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University of Windsor Programs & Pathways
Windsor, Ontario
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Reviewed August 16, 2026 · Information checked against official university sources · How we review guides
Programs and Pathways
Windsor programs, the border, and the automotive corridor
Windsor publishes 190 undergraduate programs across nine faculties, a downtown School of Creative Arts, and a 29:1 student-to-faculty ratio. What makes the catalogue distinctive is not its size but its location: named Automotive and Aerospace options inside Mechanical Engineering, a transportation research cluster built around a Stellantis partnership, and a Dual JD that puts students in classrooms on both sides of the Detroit River.
Engineering
Three departments — Civil and Environmental, Electrical and Computer, and Mechanical, Automotive and Materials — deliver Civil, Electrical, Environmental, General, Industrial, Mechanical, Mechatronic Systems and Engineering Technology degrees. Mechanical carries named Aerospace, Automotive, Environmental and Materials options.
Selection: One 74% bar covers every stream, and there is no supplemental application. Aerospace and Automotive are options within Mechanical, so apply to Mechanical.
Odette School of Business
Bachelor of Commerce (Honours Business Administration) in co-op and non-co-op versions, with Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Management and Management Science sub-disciplines, plus the joint Business Administration and Computer Science degree.
Selection: 73% general, 78% for co-op. Co-op is chosen on the OUAC form or applied for again in second year at a 65% cumulative and 70% major average.
Science and Forensic Science
The Faculty of Science runs Biological Sciences, Biomedical Science, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Physics, Mathematics, Economics and the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, plus an Honours Bachelor of Forensic Science.
Selection: Nearly every Science route adds a subject-specific average of 70% — or 75% for the Health and Biomedical stream — on top of the overall minimum.
Nursing
A collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing delivered jointly with St. Clair College and Lambton College, though Windsor states the Lambton site is no longer admitting new students.
Selection: 75% minimum with course-level floors of 70% in chemistry and biology and 65% in ENG4U, against a published mean of 85%. Confirm which site your offer is for.
Education
A five-year Concurrent route awarding a General BA or BSc plus the BEd, with Primary/Junior and Intermediate/Senior certification tracks. The consecutive BEd has no direct admission.
Selection: Concurrent admission is to first year only — 75% for BA streams, 80% for Science and Mathematics. Miss it and you complete a degree first.
Law and the Dual JD
Windsor Law offers the JD, the Canadian & American Dual JD with Detroit Mercy Law, combined MBA/JD and MSW/JD routes, an LLM, and a PhD in Argumentation Studies.
Selection: No direct admission from high school. The Dual JD applies through OLSAS by April 15 and awards two accredited degrees in three years.
School of Creative Arts (downtown)
Film Production, Music, Visual Arts, and Visual Arts and the Built Environment run from the Windsor Armouries and Windsor Hall downtown, opened in September 2015, alongside an MFA.
Selection: Acting and Music require auditions. BFA Visual Arts does not require an entry portfolio — the portfolio evaluation gates entry to Year 3.
Human Kinetics
Kinesiology and Health Studies (BSc) and Sport Management and Leadership (BSML), which Windsor calls one of the only direct entry Sport Management and Leadership programs in the country.
Selection: Two different prerequisite patterns: a science course for Kinesiology, a mathematics course for Sport Management. Co-op is applied for during Year 1.
Three degrees you cannot enter from high school
Windsor's Senate policy records No direct admission against the consecutive Bachelor of Education, the Juris Doctor, and the Bachelor of Engineering Technology. Social Work is second-entry too: you complete twenty courses including four Social Work courses, a statistics course, two Science courses and both Foundations of Academic Writing courses, then submit a supplemental application with a minimum 70% average in Social Work courses. An interview may be required, entry is for the next Fall term only, and enrolment is limited. High-school applicants enter Pre-Social Work, which is not the same thing as being admitted to the professional years.
Automotive research
30 years, 800+ co-ops
The Stellantis Canada–UWindsor Automotive Research and Development Centre opened in 1996 and now employs about 800 people, with related Canadian R&D spending above $2 billion.
Dual JD
Two degrees in three years
Founded in 1983 with Detroit Mercy Law. Windsor calls it the only program of its kind in North America. Accredited by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada and the ABA.
Forensic Science
Three specializations
Forensic human biology, forensic chemistry, and ecology of death, plus a Combined BA in Forensics and a 2+2 route for Police Foundations graduates.
Aerospace and Automotive are options, not degrees
This trips up a lot of applicants. Windsor publishes Mechanical Engineering with named Aerospace, Automotive, Environmental and Materials options — so you apply to Mechanical Engineering at the 74% minimum and select the option later. There is no standalone Aerospace Engineering degree on any Windsor page. The research infrastructure behind those options is real, though: the Faculty of Engineering publishes a Centre for Automotive Research and Education, a Centre for Hybrid Automotive Research and Green Energy, a SHIELD Automotive Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence, a Clean Powertrain Lab, and a Crashworthiness, Impact and Materials Deformation research lab, housed in the $110-million Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation.
Current structure
Nine faculties
Windsor runs Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; the Odette School of Business; Education; Engineering; Human Kinetics; Law; Nursing; Science; and Graduate Studies. It is also home to the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry – Windsor Campus. Windsor publishes 190 undergraduate programs and 70 graduate programs.
The international page instead says Over 200 programs. Treat 190 undergraduate plus 70 graduate as the figures Windsor states most precisely.
University of Windsor: Faculties and departments directory · Verified August 16, 2026
Current programs
Engineering: three departments, named automotive and aerospace options
Engineering is organised into Civil and Environmental; Electrical and Computer; and Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering. The undergraduate degrees are Civil, Electrical, Environmental, General, Industrial (with an option to add a minor in Business Administration), Mechanical, Mechatronic Systems, and Engineering Technology. Mechanical carries named Aerospace, Automotive, Environmental and Materials options, and Mechatronics Systems Engineering began in Fall 2025.
Aerospace and Automotive are options inside Mechanical Engineering, not standalone degrees. Apply to Mechanical and select the option.
University of Windsor: Faculty of Engineering: undergraduate programs · Verified August 16, 2026
Reported August 5, 2026
The automotive research centre is not a brochure line
The Stellantis Canada–UWindsor Automotive Research and Development Centre opened in 1996 with a $30 million investment as a first-of-its-kind partnership between the automotive industry and academia. At its thirtieth-anniversary event on August 4, 2026, Windsor reported more than 800 engineering co-op placements through the centre, about 800 people currently employed there, and Canadian research and development spending related to the centre grown to more than $2 billion. The adjoining North America Battery Technology Centre spans more than 8,000 square metres with 35 climatic test cells and 11 reach-in test cells.
University of Windsor: More than 800 engineering co-op placements: 30 years inside the Stellantis–UWindsor research centre · Verified August 16, 2026
Current research inventory
Where the automotive specialisation actually lives
Windsor's Faculty of Engineering publishes a named transportation research cluster: the Centre for Automotive Research and Education, the Centre for Hybrid Automotive Research and Green Energy (CHARGE), the SHIELD Automotive Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence, the Clean Combustion Engine Lab, the Clean Powertrain Lab, the Noise, Vibration and Harshness Sound Quality Research Group, the Turbomachinery and Unsteady Flows Research Lab, and the ARDC. The Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation is described as a $110-million facility.
These are research centres, not undergraduate admission streams. They matter for co-op placements, fourth-year projects, and graduate study, not for your OUAC choice.
University of Windsor: Faculty of Engineering research centres and laboratories · Verified August 16, 2026
Current programs
Forensic Science is a real degree, with three specializations
Windsor offers an Honours Bachelor of Forensic Science with specializations in forensic human biology, forensic chemistry, and ecology of death, plus a Combined BA in Forensics that pairs forensics with a second field such as criminology, psychology or sociology. It also runs a 2+2 Applied Forensic Science Stream for Ontario Police Foundations college graduates with a 73% or better average, granting credit for up to 20 courses and adding roughly two further years.
No first-party page reviewed claims this is the first or only forensic science degree in Canada, so do not repeat that claim.
University of Windsor: Forensic Science undergraduate programs and specializations · Verified August 16, 2026
Fall 2026
The Business and Computer Science joint degree
Odette runs a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours Business Administration and Computer Science) jointly with the School of Computer Science, in regular and co-op versions. It requires ENG4U and MHF4U with MCV4U strongly recommended, a minimum 70% average of math courses, and a minimum grade of 70% in at least one Grade 12 U math course; the co-op version lists a 78% Fall 2026 minimum admission average.
University of Windsor: Business co-op: eligibility and work-term sequence · Verified August 16, 2026
Current program
Concurrent Education is a five-year, two-degree route
Windsor's Concurrent Bachelor of Education runs five years full-time and awards two degrees — a General BA or General BSc plus the BEd — with certification in either the Primary/Junior Division (JK to Grade 6) or the Intermediate/Senior Division (Grades 7 to 12). Intermediate/Senior streams include English, Mathematics, History, French Studies, General Science, Music Education, Visual Arts, Dramatic Art, Communication/Media/Film and Political Science.
University of Windsor: Concurrent Bachelor of Education program structure · Verified August 16, 2026
Current program
Nursing is a three-partner collaborative
Windsor states that the Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing is a joint partnership between the University of Windsor, St. Clair College and Lambton College. The site-by-site year structure is not published on that page, and Windsor separately notes that the Lambton site is no longer admitting new students.
Ask Admissions which site your offer is for before you accept. Site availability changes and the collaborative description on other pages has not caught up.
University of Windsor: Collaborative Honours Bachelor of Science in Nursing · Verified August 16, 2026
Senate policy, amended September 1, 2021
Three degrees have no direct admission from high school
The Senate policy states No direct admission for the consecutive Bachelor of Education, the Juris Doctor, and the Bachelor of Engineering Technology. Social Work is second-entry too: students complete twenty courses including four Social Work courses, a statistics course, two Science courses, eleven Arts/Languages/Social Sciences courses and both Foundations of Academic Writing courses, then submit a supplemental application to the Office of the Registrar with a minimum average of 70% in Social Work courses; an interview may be required and entry is for the next Fall term only.
Windsor's high-school Social Work admission is to Pre-Social Work. The professional years are a separate, competitive, limited-enrolment application.
University of Windsor: Senate Policy on Admission Requirements (Undergraduate), amended September 1, 2021 (PDF) · Verified August 16, 2026
Current program
The Canadian & American Dual JD
Windsor states that the Canadian & American Juris Doctor program, founded in 1983, is a collaboration between Windsor Law and Detroit Mercy Law, and that it is the only program of its kind in North America that allows graduates to obtain two law degrees in three years. It is accredited by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada and the American Bar Association, students attend classes at both schools — located mere kilometres from one another — and graduates receive both a Canadian and American JD, positioning them to write bar examinations in Canada and the US. The OLSAS deadline is April 15.
This is a graduate-entry law program, not a high-school route. It matters to a Grade 12 applicant only as a reason to build an undergraduate degree at Windsor with the Dual JD in mind.
University of Windsor: Canadian & American Dual JD Program · Verified August 16, 2026
Current campuses
Some programs are downtown, not on the main campus
Windsor opened its downtown campus in September 2015. The School of Creative Arts occupies the Windsor Armouries and Windsor Hall and offers undergraduate degree programs in Film Production, Music, Visual Arts, and Visual Arts and the Built Environment, plus an MFA. If you are applying to those programs, your daily campus is not the Sunset Avenue campus.
University of Windsor: Why UWindsor: campus, class sizes, and downtown campus · Verified August 16, 2026
Official Windsor program sources
- Faculties and departments directory
- Program admission requirements search
- Faculty of Engineering: undergraduate programs
- Faculty of Engineering research centres and laboratories
- Applying to UWindsor Engineering
- Forensic Science undergraduate programs
- Nursing (BScN) program page
- Collaborative Honours Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Business Administration program page
- Computer Science program page
- Kinesiology and Sport Management program page
- Concurrent Bachelor of Education program structure
- Canadian & American Dual JD Program
- School of Dramatic Art: BFA Acting auditions
- 30 years inside the Stellantis–UWindsor Automotive Research and Development Centre
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