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	Ottawa Nursing (4 years) – Ottawa campus (French Immersion Stream is available) OUAC ONE Remove	McMaster Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences I- Health Engineering Science & Entrepreneurship OUAC MIH Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	90%	90%“A minimum of 90% is required for consideration. Admission is by selection.”Admission by selection — the real bar may sit above this
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	SBI4U SCH4U	ENG4U MCV4U SBI4U SCH4U SPH4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	one of ENG4U, FRA4U	—
Prerequisitesas published	ENG4U or FRA4U SBI4U SCH4U One of the following: MCF3M or MCR3U or one 4U Math A minimum average of 65% is required for each prerequisite course. +1 more on the program page	English 4U Calculus & Vectors 4U Biology 4U Chemistry 4U Physics 4U
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Yes OUAC application deadline: January 15, 2027. Admission is by selection and applications will be required to complete a mandatory supplementary application Usually closes before January 15
Co-op	No	Available
Degree	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	151	—
What you study	Human Biology Nursing	Biotechnology General or Integrated Engineering Molecular Biology, Biochemistry Others in Subjects Related to Medicine
What it is	You study how to become a registered nurse, learning anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and clinical skills through classroom and hospital placements. This four-year program combines theory with hands-on patient care experience, preparing you to write the licensing exam and work in hospitals, clinics, or community health settings. It suits people who want direct healthcare practice and can commit to shift work and emotionally demanding environments.	This program combines engineering design with biology and medicine so you can solve health-care problems using technology and innovation. Unlike a standard biomedical engineering degree, it explicitly weaves in entrepreneurship and business thinking, preparing you to develop and bring new medical devices or health technologies to market. It suits people who want to build things that help patients and are interested in turning ideas into real products or companies.
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	5 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	University of Ottawa on OUInfo	McMaster University on OUInfo

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