Requirements for re-admission

Admission requirements following mandatory withdrawal from a faculty or not being admitted

General rules for re-admission

If you were asked to withdraw from your faculty or were not admitted and you wish to re-apply, you must first meet the faculty's conditions to improve your academic record, in addition to current admission requirements.

For more information about re-admission following mandatory withdrawal, see Regulation B-7 on academic standing, probation and mandatory withdrawal for undergraduate programs.

If you need to, you can enrol for courses at the University of Ottawa as a non-degree student or at another university. 

If you were asked to withdraw from your faculty, you can take up to 12 units per term (four courses) as a special student, but no more than 30 units in total.

If you were not admitted, you can take up to six units (two courses) per term but no more than 30 units in total.

  • You must have attempted a minimum of 24 units (we suggest eight one-term undergraduate university courses).
  • You must have the admission average required by the faculty. Averages can change without notice. If you are a uOttawa student, you must meet the admission average required as listed on our uOttawa students page.
  • The courses you take to raise your average can’t be at a lower level than the courses you’ve already passed. For example, you can’t complete Calculus 1 to raise your average if you’ve already completed Calculus 2.
  • You can’t take university courses equivalent to high school-level courses to raise your average.
  • All courses you complete while raising your average are included in the calculation of your admission average. If you have repeated a course, we only count the second grade you receive. See the academic regulation on repeating a course (scroll down to section B-4.5).
  • If you have met the requirements, you must submit a new application for admission by the application deadline.
  • Admission is not guaranteed.

Academic upgrading conditions according to faculty

FacultyAcademic upgrading conditions
ArtsAt least 24 units attempted
Civil LawAt least 30 successfully completed units
Engineering

At least 24 units completed:

  • 12 successfully completed units in mathematics or science from the list of courses to upgrade standing approved by the Faculty of Engineering
  • 12 successfully completed units from any faculty, except Science and Engineering
Telfer School of Management

If you have been required to withdraw from the Telfer School of Management and wish to reapply, you must have:

  • taken at least 24 units of courses since your withdrawal
  • passed at least six units of quantitative courses (for example, MAT, ECO or ADM) chosen from the list of courses approved by the Telfer School of Management. For the full list, email [email protected].

If you have been required to withdraw from another University of Ottawa faculty and wish to apply for admission to the Telfer School of Management, you must:

  • continue to take university-level courses to achieve the required average of 6.0. All courses you take are included when calculating your admission average.

If your application for admission to a Telfer School of Management program has not been accepted and you wish to reapply, you must:

  • continue to take courses to achieve the required admission average. All courses you take are included when calculating your admission average.
Science

At least 24 units attempted:

  • 12 successfully completed units in mathematics or science
  • 12 units from any faculty
Health Sciences

Students who have been required to withdraw from any program at the Faculty of Health Sciences at uOttawa are eligible for upgrading, but they are not permitted to enrol in courses from the school from which they were withdrawn.

All programs offered by the Faculty except for the Bachelor of Human Kinetics (BHK) and Nursing

  • At least 24 units attempted:
  • 12 successfully completed units in mathematics or science
  • 12 units from any faculty

Honours Bachelor of Human Kinetics (BHK) programs

  • At least 24 units attempted

Honours Bachelor of Science of Nursing

Students who have been refused admission to the Bachelor of Nursing program are not permitted to pursue upgrading; if these students wish to reapply, they must continue to take courses until they meet the admission average. Every course they take counts towards their admission average.

  • At least 24 units attempted:
  • 9 units in anatomy and physiology and/or pharmacology and/or microbiology and immunology (ANP, PHS, PHA, HSS1100)
  • 9 units in psychology and/or sociology and/or philosophy (PSY, SOC, PHI)
  • 6 units from any faculty  

Even with a satisfactory upgrading, students who have been previously withdrawn from a nursing program may be required to repeat courses, clinicals or labs, or be required to provide supporting documentation regarding their fitness to return to clinical practice.

Social Sciences
  • At least 24 units attempted

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