Paying your tuition and fees

Important Update:

If you have not already done so, notify the Financial Aid Office (financialaid@bowvalleycollege.ca) that you have applied for a student loan. All approved funding through student loans will be sent directly to you. It is your responsibility to be aware of the tuition/fees owed to the College and to pay them upon receipt to you from the funder.

PLEASE NOTE: Tuition and fees must be paid even if your student loan application is rejected or declined.

Are you being sponsored by your Indigenous band/nation, a community organization, or a government agency in Canada?

1. Make sure you are registered in courses for the upcoming term.
2. Request a sponsorship letter of intent (LOI) from Registrar Services by email (registrar@bowvalleycollege.ca), phone (403-410-1400), or in-person at the Registrar's Office (South Campus, ground floor). We can email the form to you directly, or if you instruct us, send the form directly to your sponsor.
3. Your sponsor needs to confirm on the LOI which fees they will cover and return a signed copy to Student Accounts by fax (403-297-4887) or email (studentaccounts@bowvalleycollege.ca).
4. Once the form is received by the College, the coverage will be added to your account and your sponsor will be invoiced. 

PLEASE NOTE: You will responsible to pay any additional courses or fees such as the Transit Pass that are added after the sponsor has returned the form to the College.

If you have a funded seat in the upcoming term, it will be paid to Bow Valley College directly.

Please note: there may be some fees you are required to pay out of pocket – for example: signing up for the Transit Pass (UPass). These fees must be paid by the fee payment deadline or your courses will be dropped.

This information does not apply to Bow Valley College scholarships. If you’re receiving a scholarship from Bow Valley College, it will be paid to your student account directly.

If you’re receiving a scholarship from a company or group outside of Bow Valley College, they may ask you to have certain paperwork filled out by the College to confirm your enrolment and program. Email the forms you need completed by Bow Valley College to registrar@bowvalleycollege.ca. A records officer will fill in and sign the appropriate sections and return the completed forms back to you within five (5) working days.

It is your responsibility as a student to submit the completed forms back to your funding agency. Your tuition account will not be considered paid until payment is received from your funding agency. If you do not think your scholarship will reach us in time, contact us right away at 403-410-1400 or registrar@bowvalleycollege.ca for guidance.

Log into MyBVC.ca with your username and password, then select “Registration” – “Make a Payment.” You’ll be taken to PayMyTuition where you can choose to pay with your credit card. Next, you’ll:

• Select your payment method, like Mastercard, Visa, or American Express. You will see the amount, including handling fee, to be charged to your card.
• Confirm your personal information and/or the information of the person paying your tuition for you.
• Confirm what you’re making the payment for: Tuition and Fees, Bow Valley College.
• For international students only, validate your identity for anti-money laundering and financial integrity purposes.
• Enter your payment amount and credit card information.

After you’re finished, PayMyTuition will email you a receipt for your payment. It will also appear in your Statement of Account on MyBVC.ca. 

Log into MyBVC.ca with your username and password, then select “Registration” – “Make a Payment.” You’ll be taken to PayMyTuition where you can choose to pay with your an Interac e-Transfer. Next, you’ll:

1. Select your payment method: Interac e-Transfer.
2. Confirm your personal information and/or the information of the person paying your tuition for you.
3. Confirm what you’re making the payment for: Tuition and Fees, Bow Valley College.
4. Watch for an email from "notify@payments.interac.ca" with instructions and a secure payment link. It can take up to an hour for this email to arrive. Remember to check your junk folder.
5. Click the "Accept Request" button in the email from notify@payments.interac.ca. Do not try to send Bow Valley College an e-Transfer manually.

After you complete the payment with your bank, it can take up to four hours to see your payment on your MyBVC Statement of Account and to receive an email receipt from PayMyTuition. 

Important Update:

As of Spring 2023, if you receive a student loan, all approved funding will be sent directly to you. It is your responsibility to be aware of the tuition/fees owed to the college. You must pay all your tuition and fees according to the college's payment schedule.

Pay your tuition through your Canadian bank or credit union’s online banking, mobile banking, or mobile app.

• Log into your bank's website, mobile app, or mobile site.
• Look for the "Bill Payments" section and choose the option to add a new bill or payee.
• To set up Bow Valley College as a bill payment option, search and select "Bow Valley College."
• Your account number is your Bow Valley College student ID number (and may include up to the first seven letters of your last name).
• Choose "Bow Valley College" from your list of bill payments, confirm the correct student ID number, and make the payment.
• Most banks will provide you with a confirmation or reference number after you make the payment.

Bank payments take up to four (4) days to transfer from your bank to Bow Valley College and will not appear immediately in your student account. Make your payment before the fee deadline to avoid overdue charges. Confirmation fee payments should be made with enough time to allow for processing in order to avoid losing your admission offer.

We do not charge a fee for online or mobile bank payments. However, your bank may charge its own fee.

Pay your tuition through most Canadian banks’ or credit unions’ telephone banking by adding Bow Valley College as a bill payment.

• Call your bank's telephone banking. The number is often on the back of your bank card.
• Follow the instructions on the automated system or speak with a telephone banking representative to add "Bow Valley College" as a bill payment. Your account number is your six-digit Bow Valley College student number (and for some banks may include the first seven (7) letters of your last name).
• Pay your tuition like any other bill payment using the automated system or by speaking with a banking representative.
• Most banks will provide you with a confirmation or reference number when you make your payment.

Bank payments take up to four (4) days to transfer from your bank to Bow Valley College and will not appear immediately in your student account. Make your payment before the fee deadline to avoid overdue charges. Confirmation fee payments should be made with enough time to allow for processing in order to avoid losing your admission offer.

We do not charge a fee for telephone bank payments. However, your bank may charge its own fee. 

You can mail your cheque, money order, or bank draft drawn from a Canadian bank or credit union payable to “Bow Valley College." Write your Bow Valley College student ID number or Alberta Student Number in the memo field.

     Bow Valley College
     Office of the Registrar
     345 6 Avenue SE
     Calgary, AB T2G 4V1

We do not accept post-dated cheques, cheques from non-Canadian banks, or in currency other than Canadian dollars.

Never send cash in the mail.

We do not charge a fee for cheque or money order payments. However, your bank may charge its own fee.