Our application process
Admissions timeline
Dates and Deadlines
Find a list of important dates and deadlines for applicants. (Additional dates may be added, please check often)
May 1, 2024 – Deadline to accept an offer of admission through the OUAC (For domestic and international applicants NOT currently in an Ontario high school).
May 8th, 2024 – Deadline to pay admissions confirmation deposit (For domestic and international applicants NOT currently in an Ontario high school).
May 29, 2024 – Latest date an applicant (who applied by February 1, 2024) can expect to receive results of their application.
June 3, 2024 – Deadline to accept an offer of admission through the OUAC (For current domestic Ontario high school students & current international Ontario high school students).
June 10, 2024 – Deadline to pay admissions confirmation deposit (For current domestic Ontario high school students & current international Ontario high school students).
July 15, 2024 – Recommended deadline to submit all final official transcripts and any other required documentation to satisfy any conditions of the offer of admission.
August 1, 2024 – Final deadline to submit all final official transcripts and any other required documentation to satisfy any conditions of the offer of admission.
Interested in joining us for fall 2024? Some programs are still accepting applications. Please visit ouac.on.ca or keep reading for the full list of available options.
Closed Programs for fall 2024:
First Year Entry
- Drawing and Painting (closed)
- Experimental Animation (closed)
- Graphic Design (closed)
- Illustration (closed)
All programs have closed for Upper Year Entry and Articulation Agreement applications.
Programs open for fall 2024:
First Year Entry
- Advertising
- Creative Writing
- Criticism & Curatorial Practice
- Digital Futures
- Environmental Design
- Indigenous Visual Culture
- Industrial Design
- Integrated Media
- Material Art & Design
- Photography
- Printmaking & Publications
- Sculpture/Installation
- Visual and Critical Studies
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