The following applies to individuals who wish to reapply for admission to the University of Ottawa after they have been refused admission. The requirements and procedure will vary, depending on the situation.
If your request for admission was refused, you must first improve your academic record before resubmitting an application. The reasons why you were refused admission are specified in your Admission File in uoZone.
Once you meet the admission requirements, you can reapply for admission before the deadline.
If you are missing a prerequisite course, or if you did not earn the average required in a prerequisite course, you must take (or retake) the course. You can do so in high school, at a college, or in university.
If your average was not high enough, you must take additional courses until you reach the required average before reapplying for admission.
Admission averages and prerequisite courses vary depending on your most recent level of study.
If we require you to have completed at least 24 university credits (or 8 courses) before reapplying for admission, only the grades for those courses —regardless of whether you pass them or not—will be used to calculate your admission average.
Admission is never guaranteed, even if you meet all the requirements.
You can enrol in courses at the University of Ottawa as a non-degree student or at another university.
Non-degree students may enrol in no more than two courses (six units) per term, and a cumulative maximum of 10 courses (30 units).
The courses you choose must be at a level that is the same or higher than those you have already passed.
Example: you can’t take Calculus 1 to raise your average if you’ve already passed Calculus 2.
You can’t take university courses that are considered equivalent to high school-level courses (make-up courses) to raise your average.
Example: You can’t choose a University of Ottawa course like MAT 1718 because it corresponds to the Ontario Grade 12 Functions course.
If you repeat a course, we only use the second grade you receive when we calculate your average.
See Academic Regulation B 4 – Registration for further details.
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