• Be registered full-time in the Honours BSc in Physics program or the Honours with Major in Physics and maintain a full-time status during all study terms, including the one after the last work term
• Have a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 6 in courses taken at the University of Ottawa
• Have completed all course requirements for first and second year of the program in order to follow the approved work-study sequence

Co-op programs have limited enrolment. Meeting the admission criteria does not guarantee you a place. Admission is based on your CGPA. We admit those with the highest CGPA first.

Note : Once you are officially admitted to the co-op program, in other words, once an offer of admission has been sent to you from the co-op office, you must attend a mandatory workshop before accepting your offer of admission. Please note that this workshop takes place in March of your 2nd year and you must make yourself available and register.

Sequence 1 - by default, all students follow this sequence

Sequence 2 - available to students hired for 12-month terms with the same company

Co-op fees

As a co-op student, you also pay co-op fees (announced every year by the Registrar) for the session before your first work term and then for every work term, up to and including your last one.

• Ciena
• Communication Research Centre Canada
• Defence Research and Development Canada
• Environment and Climate Change Canada
• Flexus Electronics
• Health Canada
• Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
• Kinaxis
• Lumentum
• Matrox Video
• Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
• Measurement Canada
• Mitel Networks Corporation
• National Research Council Canada
• Sanofi Pasteur
• SNOLAB
• TRIUMF
• University of Ottawa

• Data analysis
• Data visualization
• Laboratory measurements
• Mathematical modeling
• Problem-solving
• Software testing
• Scientific calculations
• Technical writing
• Troubleshooting

Student Salaries

Co-op Work Term Report.

Visit the Academic Coordinators page to see your co-op professor.

Two easy ways to apply :

1 - Reserved placement

When applying for regular admission to the University, you can also apply for direct admission to any co-op program except Biomedical Science, Translation and graduate-level programs. The average mark required to be eligible for direct admission into co-op is

• 80% or higher for students admitted in first year.
• 75% or higher for applicants who have completed at least two years of CEGEP.

To keep your reserved placement in co-op, you must obtain a cumulative grade point average of at least 8.0 and meet the admission requirements of your chosen co-op program until you are formally admitted into the Program (September 30 or March 1 of your second year of studies, depending on the program). Otherwise, you will lose your reserved spot in co-op and have to compete with regular applicants for admission.

If you apply for direct admission and are not granted a placement, don't worry. You can re-apply during your second year at University (see section 2)

2 - Applying once at the University of Ottawa

You can apply for co-op after you have registered at the University of Ottawa. Application deadlines and admission requirements vary from program to program, so be sure to check individual program pages online for specific information.

Steps to follow in order to apply from the University via uoZone:

• Connect to uoZone .
• From the Applications menu, click on CO-OP Navigator.

If you have any questions about your application, please contact our office by phone at 613 562-5741 or by e-mail at [email protected] .

Application Deadline: February 1st of your second year of studies