (undergraduate university degree): Registered full time by the institution and minimum enrolment of 12 credits, or 2.0 credits per semester (courses typically are equivalent to 3.0 credits each or 0.5 (half) credit each) at the beginning of a regularly scheduled and required academic semester for the program registered in.

Level 3 (master degree):  as defined by the post secondary institution.  

Level 4 (doctoral degree):  as defined by the post secondary institution.