Tuition & Finances

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Tuition & Fees for the PhD in Library & Information Science program are set by the University. For full information, visit the Office of the Registrar's Fee Schedules page.

All full-time PhD students in good standing will receive a funding package consistent with Western’s Doctoral Funding Guarantee
 
Funding is guaranteed pending continuous full-time enrolment, maintenance of good standing in the program, meeting the required progression benchmarks, and acceptable performance of any employment duties, such as teaching assistantship.

• Bursaries and other funding through the Society of Graduate Students (SOGS)
  
  
• The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies also maintains a comprehensive listing of both internal and external funding sources. This includes loans, scholarships, grants, bursaries and workstudy programs.

Christopher Mathew Dixon LIS Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to a graduate student, Master or PhD, with a minimum 78% academic average in the Library and Information Science Program. Preference will be given to someone who has not received another award or scholarship (excluding OGS or SSHRC). Students must demonstrate ongoing active involvement in community service outside of their academic studies (e.g., volunteer work, fundraising, coaching, etc.) in any arena (local, national, international). Candidates must submit a letter describing their community service, along with references, by January 31. The FIMS awards committee will select the recipient, with at least one member of the committee holding current membership in the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. This award was established by Sandra Miller (MLIS '01) in memory of her beloved husband Christopher Dixon (MLIS '00), who was a PhD student in LIS at the time of his death.

Catherine Sheldrick Ross Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship
Awarded to full-time graduate students entering the Library and Information Science (PhD) or Media Studies (PhD), based on academic achievement. A committee in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies will select the recipients. At least one representative of the committee must hold membership in the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. This scholarship was established by a generous bequest from Catherine Sheldrick Ross.