Information for joint academic program undergraduate applicants

Required documents for your application must arrive to Waterloo no later than March 16, 2026. You are required to submit:

• A current official university transcript with a certified English language translation. If your transcript does NOT indicate your current course enrollment you will need to include a letter (preferably from your advisor) listing your current courses.
• A copy of your language test results: CET4 and 6 if available.
• You can upload unofficial documents to Quest. If your second-year grades are not available by the deadline, please submit them as soon as possible.
• French Studies students: A copy of your Test National du français enseigné à titre de spécialité level 4.
• A printed copy of your completed application form with your institution’s nomination signature.
• If your first language is not English, and your four most recent years of full-time education have NOT been in an English-language school system, you will need to meet our English language requirements.

How to submit your documents

You need to upload a copy of your transcript by March 16, 2026. A final official transcript, including all your courses, will also be required after your school year has ended in July 2026. Transcripts must come directly from your institution in a sealed envelope to be official.

Transcript(s) are required from all post-secondary schools attended. If you are currently attending a university, please ensure that an interim transcript indicating your fall and winter enrollment is forwarded to the Registrar’s Office (or uploaded to your Quest account) by March 16, 2026.

Registrar’s Office - Joint Academic Programs
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. West
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Fax: 519-746-2882

Find out more about required documents and how to submit them to Waterloo, as well as a tutorial on uploading your transcripts to Quest.

Use Quest to see if we have received your documents by logging in to your Quest account. Click on Student Center and then Admissions to see the programs you applied to. Click on Documents and you will see the schools you have listed as your previous institutions. If you see the 'upload' link beside the school name, this means that we have not received documents from that school.

You can upload a pdf of your transcript so that we can review your application for admission. Transcripts will not be accepted via email.

• Your unofficial school transcripts must be saved as a PDF. The maximum file size is 3MB. The transcript must be legible when the document is viewed at 100% sizing.
• Keep the file name short and use letters and numbers only. Do not use brackets (), question marks (?), quotation marks ("), or any special characters (&, $, %) in the file name.

You can upload documents once a day. You may not upload documents between 12 a.m. and 1 a.m. Eastern Time. Once a transcript has been added successfully to your file, the "date last received" field will be updated. After 24 hours, the upload link will reappear allowing you to submit new grade information, e.g., transcripts.