Nipissing University

How Nipissing actually handles things

From the OUAC’s Guidance Dialogues Resource Guide (Spring 2026), which OUAC publishes for guidance counsellors rather than students. Read the original. Policies change — confirm anything you’re about to act on.

If you repeat a course

Which mark they use when you take a course twice.

We will use the highest grade achieved to calculate the average.

Summer school, night school, e-learning and private school

Whether courses taken outside your regular day school are treated the same.

We accept all courses completed at Ministry-inspected and -approved schools.

Schools must send midterm and/or final grades for these courses to the OUAC by April 24, 2026, to be included in the regular admission decision timelines.

Schools should submit summer school grades by August 15, 2026.

Your Grade 11 marks

Whether they look at Grade 11, and when.

Some applicants may receive conditional offers based on Grade 11 grades. Supplemental Application

We do not require supplemental applications for any of our undergraduate programs for students coming directly from high school. Ranking on OUAC Application

We do not use application ranking for admission decisions. We make an admission decision for every application choice. Tuition Deposit

A tuition deposit is not required for domestic students. • Information for international students: https://international.nipissingu.ca/application-steps First-year Course Selection Process

We strongly encourage students to take part in the New Student Orientation process that incorporates comprehensive information on course selection and registration.

Direct assistance from academic advisors is also available: www.nipissingu.ca/academic. Support for Transition to University

Automatic entrance scholarships

Money you get for your average without applying for it.

Guaranteed to all high school students admitted to fulltime studies with a minimum final average of 80% or higher in their best six 4U/M courses, not including prerequisites, or an IB score of 30 or higher (including bonus points).

Students with 95% or higher (IB score of 39 or higher) will receive free domestic tuition. These scholarships are automatic and do not require an application. www.nipissingu.ca/highschoolawards

Scholarship deadlines

May 1, 2026

Bursaries

www.nipissingu.ca/financialaid

Special consideration

If something happened that affected your marks.

We are committed to diversity, equity and accessibility and have reserved spaces in our undergraduate programs for students from groups including, but not limited to: o persons with disabilities, o economically disadvantaged individuals, o Franco-Ontarians, o Indigenous persons, o visible minorities, o LGBTQ+ individuals and o those from northern, remote and rural areas.

Contact the Admissions Office at admissions@nipissingu.ca or ext. 4600.

Deferring your offer

Taking a year before you start.

Students may submit a request for a deferral form. Before submitting a request, students must accept their offer of admission, meet all conditions of their offer and have no outstanding documents.

Students may not attend any other postsecondary institution during their deferral period.

www.nipissingu.ca/departments/office-registrar/ admission-requirements/deferral-requests.

AP and IB

AP: We encourage applicants who completed AP courses to submit their examination results.

We will grant transfer credit for most AP courses completed with a grade of 4 or higher, to a maximum of 18 credits. Our College Board number is 4149.

IB: We will consider applicants who successfully complete the IB diploma with at least 6 subjects, including 3 at the Higher Level, with a minimum final grade total of 24.

We may grant transfer credit to a maximum of 30 credits for diploma completion or individual courses completed at the Higher Level or Standard Level with a grade of 5 or higher.

Changing programs

Redesigned Sociology Program - Beginning in the fall of 2026, Nipissing is launching a newly redesigned Sociology program that integrates the strengths of Anthropology, Gender Equality & Social Justice, and Religions & Cultures into one interdisciplinary degree structured around 5 flexible curriculum concentrations offering students more options and a clearer pathway to their goals. Concentrations include: o Health, Death and Wellness o Education and Society o Social Analysis and Public Policy o Environment and Social Justice o Media, Communications and Culture

Transfer credit

www.nipissingu.ca/transfer-college-or-university

English proficiency

Information about acceptable proof of English proficiency is available at: www.nipissingu.ca/applyinternational.