• Be registered full-time in the Master of Science in Physics and maintain a full-time status during all study terms, including the one after the last work term
• Have an admission average of (B+ or 75%) and maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 7.0 (B+ or 75%) in courses taken at the University of Ottawa
• Pay the required co-op fees (see below).
• Start the program in the fall term (this is necessary due to co-op placement cycles)

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.

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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.

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

• Biological physics
• Condensed matter
• Data analysis
• High energy physics
• Laboratory measurements
• Mathematical modeling
• Medical physics
• Photonics
• Problem-solving
• Scientific calculations
• Technical writing
• Experimental design and setup
• Computational modelling and simulation

Student Salaries

Co-op Work Term Report.

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

Masters programs

Apply to co-op after you've started your studies at uOttawa. You must have an admission average of 75% (B+) or higher.
Steps to follow in order to apply from the University via uoZone:

• 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: September 30 of your first year of studies