Important dates

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 15 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.
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, and participate in Waterloo Ready 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
 
 

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