| Date | Deadline / event |
|---|---|
| February 28 | Accounting and Financial Management, Architecture, all Mathematics programs, and all Engineering programs: deadline for Admission Information Form, required documents, and English language results (if applicable) |
| March 21 | March Break Open House |
| April 3 | All programs other than Accounting and Financial Management, Architecture, Mathematics, Engineering, and Software Engineering: deadline for the Admission Information Form, required documents, and English language results (if applicable). |
| April 15 | Deadline for Ontario students to apply for an entrance bursary. |
| mid-May | Most Waterloo offers of admission are sent at this time. |
| late May | Admitted students will receive an invitation to our You @ Waterloo Day open house, held in late May. |
| June 1 | Deadline to accept an offer of admission and guaranteed residence. You must accept both offers to guarantee residence. |
| June 15 | Recommended deadline to apply for OSAP (for Ontario students/residents) or for financial assistance programs in other provinces. |
| July and August | View or create your class schedule, pay fees, attend optional 101 Days, and Orientation. |
| early September | Classes begin. |
If you have questions about these deadlines or your application, please contact myapplication@uwaterloo.ca. See below for additional program-specific deadlines.
Additional deadlines
Faculty of Engineering
| On-going | You should submit your Admission Information Form within 3 weeks of Waterloo receiving your application |
|---|---|
| February 4 | Canadian Computing Competition registration deadline (recommended for Software Engineering) |
| November | Engineering Shadow Days |
| March 18 | Euclid Mathematics Contest registration deadline (recommended for Software Engineering) |
Faculty of Mathematics
| November 1 | Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest registration deadline |
|---|---|
| February 4 | Olympiad, Global, and National Scholarships application deadline |
| February 4 | Canadian Computing Competition registration deadline |
| March 18 | Euclid Mathematics Contest registration deadline |
Faculty of Science
| April 17 | Sir Isaac Newton Physics Exam registration deadline |
|---|---|
| February | Chem 13 News Exam registration opens |
Architecture
| mid-March | Invitations to attend an Architecture interview are sent |
|---|---|
| mid-April | On-campus interviews |
| late April | Offers of Admission are sent |
Conditional Admission to Pharmacy (CAP)
View complete details about the CAP admissions process.
| March 2 | Admission Information Form deadline |
|---|---|
| April 3 | Deadline to submit two online letters of reference, high school transcripts with mid-term or predicted grades (students outside Ontario), English language test scores (if applicable). |
| August 4 | Deadline for official high school transcripts indicating final grades and graduation (students outside Ontario) or for official IB diploma results and AP exam results (if applicable). |
Computing and Financial Management
| February 4 | Canadian Computing Competition registration deadline |
|---|---|
| March 18 | Euclid Mathematics Contest registration deadline |
Optometry
| October 26, 2019 | Admission Information Form deadline |
|---|---|
| November 30, 2019 | Confidential Assessment Form deadline |
