Application process
Applications for September 2025 will open September 19, 2024 and close November 14, 2024.
- Visit Optometry Important Dates for all application cycle deadlines.
- The earliest you can apply is September of your third year, one year before you wish to enter the Optometry program.
1. Apply online
- In the academic background section, enter the date of your undergraduate degree or last term.
- In the section for transcripts, only universities in Ontario can be ordered.
- OUAC will collect
- Program Choice: Entry into Optometry for your chosen year
- Personal Information: Basic identification, citizenship, OAT status etc.
- Postal and E-mail Addresses
- Post-secondary Academic Background
- Transcripts:
- If you are attending an Ontario university:
- You must use the online system to request your current university transcripts. There is an extra fee.
- If you attend(ed) university outside Ontario, you must order the transcript from your school.
- See the transcripts requirements page for more details.
- If you are attending an Ontario university:
- Application fee
- The non-refundable, non-transferable application fee is paid to OUAC when completing the online application. If applicable, there is an extra fee for requesting Ontario university transcripts.
2. After you apply online
Within about a week of submitting the online application, you will receive a confirmation email from OUAC.
Within two weeks you will receive an email from Waterloo regarding the second step with your Waterloo ID# and information on how to access and complete the Admission Information Form (AIF).
- Admission Information Form (AIF) will include sections for:
- References: add contact information for your two references
- Job shadowing, work and volunteer experience
- Non-academic profile
- CASPer test: you'll need your Waterloo ID# to write the CASPer test, which is a non-academic admission requirement.
Please check back soon for further updates to the application process.