Applications are facilitated through Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC). See our Admissions website for detailed application instructions.

Fall 2022 Admissions

Ontario High School Students

All undergraduate programs, with the exception of the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) programs, are accepting applications for fall 2022. 

All Other Applicants 

All undergraduate programs are accepting applications for fall 2022. 

Looking for additional information?

• Please review our Dates and Deadlines page for application deadlines.
• See our Admissions website for detailed application instructions.

The Recruitment and Admissions office is still receiving mail. However, receipt of documents may be delayed.

You are able to upload electronic copies of your transcripts or coursework electronically through your applicant portal account. If you have the ability to submit an electronic copy, this will allow the admissions team to review your application in a more timely manner. Documents submitted through your portal are considered unofficial.

Current Ontario High School Applicants

You should check your OUAC account under “Current High School Information and Grades” to verify the information. Ontario high school officials complete this section. Check the information provided carefully and inform your guidance counsellor if you find any errors.

If you are taking courses at a school outside your “home” school, you are responsible for ensuring that this school submits the course information and all updates to your “home” school and to the OUAC. 

If course information is missing from your application, you must contact that school and request that they submit the missing information to your “home” school and to the OUAC.

This information has been taken from the OUAC website.

All Other Applicants

Your applicant portal is the official means to confirm if we have received your required documents. Please follow the online instructions that are outlined on our Required Documents webpage.

You can track the receipt of your documents using your applicant portal account. We will update your portal account when we receive a document. If you submit a required document using your portal, we will receive it automatically. We do not confirm when we receive documents through email or on the phone. 

We know that the complications from COVID-19 affect applicants differently and we will work with applicants to be as flexible as possible. Please try to ensure your requested transcripts and documents arrive by the deadline and leave lots of time to coordinate these details.

If you need an extension, email chooselaurier@wlu.ca or international@wlu.ca;and let us know what transcripts and/or documents are delayed. Please include your Laurier ID number and provide an estimated date of when we will receive your files.

You must ensure your school or institution sends us your final, official transcript by the deadline on your offer letter. You should be tracking the receipt of your documents through your applicant portal account.

If you are concerned that your transcript will be late, and you have not already reached out to us, email chooselaurier@wlu.ca or international@wlu.ca and let us know your transcript is delayed. Please include your Laurier ID number and provide an estimated date of when we will receive your transcript.

Laurier is aware that some curriculums or testing services may cancel exams for 2022. In such cases, we will accept what is provided as your final, official grades to ensure you have satisfied your offer conditions.

We understand that the COVID-19 situation affects applicants differently and that you may be experiencing prolonged difficulties. The well-being of future students is important to Laurier and we want to help students achieve their goal of attending university.

Laurier has a "Special Cases or Extenuating Circumstances" review process. If recent or present circumstances have impacted your ability to achieve a strong academic standing, submit a personal statement to chooselaurier@wlu.ca or international@wlu.ca. It is your decision to disclose any supporting details. You must submit your statement by the posted deadline for the term that you will begin your studies. 

If you aren't eligible for admission into the program that you applied to, you will be automatically considered for an alternate offer of admission.

You will be considered for an alternate program that you meet the minimum admission requirements for and that has space available in it.

Laurier cannot guarantee a specific program as an alternate offer of admission before we assess your application, particularly for competitive programs. This means that you should apply to every program that you want to be considered for admission to.

Any university courses that you received a final grade of 'pass', 'credit' or 'credit received' will be assessed for transfer credit to Laurier if they were completed in the following terms:

• Spring 2020
• Fall 2020
• Winter 2021
• Spring 2021

A maximum of 0.5 transfer credits can be awarded per term.

All courses completed in Winter 2020 with a final grade of 'pass', 'credit' or 'credit received' will be assessed for transfer credit to Laurier.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has created web resources on how COVID-19 is affecting visitors and students. Please see their website for ongoing updates.

Please also read our web resource on international study permits and COVID-19.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has created new provisions for international students who are applying for a Canadian study permit.

Please read the international study permits and COVID-19 web resource for important updates, including what to do if you are experiencing difficulty obtaining important documents for your study permit application due to COVID-19 closures.

You will also need a valid study permit if you’d like to travel to Canada. Laurier has been added to the list of designated learning institutions (DLIs) with an approved readiness plan, which is one requirement for international students studying at Laurier to travel to Canada. Having valid documentation, including a study permit, is another requirement. Find out more about what is required to travel to Canada.

Arrange to have your school or institution email a digital copy of your final transcript or document to documentsubmission@wlu.ca by the deadline we provided to you on your official offer letter. The email must be sent directly from an official at your school or education institution. (Laurier will verify that the email address is an official email address from the school/institution). These documents will be considered official.

Please try to ensure your final official transcripts and other requested documents are submitted to documentsubmission@wlu.ca by the deadline and leave lots of time to coordinate these details. Please include your Laurier ID number and provide an estimated date of when we will receive your transcript.

The applicant portal is where you can find everything you need related to your application to Laurier. View your applications and monitor your application status in the "My Applications" tab. There's also key content to help you understand what scholarships you're eligible to apply for when to apply to live in residence*, and more.

*Please note, you do not apply for residence through the applicant portal. To learn more about applying for residence, check out our residence application page. 

After submitting your application on the OUAC, you will receive an email confirming we have received your application. This email will provide you with your log-in information for your applicant portal, including your username and temporary password. Your username is your @mylaurier.ca email address. 

• view your applications;
• monitor the status of your applications;
• submit application documentation;
• complete your Applicant Background Summary (ABS) form or Special Case or Extenuating Circumstances form;
• see important dates and deadlines; and
• next steps on your application journey.

View your applications and monitor your application status in your applicant portal's "My Applications" tab.

You will see a list of documents we require for your application in your applicant portal account. The list will also confirm when we have received them. For step-by-step instructions on viewing a list of documents needed for your application and how to submit your documents, visit our required documents page.

We are currently offering guided in-person campus tours with COVID-19 safety protocols in place. 

We encourage you to continue to check our Campus Tours page throughout the upcoming months; we will post a link to open tour spots as they become available.

Open House may be over, but there's always more to explore.

If you joined us for Open House, thanks for coming! We hope you received answers to all of your questions. If you missed us, don't worry, everything is now available on-demand.

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We guarantee residence* to all undergraduate students attending a postsecondary institution for the first time. To qualify for the residence guarantee, your application needed to be received before June 1, 2022.

*While Laurier endeavours to honour its residence guarantee, the University will not be liable for any failure or delay in providing residential accommodation when such failure arises out of any cause or causes beyond its reasonable control. Learn more about our Residence Guarantee.

Deadline to submit your residence application is 11:59 p.m. on June 1, 2022. Payment of a non-refundable residence deposit of $600 is required in order to complete your application.

Visa and MasterCard are the only methods of payment accepted through the online application system. You cannot use any type of debit cards or prepaid credit cards.

With respect to roommates, students are able to indicate one preferred roommate on their residence application, and therefore only you and one of your friends could request to live together.

Although the online application system does allow students to form roommate groups of any size, the Department of Residence will only provide consideration for roommate groups consisting of two students (yourself and one friend).

It is not possible to allow students to request to live with two or three friends, as we may not have enough apartments in the necessary configurations to accommodate all of these types of requests. Unfortunately, the department does not make exceptions to this policy, as limiting each student's roommate request to one ensures that we are able to accommodate roommate requests for all students who apply for residence.

In addition, it is important to ensure that you follow all of the roommate group rules detailed in the online application. If all of these rules are met, then the two students who have formed a roommate group will be processed together as if they were one application within the room assignment lottery process.

If your roommate group does not align with all of the roommate group rules, then the group will be split up during the room assignment lottery process. This means that each student who was part of a roommate group that has been split up will be processed through the room assignment lottery without consideration for a preferred roommate.