University of Windsor application deadlines for Fall 2027
For Fall 2027, Ontario high school applicants in Group A should apply to Windsor by January 15. Use OUAC. That's the Ontario Universities' Application Centre. Outstanding Scholars first-year Candidate forms open January 15, 2027. They close April 30, 2027. Track school records and housing apart. Use the reply date in your offer letter.
Reviewed October 16, 2026 · Checked against the primary sources below · How we review guides
Key facts
- Group A application
- January 15, 2027 from OUAC's current calendar, which Windsor's Ontario process uses.
- Other applicant routes
- May 1 fall recommendations remain yearless. They aren't a confirmed common Fall 2027 final close.
- Outstanding Scholars
- First-year Candidate form: January 15 to April 30, 2027. Full-program invitations are a different entry route.
- Residence for next fall
- 2027-28 details unconfirmed. June 5, 2026 and the $475 deposit belong to the older housing cycle.
Windsor dates and the cycles they actually cover
A date without the right applicant group can mislead you.
| Task and applicant group | Date | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| OUAC Group A main application | January 15, 2027 | Confirmed current OUAC deadline; Windsor's Ontario page directs you to OUAC. Not a common Group B closing day.Current application-service dateWindsor Ontario route |
| Windsor help answer's Ontario deadline | January 15, 2024 | Prior cycle: answer last updated January 5, 2024. Not evidence against the current OUAC 2027 date.Older school FAQ |
| International undergraduate fall application | May 1, yearless recommendation | Latest available recommended date; no exact dated Fall 2027 final close confirmed. Late review requires available space.International recommendation |
| Transfer fall application / general fall line | May 1 recommended / July 1 overall, yearless | Latest available older FAQ and transfer guidance. Neither establishes a new-cycle guaranteed final deadline.Transfer planningOlder overall fall line |
| Nursing transfer / mature Applicant Profile | March 1, yearless | Current route-specific rule; profile area retains 2026-27 wording. Exact Fall 2027 close unconfirmed.Nursing route and profile |
| Year-three Social Work / Consecutive Education | March 15 yearless / February 1 for Fall 2024 | Different entry levels in old help answer; not confirmed Grade 12 Fall 2027 dates.Older professional-route dates |
| Concurrent Education main / optional materials | January 15, 2026 | Prior-cycle department page. New Fall 2027 optional-document closing unconfirmed; don't use Consecutive Education's old date.Concurrent application cycle |
| Acting audition / digital submission | New cycle pending; digital page last says April 28, 2024 | Older official pages list different April in-person sessions and 2022-24 workshops. No 2027 appointment inferred.Older audition calendarDifferent older application page |
| General UWinAward entrance applications | January 1 opening / April 30 closing, yearless | Under 2027-28 heading, with 2026-27 rules retained below. Individual award date controls; not every entrance award is automatic.Mixed-cycle award page |
| Outstanding Scholars first-year Candidate application | January 15 to April 30, 2027 | Confirmed dated first-year section. Apply through Student Awards Profile, separately from admission.2027 first-year competition |
| Outstanding Scholars full-program invitation route | Summary June 27, 2027 / detail June 26, 2026 before 11:59 p.m. | Mixed-cycle conflict for entry after first year, not Grade 12. Exact new-cycle full-program instructions and zone need confirmation.Different Scholars entry route |
| First-year residence guarantee and deposit | Fall 2027 pending; last guarantee June 5, 2026 | 2026-27 page lists $475 non-refundable deposit and June 1-8, 2026 roommate selection. Not new-cycle prices/dates.Prior housing cycle |
| Reply / admission deposit / final conditions | Your offer's deadline | Current personal rule. Group A June 1, 2027 is earliest compelled commitment, not everyone's final reply date. Exact shared deposit amount unconfirmed.Windsor offer instructionsGroup A protection |
| Course registration and first-year setup | Fall 2027 pending; displayed dates still May/September 2026 | Prior-cycle registration calendar. No new-cycle day invented by advancing the year.Next-steps calendar limit |
Reviewed against each row's official source. Recheck the source before you act, because dates and fees change.
Use OUAC's current Group A date for Ontario high school
Windsor's current Ontario school process sends you to OUAC for the main form. OUAC confirms January 15, 2027 for Group A. The older Windsor help answer still says January 15, 2024 and shows a January 2024 update. That is a prior cycle, not a current competing deadline. Use the current form-service date for your group. The Windsor university hub helps you compare the school as a whole. Our Ontario deadline guide explains the broader provincial calendar.
Group B has no single OUAC closing date. The school and program control those deadlines, including records or an audition. Your citizenship alone doesn't tell you every deadline that applies. Check the form category against your school history. Windsor also provides separate processes for transfer, international and other applicants. The Canadian application opening guide covers opening dates. We haven't confirmed one shared dated Windsor Fall 2027 opening day here. An open form doesn't prove every program is open for every term.
Sources: Group A and Group B distinction · Windsor application route · 2024 help-answer date
May 1 is a recommendation with a missing year
Windsor's international undergraduate page recommends May 1 for fall entry. Its transfer page also recommends May 1. Those lines have no year. They help you plan, but aren't newly dated Fall 2027 final deadlines. Both routes can depend on program capacity. The older help answer adds a yearless July 1 general fall date. Don't use that line to delay a selective program's file or an earlier extra requirement. Ask the relevant admissions team which date and intake apply before relying on a late form.
Transfer applicants should allow time for their previous study to be assessed. Windsor explains that late forms may be processed while space remains, but transfer credit details may not be ready before course registration. That can affect course choices even if admission is possible. Gather the requested records and course outlines early enough to resolve missing details. If you're comparing Engineering, use the Windsor Engineering rules guide for the degree itself. Its entry rules don't establish a new form deadline. Keep course fit and file timing together without treating them as the same decision.
Sources: Yearless international recommendation · Transfer timing and credit review · Older general fall rule
The acknowledgement starts your document work
After applying, use the acknowledgement email to activate your UWin Account. Windsor's Ontario process directs you to UWinsite Student to check the To Do List and upload requested records. A sent OUAC choice doesn't complete a missing record task. Check the program name, start term and every item still owing. Keep the acknowledgement in a place you can find again. If a school is sending a record on your behalf, follow up on its delivery rather than assuming a form confirmation means the transcript arrived too.
Your admission letter sets any remaining conditions and their deadlines. Read it even if the online status says admitted. Conditions can include final results; accepting doesn't remove them. The next-steps page gives the practical order for account setup and later registration. Its displayed registration dates still refer to May 2026, with September 10, 2026 as the first day of classes. Those aren't Fall 2027 dates. We haven't advanced them by a year. Wait for the new registration steps and use the letter for your personal final-record tasks.
Sources: Acknowledgement and checklist · Offer conditions and older registration cycle
Nursing's March rule has a specific applicant scope
The Nursing page states a March 1 fall transfer deadline. It also requires an Applicant Profile by March 1 for mature and transfer applicants. Current Windsor students changing programs, returning students and new transfers have different main forms. These date lines are yearless, and the profile area still refers to 2026-27. We haven't confirmed the new-cycle profile close. Don't assume March 1 replaces the Group A January form target for every high school Nursing choice. Ask Nursing which file route matches your studies before using the later date.
The Windsor Nursing rules guide explains the academic route. Keep the school you apply through clear as well. The collaborative program page describes University of Windsor and St. Clair forms on its own and says new applicants are no longer admitted through Lambton's older collaboration. A partner's form isn't automatically your university choice. Check the site and code on the confirmation before you send another form. If you're asked for an interview or more records, obtain that task's date directly rather than borrowing a deadline from another applicant type.
Education and Acting still show older calendars
Concurrent Education combines an undergraduate degree with teacher education. Its page still says January 15, 2026. Optional supporting records were due then too. The old FAQ's February 1, 2024 date is for Consecutive Education. That is a different route after prior study. Neither gives a new Fall 2027 due date for optional records. The Windsor Concurrent Education guide explains the degree. Ask the faculty for the new steps. Don't choose between these two old dates as if they serve the same group.
Acting pages also need a cycle check. One form page names different April sessions from the dedicated audition page. The latter still gives April 28, 2024 for digital submission, plus older workshop wording. None establishes a 2027 audition or booking day. Contact Dramatic Art before planning travel or preparing a file for a past submission system. Completing the university form and booking an audition are separate steps. Keep the department's new confirmation when it arrives; a session date shown on an old page isn't a reservation for you.
Sources: Older concurrent deadline · Different consecutive route · Older application sessions · Older digital close
Award applications and automatic scholarships differ
Windsor's entering-student page now has a 2027-28 heading. It lists January 1 for UWinAward opening and April 30 for entrance awards without years on those lines. Lower automatic-scholarship details still carry 2026-27 labels. We preserve that mixed-cycle status. Don't assume the heading refresh confirms every older amount, deadline or renewal term below it. You don't need an admission offer to start the award form once your UWin access is ready. Check the own award's listed closing date and required evidence before sending.
An automatic entrance award doesn't enter you for every other scholarship. Some need a UWinAward profile and records. The page also covers funding during a degree and in law. Their dates aren't the first-year award window. Read the Windsor financial-aid guide for support types. Keep each award's name with its due date. That makes it clear which form you've sent. The new page heading doesn't give a shared Fall 2027 result day. Don't plan a payment around an award until you have its terms and offer.
Sources: Award categories and mixed cycle
Outstanding Scholars has two entry points
The first-year Candidate section gives a firm January 15 to April 30, 2027 form window. It directs you through the Student Awards Profile. That is apart from your admission choice. The same page discusses joining the full research program after first year, which uses invitations. Don't use that later competition as a Grade 12 form deadline. Its summary says June 27, 2027 before 11:59 p.m., while detailed full-program text still gives June 26, 2026. That mixed-cycle difference needs the program's confirmation, and no time zone is printed. The clearly dated Candidate window remains the relevant first-year entry route.
Sources: Dated first-year window and different full-program route
Reply dates and residence payments need separate records
Follow the acceptance steps and date in your admission letter. For Group A, OUAC says June 1, 2027 is the earliest date an Ontario university can require a reply or financial commitment. It isn't everyone's final Windsor acceptance day. The Ontario offer-reply guide explains that distinction. Read any admission deposit request in the actual offer; no common Fall 2027 amount is confirmed here. Keep proof of the acceptance action and payment so you can check what was completed if the online status is unclear.
The fetched residence form is explicitly for Fall/Winter 2026-27. Its guarantee date is June 5, 2026, and it lists a $475 non-refundable deposit. It also gives June 1 to 8, 2026 for roommate selection. These are older terms, not new-cycle promises. Fall 2027 opening, guarantee and payment details remain unconfirmed. The Windsor residence guide explains the options. Check the new housing agreement before committing money. The older process requires accepting admission and activating the right account first, so allow for those steps when the updated housing form appears.
Sources: Personal acceptance date · Earliest Group A commitment · Prior-cycle housing terms
What to do this week
Confirm which group you're in. Write down the date that serves that route. If you want Outstanding Scholars, add the Candidate window too. Check the gaps again November 1, 2026. New faculty and housing calendars may come later. Direct OUAC fetches returned 403. A separate official web read did succeed. The old housing URL returned 404; the correct form page was fetched instead. The Canadian deadline comparison gives other schools' dates. It doesn't supply missing Windsor facts. Keep each school and year with its own task.
- Save your application receipt and finish requested To Do items.
- Ask the program about any unconfirmed extra-material date.
- Keep academic acceptance, awards and housing replies in separate calendar entries.
Sources: Application tracking · Offer instructions · Housing cycle to recheck
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
- OUAC 2027 Group A datesConfirmed January 15, 2027 Group A application, May 28 response and June 1 earliest compelled reply/financial commitment; June 1 isn't a universal final reply date. Group B has no shared closing. Direct curl 403; successful separate official web read, no HTTP header exposed. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026. No live form tested.
- Ontario school application processCurrent OUAC application, UWin activation and UWinsite To Do List. No separately dated Fall 2027 Windsor closing day is printed here. Applicant background determines the process. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026. No live form tested.
- Offer acceptance and next stepsCurrent offer-specific reply and condition dates; account/email setup before registration. The page still gives Fall 2026 homepage activation, late-May 2026 course registration and September 10, 2026 classes. No 2027 registration schedule inferred. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026. No live form tested.
- Windsor's older deadline answerUpdated January 5, 2024; Ontario deadline explicitly January 15, 2024. Yearless recommended May 1 transfer/visa, July 1 general fall, March 1 Nursing and March 15 year-three Social Work. Consecutive Education February 1 expressly Fall 2024. Not confirmed Fall 2027 school dates. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026. No live form tested.
- International undergraduate applicationCurrent yearless May 1 fall recommendation, not guaranteed final close; space-dependent late review. Separate graduate and certificate sections aren't treated as undergraduate degree rules. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026. No live form tested.
- Transfer applicationsCurrent yearless May 1 fall recommendation and course-outline/credit planning. Late applications may be processed with space but credit results may not precede registration. No newly dated 2027 universal transfer closing day. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026. No live form tested.
- Entering-student awardsTop heading 2027-2028; January 1 opening and April 30 entrance-award close have no years. Lower automatic scholarship regulations remain 2026-27/2026-2027. No admission offer needed to start UWinAward after account access; automatic and application-based awards differ. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026. No live form tested.
- Outstanding Scholars entry routesConfirmed first-year Candidate application January 15-April 30, 2027 via Student Awards Profile. Invitation-only full-program summary says June 27, 2027 before 11:59 p.m., but detailed full-program block retains May 31/June 26, 2026. Conflicting/mixed-cycle full-program dates aren't Grade 12 application dates; zone unprinted. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026. No live form tested.
- Residence application for 2026-27Latest available explicitly Fall/Winter 2026-2027. June 5, 2026 first-year guarantee, June 1-8 roommate selection and $475 non-refundable deposit belong to that cycle. New 2027-28 opening, guarantee, payments and move-in remain unconfirmed. Older supplied housing URL returned 404; correct source fetched. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026. No live form tested.
- Nursing applicant categoriesCurrent yearless March 1 transfer application and mature/transfer Applicant Profile. Current/returning Windsor students have distinct routes. Profile area still says 2026-2027 applications coming; do not promote deadline to confirmed 2027 or apply it to all high school choices. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026. No live form tested.
- Concurrent Education applicationLatest available January 15, 2026; optional supporting documents due by that date. This is concurrent entry, distinct from the older FAQ's Fall 2024 Consecutive Education route. No new-cycle optional-material deadline confirmed. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026. No live form tested.
- Acting application pageOlder page lists Windsor April 5/Toronto April 12 and workshops January-March 2024. These aren't Fall 2027 audition appointments; compare the separate audition page's different old dates. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026. No live form tested.
- Acting auditionsLatest available digital close April 28, 2024, different April in-person dates and November 2022-March 2023 Zoom workshop wording. No Fall 2027 booking, audition or digital-submission date confirmed. Checked October 16, 2026. Recheck November 1, 2026. No live form tested.
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