Recommendation letters

Important information regarding recommendation letters for admission applications.

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Important informaton about reference letter submission

Please note that reference letters are no longer submitted through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC).
After submitting your OUAC application, you will receive a confirmation email from the University of Ottawa with instructions to access your uoZone portal. There, you will enter the names and email addresses of your referees. They will then receive an electronic request to complete a reference form for your application.

Should your referees experience serious technical difficulties with the online form, they may exceptionally submit their reference letters using the three options listed below:

  1. Submit their letter in a signed and sealed envelope by mail to the
    Graduate Studies Office, Faculty of Social Sciences
    Room 3021
    120 University Private
    Ottawa, ON
    K1N 6N5
     
  2. Submit their reference letter by e-mail using their university e-mail address directly to: [email protected]
     
  3. You may write to us to request a PDF version of the reference form that you can send to your referee.  The referee can either submit this PDF form by mail or e-mail to: [email protected] or by mail to the address listed above.

Related links

Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC)
uoZone