University of Windsor Admissions & Deadlines
Windsor, Ontario
Core application items, supplements, deadlines, and proof. This focused guide keeps the detailed tables, official sources, and practical next steps in one manageable reading path.
The short answer
- Apply through OUAC (Ontario's university application site). Windsor's old fee PDF uses historical 101 and 105 labels; its current pages link the undergraduate application.
- The baseline is a 70% average with six Grade 12 courses, including ENG4U. You need the OSSD (your Ontario high school diploma) or its equivalent.
- Business Administration needs 73%, or 78% for co-op. Engineering needs 74% overall and in math and science; Nursing needs 75% overall.
- Windsor has not published a Fall 2027 calendar. January 15 is OUAC's recurring Group A deadline, so plan for mid-January 2027 and confirm the date.
- Entrance award applications run January 1 to April 30 in the published 2026–2027 cycle. Nursing Year 1 follows a recurring March 1 pattern.
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Fall 2027 admissions planning
University of Windsor admission requirements by program
Windsor is an Ontario university. So you apply through the OUAC (Ontario's university application site), the undergraduate application linked by Windsor. Older fee PDFs use the historical 101 and 105 labels. Do not use them to choose a current form. The baseline is the OSSD (your Ontario high school diploma) with six Grade 12 U, M or D courses. These include ENG4U and a 70% average. But a dozen programs sit above that floor. Almost every quantitative program adds a second, subject-specific average. Most applicants never see that coming.
Baseline average
70% over six 4U/M
OSSD with six Grade 12 U, M or D courses including ENG4U. Windsor warns the average may be higher depending on the number of applicants.
The hidden gate
A second average
These programs add a subject average of about 70%. They are Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Science, Nursing, Mathematics, Forensic Science and Human Kinetics.
Application route
OUAC undergraduate application
Windsor links the current OUAC undergraduate application. The 101/105 labels belong to an old fee PDF. International applicants may apply directly if applying only to Windsor.
Official-source conflict
Windsor's only deadline page is two years out of date
The ask.UWindsor answer titled What are the deadlines to apply for an undergraduate program? was last updated January 5, 2024. It still publishes January 15, 2024 as the OUAC deadline. It also lists February 1 (For Fall 2024) for Consecutive Education. Meanwhile the registrar's sessional listing and the next-steps page are labelled Fall 2026 and Winter 2027. Windsor has published no Fall 2027 cycle at all. The recurring program pattern on that page is still useful. It lists November 1 for Law JD, March 1 for Nursing, March 15 for Social Work Year 3, and April 15 for the Dual JD. But every year label on it is wrong.
Published minimum averages and required courses
| Program | Published minimum | Required Grade 12 | Planning note |
|---|---|---|---|
| General admission (most programs) | 70% | OSSD with six Grade 12 U, M or D courses including ENG4U; ENG4U normally at a minimum grade of 70% | Windsor's Senate policy adds that this average may be higher, depending on the number of applicants. |
| Business Administration | 73% (78% co-op) | ENG4U and one Grade 12 U mathematics, with a minimum grade of 70% in at least one Grade 12 U math course | Windsor's own program page publishes a mean admission average of 82%, well above the 73% floor. |
| Business and Computer Science | 70% (78% co-op) | ENG4U and MHF4U, MCV4U strongly recommended, plus a 70% average of math courses and 70% in at least one Grade 12 U math | A joint Odette and School of Computer Science degree, offered in regular and co-op versions. |
| Computer Science | 70% (75% co-op) | ENG4U and MHF4U, MCV4U strongly recommended, plus a minimum 70% average of math courses | Mean admission average 82%; the Software Engineering Specialization mean is 83%. |
| Engineering (all streams) | 74% | ENG4U, MHF4U, SCH4U and SPH4U required, MCV4U strongly recommended, plus a 74% average in math and science | Windsor states there is no supplemental application for undergraduate engineering. Inside Mechanical, Aerospace and Automotive are options. |
| Nursing (BScN) | 75% | ENG4U, SBI4U, SCH4U and one Grade 12 mathematics, with 70% in chemistry and biology and a minimum grade of 65% in ENG4U | Windsor calls it a very competitive program and publishes a mean admission average of 85%. |
| Kinesiology and Health Studies (BSc) | 70% | ENG4U at a minimum grade of 70% and one of SBI4U, SCH4U or SPH4U at a minimum grade of 70% | Mean admission average 83%. Co-op is applied for during Year 1, not on the OUAC form. |
| Sport Management and Leadership | 75% | ENG4U at a minimum grade of 70% and one of MHF4U, MCV4U or MDM4U | A mathematics prerequisite, not a science one. The Senate policy lists no minimum above 70%; the live page says 75%, so plan for 75%. |
| Bachelor of Forensic Science | 70% | ENG4U, SBI4U, SCH4U and MHF4U; MCV4U recommended and SPH4U strongly recommended, plus a 70% average of required science and math | Specializations in forensic human biology, forensic chemistry, and ecology of death. |
| Biochemistry and Biomedical Science (Health Stream) | 70% (75% science and math average) | ENG4U, MHF4U, SCH4U and SBI4U; SPH4U recommended | The subject average is higher than the overall minimum — the usual failure point at Windsor. |
| Visual Arts and the Built Environment | 75% | ENG4U at a minimum grade of 70%, plus SPH4U and MHF4U required | The only fine-arts route at Windsor with a hard physics and advanced-functions requirement. |
| Concurrent Education (BA streams) | 75% | ENG4U at a minimum grade of 70%, plus the teachable-subject courses | Admission is to first year only. Music/Education adds an audition. Drama/Education chooses students by a workshop and an interview. |
| Concurrent Science/Education and Mathematics/Education | 80% | ENG4U plus MHF4U and two of SCH4U, SBI4U or SPH4U for Science; MHF4U and MCV4U at 70% each for Mathematics | The highest published minimums at Windsor alongside Law & Politics and Drama co-op. |
| Political Science with Law & Politics Specialization | 80% | ENG4U at a minimum grade of 70%; the Senate policy also sets an 85% admission average and an 80% final average floor | The Senate policy and the Fall 2026 table state this differently — treat 85% as the safe target. |
| Arts co-op streams | 80% | ENG4U at a minimum grade of 70% | Communication/Media/Film, English, French, History, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Political Science and Psychology co-op all carry an 80% bar. The non-co-op minimum is 70%. |
| Commercial Aviation Leadership | 70% | ENG4U at a minimum grade of 70% plus MHF4U or MCV4U or MDM4U or SPH4U | Also requires a Transport Canada Category 1 Medical Certificate, an Aviation Language Proficiency Demonstration, and a supplementary application. |
The second average is the rule that actually decides Windsor offers
Windsor's Senate policy states that a second average is considered for Biology and Biochemistry (Health and Biomedical Science stream), Business, Computer Science, Forensic Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Human Kinetics, Science and Nursing, that the minimum second average is approximately 70%, and that co-op courses are excluded from it. Engineering sets it at 74% in math and science. Nursing sets 70% in chemistry and biology plus 65% in ENG4U. Biochemistry and Biomedical Science (Health Stream) sets 75%. An 84% overall average with a 66% science average fails a program whose headline minimum reads 70%.
What Ontario entrants actually arrived with
Windsor's Office of Institutional Analysis publishes the real admission averages of new, full-time, first-year Ontario secondary school students. These are outcomes, not requirements — but they tell you where the competitive band sits.
87.1%
Nursing
86.5%
Science
86.3%
Engineering
83.5%
Odette School of Business
82.6%
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
82.2%
Human Kinetics
84.5%
University of Windsor total
Across the whole university in Fall 2025, 4.1% of entrants arrived at 95% or above and 8.9% between 70% and 75%. The published minimums are genuinely reachable — the median entrant is simply well above them. The series stops at Fall 2025; no Fall 2026 file exists yet.
Current application and award schedule
| Checkpoint | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2027 application opening | Not published | No Windsor page reviewed states a Fall 2027 opening date. Every live undergraduate page is labelled Fall 2026, Winter 2027, or Spring 2026. |
| Fall 2027 OUAC deadline | Not published — plan for mid-January 2027 | January 15 is OUAC's recurring Group A deadline. Windsor's own deadline answer page was last updated January 5, 2024 and still shows January 15, 2024. |
| Nursing Year 1 | March 1 (recurring pattern) | Published on Windsor's deadline answer page, which carries no current year label. Mature and transfer Nursing applicants must submit an Applicant Profile form by March 1. |
| Social Work Year 3 | March 15 (recurring pattern) | Second-entry only. Entry is for the next Fall term and enrolment is limited. |
| Canadian & American Dual JD | April 15 through OLSAS | Confirmed on the Faculty of Law's own Dual JD page. Not a high-school entry route. |
| Entrance award applications | April 30 | Published on the Student Awards entering-students page for the 2026-2027 cycle. Applies to application-based awards, not the automatic ladder. |
| Residence guarantee | June 5, 2026 for the 2026-2027 cycle | Guaranteed for all first-year students who apply by that date; after it, placement is based on availability. The Fall 2027 date is not yet published. |
| Final upgrade grades | August 31, 2026 for Fall 2026 entry | If you upgrade through summer or virtual school, final official grades must reach the Registrar by this date. Expect the equivalent 2027 date to move by one year. |
Application checklist
- 1.Pick the exact program — including whether you want the co-op version — before choosing Grade 12 courses, because co-op carries its own higher admission average on the OUAC form.
- 2.Use the current OUAC undergraduate application linked by Windsor. Take Windsor's institution letter and program codes from the current OUAC Undergrad Guide; Windsor does not publish them.
- 3.Activate your UWin Account and complete your To Do List in UWinsite Student as soon as you have applied — the residence application depends on it.
- 4.Check the second average for your program, not just the overall one. Engineering needs 74% in math and science; Nursing needs 70% in chemistry and biology and 65% in ENG4U.
- 5.Complete the UWinAward Entrance Application Profile between January 1 and April 30 for the application-based awards. The automatic entrance scholarship needs no application — it uses your best six grades available May 1.
- 6.Apply to residence in early June once you have accepted, and budget the $475 non-refundable deposit separately.
Current English-test minimums
IELTS Academic or IELTS Online
6.5 overall; no published band minimum
TOEFL iBT (including Home Edition)
83 overall with a writing score of 20
Duolingo English Test
115
CAEL
60
PTE Academic
60
Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency
176 overall
ELIP Level III
Minimum grade of 75% in Windsor's own English Language Improvement Program
What Windsor actually publishes right now
Each card below is a single fact. It is checked against one first-party uwindsor.ca page or PDF. The card shows the cycle it belongs to and its verification status. Anything Windsor has not published for Fall 2027 is marked pending rather than guessed. Where two of its own pages disagree, the card says so.
Which cycle Windsor is actually publishing
Fall 2026 · Published for this period
Every live University of Windsor undergraduate page reviewed for this guide is labelled Fall 2026, Winter 2027, or Spring 2026. The registrar's sessional listing carries a Fall 2026 header with September 10, 2026 as the first day of Fall 2026 classes, and the next-steps page names Fall 2026, Spring 2026, and Winter 2027. Windsor is running the Fall 2026 intake, not a Fall 2027 one.
Applies to: All applicants
University of Windsor: Office of the Registrar: sessional dates and events listing · Verified August 16, 2026
Fall 2027 application dates
2027 pending · Fall 2027
Windsor has not published a Fall 2027 undergraduate cycle. No first-party page reviewed states a Fall 2027 application opening date. No page states an OUAC deadline, a document deadline, an offer-release date, or an early-acceptance date. Windsor does not publish offer-release dates for any cycle. Its own next-steps page says only to meet the conditions and accept by the date indicated on your Offer of Admission letter.
January 15 is OUAC's recurring Group A deadline for Ontario high-school applicants. So treat mid-January 2027 as the working planning date. Confirm on OUAC and Windsor's own pages once the Fall 2027 cycle is posted. Do not treat any date on Windsor's deadlines answer page as a Fall 2027 date.
Applies to: All applicants, Ontario high school
University of Windsor: Application process: next steps for undergraduate applicants · Verified August 16, 2026
Windsor's only undergraduate deadline page is two years stale
Official-source conflict · Fall 2024 dates versus a Fall 2026 live cycle
The ask.UWindsor answer titled What are the deadlines to apply for an undergraduate program? was last updated January 5, 2024. It still publishes January 15, 2024 as the OUAC deadline for Ontario high-school applicants. It also publishes February 1 (For Fall 2024) for Year 1 of Consecutive Education. The registrar's sessional listing and the next-steps page are labelled Fall 2026 and Winter 2027. An applicant who reads the deadline page in good faith receives 2024 dates.
The recurring program-specific pattern on that page is still useful — November 1 Law JD, March 1 Nursing Year 1, March 15 Social Work Year 3, April 15 Dual JD — but every year label on it is wrong. Confirm each date with the program before relying on it.
Applies to: All applicants, Ontario high school, International, Transfer
University of Windsor: ask.UWindsor: what are the deadlines to apply for an undergraduate program? · Verified August 16, 2026
How you apply to Windsor
Current process · Published for this period
Windsor is an Ontario university. It takes domestic undergraduate applications through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre. Its own Ontario high-school page gives a three-step process. Apply through the OUAC website. Activate your UWin Account and complete your To Do List in UWinsite Student. Then follow the Next Steps after your Offer of Admission arrives. International applicants get three routes instead. They can use a direct application to UWindsor, OUAC, or an authorized educational agent.
The direct international application matters. An overseas applicant who is only applying to Windsor does not have to go through OUAC at all.
Applies to: All applicants, Ontario high school, International
University of Windsor: Application process: Ontario high school student · Verified August 16, 2026
OUAC 101 versus OUAC 105 at Windsor
Current application route; historical 2022–24 fee labels · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
Windsor's current Ontario high-school and mature-student pages direct you to the OUAC undergraduate application. An old Registrarial Service Fees PDF uses the historical labels (101) Base Fee and (105), with $50 per extra choice and a $10 add-on. It is a 2022-23 to 2023-2024 schedule updated June 22, 2023. Do not use that document to choose a current form or fee. International students also have a direct Windsor application option when applying only to Windsor.
That schedule is titled 2022-23 – 2023-2024 and stamped Updated: 2023-06-22, yet Windsor's part-time application page still calls it the current fee. The form labels and dollar amounts are historical. Current Windsor application pages were rechecked October 10, 2026; OUAC blocked its own guide recheck.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian, Mature, Transfer
University of Windsor: Registrarial Service Fees 2022-23 – 2023-2024 (PDF) · Verified October 10, 2026
What the application actually costs
2027 pending · Fall 2027
Windsor does not publish an OUAC application fee amount. Its own fee schedule records the OUAC base fees only as as per OUAC. It adds Windsor-charged items instead. These are evaluation of documents, the undergraduate part-time studies application, the international contract application, and the Faculty of Education evaluation fee. Get current undergraduate application fees from OUAC before submitting. The Fall 2027 cycle is open.
On the pages reviewed, there is no universal Windsor supplementary admission fee. This applies to direct-entry undergraduates. The Windsor-charged items are document-evaluation fees. They are also part-time fees, international-contract fees, and Education-evaluation fees. The schedule that lists them is three cycles old.
Applies to: All applicants
University of Windsor: Registrarial Service Fees 2022-23 – 2023-2024 (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026
Windsor OUAC program codes
2027 pending · Fall 2027
Windsor does not publish a list of OUAC program codes. The program admission requirements search hub shows no codes, and the only OUAC code found anywhere on uwindsor.ca is NFS (105 application) for the Applied Forensic Science Stream degree-completion pathway — on a document stamped Taking Students for Fall 2020. Pull Windsor's institution letter and program codes from the OUAC Undergrad Guide for the Fall 2027 cycle.
Windsor does publish testing-agency codes: SAT score code 0904 and ACT score code 7053, both in the Senate admission policy.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
University of Windsor: Program admission requirements search · Verified August 16, 2026
Acceptance rate
2027 pending · Fall 2027
No first-party Windsor page publishes an undergraduate acceptance percentage. What Windsor does publish is better than a rate: actual admission averages by faculty each year from the Office of Institutional Analysis, and first-choice applicant and registrant counts in its Common University Data Ontario report. Windsor never divides one by the other, and neither should you.
Any Windsor acceptance rate you find is third-party modelling. Plan against the published program minimum. Plan against the published faculty admission average. Plan against the Senate policy line. That line says meeting the minimum only guarantees your application will be considered.
Applies to: All applicants
University of Windsor: Office of Institutional Analysis: admission averages by year · Verified August 16, 2026
What meeting the minimum actually buys you
Senate policy, amended September 1, 2021 · Published for this period
The Senate Policy on Admission Requirements states it plainly. Possession of the minimum requirements guarantees only that the application will be considered. It also warns that the 70% baseline average may be higher. This depends on the number of applicants.
Applies to: All applicants
University of Windsor: Senate Policy on Admission Requirements (Undergraduate), amended September 1, 2021 (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026
Size and enrolment
CUDO 2023, Fall 2023 headcount · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
Windsor's audited Common University Data Ontario return reports 17,839 students in Fall 2023. Of these, 16,296 were full-time and 1,543 were part-time. The total splits into 11,913 bachelor's and first-professional students, 5,461 master's students, and 465 doctoral students. Student visa holders numbered 5,166. Of those, only 730 were undergraduates. Windsor publishes 190 undergraduate programs and 70 graduate programs. It also publishes a 29:1 student-to-faculty ratio.
The international share is mostly graduate. If you are an international undergraduate applicant, the 5,166 figure is not your cohort. The 730 figure is.
Applies to: All applicants
University of Windsor: Common University Data Ontario 2023: general information and enrolment · Verified August 16, 2026
Windsor publishes three different enrolment numbers
Official-source conflict · Marketing pages versus CUDO 2023
The About page says about 18,000 students. The Why UWindsor page says nearly 15,000 students enrolled. The HR orientation page says more than 15,000. The CUDO return says 17,839 for Fall 2023. Three of these are marketing rounding; one is a filed statistical return.
Use the CUDO figure of 17,839 and treat the marketing counts as directional. Neither number changes an admission decision, but it tells you how carefully to read Windsor's other headline claims.
Applies to: All applicants
University of Windsor: About the University of Windsor · Verified August 16, 2026
Founding and university status
Institutional record · Published for this period
Windsor's own history page dates the campus to September 1857. That is when Assumption College welcomed its first students. Assumption obtained its own university powers by an Act of the Ontario Legislature on July 1, 1953. It renamed itself Assumption University in 1956. The University of Windsor was incorporated by the Ontario Legislature on December 19, 1962. It became southwestern Ontario's first autonomous degree-granting institution on July 1, 1963.
Applies to: All applicants
University of Windsor: Our history: Assumption College to the University of Windsor · Verified August 16, 2026
The border is the campus's defining fact
Current positioning · Published for this period
Windsor states it directly. Located next to North America's busiest international border crossing, the University of Windsor campus looks out on the beautiful Detroit River waterfront. Windsor is also Canada's southernmost city and enjoys some of the country's best weather. The graduate-studies page adds that the campus sits on the Canada/US border. It is only 5 minutes from downtown Detroit.
Applies to: All applicants, International
University of Windsor: About the University of Windsor · Verified August 16, 2026
The Ontario baseline
Fall 2026 minimums, Senate policy baseline · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
Windsor requires the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. You need six Grade 12 U, M or D courses, including ENG4U. You also need a minimum 70% average across six Grade 12 U or M courses. The Senate policy phrases it as a minimum 70% average of six Grade 12 U or M courses, including ENG4U. It adds that exceptions are listed. It also adds that the average may be higher depending on the number of applicants.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
University of Windsor: Maintaining your Conditional Offer of Admission for the 2026 Academic Year (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026
Published program minimums above 70%
Fall 2026 Minimum Admission Average · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
Windsor's Fall 2026 conditional-offer table lists the minimum admission average only where it differs from 70%. Business Administration is 73%. Business Administration (Co-op) is 78%. Business and Computer Science (Co-op) is 78%. Mathematics with Finance Concentration is 73%. Engineering and every Engineering stream is 74%. Nursing is 75%. Biochemistry (Co-op) and Chemistry (Co-op) are 75%. Visual Arts and the Built Environment is 75%. Concurrent Education programs are 75%. Concurrent Mathematics/Education and Concurrent Science/Education are 80%. Political Science with Law & Politics Specialization is 80%. Drama (Co-op) is 80%.
The column is headed Fall 2026 Minimum Admission Average (if other than 70%). Blank means 70%, not no minimum.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
University of Windsor: Maintaining your Conditional Offer of Admission for the 2026 Academic Year (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026
The second average almost nobody plans for
Senate policy, amended September 1, 2021 · Published for this period
Windsor calculates a second, subject-specific average on top of the overall one. The Senate policy states that a second average is considered for Biology and Biochemistry (Health and Biomedical Science stream), Business, Computer Science, Forensic Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Human Kinetics, Science and Nursing, that the minimum second average is approximately 70%, that Concurrent Education/French Studies requires a second average of 75%, and that co-op courses are excluded from it.
This is the single most under-read rule at Windsor. An 84% overall average with a 66% chemistry-and-math average fails a program whose headline minimum is 70%.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian, International
University of Windsor: Senate Policy on Admission Requirements (Undergraduate), amended September 1, 2021 (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026
Engineering: 74% and where it applies
Fall 2026 · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
Every Engineering stream lists a 74% Fall 2026 minimum admission average. These streams are Civil, Electrical, Environmental, Industrial, Mechanical with its Aerospace, Automotive, Materials and Environmental options, and Mechatronics Systems. Each stream requires ENG4U, MHF4U, SCH4U and SPH4U. MCV4U is strongly recommended. A minimum average of 74% is required in all math and science courses, from among MHF4U, SCH4U and SPH4U. Windsor also states there is no supplemental application for admission to our undergraduate engineering programs.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
University of Windsor: Maintaining your Conditional Offer of Admission for the 2026 Academic Year (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026
Windsor states the Engineering 74% two incompatible ways
Official-source conflict · Fall 2026 program page versus Senate policy
The Applying to UWindsor Engineering page says Your engineering average of your math and science courses must be 74% or higher. It also says All Engineering undergraduate programs require a minimum 74% average from your top six high school courses. Both statements are on the same page. The Senate policy states only the narrower rule. That rule is a minimum average of 74% in all math and science courses except biology. The top-six framing is not supported by the governing policy.
Plan for both readings: get the top-six average and the math-and-science average to 74% or better. The same page also calls MCV4U very strongly recommended but not yet mandatory, with no effective cycle stated — treat MCV4U as required in practice.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
University of Windsor: Applying to UWindsor Engineering · Verified August 16, 2026
Nursing: the grade floors are the real gate
Fall 2026 · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
Nursing lists a 75% Fall 2026 minimum admission average. It requires ENG4U, SBI4U, SCH4U and one Grade 12 mathematics. It requires a minimum average of 70% in chemistry and biology. It requires a minimum grade of 65% in Grade 12U English. Windsor's own program page calls it a very competitive program. That page publishes a mean admission average of 85%. It says entrants typically hold 80% in chemistry and biology.
Mature and transfer Nursing applicants must submit an Applicant Profile form no later than March 1. No Windsor undergraduate program reviewed uses CASPer.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
University of Windsor: Nursing (BScN) program page: minimums and mean average · Verified August 16, 2026
Computer Science and Business: the co-op premium
Fall 2026 · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
Computer Science requires ENG4U and MHF4U. MCV4U is strongly recommended. It requires a minimum 70% average of math courses. The published minimum is 70% and the co-op minimum is 75%. The mean admission average is 82%. Business Administration requires ENG4U and one Grade 12 U mathematics. It requires a minimum grade of 70% in at least one Grade 12 U math course. The minimum is 73%, co-op is 78%, and the mean is 82%.
At Windsor co-op is a higher admission bar, not a later opt-in you can add for free. The gap is five points in Business and Computer Science and ten points in several Arts programs.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
University of Windsor: Computer Science program page: minimums and mean average · Verified August 16, 2026
Arts co-op streams need 80%
Fall 2026 · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
Several programs in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences publish a separate co-op entry bar. It is much higher. These programs are Communication, Media and Film, English Language and Literature, French Studies, History, Modern Languages and Second Language Education, Philosophy, Political Science and Psychology. All of them list a co-op minimum high school admission average of 80%. They also list a minimum grade of 70% in ENG4U. The non-co-op minimum is 70%.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
University of Windsor: Maintaining your Conditional Offer of Admission for the 2026 Academic Year (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026
Human Kinetics splits into two different course patterns
Fall 2026 · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
Kinesiology and Health Studies (BSc) requires ENG4U with a minimum grade of 70% and one of SBI4U, SCH4U or SPH4U with a minimum grade of 70%, against a mean admission average of 83%. Sport Management and Leadership requires ENG4U with a minimum grade of 70% and one of MHF4U, MCV4U or MDM4U — a mathematics course, not a science one. Windsor calls it one of the only direct entry Sport Management and Leadership programs in the country.
The Senate policy lists no minimum above 70% for Sport Management and Leadership, while the live program page states 75%. Plan for 75%.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
University of Windsor: Kinesiology and Sport Management program page · Verified August 16, 2026
Science and Forensic Science prerequisites
Fall 2026 · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
Biology, Biomedical Science and Behaviour, Cognition and Neuroscience require ENG4U, MHF4U, SCH4U and SBI4U with a 70% science-and-math average. Biochemistry and Biomedical Science (Health Stream) requires the same four courses but a 75% science-and-math average. The four-year Bachelor of Forensic Science requires ENG4U, SBI4U, SCH4U and MHF4U with MCV4U recommended, SPH4U strongly recommended, and a 70% average of all required science and math courses.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
University of Windsor: Maintaining your Conditional Offer of Admission for the 2026 Academic Year (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026
Concurrent Education is first-year entry only
Fall 2026 · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
The Senate policy states that admission to the Concurrent Bachelor of Education routes is for first-year only. The minimum average is 75% for the BA-based streams. It is 80% for Concurrent Science/Education and Concurrent Mathematics/Education. For Concurrent French Studies/Education, it is 75% plus Grade 12U French at a minimum 75%. Concurrent Music/Education adds a music audition. That audition has a theory evaluation test and performance on a major instrument. Concurrent Drama/Education selects on a successful workshop and interview process.
If you miss the first-year Concurrent entry, the consecutive Bachelor of Education has no direct admission from high school. You finish a degree first.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
University of Windsor: Maintaining your Conditional Offer of Admission for the 2026 Academic Year (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026
Auditions, portfolios, interviews, and the one that surprises people
Senate policy criteria · Published for this period
BFA Acting requires auditions held in Windsor and Toronto. Bachelor of Music requires an audition. Drama in Education and Community requires an interview. But BFA Visual Arts does not: Windsor states that a portfolio is not required for admission to our BFA Visual Arts program, however, admission to Year 3 is based on a successful portfolio evaluation. The selection point is two years after you arrive.
Windsor's School of Dramatic Art applications page still lists BFA Acting audition dates of April 5–6, 2025 in Toronto and April 12–13, 2025 in Windsor. Email the department for the 2027 dates rather than assuming the same weekend.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian, International
University of Windsor: Senate Policy on Admission Requirements (Undergraduate), amended September 1, 2021 (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026
Commercial Aviation Leadership has real extra hurdles
Fall 2026 · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
Aeronautics Leadership (Flight Option) is inside Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. It requires ENG4U with a minimum grade of 70%. It also requires MHF4U or MCV4U or MDM4U or SPH4U. Then it asks for three things no other Windsor program asks for. The first is a Transport Canada Category 1 Medical Certificate. The second is a Transport Canada Formal Aviation Language Proficiency Demonstration. Canadian citizens who have graduated from a Canadian English or French speaking high school are exempt from that demonstration. The third is a Supplementary Application Form of short essay questions.
Book the Category 1 medical early. Failing it after you accept an offer leaves you in a program you cannot complete as intended.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian, International
University of Windsor: Maintaining your Conditional Offer of Admission for the 2026 Academic Year (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026
How a conditional offer is actually kept
Fall 2026 · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
Windsor's conditional-offer document says something about upgrading courses. If you have to upgrade courses to retain your Offer of Admission, you may use summer school, virtual school, or similar. Final official grades for any additional courses taken must be received by the Office of the Registrar by August 31, 2026. That is for admission to the Fall 2026 term. The document also confirms the rule outside Ontario. The requirement is an equivalent secondary school diploma. It needs a minimum 70% overall average of six Grade 12 U or M courses, including ENG4U.
Expect the equivalent Fall 2027 date to be August 31, 2027. But confirm it on the version of this document that Windsor publishes for the 2027 academic year.
Applies to: Ontario high school, Other Canadian
University of Windsor: Maintaining your Conditional Offer of Admission for the 2026 Academic Year (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026
What Ontario entrants actually arrived with
Fall 2025 entering class · Latest published information; newer cycle not yet confirmed
The Office of Institutional Analysis publishes real Fall 2025 admission averages. These are for new, full-time, first-year Ontario secondary school students. Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is 82.6%. Odette School of Business is 83.5%. Human Kinetics is 82.2%. Engineering is 86.3%. Science is 86.5%. Nursing is 87.1%. The University of Windsor total is 84.5%. Across the whole university, 4.1% arrived at 95% or above. 18.5% arrived between 90% and 95%. 28.0% arrived between 85% and 90%. 8.9% arrived between 70% and 75%.
The series stops at Fall 2025. No Fall 2026 file exists yet. The same document notes something. Students with averages under 70% are admitted on factors other than the basis of marks. Engineering was the only faculty with such a cohort. That cohort was 0.3%.
Applies to: Ontario high school
University of Windsor: Office of Institutional Analysis: Fall 2025 Admission Averages, Ontario secondary school entrants (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026
Current English-test minimums
Current requirements · Published for this period
Windsor's undergraduate English requirements include IELTS Academic or IELTS Online 6.5 overall. TOEFL iBT, including the Home Edition, is 83 with a writing score of 20. Duolingo English Test is 115. CAEL is 60. PTE Academic is 60. Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency is 176 overall. Windsor also accepts scores from an IELTS one-band retake. Completing ELIP Level III with a minimum grade of 75% satisfies the requirement.
Windsor publishes no IELTS component or band minimum — only the 6.5 overall — and does not list MELAB among accepted tests.
Applies to: International
University of Windsor: ask.UWindsor: undergraduate English language proficiency requirements · Verified August 16, 2026
You do not need the English score to apply
2026–2027 ELIP terms · Published for this period
Windsor states directly that you DO NOT need to meet the English proficiency requirements at the time of application. The English Language Improvement Program runs three levels. Completing Level III at 75% satisfies the requirement. Windsor notes you must still apply for your academic program. You must also meet all other admission requirements to gain admission. ELIP terms are dated. Intersession 2026 is May 11 to August 14. Fall 2026 is September 14 to December 4. Winter 2027 is January 11 to April 16.
A study permit is required if your ELIP program will take longer than six months to complete.
Applies to: International
University of Windsor: How to apply to an undergraduate program as an international student · Verified August 16, 2026
International and Caribbean credential routes
Senate policy, amended September 1, 2021 · Published for this period
Windsor's Senate policy accepts an International Baccalaureate Diploma with a minimum overall score of 24. It also requires passes in a minimum of 6 subjects. That includes at least three courses at the Higher Level. For GCE, it requires five passes including two at the Advanced Level. Or it requires four passes including three at Advanced. There are subject rules. Science and Engineering must include Advanced Level Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Nursing must include Advanced Level English, Biology and Chemistry. Commerce must include Advanced Level Mathematics. Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago and the wider West Indies are listed on CSEC/CXC plus GCE A Level or CAPE combinations.
Notarized English translations are necessary if documents are not in English, and photocopies are not accepted. A C grade at GCE Advanced Level can earn transfer credit up to a maximum of six semester courses; no credit is granted for Advanced Subsidiary level.
Applies to: International
University of Windsor: Senate Policy on Admission Requirements (Undergraduate), amended September 1, 2021 (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026
US high-school applicants
Senate policy, amended September 1, 2021 · Published for this period
Windsor states that graduates of accredited high schools will normally qualify for admission. This applies if the cumulative high school grade point average is 3.0 or above. Windsor encourages SAT or ACT scores as supplements. It prefers a class ranking in the top third where rankings are reported. It publishes SAT score code 0904 and ACT score code 7053. For the Bachelor of Commerce, it accepts an SAT Math score in lieu of Grade 12 U math. The scores are 550 on the SAT Math Test, 600 on SAT Subject Test Math Level 1, or 700 on Math Level 2.
Applies to: International
University of Windsor: Senate Policy on Admission Requirements (Undergraduate), amended September 1, 2021 (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026
Transfer and mature entry
Current routes · Published for this period
Windsor publishes minimum transfer CGPAs by destination. The minimum is 60% for general programs. It is 65% for Engineering. It is 67% for Odette Business. It is 70% for Social Work. It is 75% for Nursing. Ontario college applicants need at least one year of an academic CAAT diploma. They also need a minimum cumulative average of B (3.0). Mature applicants must be at least 20 years of age before the proposed date of enrolment. They must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents at the time of application. They must not have been in full-time attendance at a secondary school within the previous two years.
Transfer deadlines are November 1 for Winter. They are March 1 for Spring. They are May 1 for Fall. Mature applications are accepted throughout the year. Evaluation takes up to four weeks after all documentation is verified.
Applies to: Transfer, Mature, Other Canadian
University of Windsor: Transfer to UWindsor: minimum averages and deadlines · Verified August 16, 2026
Official Windsor admissions sources
- Maintaining your Conditional Offer of Admission for the 2026 Academic Year (PDF)
- Senate Policy on Admission Requirements (Undergraduate) (PDF)
- Office of the Registrar: undergraduate admission requirements
- Application process: Ontario high school student
- Application process: next steps for undergraduate applicants
- Office of the Registrar: sessional dates and events listing
- ask.UWindsor: undergraduate application deadlines
- ask.UWindsor: English language proficiency requirements
- Registrarial Service Fees, including OUAC 101 and 105 (PDF)
- Fall 2025 Admission Averages by faculty (PDF)
- Common University Data Ontario 2023: admissions
- How to apply as an international student
- Transfer to UWindsor: minimum averages and deadlines
- Application process: mature student
- English Language Improvement Program admission
Official Sources and Next Steps
Stellar keeps this guide structured for comparison, but official university pages remain the source of truth for program requirements, tuition, residence, scholarships, deadlines, and policy changes.
Prepared by Stellar Advisers Editorial Team · Reviewed August 16, 2026 · Editorial, corrections, and source methodology