University of Windsor

How Windsor 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 for a repeated course.

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

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

We accept all Ministry-inspected and approved courses.

Your Grade 11 marks

Whether they look at Grade 11, and when.

Depending on the program, we may provide early offers based on a minimum of 80% in final Grade 11 U/M grades and registration in 6 Grade 12 U/M courses, including prerequisites.

We do not make offers based on Grade 11 grades for limited enrollment programs, such as Nursing, VABE and Concurrent Education. Supplemental Application

Bachelor of Music: Audition • Bachelor of Music and Concurrent Education: Audition • Commercial Aviation Leadership: Supplementary application and Transport Canada medical Ranking on OUAC Application

We do not consider ranking for admission purposes. • We consider students equally for all programs that they apply to. Tuition Deposit

$2,000 tuition deposit for all undergraduate international applicants. Deposits are due June 1, 2026. First-year Course Selection Process

Students should visit https://future.uwindsor.ca/next-steps and https://future.uwindsor.ca/plan-your-program for information about course selection, beginning mid-May.

Scholarship deadlines

April 30, 2026, for most scholarships requiring an application.

Bursaries

Students can apply for scholarships and bursaries by completing the UWinAward Student Profile on the UWinsite student portal. Drop-in sessions to support students are available.

Deadline: April 30, 2026. Automatic Open Entrance Scholarships

We guarantee financial support in the form of scholarships and/or bursaries to students with a minimum entering average of 85%, regardless of the first-entry undergraduate program they select.

The minimum entering average is based on the student's top 6 qualifying 4U/M interim and final grades available in May.

A scholarship offer may increase based on a review of final grades. Scholarship offers are not adjusted down based on final grades.

We send early financial aid offers at the time of admission based on a student's admission average; however, our offer may be conditional if a student's admission is based on Grade 11 or minimum three 4U/M grades.

Deferring your offer

Taking a year before you start.

• We consider requests for deferrals for most non-limited enrollment programs. https://ask.uwindsor.ca/app/answers/detail/a_id/534/ kw/undergraduatedeferral Students must satisfy all conditions of their original offer to be considered. A deferral may not exceed 1 academic year.

AP and IB

AP: Applicants who present AP credentials may receive transfer credit for approved courses with a grade of 4 or 5, to a maximum of 10 transfer courses (30.00 credit hours).

IB: Applicants who present IB credentials may receive transfer credit for approved courses with a grade of 5 or higher, to a maximum of 10 transfer courses (30.00 credit hours). Completion of the IB diploma is not a prerequisite for receiving transfer credit.

Changing programs

Aeronautics and Leadership name changed to Commercial Aviation Leadership.

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting: Paused • Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biochemistry (Pharmacy Stream) all have new co-op program options. • The Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences has several new co-op program options.

Transfer credit

https://future.uwindsor.ca/transfer

English proficiency

https://future.uwindsor.ca/international