Dalhousie University

Dalhousie publishes a minimum average per program, calculated on five academic Grade 12 courses, with Academic English 12 required for every route. The published minimums are 70% for Arts, Management, Applied Computer Science, Computer Science, Community Design, Health Promotion, Engineering, and Nursing; 75% for Commerce, Kinesiology, Science, the health technologies, Agriculture, and Bioveterinary Science; and 80% for Medical Sciences. Dalhousie states that admission to many programs is competitive, so meeting the minimum average does not guarantee admission.

Applications for Fall 2027 open October 1, 2026. The 2027–2028 General Entrance Award application closes February 15, 2027. Dalhousie's central calendar now explicitly lists September 2027 program deadlines, May 1 admission and award acceptance, and May 15 guaranteed residence applications. Housing's FAQ and the 2027 viewbook still say May 1, so confirm that conflict before relying on the later housing date.

The September 2027 calendar confirms February 15, 2027 for Nursing, Health Sciences, Medical Sciences and Social Work; March 1, 2027 for Environmental Design Studies in Architecture; and June 15, 2027 for post-diploma Health Sciences. Other undergraduate programs may consider applications before classes start where space remains. High school applicants should apply early for February 15 entrance awards.

No. The first-party Dalhousie sources reviewed for this guide do not publish a university-wide undergraduate acceptance percentage. Dalhousie instead publishes a minimum average per program and repeats that admission to many programs is competitive and that meeting minimum posted requirements does not guarantee admission. Plan against the published minimum, the exact five required courses, and the competitive-average warning rather than an unofficial acceptance-rate estimate.

Dalhousie charges per course rather than per degree. The 2026–2027 undergraduate fee schedule lists rates per billing hour: $301.00 Arts, $302.80 Management, $314.50 Community Design and Architecture, $341.50 Science and Computer Science, $344.60 Commerce, $350.90 Health Science and Kinesiology, $373.40 Engineering, and $319.00 for the Agriculture degree program in Truro. A typical 15-billing-hour term therefore runs about $4,515 in Arts to $5,601 in Engineering, before incidental fees. Dalhousie warns that fees are assessed at the approved rate for each course selected, so an Arts student taking Science electives pays the Science rate on those courses.

The 2026–2027 International Fee Schedule uses a Guaranteed Tuition Model with flat annual program tuition: $30,906 for the Faculty of Agriculture degree program, $37,992 for Arts & Social Sciences and for Science, $41,688 for Computer Science, $42,042 for Management, and $48,594 for Engineering. Tuition is charged 50% in the fall and 50% in the winter. The international PDF prints full-time incidental totals of $3,079.15 on Studley/Carleton and $3,279.15 on Sexton, including its $1,328.84 health-plan basis. The current Fees HTML publishes different component totals, so confirm the invoice rather than mixing versions.