Transfer Student Applicants
A transfer student is any student who has previously attended a post-secondary institution within or outside of Canada.
Admission Requirements & Eligibility for...
- Applicants must have completed a minimum of one year of an Ontario CAAT 2-year or 3-year diploma that is academic in nature with a minimum cumulative average of 3.0 (70%) for admission.
Specific program prerequisite courses and stated averages must have been completed through high school or through equivalent courses in the applicant's post-secondary studies. See specific program page for prerequisite information.
Transfer Applicants to competitive programs such as Nursing and Social Work will have additional supplemental application requirements. These programs are only available for fall entry and have specific application deadlines.
A applicant from an undergraduate degree program at a College of Applied Arts and Technology will follow the same admissions requirements “A Canadian University Degree Program”.
Canadian Citizen and Permanent Resident transfer applicants who do not meet the stated admission requirements may be admissible as a Mature Student Applicant
Learn more about provincial and other educational system high school pre-requite equivalencies
- A transfer applicant from a CÉGEP institution will have in excess of 12 academic semester subjects, including two 603 or 604 series English courses will follow the same admissions requirements “A Canadian University Degree Program”.
Specific program prerequisite courses and stated averages must have been completed through high school or through equivalent courses in the applicant’s post-secondary studies. See specific program page for prerequisite information.
Transfer credit assessment will be completed for courses in excess of the 12 academic required courses for courses with a 60% grade or better, up to a maximum 10 transfer credits.
Learn more about provincial and other educational system high school pre-requite equivalencies
- Canadian college applicants coming from a vocational 2-year or 3-year diploma that is academic in nature will follow the same admissions requirements “A Canadian University Degree Program”, where they must have completed a minimum of one year with a minimum cumulative average of 3.0 (70%) for admission.
Canadian College applicants coming from a university preparatory program or undergraduate degree program will follow the same admissions requirements “A Canadian University Degree Program”.
Specific program prerequisite courses and stated averages must have been completed through high school or through equivalent courses in the applicant's post-secondary studies. See specific program page for prerequisite information.
Learn more about provincial and other educational system high school pre-requite equivalencies
- United States university or college applicants coming from a vocational 2-year or 3-year diploma that is academic in nature will follow the same admissions requirements “A Canadian University Degree Program”, where they must have completed a minimum of one year with a minimum cumulative average of 3.0 (70%) for admission.
United States university or college applicants coming from a university preparatory program or undergraduate degree program will follow the same admissions requirements “A Canadian University Degree Program”.
Specific program prerequisite courses and stated averages must have been completed through high school or through equivalent courses in the applicant's post-secondary studies. See specific program page for prerequisite information.
Learn more about provincial and other educational system high school pre-requite equivalencies
- Applicants coming from an accredited international post-secondary vocational 2-year or 3-year diploma that is academic in nature will follow the same admissions requirements “A Canadian University Degree Program”, where they must have completed a minimum of one year with a minimum cumulative average of 3.0 (70%) for admission.*
Applicants coming from an accredited international post-secondary undergraduate degree program will follow the same admissions requirements “A Canadian University Degree Program”.*
Specific program prerequisite courses and stated averages must have been completed through high school or through equivalent courses in the applicant’s post-secondary studies. See specific program page for prerequisite information.
*Important notes:
- Grades and cumulative averages are converted to equivalent Ontario grades for evaluation purposes.
- In some cases, course-outlines will be requested to evaluate pre-requisite course requirements for entry.
- Translation is needed if the official documents are not in English and must be provided by an official translation service such as: (1) World Educational Service or (2) International Education Research Foundation.
- An applicant transferring from a 3-year or 4-year Canadian University degree program with a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 60% is eligible for general admission. The following faculties have higher minimum CGPA's for transfer admission: Odette School of Business - 67%, Engineering - 65%, Social Work - 70% (including a supplementary competitive application and Fall entry only) and Nursing - 75% (including a supplementary competitive application and Fall entry only).
A student who has been required to withdraw from their previous institution will not be accepted to the University of Windsor during the period of their disbarment (typically 1-year).
Specific program prerequisite courses and stated averages must have been completed through high school or through equivalent courses in the applicant's post-secondary studies. See specific program page for prerequisite information.
Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident applicants who have attended a post-secondary institution but do not meet the stated admission requirements above, may still have opportunity to be admitted as a Mature Student Admission (click on link for requirements and application process).
For more details on Transferring to UWindsor, the Course Equivalency Database, and other transfer resources, please visit our Transfer to UWindsor Page