University of Windsor
Programs
66
Range spans
70–80
With co-op
32
The University of Windsor (UWindsor, U of W, or UWin) is a public research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's southernmost university. It has approximately 17,500 students. The university was incorporated by the provincial government in 1962 and has more than 150,000 alumni.
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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
We will use the highest grade achieved for a repeated course.
- Summer school, night school, e-learning and private school
We accept all Ministry-inspected and approved courses.
- Your Grade 11 marks
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.
- Whether your OUAC ranking matters
We do not consider ranking for admission purposes. • We consider students equally for all programs that they apply to.
- If you don't get your first choice
Alternative offers are automatic. We will make alternative offers of admission from late March through mid-May if a student is not eligible for their preferred program(s).
We automatically reassess applicants for their preferred program(s) as new grades are received as space permits.
- Supplementary applications
Bachelor of Music: Audition • Bachelor of Music and Concurrent Education: Audition • Commercial Aviation Leadership: Supplementary application and Transport Canada medical
- Scholarship deadlines
April 30, 2026, for most scholarships requiring an application.
- Scholarships you have to apply for
Students may complete the UWinAward Student Profile to be considered for additional entrance scholarships valued from $1,000 to $40,000. Deadline: April 30, 2026. www.uwindsor.ca/studentawards/381/uwinawardapplication
We may offer a minimal level of support automatically with a student's offer of admission.
The Outstanding Scholars Program awards additional scholarships of $750 per semester to 100 students entering first-year studies directly from high school with a minimum average of 85%. After first year, students are eligible to apply for undergraduate research appointments. | www.uwindsor.ca/outstandingscholars
Elevate Scholarship: We offer undergraduate entrance scholarships for Black, Indigenous and female students, and for students who identify as non-binary, of up to $5,000 and with a guaranteed summer research position in the Faculty of Engineering following the completion of their first year.
- 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
• 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.
- Tuition deposit
$2,000 tuition deposit for all undergraduate international applicants. Deposits are due June 1, 2026.
- 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
Which mark they use when you take a course twice.
Whether courses taken outside your regular day school are treated the same.
Whether they look at Grade 11, and when.
Does the order you list programs in change anything?
Whether they'll offer you a related program instead.
Whether this university wants more than marks.
Awards beyond the automatic ones.
Taking a year before you start.
Windsor's GPA scale — the percentage scale you are graded on once you arrive, from the registrar
Windsor acceptance rate — why there isn’t one, and the published bars that decide instead
What you apply to, by subject
Windsor admits into 25 entry points across these 35 subjects. Some are direct entry; for the rest you apply to something broader and choose later.
- accounting
- architecture
- biochemistry
- biology
- chemistry
- commerce/business
- communications
- computer science
- criminology
- earth science
- economics
- education
- engineering
- english
- environmental science
- finance
- geography
- health sciences
- history
- kinesiology
- languages
- life sciences
- marketing
- mathematics
- medical sciences
- microbiology
- neuroscience
- nursing
- philosophy
- physics
- political science
- psychology
- sociology
- software engineering
- statistics
How Windsor is set up
Not a ranking — the structural facts that shape what a year here feels like, computed from Windsor’s own listings. Universities list at different grain (Windsor lists 66), so read the counts rather than comparing percentages between campuses.
48%
of programs offer co-op
32 of 66 listings. Co-op is a real option here but not the default path.
24/33
subjects you apply straight into
You mostly apply directly to the subject: 24 of 33 common majors are direct entry, so first year is already your program.
Living there
Guaranteed
first-year residence
Last year’s terms (Fall 2026). The Fall 2027 dates weren’t posted when this was checked.
For all students entering first year who apply by June 5 and pay the $475 non-refundable deposit. After that date, rooms depend on availability.
Source: uwindsor.ca · checked September 11, 2026
10,920
full-time undergraduates
Fall 2025 count.
Source: Council of Ontario Universities (Ministry data, which counts diploma and certificate students too) · checked September 11, 2026
Compare first-year residence at every Ontario campus
Windsor open house 2026
- Fall Open House 2026Saturday, October 24, 2026 · 10:00AM - 3:00PM · In person
- Spring Open House 2027Saturday, April 3, 2027 · In person
Every Ontario university open house this fall
Ontario Universities’ Fair, September 26–27. University of Windsor has a booth in the Exhibit Hall, but no talk on the presentation schedule. Plan your day
Where it is
Open in Google Maps · Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
All 66 programs
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- 80%Communication, Media and Film (with Co-op)OUAC NAC· co-op
- 80%Concurrent General Bachelor of Mathematics/Bachelor of EducationOUAC NSM
- 80%Concurrent General Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of EducationOUAC NSE
- 80%Drama (with Co-op)OUAC NDT· co-op
- 80%English (with Co-op)OUAC NAE· co-op
- 80%French (with Co-op)OUAC NKY· co-op
- 80%History (with Co-op)OUAC NAA· co-op
- 80%Modern Languages and Second-Language Education (Spanish Stream) (with Co-op)OUAC NKZ· co-op
- 80%Philosophy (with Co-op)OUAC NAP· co-op
- 80%Political Science (with Co-op)OUAC NAB· co-op
- 80%Psychology (with Co-op)OUAC NAF· co-op
- 75%Concurrent General Bachelor of Arts (Communication, Media and Film)/Bachelor of EducationOUAC NXF
- 75%Concurrent General Bachelor of Arts (Drama)/Bachelor of EducationOUAC NX· supp. app
- 75%Concurrent General Bachelor of Arts (English)/Bachelor of EducationOUAC NXA
- 75%Concurrent General Bachelor of Arts (French Studies)/Bachelor of EducationOUAC NXD
- 75%Concurrent General Bachelor of Arts (History)/Bachelor of EducationOUAC NXE
- 75%Concurrent General Bachelor of Arts (Political Science)/Bachelor of EducationOUAC NXG
- 75%Concurrent General Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)/Bachelor of Education/Diploma in Early Childhood EducationOUAC NXB
- 75%Concurrent General Bachelor of Arts (Visual Art)/Bachelor of EducationOUAC NXC
- 75%Concurrent General Bachelor of Arts with Second Language Education/Bachelor of EducationOUAC NXH
- 75%Visual Arts and the Built Environment (VABE)OUAC NFB
- 74%Civil EngineeringOUAC NEB· co-op
- 74%Electrical EngineeringOUAC NEN· co-op
- 74%Environmental EngineeringOUAC NEK· co-op
- 74%General EngineeringOUAC NE· co-op
- 74%Industrial EngineeringOUAC NEH· co-op
- 74%Mechanical EngineeringOUAC NEJ· co-op
- 74%Mechatronic Systems EngineeringOUAC NEF· co-op
- 73–78%Business AdministrationOUAC NC· co-op
- 70%Actuarial ScienceOUAC NMA
- 70%Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Health Studies or Bachelor of Sport Management and LeadershipOUAC NP· co-op
- 70%Behaviour, Cognition and NeuroscienceOUAC NSX
- 70–75%BiochemistryOUAC NSY· co-op
- 70%Biomedical SciencesOUAC NSD
- 70–75%ChemistryOUAC NSC· co-op
- 70%Commercial Aviation LeadershipOUAC NQA· supp. app
- 70%Communication, Media and FilmOUAC NKM· co-op
- 70–75%Computer ScienceOUAC NT· co-op
- 70%CriminologyOUAC NCR
- 70%Disability StudiesOUAC NAD
- 70%Dramatic ArtOUAC NDS· co-op· supp. app
- 70%EconomicsOUAC NH· co-op
- 70%EnglishOUAC NAW· co-op
- 70%Environmental Science/Environmental StudiesOUAC NLS
- 70%Film ProductionOUAC NFC
- 70%Forensic Science/ForensicsOUAC NFS
- 70%FrenchOUAC NKA· co-op
- 70%Greek and Roman StudiesOUAC NKB
- 70%HistoryOUAC NKC· co-op
- 70%Interdisciplinary Arts and ScienceOUAC NAS
- 70%International RelationsOUAC NJI
- 70%Liberal Arts and Professional StudiesOUAC NKD
- 70%Mathematics & StatisticsOUAC NMH
- 70%Modern LanguagesOUAC NKE· co-op
- 70%MusicOUAC NM
- 70%NursingOUAC NN
- 70%PhilosophyOUAC NKF· co-op
- 70%PhysicsOUAC NSP· co-op
- 70–80%Political ScienceOUAC NKG· co-op
- 70%PsychologyOUAC NKH· co-op
- 70%Social WorkOUAC NW
- 70%SociologyOUAC NKI
- 70%Undeclared MajorOUAC NKN
- 70%Visual ArtsOUAC NF· supp. app
- 70%Women's and Gender StudiesOUAC NKJ
- —BiologyOUAC NSB