All official documents, including transcripts and English language test results, must be sent directly to the University by the issuing institution or testing authority.
Ontario high school students (101 application)
Grade 12 U or M courses
- If you’re currently enrolled in an Ontario high school, no action is required – your school will send us your grades automatically.
- If you’re not currently enrolled in an Ontario high school, please complete the OUAC 105 application and arrange for your school to send us your official transcript.
Night school, correspondence, or summer school courses
- As soon as your mid-term and/or final grades are available, arrange for your home school to send them to the Ontario Universities' Application Centre.
All other students (105 application)
- Deadline for submitting transcripts and English language test scores
- Accounting and Financial Management, Architecture, Engineering, Software Engineering, and Conditional Admission to Pharmacy (CAP): March 1st
- For all other programs, the deadline is April 6th
Upload school transcripts
- Once you have received your Waterloo ID#, you'll be able to upload your unofficial school transcripts using Quest.
- If you are a current Ontario high school student or a CEGEP student, your school will send us your grades automatically - you do not need to upload your high school transcript.
- If you attend a high school outside of Ontario, have been out of high school for at least one year, or have attended a post-secondary college or university, you can upload your transcripts using Quest.
- We can use unofficial uploaded transcripts to assess your application.
- If you receive a conditional offer of admission from Waterloo, your official transcript with final grades must be submitted directly from your school or Ministry of Education to the Office of the Registrar.
- Your unofficial school transcripts must be saved as a PDF. The maximum file size is 1.5 MB. The transcript must be legible when the document is at 100% sizing.
- Keep the file name short and do not use brackets (), question marks (?), quotation marks ("), or any special characters (&, $, %) in the file name.
- Only one PDF transcript per institution can be uploaded. Additional school transcripts or new grade information can be emailed (myapplication@uwaterloo.ca) or mailed.
- Watch our video below about uploading your transcripts:
Email your transcripts to us
- Send it to myapplication@uwaterloo.ca with the transcript as a PDF attachment
- Use the subject line: New version of transcript
- Include your 8-digit Waterloo ID#
Did you upload an incorrect transcript or document?
If you uploaded an incorrect transcript (e.g., a certificate or diploma without grades instead of a transcript with grades), send an email to myapplication@uwaterloo.ca, attach the correct document as a PDF file, and include the following information.
Subject Line: Incorrect Document Upload
In the email:
Waterloo ID Number: [your 8-digit Waterloo ID#]
Document Incorrectly Uploaded: [e.g. transcript for school X]
Date of Upload: [e.g. February 26, 2018]
Official final transcripts
If you receive a conditional offer of admission, your official transcript with final grades must be submitted directly from your school to the Office of the Registrar as soon as it is available.
The transcript must be mailed directly from the school to Waterloo in order to meet your conditions. Uploaded documents will not be acceptable for meeting your offer conditions.
University of Waterloo mailing address (for submitting documents)
Office of the Registrar
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave W
Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 CANADA
