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Application/Admission Information
Application Procedures
Applicants for full-time, undergraduate studies must apply
through the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre (O.U.A.C.).
Current Ontario secondary school students should contact their
guidance office for application instructions. All others use the
O.U.A.C. 105 application form, which is available at all Ontario
universities or on the web at
Applicants for part-time studies must use the University of
Windsor application form, which is available on the web at
Application Deadlines
Candidates from outside continental North America must apply
and submit all supporting documents to the Registrar’s Office
before March 1 for registration in the Fall term.
All other candidates must apply and submit all supporting
documents as follows: August 1 for the Fall term; December 1 for
the Winter term; and April 1 for the Summer term (Intersession
and Summer Session).
Year III Honours Bachelor of Social Work programs—February 1
Year III Social Work and Diaspora Studies—February 1
Year III Social Work and Disability Studies—February 1
Year III Social Work and Women’s Studies—February 1
Year III Criminology—May 1
Year III Forensics and Criminology—May 1
English Language Proficiency
Applicants whose native language is not English must
demonstrate proficiency in English to be considered for admission.
This can be demonstrated in one of the following ways:
1) Aminimum score of 6.5 on the International English Language
Testing System (IELTS); or
2) Aminimum score of 60 on the Carleton University’s Canadian
Academic English Language Assessment (CAEL); or
3) Successful completion of the University of Windsor’s English
Language Improvement Program (ELIP)* (level III) with a
minimum final grade of 75%; or
4) Aminimum score of 85 on the English Proficiency Test
administered by the English Language Institute of the University of
Michigan (MELAB); or
5) Aminimumscore of 220with a Test of Written English (T.W.E.) 4.5
on the Computer-based Test, 83with an essay score of 20 on the
Internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL); or
6) Receive aminimumof five semester transfer credits based on
work completed at a recognized English-speaking university.
(Normally, students must have at least one termof full-time
study.); or
7) Receive aminimumof one year of transfer credit based on work
completed at a non-university, post-secondary institution with
above average standing; or
8) The completion of all secondary or post-secondary education in
English speaking countries such as the UK, West Indies and other
countries as specified by the undergraduate admissions office; or
9) Can demonstrate that they have completed three years of full-
time secondary or post-secondary study in a school where the
language of instruction is English (e.g., in a British, Canadian,
American or Australian curriculumor an international diploma
like the International Baccalaureate) and can demonstrate English
proficiency. In some cases an English proficiency test may still be
required; or
10) Applicants who do not satisfy the above requirements and wish
exemptionmust provide the Admissions Office with a letter
detailing the reasons for their appeal and include a letter of
recommendation from their secondary school principal or
designate. Themanager of Undergraduate Admissions or director
of International Admissions assesses the request for exemption of
this requirement.
NOTE
: The University reserves the right to require applicants
with an English Language Proficiency score disparate from their
academic English prerequisite achievement to present further
evidence of proficiency.
*For more information on the University of Windsor’s 12-week
intensive English language training program,
Admission Requirements
The admission requirements described on pages 60-63 define the
minimum requirements for specific programs. Possession of the
minimum requirements guarantees only that the application will
be considered.
Admission Requirements for Students From Other
Canadian Provinces
Applicants completing the following levels of education are
considered equivalent to OSSD graduates.
Alberta
Grade 12
British Columbia
Grade 12 High School Diploma with four
academic courses at the Grade 12 level.
Provincial exams are not required, except
for Grade 12 English
Manitoba
Grade 12
Newfoundland
Grade 12
Northwest Territories Grade 12
Nova Scotia
Grade 12 or first year at a Nova Scotia
university after junior matriculation
Nunavut
Grade 12
Prince Edward Island Grade 12
Quebec
Grade 12 or completion of the first year of
a general program at a Collège
d’enseignement général et professionnel
(minimum of 12 semester subjects)
Saskatchewan
Grade 12
Yukon
Grade 12
PROGRAM AND ADMISSIONS GUIDE
2014/2015
