University of Calgary application deadlines for Fall 2027
Apply to the University of Calgary by March 1, 2027 for Fall 2027 entry. The application and fee are separate from later document tasks. Nursing has earlier document rounds. Music needs a February 1 application for an in-person audition. Prestige Awards close December 1, 2026. Don't wait for an admission offer to apply for awards.
Reviewed October 16, 2026 · Checked against the primary sources below · How we review guides
Key facts
- Main application
- March 1, 2027. Pay the fee and finish any program-choice changes by the deadline.
- Nursing rounds
- Fall 2027 high school document dates: November 1, March 1 and March 15. Transfer's middle date is January 31. Individual years aren't printed.
- BHSc and Music
- BHSc supplement: March 1, 2027 for new applicants; February 1 for UCalgary Change of Program. Music in-person route: February 1.
- Residence
- May 1 guarantee rule is yearless and covers direct high school entrants age 21 or younger. Fall 2027 terms and payment date remain pending.
Calgary Fall 2027 dates, checked October 16, 2026
Use the degree's calendar before the general document schedule.
| Task and applicant group | Date or instruction | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| General application opening | August 15 study-permit route; October 1 citizens/permanent residents, yearless | Latest available central dates. The September 18, 2026 FAQ already calls Fall 2027 open without naming an opening group. General exact 2026 opening day unconfirmed.Opening scopesDated FAQGeneric application window |
| Fall undergraduate application, fee and choice changes | March 1, 2027 | Confirmed closing day in the Fall 2027 FAQ. The central calendar includes fee payment; no common cutoff time or zone confirmed.2027 applicationFee and choice tasks |
| Health Sciences supplementary application | February 1, 2027 UCalgary Change of Program; March 1, 2027 all other applicants | Confirmed faculty dates. Main and supplementary applications opened October 1, 2026 for this program.BHSc calendar |
| Nursing high school / transfer documents | Fall 2027: November 1, March 1, March 15 / November 1, January 31, March 15 | Cycle-labelled rounds; individual years omitted. Transfer selection caption retains February 28/29. Confirm the personal round and exact deadline.Nursing rounds |
| Music application for in-person audition / audition days | February 1, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. / February 8, 9 and 10, 2027 | Confirmed. Zone not printed. Final main application March 1, 2027; later applicants use video. Central March 4 video-material date is yearless.Music datesVideo documents |
| Dance application / in-person audition | March 1, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. / March 12, 2027 | Confirmed faculty dates, zone not printed. Central March 4 virtual-material date remains yearless; confirm the upload task.Dance datesVirtual documents |
| Visual Studies portfolio | FAQ: January 15, 2027 early target; March 1, 2027 final. Central calendar: March 4, yearless | Conflict. Department says to use Student Centre's personal deadline. Don't assume the later date applies.Dated portfolio FAQDifferent central datePersonal checklist |
| General initial documents / final official records | March 15 initial; June 1 transfer final; August 1 high school final, all yearless | Latest available. Fall 2027 years pending. Transfer courses finish April 30; high school courses June 30, also yearless. Program rounds can be earlier.Document stagesHow records arrive |
| Student Access Process / Indigenous Admission materials | March 1 access-process request; March 15 access statement, Indigenous citizenship/membership proof and supplementary materials, all yearless | Latest available. Fall 2027 confirmation pending. These tasks don't replace the main application or a program's extra materials.Other admission routes |
| Prestige / High School Awards application | December 1, 2026 / March 1, 2027 | Confirmed closing dates. Supporting admissions documents December 15 / admissions and award documents March 15 are yearless in the awards calendar.Dated award deadlinesSeparate documents |
| Residence opening / guarantee / advance payment | November 1 / May 1, yearless; payment date in room offer | Latest published application banner 2026/2027. Direct high school, age 21 or younger guarantee rule is yearless. Fall 2027 dates, amount and refund schedule pending.Housing applicationGuarantee limitsPersonal payment |
| General admission reply / Nursing reply and deposit | General: May 1 for offers dated April 1 or earlier, otherwise 30 days. Nursing: 30 days from offer | General calendar dates are yearless; new-cycle confirmation pending. Nursing's own relative rule applies. Tuition payment counts when posted.Reply rulesNursing exceptionPosted deposit |
Reviewed against each row's official source. Recheck the source before you act, because dates and fees change.
Check the opening rule for your background
UCalgary's central page lists August 15 for students who need a study permit. It gives October 1 for Canadian citizens and permanent residents. Neither line prints a year. Its general how-to page uses October 1 to March 1, also without a year. A September 18, 2026 FAQ already says Fall 2027 applications are open. It doesn't say which group that opening statement covers. These sources don't establish one exact new-cycle opening day for everyone. Check the route that fits your status before selecting your entry term.
Health Sciences has firmer opening evidence. Its faculty page names October 1, 2026 for September 2027 entry. That date covers its main and supplementary applications. It doesn't date every other degree's opening. The Canadian application opening guide explains the wider systems. Use the Calgary university hub for the school overview. This page owns the deadlines. The Canadian deadline table is useful if you're applying in other provinces too.
Sources: Opening by status · Generic window · September 18 FAQ · Dated BHSc opening
Choose two programs before March 1
The Fall 2027 FAQ confirms March 1, 2027 for applications and program changes. UCalgary lets you list two program choices. Put the degree you most want first. If you're admitted to the second choice, you'll still be considered for the first when new grades arrive. You don't need to apply again. Changing an admitted choice can cancel that offer. This includes swapping its position between first and second. Check the effect before editing a choice after admission.
There isn't one separate early admission closing day in the checked sources. The FAQ describes typical first offers in mid-November and another review in February. It says most offers arrive by May 1. Those are broad patterns, not a promised decision day. A missed first offer doesn't end your file. New grades can trigger another review. Nursing works through its own rounds. For courses and marks, use the Calgary Engineering requirements or Computer Science requirements. A program's mark estimate doesn't replace its application tasks.
Sources: 2027 choices and review pattern · Separate Nursing review
Order the right transcripts for your school
Applying and sending a final transcript are different jobs. The central calendar gives March 15 for initial records, June 1 for transfer final records and August 1 for high school final records. It also gives April 30 for transfer course completion and June 30 for high school course completion. These lines lack years. Fall 2027 confirmation remains pending. Keep each stage in your plan, but check your personal To-Do list. Nursing's earlier round deadlines can decide when your file enters its lottery.
Your school location changes how records arrive. UCalgary obtains records from participating Alberta schools. British Columbia high school students request electronic records through their province's service. Other Canadian institutions generally need unofficial uploads for review. An Ontario application sent to Ontario schools doesn't finish this task for Calgary. Final official records must come from the issuing school or agency. International records can also need certified English translations. Ask your school about delivery time before the deadline approaches. For a linear school, the yearless instructions call for mid-year marks after January 1 and upload by March 15.
The Student Access Process has a March 1 request date and March 15 statement date. Indigenous Admission citizenship or membership proof and supplementary materials are also listed for March 15. Those central lines have no year. Their Fall 2027 dates still need confirmation. These routes have their own tasks. They don't replace the main form or your degree's extra work. If you're using either route, read its instructions before the general document date approaches.
Sources: Yearless completion stages · School-specific delivery
Health Sciences has two supplementary deadlines
The Bachelor of Health Sciences, or BHSc, has a separate online supplementary application. New high school and external transfer applicants fall under its March 1, 2027 deadline. Current UCalgary students using Change of Program have February 1, 2027 instead. Don't choose the date simply because you're taking university courses. The distinction is an internal program change versus other admission routes. The Calgary Health Sciences guide covers the wider requirements. The official FAQ says the answers must be completed by you alone. Use the school's instructions and prepare your own work.
Sources: Two dated applicant groups · Complete the answers alone
Nursing documents decide your lottery round
Calgary Nursing's Fall 2027 heading gives three high school document cutoffs: November 1, March 1 and March 15. Transfer applicants have November 1, January 31 and March 15. The individual lines don't print years. The transfer selection caption also retains February 28/29. We don't invent a leap-day deadline or convert those short dates into fully dated lines. Ask which round fits your completed file. The Calgary Nursing guide explains the lottery route and course requirements.
You need the requested documents and paid fee for the round's review. Meeting the threshold puts you into the lottery; it doesn't promise a place. If you aren't selected, the school carries you into later rounds. Additional rounds may run until August 15 if space remains. That last date is yearless and conditional. It isn't a late-application extension. Nursing also gives you 30 days from an offer to accept and pay the admission deposit. Keep that personal countdown separate from the general yearless May 1 reply rule.
Sources: Documents, later rounds and reply
Music and Dance need time before the audition
For Music's in-person route, apply by February 1, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. The faculty confirms February 8, 9 and 10, 2027 auditions. It doesn't print the cutoff's time zone. Later applicants can still use video before the March 1 main deadline. Music warns that places are limited after the live auditions. Its lower joint-degree paragraph still calls March the typical Bachelor of Music audition month. Keep that older general wording separate from the dated February schedule. Ask the faculty about your video deadline; central March 4 material instructions lack a year.
Dance confirms March 1, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. for the application and March 12 for the live audition. Again, no zone is printed. The video option is for a home address more than 300 kilometres away. You select the audition route in the main application. A later To-Do item handles the video link. Allow time for that item to appear and check that the link works. The central calendar's March 4 video-material day is yearless. Confirm it with the faculty rather than assigning it a 2027 year yourself.
Sources: Dated Music schedule · Dated Dance schedule · Yearless video-material day
Visual Studies has a visible portfolio conflict
The dated Fall 2027 FAQ gives January 15, 2027 as an early portfolio target and March 1, 2027 as the final day. The central calendar says March 4 without a year. The department directs you to your Student Centre deadline. We keep both published values visible because choosing the later one could affect your file. Apply early enough to open the portfolio task. Check its exact wording and ask Art and Art History to resolve any mismatch. Submit your own work through the requested single Word or PDF file.
Sources: 2027 portfolio dates · Different central date · Checklist instructions
Awards close before some admission decisions
For Fall 2027, the FAQ confirms December 1, 2026 for Prestige Awards and March 1, 2027 for High School Awards and Bursaries. You can apply after submitting admission; you don't need an offer first. The registrar says award access can take 24 to 48 hours. Don't leave the university application until the award form's final evening. These are separate submissions. Read the Calgary financial-aid guide for the award groups and eligibility.
The awards calendar adds a second stage. Prestige admissions documents are due December 15. High School Awards admissions and award documents are due March 15. Those lines have no year, so their Fall 2027 dates remain unconfirmed here. Its March/April Prestige notices and end-April High School notices are yearless patterns too. The FAQ says Prestige extensions can't be granted. Build time for missing records before you submit. A later document stage doesn't extend the form's confirmed closing day.
Sources: Confirmed form deadlines · Access and eligibility · Yearless document stage
Residence needs its own offer and payment
Housing's application page still advertises 2026/2027. Its November 1 opening for a Fall or academic-year stay has no year. The first-year page gives a May 1 guarantee for direct high school entrants age 21 or younger. These aren't confirmed Fall 2027 housing dates or terms. Admissions uses broader first-year wording, so keep Housing's age and background limits in view. The Calgary hub's residence section provides the existing overview. Ask Housing when the new session opens.
A residence application isn't the advance payment. Your room offer supplies its own amount and due date. Housing cancels a booking if that payment is late. Its yearless first-year page lists a $1,000 advance payment and a July 10 refund split. We haven't confirmed those terms for Fall 2027. Read the actual room offer before budgeting or cancelling. A tuition deposit also doesn't pay the room advance for you. Save both receipts with their matching offers so you can tell which task is finished.
Sources: Prior-cycle banner · Guarantee scope · Room-offer payment
Watch the posted payment date and any missed task
The general calendar asks for a May 1 reply to offers dated April 1 or earlier. Later offers allow 30 days. Those standing dates lack a cycle year, so Fall 2027 confirmation is pending. Your Student Centre and offer remain the practical check. Accepting requires the online reply and admission deposit. UCalgary counts the money when it posts to your account. It recommends paying at least seven days ahead because online processing can take that long. Nursing's separate 30-day rule needs its own reminder.
If you've missed an application, portfolio or round date, ask the office that owns that task. Don't assume a later transcript deadline reopens the main application. Dance says late audition materials won't be considered. The Prestige FAQ rules out extensions. A later Nursing round depends on space and your file's eligibility. None of those rules promises a general late route. Explain your degree, background and missing item when you contact the school. No live application, payment or personal checklist was tested for this guide.
Sources: Standing reply rules · Payment received when posted · Late audition materials · Prestige extension rule · Conditional later rounds
What to do this week
Open the official instructions for each of your two choices. Start the admission form early enough to gain access to awards and any portfolio upload. Put the next task beside the degree's name. Recheck the pending document and housing years on November 1, 2026, then keep any school reply with your plan.
- Check whether your Nursing file can enter the first document round.
- For live Music auditions, plan around February 1 rather than March 1.
- Ask Art and Art History to confirm your portfolio's conflicting final date.
- Keep residence and admission deposits on separate reminders.
Sources: Start your application · Open award access
Official sources
Confirm current dates, rules, fees, and program details in these primary sources.
Written by Stellar Advisers Editorial Team · Reviewed by Official-source review desk · Last reviewed October 16, 2026
- Central undergraduate calendarYearless Fall schedule: August 15 study-permit route, October 1 citizens/permanent residents; March 1 application/fee/choice changes and Student Access request; March 15 initial documents, Access statement and Indigenous Admission proof/supplement; April 30 transfer courses; June 1 transfer final transcripts; June 30 high school courses; August 1 high school final transcripts. Yearless May 1 reply/residence rules and March 4 creative materials. March 1 main application alone is corroborated for 2027 by the dated FAQ. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026.
- Admissions Fall FAQ, September 18, 2026Confirmed Fall 2027 application and choice changes March 1, 2027; Prestige December 1, 2026 and High School Awards March 1, 2027. Already says applications are open without identifying the opening applicant group. Typical mid-November/February reviews and most offers by May 1 are patterns, not exact guaranteed days. Visual Studies March 1, 2027 and January 15 early portfolio target differ from central yearless March 4. BHSc answers must be completed alone. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026.
- How to apply to UCalgaryCurrent application, program-choice and Student Centre checklist process. Generic October 1 to March 1 window omits a year and differs in scope from the central international August 15 opening. No live application tested. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026.
- Transcripts and documents by school locationCurrent Alberta/BC/Saskatchewan/other Canada/US/international submission routes. Linear-school January 1/March 15 instructions are yearless. Unofficial uploads support review; official records come directly from the issuing body. Final 2027 dates aren't newly printed here. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026.
- Health Sciences admission calendarConfirmed September 2027 entry: main and supplementary applications open October 1, 2026; UCalgary Change of Program supplementary deadline February 1, 2027; all other applicants March 1, 2027. Separate university and faculty tasks. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026.
- Nursing lottery and document roundsFall 2027 heading: high school document rounds November 1, March 1, March 15; transfer November 1, January 31, March 15. Individual dates omit years; transfer selection end retains February 28/29. Additional rounds only if space, until August 15, yearless. Not selected means automatic later-round consideration. Nursing acceptance and deposit within 30 days of offer. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026.
- Bachelor of Music auditionsConfirmed February 1, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. for in-person audition route, timezone not printed; auditions February 8, 9 and 10, 2027; final main application March 1, 2027. Later applicants use video, with limited remaining places. Central March 4 video-document date remains yearless. A lower joint-degree paragraph retains typical March BMus auditions. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026.
- Dance entrance auditionsConfirmed March 1, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. application; March 12, 2027 in-person audition. Timezone not printed. Video route for home address more than 300 km away; exact new-cycle video-upload day not separately dated here. Central calendar gives yearless March 4 virtual materials. Late audition material won't be considered. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026.
- Visual Studies portfolio instructionsCurrent portfolio task appears in Student Centre after applying; submit one Word/PDF file. Department delegates the deadline to the personal checklist. It doesn't resolve the dated FAQ March 1 versus central yearless March 4 conflict. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026.
- Applying for undergraduate awardsCurrent high school award access within 24 to 48 hours after the admission application; separate competition submission. Transfer status begins at 12 post-secondary units for these award rules. No admission offer required before starting the entrance form. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026.
- Awards calendarYearless high school table: Prestige October 1 opening, December 1 close, December 15 admissions documents, March/April notice; High School Awards October 1 opening, March 1 close, March 15 admissions/award documents, end-April notice. New-cycle application closing days are corroborated by the dated FAQ; document years aren't inferred. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026.
- Residence application informationLatest published application banner is 2026/2027. November 1 Fall/academic-year opening is yearless. Advance-payment deadline is personal to the room offer. Fall 2027 opening and new payment schedule pending. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026.
- First-year residence eligibilityYearless guarantee: direct from high school and age 21 or younger, apply by May 1. Fall 2027 guarantee terms not explicitly dated; broader admissions wording mustn't erase the age/direct-entry limits. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026.
- Residence advance paymentCurrent personal offer controls amount and due date; unpaid booking is cancelled. Yearless first-year payment is $1,000, with July 10 cancellation split. New Fall 2027 amount/refund schedule not confirmed and no fixed new-cycle deposit day supplied. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026.
- Accepting a UCalgary admission offerCurrent two-step acceptance and non-refundable tuition deposit; payment counts when posted. Allow at least seven days for online processing. General May 1/30-day date rule comes from the yearless central calendar; Nursing has its own 30-day instruction. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026.
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