Transfer Students

Admission Requirements: International University Students

If you started a university program at another accredited school, and you want to finish your degree at Western, you are considered a university transfer student.

You’ll need:

A minimum overall average of 70% (around a B- or 2.7 GPA) as calculated by Western in all previous university studies
To have experienced no extensive academic difficulty at university
Proof of English Language proficiency, if English isn’t your first language
Specific requirements for your program

Program-Specific Requirements

Every program has specific course and supplemental requirements.

Required high school courses: You need these for admission to the program.
Recommended high school courses: You don’t need these to be admitted, but you might need them to take courses for your program. We recommend you take them to help you be successful in your first year, and to be able to take the courses you need.
Supplemental requirements: These are additional forms, portfolios or auditions. They help us get to know you better.

No required courses

Supplemental Requirements

Fine Arts: Studio

Online Portfolio and Personal Statement (Required)
- Deadline: February 15, 2025

School for Advanced Studies in Arts & Humanities

Statement of Interest (Required)
- Deadline: February 28, 2025

All Other Arts & Humanities Programs

No Supplemental Requirements

Recommended Courses

Grade 12 Math
Grade 12 Science (Any)

Required Courses

Grade 12 Math
Grade 12 Chemistry
Grade 12 Physics

We might request course descriptions/syllabi of some of your high school and university courses to see if they meet the requirements. We’ll tell you if we need this when we’re reviewing your application.

Supplemental Requirements

You must complete the Casper test
- Register and take the test as soon as possible. It can take three weeks for Western to get your results, and you can't receive an offer of admission without them.

Recommended Courses

Interested in the BSc? Grade 11 Math (any), Grade 12 Biology, and Chemistry will be required.

We might request course descriptions/syllabi to assess the suitability of your courses. We’ll tell you if we need this when we’re reviewing your application.

Required Courses

Grade 12 Biology
Grade 12 Chemistry
Grade 12 Math

We might request course descriptions/syllabi to assess the suitability of your courses. We’ll tell you if we need this when we’re reviewing your application.

Required Courses

Grade 12 Biology
Grade 12 Math

Recommended Courses

Grade 12 Chemistry
- Interested in the Honours Specialization in Health Sciences with Biology? You’ll need Chemistry to take the first-year Chemistry courses required for the module.

Required Courses

Grade 12 Biology

Recommended Courses

We recommend Grade 12 Math and Grade 11 or 12 Physics to prepare you for Kinesiology subjects in biomechanics, research methods and statistics.
Interested in the BSc? We strongly recommend Grade 12 Science courses like Chemistry, Calculus, Pre-Calculus, Math or Physics.
Grade 12 Chemistry is required for first-year Chemistry courses.

We might request course descriptions/syllabi of some of your high school and university to see if they meet the requirements. We’ll tell you if we need this when we’re reviewing your application.

Recommended Courses

Grade 12 Math

More on Management & Organizational Studies

No required courses

Recommended Courses

Grade 12 Math
For the Flight Option: Grade 12 Physics

Supplemental Requirements

CAM Supplementary Application Form (Required)
- Deadline: March 1, 2025
For the Flight Option:
- We require a valid Transport Canada Category 1 Medical Certificate before flight training can begin
- We strongly recommend two hours of small aircraft flying time

Recommended Courses

Grade 12 Biology
Grade 12 Chemistry
Grade 12 Math
Grade 12 Physics
- Not studying Grade 12 Physics? That's okay! There's a first-year Physics course you can take at Western. If you do have the chance to take Physics in your high school senior year, we recommend it to help you with course selection.

Transfer students won't be admitted directly to an upper year of Medical Sciences. Your offer of admission will be to the Faculty of Science. Upon admission, ask an Academic Counsellor in the Faculty of Science about becoming eligible to enter the Medical Sciences program.

Recommended Courses

For Music Administrative Studies: Grade 12 Math (any)

Supplemental Requirements

Faculty recommendation is based on your Audition, Interview and Theory Placement (Required)
- Register for your audition by February 1, 2025

Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN

You must have a minimum overall average of 70% (approx. a "B-" or 2.7 GPA) in the last 10 full courses you completed at university. If courses are repeated within the last 10.0 credits you completed, we'll use both attempts in your admission average.

Required Courses

Equivalent of these Ontario high school courses with 70% in each:

Grade 12 English (ENG4U)
Grade 12 Biology (SBI4U)
Grade 12 Chemistry (SCH4U)
One of: Grade 11 Functions and Applications (MCF3M) or Grade 11 Functions (MCR3U)

Supplemental Requirements

Casper Test (Required)
- We recommend taking the test as early as possible. The last available test is March 4, 2025
Deadline to apply to Nursing: February 15, 2025

Compressed Time Frame BScN

Check your requirements on the Nursing website

We might request course descriptions/syllabi of some of your previous educational courses to see if they meet the requirements. We’ll tell you if we need this when we’re reviewing your application.

If you studied outside North America, we'll ask for a World Education Services (WES) course-by-course evaluation.

Recommended Courses

Grade 12 Math
Grade 12 Science (Any)

Supplemental Requirements

Western Integrated Science

WISc Application (Required)
- Deadline: April 7, 2025

All Other Science Programs

No Supplemental Requirements

Recommended Courses

Math (Any)
- All Specializations and Majors in Psychology require a first-year university Math course
- Math is helpful as preparation for Sociology and Geography programs
- You’ll need Calculus and Pre-Calculus Math for all Economics modules
For the BSc in Psychology: Biology, and Chemistry or Physics

When You Apply

After you apply on the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre (OUAC), you’ll get an email with instructions to create a Western Student Center account.

In it you’ll have a To Do List with all the documents we need from you, and how you need to submit them. This will include transcripts from all universities or colleges you attended, and grades from your current year if you're still studying. In most cases, we won’t need originals yet—all you’ll need to do is upload a copy to your Student Center.

We’ll ask you to resubmit if you don’t send us what we asked for, or if you send it in a different way than we asked. To avoid delays, be sure to follow the instructions on your Student Center!

Your Documents Must Be in English

Everything you send us must be in English. If your transcript isn’t in English, you must give us notarized literal English translations. The translation must be official. You could ask your university to translate or use other official translation services, like a certified translator in your country.

After You Accept

If you get an offer and you accept it (hooray! 🎉), we’ll ask you for official documents including all of your final grades. Your university must send your transcript directly.

We may ask you to have your university send your transcript to World Education Services (WES) Canada. Your school has experience with this and can help you.

WES will check your documents are correct and send them to us. The verified grades from WES must match any grades you gave us already. If they don’t match, we reserve the right to cancel your application, admission offer, or registration at Western.

Achieving the minimum requirements doesn’t guarantee admission. We take into consideration a combination of factors unique to you.

If you're in first year of university

We may offer you conditional admission based on:

Strong first year, first semester results
Strong final average from secondary school

Conditional admission means you must meet requirements listed in your offer of admission to keep your offer. Find your conditions on your Offer of Admission.

If you're in second year or higher

We may offer you conditional admission based on your mid-year transcript. We'll consider all your previous university work.

Conditional admission means you must meet requirements listed in your offer of admission to keep your offer. Find your conditions on your Offer of Admission.

If you're under 21, and don't have a secondary school diploma

We’ll consider you for admission if you have credit in the equivalent of at least five full university-level courses at Western. In general, this means one year of full-time university studies.

When You Apply

After you apply on the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre (OUAC), you’ll get an email with instructions to create a Western Student Center account.

We’ll ask you to resubmit if you don’t send us what we asked for, or if you send it in a different way than we asked. To avoid delays, be sure to follow the instructions on your Student Center!

Your Documents Must Be in English

After You Accept

If you get an offer and you accept it (hooray! 🎉), we’ll ask you for official documents including all of your final grades. Your university must send your transcript directly.

We may ask you to have your university send your transcript to World Education Services (WES) Canada. Your school has experience with this and can help you.

Achieving the minimum requirements doesn’t guarantee admission. We take into consideration a combination of factors unique to you.

If you're in first year of university

We may offer you conditional admission based on:

Strong first year, first semester results
Strong final average from secondary school

Conditional admission means you must meet requirements listed in your offer of admission to keep your offer. Find your conditions on your Offer of Admission.

If you're in second year or higher

We may offer you conditional admission based on your mid-year transcript. We'll consider all your previous university work.

Conditional admission means you must meet requirements listed in your offer of admission to keep your offer. Find your conditions on your Offer of Admission.

If you're under 21, and don't have a secondary school diploma

We’ll consider you for admission if you have credit in the equivalent of at least five full university-level courses at Western. In general, this means one year of full-time university studies.

Already Completed a University Degree?

If you’ve already completed a university degree, you’re a Special Student, not a Transfer Student.

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Visiting Students

You can apply to study at Western as a Visiting Student with permission from your home university.

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Transfer Credits

Some of your university courses could be used towards your degree at Western. We’ll consider you for transfer credit after you accept your offer.

Can I receive transfer credit?

To receive credit from a course:

Your course must be from a recognized, accredited institution
You must have a minimum final grade of a "C" in that course
Your course must cover enough subject matter
Your course must reach to meet Western’s academic standards

We may need course descriptions to assess your course for transfer credit.

What can I use transfer credits for?

Your credits may be either:

Exact equivalency credits that replace a specific course at Western
Generic or non-specific credits you can put towards any course in that subject, if there is no exact equivalency

After you accept your offer to Western, the admissions team will check your courses to see if you're able to receive transfer credit. Once you hear about your transfer credits, meet with an academic advisor from your faculty to discuss how to use your credits.

How do we assess your transfer credit?

We’ll individually assess your courses for transfer credit eligibility after you accept your offer.

We'll need official course descriptions or syllabi including:

Credit hours
Year level of study
Description of course content including text(s) you studied

If your documents are not in English, we need a copy of both the original course description and a certified copy of the English translation.

U.S. Accredited Universities and Junior Colleges

We'll need course descriptions or syllabi for first-year English, Math and Science courses.

How long will it take to get my Western degree?

You might have enough transfer credits to start in year two or three—this will be outlined in your offer.

To get a Western degree, you must complete at least 10.0 credits on Western’s main campus, and 5.0 must be second-year courses or above.

Typically, students complete a four-year bachelor’s degree, which is 20.0 credits.

Here's an example. If you get 5.0 transfer credits, you’d have 15.0 credits left to get your degree... and if you do a full-time course load of 5.0 credits per year, that would be three years of study at Western.

Confused? Read about building a degree at Western. And don't worry, we can help you with this at Western Launch: 1-1 Course Advising.

Ready to apply?
Apply on the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC).

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Admission Requirements: International University Students

Program-Specific Requirements

Arts & Humanities

Supplemental Requirements

Computer Science

Recommended Courses

Engineering

Required Courses

Supplemental Requirements

Family Studies & Human Development

Recommended Courses

Foods and Nutrition

Required Courses

Health Sciences

Required Courses

Recommended Courses

Kinesiology

Required Courses

Recommended Courses

Management & Organizational Studies

Recommended Courses

Management & Organizational Studies - Commercial Aviation Management

Recommended Courses

Supplemental Requirements

Media and Communication Studies

Medical Sciences

Recommended Courses

Music

Recommended Courses

Supplemental Requirements

Nursing

Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN

Required Courses

Supplemental Requirements

Compressed Time Frame BScN

Science

Recommended Courses

Supplemental Requirements

Social Science

Recommended Courses

Submitting Your Documents

When You Apply

Your Documents Must Be in English

After You Accept

How Will You Be Evaluated?

If you're in first year of university

If you're in second year or higher

If you're under 21, and don't have a secondary school diploma

Already Completed a University Degree?

Visiting Students

Transfer Credits

Can I receive transfer credit?

What can I use transfer credits for?

How do we assess your transfer credit?

U.S. Accredited Universities and Junior Colleges

How long will it take to get my Western degree?