Tuition freeze and funding boost for Nova Scotia universities
April 25, 2025, 9:22 am
Nova Scotia’s universities signed new two‐year agreements that freeze undergraduate tuition while boosting operating grants. The arrangements are designed to ease financial pressures on students and institutions alike, locking in affordable education rates amid broader fiscal challenges.
New two-year funding agreements with Nova Scotia’s universities will freeze undergraduate tuition and increase operating grants for schools.
HALIFAX - New two-year funding agreements with Nova Scotia’s universities will freeze undergraduate tuition and increase operating grants for schools.
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