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York University application deadlines for Fall 2027

York confirms January 15, 2027 for Ontario high school applications. Most other applicants have March 24 for Fall 2027. Schulich BBA and Social Work close January 15. Schulich's regular extra form is due February 1. Concurrent Education and arts programs have their own steps. Put each task on your calendar.

Reviewed October 16, 2026 · Checked against the primary sources below · How we review guides

Key facts

Most Ontario applications
January 15, 2027. Choose the September start and check program exceptions.
Most other applicants
March 24, 2027 for other high school, international, transfer and mature groups. Earlier program tasks still apply.
Schulich early review
OUAC November 6, 2026; supplement November 23 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Optional; regular dates remain available.
Dates to recheck
Education March 19/20 and PISE January 26/27 conflict. Fall 2027 residence dates are pending. Recheck November 1, 2026.

York Fall 2027 calendar, checked October 16, 2026

Find your group, then add your program's separate tasks.

Confirmed cycle dates are labelled. Yearless rules and Fall 2026 housing dates aren't new Fall 2027 deadlines. Your offer and MyFile may contain personal requirements.
Task and applicant groupDateSource status
OUAC undergraduate application opensSeptember 17, 2026Confirmed scheduled 2027 startup, subject to change. Schulich says late September. Live form untested.OUAC startup PDFSchulich opening wording
Ontario high school: most programsJanuary 15, 2027Confirmed Fall 2027 guaranteed-consideration date; program exceptions below.York deadlinesOUAC Group A
Other Canadian high school / international / college or university transfer and mature: most programsMarch 24, 2027Confirmed for each named group. Earlier supplement or program-specific dates still apply.York applicant-group table
Schulich BBA and Social Work: main applicationsJanuary 15, 2027Confirmed hard closing in York's Fall 2027 calendar. BBA doesn't admit external transfers or mature applicants; York delayed entry is separate.York exceptionsBBA entry groups
Direct Entry Nursing / Second Entry Nursing / Post-RN internationally educated nursesFebruary 1 / February 1 / June 1 (yearless)Latest available exception sentences, without a 2027 year. Confirm your route; Ontario's January 15 Group A date remains a separate check.York Nursing exceptions
Schulich BBA optional Early ConsiderationOUAC November 6; supplement November 23, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ETConfirmed Fall 2027 early-review pair. Missing it doesn't disadvantage regular applicants.Schulich early dates
Schulich BBA regular supplementFebruary 1, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. ETConfirmed for all Fall 2027 BBA applicants; separate from January 15 main application.Schulich supplement
Schulich supplement opensOctober 15, 2026 or November 2026Conflict: undergraduate FAQ says October 15; BBA program text says November. Follow your invitation.Schulich FAQBBA program wording
Schulich Masters Pathway supplementOpens December 1, 2026; March 6 or March 29, 2027Conflict: central high school row March 6; pathway page March 29 at 11:59 p.m., zone unstated. Central transfer/mature N/A differs from pathway's transfer instructions. Ask Schulich.Central SMP rowPathway's March 29
York delayed-entry BBAMarch 3, 2027Confirmed distinct York-student route. Doesn't extend first-year BBA's January 15 or February 1 dates.Delayed-entry BBA date
Concurrent BEd application: current Ontario high school / current high school outside OntarioJanuary 15 / February 1, 2027Confirmed faculty-specific dates. Current Ontario high school applicants select their degree and Direct Entry BEd with one OUAC code.Education faculty instructions
Direct Entry Concurrent Form: current high school outside Ontario; high school graduates with no postsecondary studyFebruary 1, 2027Confirmed for these groups after OUAC application and receipt of a York reference number.Education applicant-group instructions
Concurrent Education supplement, recommendations and feeMarch 19 or March 20, 2027Conflict: central/faculty supplement and recommendations March 19; program requirements say March 20 for form/fee. Ask Education.Education facultyCentral March 19Program March 20
AMPD main application: Ontario / international and university-college transferJanuary 15 / February 5, 2027Conflict: AMPD faculty gives February 5 for international/transfer, versus central most-program March 24. Other Canadian high school/mature groups lack a separate faculty row. Ask AMPD.AMPD faculty calendarCentral most-program dates
AMPD: Production, Screenwriting, Dance, Design, Music, Visual Arts Studio and Theatre Performance Creation; Creative WritingFebruary 5, 2027; AMPD prints 11:59 EST without a.m./p.m.Confirmed central supplement day for all listed groups; AMPD guaranteed consideration, then space-based review. Full clock cutoff and exact audition/review appointments pending confirmation.Named York supplementsAMPD clock wording
Glendon International Studies and Business Administration dual degree supplementMarch 31, 2027Confirmed central row for Ontario, out-of-province and international high school groups; transfer/mature marked N/A.Glendon supplement row
Social Work transfer/mature supplementFebruary 16, 2027Confirmed central row: no late documentation. High school columns marked N/A; Canadian high school applicants don't need this supplement.Social Work deadlineApplicant exception
Lassonde optional BoostIndividual email target; no common Fall 2027 day confirmedLatest available yearless invitations late February to mid-March; wait-list invites late April to early May. Complete your own emailed steps.Lassonde Boost
All applicants: initial supporting documentsWithin two weeks of applying, strongly encouraged (yearless)Latest available recommendation, not a common fixed 2027 closing date. MyFile and program instructions control required items.York I've applied
Final grades: most Fall entrants / BBA and Direct Entry NursingAugust 15 / June 30 (yearless); BBA FAQ also says July 1Latest available; BBA June 30/July 1 source conflict. Second Entry Nursing requirements also June 30. Exact Fall 2027 schedule unconfirmed.York final-grade rulesBBA July 1 wording
Domestic entrance awards: applications and early awardsOpen December 1; some due February 15; others April 1 (yearless)Latest available, not confirmed Fall 2027 dates. Science Scholars and faculty/program award table separately prints February 20, 2027.York incoming awards
International awards: opening / recommended admission / nominationNovember 1, 2026 / January 19, 2027 / February 4, 2027Confirmed dated timeline. January 19 is a recommendation to allow time for the York reference number.International award timeline
President's International Scholarship of Excellence student applicationJanuary 26 or January 27, 2027; guide says January 27 at 11:59 p.m. ESTConflict: award card January 26; timeline and Fall 2027 student guide January 27. Guide's nomination/reference February 4 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Ask awards.PISE student guideConflicting card and timeline
Schulich Leader nomination / nominee applicationJanuary 27 / February 17, 2027Confirmed dated rows for eligible Canadian school nominees. This STEM award isn't Schulich BBA admission.York award listing
Residence: Ontario high school / outside-Ontario high schoolFall 2027 pending; last cycle June 1 / May 1, 2026Latest available explicit Fall 2026 guarantee dates, for Canadian and international groups. Admission must also be accepted by its deadline.Housing guarantee groups
Residence application opening, offer acceptance and depositFall 2027 opening and common deposit day pending; follow residence offerUse York's official housing application link. Housing says to accept by the offer-letter deadline; no new-cycle universal deposit date is confirmed.Housing applicationResidence offer rules
Ontario high school offers / Group A response and earliest required acceptanceDecember to end of June (yearless York window); May 28 / June 1, 2027 OUAC rulesLatest available York window; confirmed OUAC dates for on-time Group A applicants. May 28 response may be an offer, refusal or deferral.York decision windowGroup A response/reply
Other groups' offers and acceptanceRolling review; reply by your offer-letter deadlineLatest available. No common Fall 2027 day confirmed. York's four-week complete-file estimate conflicts with FAQ's six weeks.York review timingSix-week estimatePersonal reply deadline

Reviewed against each row's official source. Recheck the source before you act, because dates and fees change.

Start with your school group and your actual degree

York's March 24 date gives many applicants outside Ontario a later main deadline. It isn't a later date for every York choice. A student at an Ontario high school should start with January 15. A student at a high school in another province should start with March 24, then read the exceptions. International, transfer and mature groups also have March 24 for most programs. The class start matters too. November 18, 2026 is for Winter 2027, not the next September intake.

The application page treats Schulich BBA and Social Work differently. Both stop taking main applications after January 15. A note about review until programs fill doesn't overrule those limits. BBA doesn't admit external transfers or mature applicants. York delayed entry is a separate route. Use the York hub to check the degree you mean. York's BCom and Schulich's BBA are different choices. Our Ontario deadlines guide explains OUAC, the Ontario Universities' Application Centre. The Canada deadlines table helps when you also apply outside the province.

Sources: York dates and hard program limits · BBA versus BCom · BBA entry limits

Schulich has a separate early-review calendar

For optional Early Consideration, send your BBA choice through OUAC by November 6, 2026. Finish the supplement by November 23 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. You need both steps for that review group. Schulich says the early route changes when it may assess your file. It doesn't change how it judges you. It still needs enough Grade 12 marks to make a decision. Missing the early dates won't disadvantage you if you meet the regular dates.

The regular BBA form closes January 15, 2027. Its supplement closes February 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET for all Fall 2027 BBA applicants. The opening wording conflicts: the FAQ says October 15, while the BBA page says November. Use the emailed invitation to access your task. For applications after October 10, Schulich says to allow up to ten business days for that invitation. Check spam before contacting its admissions team. Our Schulich supplement guide covers the required parts.

The Schulich Masters Pathway, or SMP, is a separate choice alongside an eligible York degree. It offers conditional entry to later graduate study. Its page opens the form December 1, 2026 and closes it March 29, 2027 at 11:59 p.m., without a time zone. York's central table instead says March 6 for high school groups and marks transfer/mature as not applicable. The pathway page includes transfer instructions. Ask Schulich about the date and your group before relying on either row.

Sources: Early and regular submission steps · FAQ opening · Conflicting program opening · SMP closing and applicant instructions · Conflicting central SMP row

Education's form and references need an extra check

Concurrent Education uses January 15, 2027 for current Ontario high school applicants. They select their degree and Direct Entry BEd together with one OUAC code. Current high school applicants outside Ontario have February 1 for the application. They also send the Direct Entry Concurrent Form after they receive a York reference number. High school graduates who haven't attended any postsecondary school must send that form too. Its deadline is February 1, 2027. Don't use the general March 24 row for this pathway. The York concurrent Education guide explains how the teaching route connects to your first degree.

The next stage has a live date conflict. York's main table and faculty page say March 19, 2027 for the supplement. The faculty also names that day for online recommendations. The program's requirements say March 20 for the form and fee. Ask Education which date controls your file and references. You can set a personal target before March 19 without pretending that resolves the source conflict. Give your referees the official link and enough time to submit their own letters.

Sources: Faculty application and recommendation dates · Conflicting form and fee dates · Central March 19 row

Arts, writing and Social Work don't share one extra form

York confirms February 5, 2027 for the named arts supplements in the table. That list includes Production and Screenwriting, plus Dance, Design, Music, Visual Arts Studio and Theatre Performance Creation. Creative Writing also has February 5. For AMPD, the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, this is the guaranteed-consideration deadline. Later review depends on space. Your audition or portfolio review may need its own booking. Don't assume submitting the main OUAC form books that appointment for you.

AMPD's own table also gives February 5 for the main application from international and college or university transfer applicants. That differs from the central March 24 most-program row. Its Ontario main date stays January 15. Ask the faculty which date applies to your arts choice. The faculty prints the supplement time as '11:59 EST' without saying a.m. or p.m. Don't fill in that missing part yourself. Other Canadian high school and mature applicants lack a separate row in that faculty table.

Social Work's February 16, 2027 supplement row is for transfer and mature applicants. Its high school columns say it doesn't apply. York also says Canadian high school applicants don't need that supplement. The central page won't accept late Social Work documents after the deadline. This is stricter than AMPD's space-based wording. If you're changing a York choice, check the new degree's tasks before you switch. The York Social Work guide keeps first-year and transfer entry separate.

Sources: Named supplement dates and late-file rules · Faculty application date and clock wording · Canadian high school Social Work exception

Lassonde Boost uses an emailed target

Lassonde calls Boost an optional co-application. Its current page says invitations arrive from late February to mid-March. Wait-listed Engineering applicants may get theirs from late April to early May. Those windows have no cycle year. No shared exact Fall 2027 closing day was confirmed here. The school says your deadline depends on when it receives your application. Save the invitation's target with your Engineering choice. Don't borrow the February 1 Schulich deadline just because both tasks add context beyond marks.

Boost can also connect to your Engineering Program Guarantee choices. Follow every step in the faculty email, even if you already have an Engineering offer. The invitation and the main degree application serve different purposes. Our Lassonde Engineering guide explains the program route. Keep the central York application date in your calendar while you wait for Boost instructions. An optional task with a later invitation doesn't make your original application optional or extend its closing date.

Sources: Optional Boost and individual timing · Main application calendar

Send useful documents soon after you apply

York strongly encourages you to send documents within two weeks of applying. That's a yearless recommendation on its applied page, not one fixed Fall 2027 document deadline for everyone. MyFile shows the items your file needs. If you're still in school, send the requested current transcript with course enrolment and marks to date. Don't add papers the school hasn't asked for. York warns that extra, unneeded files can slow review. Program supplements still go through their own faculty process.

Final grades have a different role. The admitted page gives August 15 for most Fall entrants, with June 30 for BBA and Direct Entry Nursing. It also gives June 30 for Second Entry Nursing requirements. Schulich's FAQ instead says July 1 for completed courses and final marks. These yearless rules conflict for BBA; none confirms Fall 2027 here. Ask about your offer's conditions. Ontario high school final grades normally come through your school. Other applicants follow York's rules for official documents from the issuing school.

Sources: Two-week target and personal checklist · Official-document rules · Yearless final-grade exceptions · BBA July 1 conflict

Awards can close before the general application date

York's international award timeline opens November 1, 2026. It recommends applying for admission by January 19, 2027 so your reference number can arrive in time. That recommendation can matter even if your degree's main date is March 24. The PISE student guide gives January 27 at 11:59 p.m. EST for the award form. It gives February 4 at the same time for the nomination and reference. The incoming-awards card instead says January 26. Ask the award office about that conflict.

Domestic award guidance is less settled for the new cycle. The December 1 opening, some February 15 deadlines and April 1 close have no year. Keep them as planning references until York confirms your competition. Its dated list gives January 27 and February 17, 2027 for Schulich Leader nomination and application. Science Scholars has February 20, 2027. Read the award name carefully: Schulich Leader is a STEM scholarship, not the BBA supplement. The York financial-aid guide explains the funding routes.

Sources: Award groups and mixed date wording · Fall 2027 PISE student guide

Residence dates still belong to Fall 2026

The checked housing guarantee page still names Fall 2026. It gives June 1, 2026 for Canadian and international students at Ontario high schools. It gives May 1, 2026 for both groups at high schools outside Ontario. Those dates aren't Fall 2027 deadlines. The school also ties eligibility to accepting admission by the required day. Don't assume citizenship alone picks your housing row. In the published rules, where you attended high school changes the date as well.

Open York Housing's Apply for Residence page for the current application link. No exact Fall 2027 opening day or shared residence deposit day was confirmed on the checked public pages. Accept a residence offer by the deadline in that letter. Keep the housing payment apart from a tuition or enrolment deposit in your notes. York's admitted page still has mixed 2025 and 2026 housing wording. Use the York residence guide for campus options and recheck the official guarantee before relying on it.

Sources: Explicit 2026 guarantee groups · Housing application route · Older admitted-page housing wording

Your decision window and reply deadline are different

York says Ontario high school decisions run from December to the end of June. That window has no year. Its applied page estimates four weeks after required documents arrive, while its FAQ says six. Neither estimate promises you an offer in that time. For on-time OUAC Group A applicants, the confirmed 2027 response date is May 28. A response may be an offer, a refusal or a deferral for more information. June 1 is the earliest required reply or financial commitment date for this group.

Other applicant groups should read the reply date in their York offer. Don't assume the Ontario Group A rule extends your own letter. Schulich's dated schedule puts early offers in December 2026 to January 2027 and regular offers from March to the end of May 2027. No early offer doesn't mean an early rejection. Our Ontario offer-timing guide compares school windows. When you accept through OUAC, keep the confirmation number. York says MyFile and OUAC can take one or two business days to line up.

Sources: York window and four-week estimate · Six-week estimate · Confirmed Group A response rules · Schulich offer cycle · Acceptance and confirmation

What to do this week

Choose your York degree and September 2027 entry first. Then make a line for each step you need. For Schulich early review, put both November dates on that list. For Education, note the earlier outside-Ontario application rule and ask about March 19 versus March 20. If you need a nomination, contact your school before working on the award form. Keep a copy of each submission receipt beside its task. A saved draft isn't the same as a completed submission.

Recheck unresolved dates on November 1, 2026, then when York sends new instructions. Keep old housing and yearless award dates labelled so you don't mistake them for confirmed cutoffs. If you miss a main deadline, ask admissions whether your specific program still accepts files. Schulich and Social Work have hard limits; other programs can fill. Our application-opening guide separates startup from closing dates. OUAC's scheduled opening was September 17. Its direct page blocked our fetch, but a separate official web read succeeded; no live application was tested.

  • For Schulich early review, record OUAC November 6 and supplement November 23, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
  • Ask Education to resolve March 19 versus March 20, 2027 before sending referees their instructions.
  • Ask York awards about PISE's January 26/27 conflict; keep nomination and reference tasks separate.
  • Label the May 1/June 1, 2026 housing dates as old-cycle references and recheck November 1, 2026.

Sources: Late application limits · Early-review pair · Education steps · Conflicting Education day · Nomination requirements · Prior-cycle housing dates · OUAC scheduled opening · OUAC source read

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Written by Stellar Advisers Editorial Team · Reviewed by Official-source review desk · Last reviewed October 16, 2026

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