Confirmation of Enrolment Process

The Confirmation of Enrolment is a process the school runs to inform the Ministry of Colleges and Universities that you are enrolled in the University. This process is run for all students who have applied for OSAP funding. A similar process is run for government student aid programs for all Canadian provinces and territories.

If you log onto your account on the OSAP website and see that your Confirmation of Enrolment is outstanding, it means that your account is complete, and OSAP is waiting for the University to confirm your enrolment. Please make sure that you are enrolled in the same course load that you indicated on your OSAP application. If you wish to change your course load on your OSAP application, please send an email to finaid@uoguelph.ca, from your University of Guelph email account.

Student Financial Services (SFS) will start confirming enrolment about 10 days before the start of your study period. If your OSAP is complete, and your course load matches your application, then your enrolment should be confirmed and your funding released by the start of your study term. SFS will continue the confirmation process throughout the semester.

OSAP is released in two installments, and enrolment is confirmed every semester.

Fall/Winter students

  • 60% of your funding will be released in the fall term, and the remaining 40% will be released in the winter term
  • Your fall student account must be paid in full before your winter confirmation of enrolment can process 
  • Check WebAdvisor to ensure that your student account for the fall has been paid in full

Single Semester Students

  • 100% of your funding will be released at the beginning of your study term
  • Your student account for any previous terms must be paid in full before your confirmation of enrolment can process 
  • Check WebAdvisor to ensure that your student account payments are up to date

Has My Confirmation of Enrolment been Processed?

  • To see if your confirmation has been completed, log in to WebAdvisor. You will receive a notification in the top, right-hand corner of the screen when confirmation of enrolment is complete.

When is Funding Released?

It takes approximately 5-10 business days (1-2 weeks) from the time enrolment has been confirmed for funding to be received.