Ontario Tech Engineering admission requirements: cut-offs by program, courses, co-op and Fall 2027 dates

Ontario Tech asks for the OSSD with six 4U or 4M courses. These must include English (ENG4U) with at least 60%, Advanced Functions (MHF4U), Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U), Chemistry (SCH4U) and Physics (SPH4U).

You also need a combined average of at least 70% in the required math and science courses, with no grade below 60%. The same rules apply to every engineering program listed here. Students from outside Ontario follow the separate admissions pages for their curriculum. Plan your Grade 12 year with our course planner.

Each engineering program page shows last year's cut-off and an expected cut-off. Last year's cut-off was 70% for Comprehensive, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Software and Nuclear Engineering. The expected cut-off is the mid-70s for most, the high 70s for Mechatronics and the low 70s for Nuclear.

Ontario Tech says admission is competitive and the needed average changes each year. Meeting the minimums does not guarantee an offer. It does not publish an Engineering acceptance rate. Our Ontario Tech acceptance rate page covers what it does share. Check your marks with our Top 6 average calculator.

You apply straight to a program, such as Software or Mechanical Engineering, with its own OUAC code. If you are undecided, Comprehensive Engineering (DEU) gives you a general first year. Before year 2 you apply to move into Automotive, Electrical, Energy, Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Nuclear or Software Engineering.

Ontario Tech says that move is competitive. You are not guaranteed your first choice and may be placed in another engineering program. Most programs also offer a five-year Bachelor of Engineering and Management.

The engineering program pages list no supplementary application, interview or Casper test. Ontario Tech selects students on school marks, the subjects taken and performance in the courses that matter for the program. Preference goes to the strongest applicants.

Every applicant must show English proficiency. That can be your first language, three years of full-time study in English, or an approved test score. AP scores of 4 or more and Higher Level IB scores of 5 or more can earn up to 18 credit hours of transfer credit.

If a disability has affected your marks, Ontario Tech lets you ask to be considered on that basis through Student Accessibility Services.

Apply through the OUAC by Friday, January 15. Ontario Tech says decisions for Fall 2027 will go out on a rolling basis from January 2027. By May 28 you should have an offer, a refusal or a waitlist spot.

Accept your offer by June 1. Send your residence application by the same date to guarantee a room. The tuition deposit is due June 4. Conditional offers need final marks and documents by August 13. Engineering also has a January start.

Most engineering programs have a direct-entry co-op option with its own OUAC code, such as DCW for Software Engineering. Ontario Tech says the minimum average for co-op is normally 80%, and exact cut-offs depend on applicants and space. If you are not admitted to co-op, you are considered for the regular program.

Co-op can give you up to 20 months of paid work before you graduate. For 2026-27, Ontario Tech lists a one-time co-op entrance fee of $754.23, a one-time career readiness workshop fee of $754.23 and $754.23 for each work term.

For 2026-27, Ontario Tech lists $11,443.38 a year for domestic Bachelor of Engineering students, based on 10 courses or 30 credit hours. International first-year students pay $46,561.31. Ancillary fees are extra.

Co-op students also pay the co-op fees above. Check the residence costs below if your child will live on campus.

Ontario Tech gives automatic entrance scholarships to recent Canadian high school graduates based on their best six 4U or 4M courses: $4,000 at 95% or more, $2,000 at 90 to 94.9% and $1,000 at 85 to 89.9%. You can only hold one entrance scholarship at a time.

Major entrance scholarships, including the Chancellor's, President's and Founder's, need an application with an essay and letters of support. Ontario Tech lists February 18 as the deadline. The FIRST Robotics Canada Scholarship for engineering students is closed for 2026-27.

Returning students with a GPA of 3.7 or higher over fall and winter can get an automatic in-course scholarship of $1,000 or $1,500, for up to three years.

Ontario Tech lists sample first-year courses for Comprehensive Engineering: Technical Communications, Introduction to Engineering, Calculus I and II, Linear Algebra for Engineering, Physics I and II, Chemistry for Engineers, Engineering Design, Introduction to Programming for Engineers and Impact of Science and Technology on Society.

The full program map is in the undergraduate calendar. Programs take four years, or five with Engineering and Management, and start in September or January at the North Oshawa campus.

First-year students are guaranteed a residence spot if they meet the deadline, which for Fall 2027 is June 1. Simcoe Village and South Village house more than 1,300 students.

Students who start in January or May can apply for residence too, but rooms go by availability. Ontario Tech's residence office lists current room rates and meal plans on its own site.

Ontario Tech Engineering admits on Grade 12 marks. Your child needs five named courses, including Calculus, Chemistry and Physics, with a 70% math and science average and no mark under 60%. Expected cut-offs sit in the 70s, but co-op normally needs 80%.

If your child is undecided, Comprehensive Engineering keeps options open, but the move into a program after first year is competitive. If your child already knows the field, applying straight to it avoids that second step. Compare other schools on our engineering requirements across Canada page and read our Ontario Tech guide.