posted May 6: Highlights from Board of Governors meeting

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BY Danelle D'Alvise

May 1, 2002

Highlights from the April 25 meeting of the Board of Governors include the approval of: tuition and miscellaneous fees for the 2002-03 academic year, four new capital projects and The Management Group (TMG) Total Rewards Redevelopment.

Tuition Fees

  • Effective September 2002, tuition fees for Canadian students enrolled in undergraduate programs in Arts & Science, Engineering, Humanities, Science, Social Science, Nursing and Business will increase by 2.0%.
  • Tuition fees for graduate programs other than the MBA program are frozen at 2001-02 levels. The MBA program will have a fee increase of 19.0%.

  • International student fees for undergraduate programs have been frozen at 2001-02 levels, with the exception of the Faculty of Business, which has decreased its fees for undergraduate international students. International student fees for graduate programs have been frozen at 2001-02 levels, except for full and part-time international MBA fees, which will increase by 20.0%.

  • Miscellaneous fees are collected on behalf of and remitted to student organizations. Increases to these fees were approved by student referendum prior to approval by the Board of Governors. The fee structure for miscellaneous fees (students taking 18 or more units) can be found by linking to Supplementary Fees

Capital Projects

  • A Health Sciences Expansion will be constructed north of the existing east wing of the McMaster University Medical Centre (MUMC) and east of the Life Sciences Building. This five-storey, multi-use facility will accomodate lecture theatres, Faculty of Health Sciences educational program space, the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Health, a research incubator, laboratories and hospital space (linked to MUMC by a bridge). Each floor will be approximately 55,000 square feet. Estimated project cost is $60.5 million.

  • A five-level, 550 space Parking Structure will be constructed in the southwest area of campus in the Zone 3 Annex parking lot. Project costs are estimated at $9 million, plus associated professional fees. The parking structure will be completed by fall of 2003 to accomodate the campus parking demand impact of the double cohort.

  • Expansion to the Information and Technology Building (ITB) was first approved in July of 2001. The scope of the project has now been expanded to include a basement which will add an additonal 9,000 square feet and increase the original cost from $7.5 million to $8.6 million. The additional $1.1 million will be fully recovered from the Faculty of Engineering.

  • A Temporary Classroom has been approved for use beginning September 2002. The location for the classroom is currently under review. There are four possible locations: the tennis court area; Zone 2 parking lot south of the tennis courts; between the Institute for Applied Health Sciences and the Information Technology Building; in Zone 4 parking lot. The 50 X 100 foot pre-engineered steel structure will accomodate 350 students at a projected cost of $480,000. The temporary classroom will be used only until the lecture theatres in the new Health Sciences expansion are available.

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