Applying and admissions

What you need to know

• Admission requirements
• Transfer students
• How to apply
• Once you've applied
• Admission Information Form
• English language requirements
• Math and computing contests
• Repeated and non-day school course policies
• Offers of admissions

What courses do you need to apply? 

Ontario high school requirements

(All others see out-of-province and international requirements below)

Program	Required courses - Grade 12 U unless otherwise specified. Minimum (min) requirements: 6 Grade 12 U or M courses; including all required courses	Admissions average - Based on individual selection
Business Administration (WLU) and Computer Science (Waterloo) Co-op	Advanced Functions, Calculus and Vectors, English, one other Grade 12U course	Low 90s
Computer Science Regular/Co-op	Advanced Functions, Calculus and Vectors, English, one other Grade 12U course	Low 90s
Computing and Financial Management Co-op	Advanced Functions, Calculus and Vectors, English (min 75%), one other Grade 12U course	Low 90s
Software Engineering Co-op	Advanced Functions (min 70%), Calculus and Vectors (min 70%), Chemistry (min 70%), English (min 70%), Physics (min 70%) Experience in developing well-structured modular programs is also required	Low 90s
Notes Science course equivalencies for each system of study Admissions averages are stated for starting consideration and may not reflect the cut off averages at the end of our admissions cycle All of our programs are direct entry; including co-op and regular

Out-of-province applicants

Out-of-province requirements

International applicants

International requirements

Transfer students

If you have completed a degree or are working towards completing a degree at a college or university, you will be considered a transfer student when you apply.

Learn about our transfer requirements and procedures to apply.

Apply through OUAC

You'll apply to the University of Waterloo through the Ontario Universities Application Centre (OUAC).

Two weeks after completing your application, you should receive an email from the University of Waterloo acknowledging the receipt of your application.

If you do not hear back from us, please check your junk mail and then contact our admissions office: myapplication@uwaterloo.ca.

After you have applied

• Add us to your address book to ensure that the email we send you isn't filtered as spam.
• Arrange to have your grades and, in some cases, course descriptions sent to us.
• Stay informed about important dates and deadlines.
• You may confirm or change your email address on Quest once you are issued a Waterloo ID.
• We anticipate offers will be made in mid-May 2021.

Admission Information Form

• Once we have received your application, you'll be asked to complete an Admission Information Form (AIF)
• The AIF is required for admission to all Computer Science programs.

English language requirements

You are required to provide an English proficiency test score if:

• Your first language is not English
• Your 4 most recent years of full-time education have NOT been in an English-language school system

Get information about English language test scores and our Bridge to Academic Success in English (BASE) program from our Faculty of Mathematics website.

Canadian Computing Competition, Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest (CSMC) and Euclid Math Contest

Fall 2022 Admissions

Participation in the Mathematics Contest will be running as normal this year. While these contests are not required for admission, in some cases, a strong performance can improve your chance of admission, therefore they are highly recommended. Most Faculty of Math scholarships require a score from at least one of two contests. We encourage all applicants to participate.

Participate in our math and computing contests organized by the Centre for Education in Math and Computing: