Every year, we welcome hundreds of foreign students through exchange programs. We’d be pleased to have you join us for one or two terms while you remain enrolled at your home university. To be eligible, your institution must have signed an agreement with uOttawa.

Incoming exchange students
Deadlines
uOttawa must receive the complete application file (nomination must have been completed by home institution firstly)
-
For a full academic year or the Fall term or Winter term: March 31
Steps to follow
Before you begin
You must be nominated by your own international relations office to go on an exchange.
The Telfer School of Management and the Faculty of Medicine have established restricted bilateral agreements with specific partner institutions abroad and administer their own exchange programs. If you wish to participate in an exchange with either one, contact it directly.
Explore your study options
You can enrol in courses in different disciplines. See the course timetable. However, courses in the following faculties aren’t open to visiting international students (students whose home university doesn’t have a partnership agreement with uOttawa):
-
Telfer School of Management
-
Faculty of Education (undergraduate)
-
Faculty of Medicine
Faculties may also restrict access to certain courses. See “Course access restrictions” under Step 2.
Participation period
- One term: Fall (September to December) or Winter (January to April)
- Two terms: September to April (regular academic year)
Internships while on exchange
You can’t do an internship during your stay at uOttawa while participating in the exchange program.
Contact us
uOInternational
Tabaret Hall, Room M386
550 Cumberland Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 6N5
Canada
Tel: 613-562-5847
Fax: 613-562-5100
Email: [email protected]
Hours of operation
September 1 to May 31:
Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
June 1 to August 31:
Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Please note that the University of Ottawa offices are closed during statutory holidays and during the winter break. Visit the Important academic dates and deadlines page for more information.