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Queen's University application deadlines for Fall 2027

At an Ontario high school? Apply through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) by January 15, 2027. This Group A deadline is confirmed. Queen's confirms February 1 for Commerce, Health Sciences and Nursing. Other first-year programs close March 1. Required supplements are due February 15. Award dates can be earlier.

Reviewed October 13, 2026 · Checked against the primary sources below · How we review guides

Key facts

School application dates
February 1, 2027 for Commerce, Health Sciences and Nursing; March 1 for other first-year full-time programs.
School nomination awards
Major Admission Awards due December 8, 2026. Official recommended OUAC dates differ: November 15 versus November 20.
Forms and documents
Required first-year supplements February 15, 2027; supporting documents March 31. New supplement format and cutoff time await November 1 update.
Residence
Application and deposit received June 1, 2027 by 4 p.m. ET. Exact 2027 opening, amount and guarantee terms pending. Recheck November 1.

Queen's Fall 2027 dates, checked October 13, 2026

First-year, transfer, awards and housing dates have different roles.

Queen's confirmed 2027 calendar with OUAC Group A context. Prior-cycle housing and supplementary FAQ dates are labelled; they aren't 2027 confirmations. Recheck unresolved details November 1, 2026.
Task and applicant groupDateSource status
Queen's undergraduate applications openOctober 1, 2026Confirmed Queen's program opening. This differs from the earlier shared OUAC service startup.Queen's application calendar
Ontario high school: OUAC Group A submissionJanuary 15, 2027Confirmed OUAC deadline. Service processes later forms; school's final closing dates still apply.OUAC key dates
First-year Commerce, on-campus Health Sciences and Nursing: all high school groupsFebruary 1, 2027Confirmed school final application date. Group A should use January 15 service date above.Queen's selective programsCommerce confirmation
Other first-year full-time programs: Ontario, other Canadian and international high schoolMarch 1, 2027Confirmed school final application date. Program and admission-route requirements still apply.Queen's other programs
MAA access recommendation / award formOUAC November 15 or 20; award December 8, 2026Conflict in recommended application date on admissions. Financial aid and Smith say November 20. Award closing date agrees.Admissions recommendationsFinancial aid timetableSmith
First-year Commerce, on-campus Health Sciences, four-year Nursing supplementsFebruary 15, 2027Confirmed day. Exact 2027 cutoff time pending; FAQ still prints February 15, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. EST under 2026-intake notice.Dated admissions listProgram scopePrior-cycle FAQ
Upper-year Commerce and Health Sciences supplements; transfer applicationJune 15 supplement (yearless); Fall 2027 main transfer date unconfirmedLatest available supplement guidance. FAQ retains June 15, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Don't use first-year closing dates as transfer dates.Upper-year supplement rulesOlder exact-time row
BMus and Concurrent Education Music auditionsExact Fall 2027 audition dates unconfirmedCurrent audition requirement. Older Music Theatre FAQ has 2025 context and February 22/23 or March 1 guidance; not a 2027 schedule.DAN Music entryLegacy audition context
Financial Aid and Awards Profile; Commitment and Promise ScholarsFebruary 15, 2027Confirmed program deadlines for Commitment/Promise. Profile is recommended on admissions but called a deadline on Queen'sUBound; follow the earlier work target and ask.Admissions award datesProfile deadline wording
Nursing Advanced Standing Track documentsMarch 15, 2027Confirmed AST-specific supporting date; not the four-year Nursing supplement deadline.AST documents
First-year supporting documents, including English testsMarch 31, 2027Confirmed last day for supporting documents; February 15 is recommended for current high school transcript and second-term courses.Supporting and recommended dates
Offers and decisionsEarly December through May; May 21, 2027 completion on Smith summaryCurrent Smith 2027 calendar. Older supplement FAQ says aim for mid-May; its 2026 notice isn't a 2027 promise.Smith offer timelineOlder FAQ timing
Offer response: not attending Ontario high schoolMay 1, 2027Confirmed Queen'sUBound date; check individual correspondence.Non-Ontario reply
Offer response: Ontario high school and offers after May 1June 1, 2027Confirmed school date; personal correspondence may specify your route's response.Ontario/later-offer reply
Residence application and depositJune 1, 2027 at 4 p.m. ETConfirmed received-by deadline. 2027 opening/amount/guarantee terms pending. Last opening March 5, 2026 at 2 p.m. ET; old deposit $805.2027 residence datePrior-cycle full housing rules
Final grades: Ontario / most other curricula / GCE or CAPEJuly 15 / August 1 / September 1, 2027Confirmed final transcript dates by curriculum. Ontario also confirms diploma completion.Curriculum-specific final documents

Reviewed against each row's official source. Recheck the source before you act, because dates and fees change.

Queen's closing dates sit beside the OUAC calendar

Queen's gives February 1, 2027 for first-year Commerce, Health Sciences and Nursing. Other first-year full-time programs close March 1. These are the school's own final application dates. Ontario high school students also have OUAC's January 15 Group A date. OUAC says it continues processing forms after that day, subject to school deadlines. Keep both rules in your calendar. Applying after January 15 isn't the same as applying after Queen's has closed your program. It also doesn't extend an earlier award task.

For other Canadian and international high school applicants, check the school dates and route you use. Queen's accepts OUAC applications from within Canada. It also uses Common App and an international direct route for eligible applicants outside Canada. The direct route is for international applicants who aren't applying to another Ontario university. An account on a service doesn't remove a program's entry rules. The Queen's hub links program requirements; this page owns the dates for submitting your work.

Queen's says its applications open October 1, 2026. That's the school's program opening, not the shared service's startup day. For service openings across Canada, use when university applications open. Our direct OUAC fetch was blocked, but a separate web source read succeeded on October 13. The receipt records both transports. We didn't test a live application form. The Ontario deadline guide explains Group A and the broader grade-reporting calendar.

Sources: School opening and final dates · Application routes · Group A and later processing

Major awards need access to SOLUS well before February

Major Admission Awards close December 8, 2026 for the 2027-28 year. To reach that form, you need to apply for admission first and receive your SOLUS login. The financial-aid page says that takes four to six business days. It recommends applying through OUAC by November 20. Smith's timeline agrees. Queen's admissions page gives November 20 in one row and November 15 in another. We show that recommendation conflict. Neither date is the final degree deadline, and neither is a promise of an early offer.

If you're aiming for the Chancellor's Scholarship, your school nomination is part of this award process. The award instructions tell you to confirm the nomination and provide the school official's details. That official gets a form after you submit. Ask them about the task before your own form closes. Don't treat the school's role as a reference you can fill out yourself. The Chancellor's guide covers eligibility and the school step. The Queen's financial-aid guide keeps other awards separate.

An early admission offer doesn't remove you from Major Admission Award review. Queen's says early-offer holders are still considered. It lists award results in late February in the latest instructions. That is a different result from the degree offer. You can therefore have admission news and still be waiting about an award. Keep the two messages apart when comparing costs with your family. Don't decide that the award form was unnecessary just because a program offer arrived before December 8.

Sources: 2027-28 award access, nomination and results · Conflicting early recommendations · Smith recommendation

February 15 is confirmed; the new cutoff time isn't

Commerce, on-campus Health Sciences and four-year Nursing need a supplementary application by February 15, 2027. The dated admissions and Queen'sUBound pages confirm the day. Nursing's Advanced Standing Track doesn't need that supplement. Fully online Health Sciences is also excluded in the required-item list. Match the route exactly. A four-year Nursing task isn't the same as an AST document task. The Commerce program guide and Health Sciences guide explain the academic routes behind these names.

The supplement FAQ needs a fresh check on November 1. It says its information is for 2026 intakes and promises updated 2027 guidance by November 1, 2026. Its deadline answers are older still: February 15, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. EST for fall entry. We don't copy that clock time onto February 15, 2027. The new format and exact cutoff time remain unconfirmed here. You can plan to finish early while waiting for that update. Use the actual invitation and new instructions when the school publishes them.

The general supplement page says Queen's won't accept late submissions for the named programs. Its upper-year Commerce and Health Sciences sections give June 15 without a year. The older FAQ prints June 15, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. EST. That isn't a confirmed Fall 2027 transfer deadline. The main transfer application date also wasn't confirmed in the fetched pages. Don't apply the March 1 first-year row to an upper-year transfer just to fill a calendar gap. Ask admissions about your exact entry year and program.

Sources: 2027 supplement day · Dated confirmation · Program exclusions and upper-year rules · 2026 notice and older dates

Music auditions are another kind of extra work

Queen's application instructions call for auditions in Bachelor of Music, Concurrent Education Music and Music Theatre routes. The DAN School's current Music page says BMus admission uses school grades and a live or recorded portfolio or audition. BA Music admission uses grades. These similar names don't lead to the same task. Check the degree and stream before you start booking an audition. A February supplement deadline for Commerce doesn't tell you when a Music recording is due.

No exact Fall 2027 audition date was confirmed on the checked Music page. Its older Music Theatre FAQ discusses 2025 program changes and gives February 22/23 live auditions or March 1 recordings in that context. Those old dates are in the source-status table, not offered as a new schedule. Ask DAN School for your current stream's booking and submission deadlines. The Queen's Music guide covers the degree choice. Keep your own audition or portfolio work in your own authorship; this page helps you plan dates, not produce that work.

Sources: Audition programs · Current BMus and BA distinction · 2025-context dates

March documents and summer final grades have different jobs

Queen's recommends February 15 for a current high school transcript and a list of second-semester courses, where those apply. The final supporting-document date is March 31, 2027. This includes English test scores. Current Ontario high school grades normally arrive through the school. Others need the items in their individual to-do list. Read the list for each choice, not only the first program you applied to. Queen's says your required items can differ between applications. A complete Commerce file doesn't prove that an audition route is complete.

After admission, final transcripts confirm your offer conditions. Ontario high school students have July 15, 2027 for final grades and diploma confirmation. Most other curricula have August 1. GCE and CAPE applicants have September 1. Those are final-record dates, not extensions of the March assessment deadline. Nursing AST also has a separate March 15 supporting-document date. Mark that exception if it is your route. If a document will be late, explain the curriculum and item to admissions rather than assuming a later final-transcript date permits a late assessment file.

Sources: Recommended transcript, March 31 and AST · Final grades by curriculum · Individual to-do lists

Check the Financial Aid and Awards Profile wording

The admissions calendar gives February 15, 2027 for Commitment Scholars and Promise Scholars applications. It also calls that day the recommended last date for the Financial Aid and Awards Profile. Queen'sUBound calls it a deadline for the profile. The day matches, but the strength of the instruction differs. We keep that difference visible. Plan your profile for February 15 and ask financial aid if you need to submit later. Don't assume 'recommended' guarantees that every matching award stays open after that date.

This profile isn't the December Major Admission Award application. It also isn't a program supplement. Giving each form its actual name helps you avoid checking off the wrong task. Your school offer, award application and aid profile can each produce a separate message. Use the financial-aid guide to compare their roles and eligibility. Keep any school-official request with the related award rather than your degree application receipt. That's a practical filing choice, not an extra requirement from Queen's.

Sources: Profile recommendation and named award dates · Profile deadline wording · Separate MAA form

The residence deposit must arrive by 4 p.m.

Queen'sUBound confirms June 1, 2027 at 4 p.m. ET for both the residence application and deposit. It says the deposit must be received. Sending a payment that afternoon isn't proof it has arrived. Read the payment method and allow the time it requires. Smith's 2027 summary gives the same date. Your admission reply and housing work are separate steps even when both fall on June 1. The residence cutoff is in the afternoon; don't assume you have until midnight to finish it.

The full Housing page still gives Fall 2026 terms. It opened March 5, 2026 at 2 p.m. ET and listed an $805 deposit. The new opening date, amount, refund rules and guarantee criteria aren't confirmed for Fall 2027 here. Older international and Indigenous guarantee rows also differ between May 30 and May 31, 2026. We haven't selected one and shifted it forward a year. Your current offer's housing status matters. The Queen's residence guide explains the options with their own cycle labels.

In the latest housing instructions, missing the application or received deposit makes a file incomplete and can lead to the wait list. That isn't a guaranteed room. The 2026 page also used a lottery for some applicants without a guarantee. Treat that as prior-cycle process detail until Queen's confirms 2027 terms. If you're using award funding to cover the deposit, ask financial aid how the payment will reach Housing. Don't assume an award notification is itself the completed residence payment.

Sources: 2027 received-by cutoff · Smith confirmation · Prior-cycle opening and payment process

Offer dates and what happens if you miss a step

Smith's current 2027 timeline says Queen's starts offers in early December and continues through May. It says all decisions are complete by May 21, 2027. That is more specific than the older supplement FAQ's aim of mid-May under its 2026 notice. Don't use an old FAQ to promise an earlier result. An early application also doesn't guarantee an early offer. A file can need later grades or a required supplement before the school can decide. Keep checking the official applicant status rather than comparing one friend's offer date with yours.

For people not attending Ontario high schools, Queen'sUBound gives May 1, 2027 to respond. Ontario high school students use June 1, as do students with an offer received after May 1. Check your correspondence for the actual date. A missed program closing date calls for a question to admissions about whether the choice remains open. A missed required supplement has the school's no-late-submission rule. Those are different situations. Don't assume an open OUAC account can reopen a closed Queen's program or make a late Kira form valid.

Sources: Current offer season and May 21 · Reply groups · No late supplement · Program deadlines still control

What to do this week

If you want a Major Admission Award, start with the school nomination and SOLUS access plan now. Then build a calendar for the exact degree. Keep a November 1 recheck for the new supplement instructions and the still-missing housing details.

  • Confirm which program needs February 1 and which needs March 1; Ontario Group A should plan January 15 OUAC submission.
  • Ask your school official about any Chancellor's nomination and record the November 15/20 recommendation conflict.
  • Check the supplement FAQ again November 1 before relying on old format or cutoff times.
  • Keep June 1 at 4 p.m. ET for residence payment received, not just payment sent.

Sources: School award step · November update · Housing cutoff

Official sources

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Written by Stellar Advisers Editorial Team · Reviewed by Official-source review desk · Last reviewed October 13, 2026

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