University of Guelph Programs, Majors & Degrees

The University of Guelph's current undergraduate admission site says it offers more than 75 majors and more than 60 minors. Its Ontario admission-requirements page organizes direct-entry choices into 15 bachelor degree groupings, while the official program directory separately lists majors, minors, co-op options, areas of concentration, the DVM, and an associate diploma.

Guelph's official directory spans agriculture, food, animal and environmental sciences, Arts, business, computing, engineering, health, creative disciplines, mathematics, One Health, and Landscape Architecture. 'Known for' is subjective, so applicants should compare the exact curriculum, prerequisites, co-op model, accreditation, and career fit instead of relying on a reputation list.

Yes. Guelph lists co-op options across Arts, Bio-Resource Management, Commerce, Computing, Engineering, Science, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences. High-school applicants normally select the co-op version through OUAC. The university says degree co-op applicants need at least an 80% university-level high-school average, but actual cut-offs can be higher and meeting the minimum does not guarantee admission.

No. Guelph currently marks Computer Science and Software Engineering as majors with both regular and co-op options, so applicants choose the intended stream through OUAC. Bachelor of Engineering majors are marked co-op-only at admission; a regular Engineering stream exists for students who request a transfer after starting. Guelph's alternate-offer guidance treats Engineering as the exception to automatic co-op-to-regular consideration.

No. Guelph states that the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine is not direct entry from secondary school. Applicants must first complete at least two years of a full-time undergraduate degree, including the required courses, and then apply through the separate DVM process. No single Guelph bachelor degree is identified as a guaranteed pre-vet route.

The Bachelor of Commerce currently offers ten named majors plus an undeclared first year. Options include Accounting, Food and Agricultural Business, Government, Economics and Management, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Management, Management Economics and Finance, Marketing Management, Real Estate, and Sport and Event Management. Applicants seeking co-op should apply directly to a co-op major because undeclared does not offer co-op.

Guelph publishes specific automatic alternate-offer pathways. Current examples include co-op to the comparable regular stream except Engineering, Criminal Justice and Public Policy to Justice and Legal Studies, Psychology to Sociology, Animal Biology to Zoology, and Bio-Medical Science or Human Kinetics to Biological Science. An alternate offer does not prevent later reconsideration for the original choice during remaining rounds.

The current Ontario requirements identify the Background Information Form, not a conventional portfolio, as mandatory. Admission combines grades with the BIF evaluation. Guelph recommends design arts, technical drawing, and science courses, and applicants must verify the current application and BIF deadlines on the official supplementary-form page.

The current Ontario admission page describes the Bachelor of Science in Agriculture as having a common first year, with students selecting Animal Science, Crop Science, Honours Agriculture, or Horticulture in second year. All four current majors are listed with co-op options.

No. The University of Guelph-Humber is a separate campus in northwest Toronto where students earn both an honours University of Guelph degree and a Humber diploma in four years of full-time study. The main Guelph campus now organizes its departments within eight colleges, including the separate College of Engineering and College of Computational, Mathematical and Physical Sciences. The campuses have separate programs, admission, and student experiences.

Compare the exact degree and major, Ontario prerequisites, current estimated range, direct-entry versus later major selection, co-op availability, supplementary form, first-year course sequence, alternate-offer route, and campus. Then verify the live admission page and 2026–2027 Undergraduate Calendar because program structures and requirements can change.