Comment remplir votre profil étudiant dans l’application FAAS (Aide financière, bourses d’études et prix)

The Student Profile section of the Financial Aid, Awards and Scholarships (FAAS) Application lets you submit personal and financial information that can be used by York University to connect you to available award opportunities.

Watch this step-by-step tutorial video or follow the steps below to learn how to complete your Student Profile in York University's Financial Aid, Awards and Scholarships (FAAS) Application.

  1. Visit https://yorku.smartsimple.ca/ 
  2. Click the Sign in with Passport York button. You will be redirected to the Passport York login screen.
  3. Enter your Passport York username and password.
  4. After a successful login, you will be redirected to the Student Portal screen.

If you do not yet have a Passport York account, or if you have forgotten your username or password, visit the University Information Technology website for instructions and help.

  1. Once you have logged in, go to the Profile Management section on the left side of the portal screen.
  2. In the Profile Management section, click Student Profile.

3. Click the Open​​​​​​ button to open your profile.

The Student Profile has the following tabs:

  • Student Information
  • Demographics
  • Extracurriculars
  • Research/Travel
  • Finances
  • Privacy and Declaration

The Student Information tab displays personal information from your York University student record. Please review this information for accuracy. If any of your personal information needs to be updated, visit the Student Personal Information webpage.

The Demographics tab has questions about your Ontario residency status and asks about your identification as a:

  • first-generation post-secondary student,
  • a person with a disability,
  • an Indigenous learner,
  • your ethno-racial ancestry,
  • your sexual orientation and,
  • if you were ever in the care of a Children's Aid Society or a Child and Family Services Agency.

Your responses to these questions are optional and the information provided will be used for the sole purpose of matching you to award opportunities. 

The Extracurriculars tab asks about your community involvement, volunteer work and other activities on- and off-campus.  

To add your activities to the engagement section: 

  1. Click on the Add/Update Engagement and Leadership Activities button.  
  2. Click on the plus (+) sign to add a row for each activity. 
  3.  Add specific details about your role/involvement in the Statement of Activities section. 
  4. Use the navigation bar at the bottom of the page to access all columns/fields. 

If you are a graduate student with funding from York, you must also confirm on this screen whether you applied (or will apply) for a teaching assistant (TA) position at York this academic year. 

The Research/Travel tab is primarily intended for supporting graduate students with bursaries and awards related to attending conferences to present their research.

The Finances tab lets you input financial information to generate an assessment for need-based awards. 

In this tab, you can create and submit a Need Assessment. This will calculate the difference between your available financial resources and your educational costs. A new Need Assessment is required for each study period. For Undergraduate students, that would be Fall/Winter and Summer (if applicable). For Graduate students, that would be for Fall, Winter and Summer

It is strongly recommended to complete a Need Assessment to be considered for maximum award opportunities.  

How to Complete a Need Assessment: 

  1. Click the plus (+) button in the Finances tab to create a new Need Assessment
  2. You will be asked if you wish to submit your financial information to be considered for need-based awards. Select Yes or No
  3. If you select No, press Save Draft and then Continue.  
  4. If you select Yes and then Save Draft, you will see a new drop-down list to select the program you are applying for. Choose the program(s) you are enrolled in for the current academic year (i.e. 2026-2027 FW Faculty of Health BSC GH) and then click Continue
  5. Answer all questions on the Need Assessment and save your progress by clicking the Save Draft button. 
  6. Click Submit once you have answered all questions.  
  7. The FAAS application will only permit you to submit one Need Assessment per study period. Click Open to make any changes up until the FAAS Application deadline. 
  8. IMPORTANT: Once you complete your Need Assessment, remember to click the Submit Profile button again.

The Privacy and Declaration tab describes how your submitted information will be used and asks you to declare that the information you submitted is complete, true and subject to verification. 

If you understand and agree to these conditions, click the I agree checkbox. If you do not click that checkbox, your application cannot be processed. 

To submit your profile after providing all required information, click Submit Profile

If you are not yet ready to submit your profile, click Save Draft and return later. 

You can make changes to a submitted profile up until the FAAS Application deadline by clicking Revise Profile to re-open it for editing. 

We love hearing from you!

Contact us

Email: faas@yorku.ca 

Please remember to include your full name and your student number (or application reference number) in your email.