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	Ottawa Software Engineering (4 years) (French Immersion Stream is available) OUAC OJA Remove	Guelph Computer Engineering (BEng) (co-op admission only) OUAC GBL Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	85%	84–89%“84 to 89%”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	MCV4U MHF4U	ENG4U MCV4U MHF4U SCH4U SPH4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	one of ENG4U, FRA4U one of ICS4U, SBI4U, SCH4U, SPH4U	—
Prerequisitesas published	ENG4U or FRA4U MHF4U MCV4U 1 of SBI4U, SCH4U, SPH4U, Computer Science 4U A minimum average of 70% is required for each prerequisite course. +2 more on the program page	ENG4U MCV4U MHF4U SCH4U SPH4U +1 more on the program page
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	Available
Degree	Bachelor of Applied Science, BASc, Bachelor of Engineering (Co-op), BEng (Co-op)	—
First-year intakewhere published	92	—
What you study	General or Integrated Engineering Software Engineering	Computer Animation and Visual Effects Computer Science Design General or Integrated Engineering
What it is	You study how to design, build, and test software systems that solve real problems — the programs and apps that run on computers and devices. The co-op stream requires you to alternate between study terms and paid work terms at software companies, giving you workplace experience alongside your degree. This program suits people who want to combine coding and problem-solving skills with practical industry experience before graduating.	Computer Engineering combines the design and building of computer hardware and software systems. You'll study circuits, processors, programming, and how to integrate them into working devices — going deeper into the physical and mathematical foundations than a pure computer science program. This admission stream requires you to complete mandatory work terms alongside your studies, alternating between school and paid engineering jobs in industry.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	12 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	University of Ottawa on OUInfo	University of Guelph on OUInfo

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