New application after withdrawal from a faculty

The following applies to individuals who have been withdrawn from their faculty and wish to be readmitted.

Improve your academic record

After a mandatory withdrawal, you must improve your academic performance if you wish to submit a new application for admission.

Before you take steps to improve your academic record, be sure to check the withdrawal letter from the faculty.

In general, you must:

Earn at least 24 university units (credits);
Comply with the readmission requirements specific to your faculty;
Achieve the admission average required by the faculty and meet the current admission conditions in effect for the term in question.

Please note: Required admission averages may change from one admission cycle to another, and admission averages may increase. Use the admission average required by the faculty tool and select the University profile to view the current average range for your intended program.

Once you have met the readmission requirements, you can reapply for admission before the deadline to submit admission applications.

Admission is never guaranteed, even if you meet all the requirements.

For more information about readmission following mandatory withdrawal, see Academic Regulation B-6 on Academic Standing, Probation and Mandatory Withdrawal for Undergraduate Programs.

Academic upgrading period

The academic upgrading period is the time after withdrawal during which you take new courses to improve your admission average.

Start of the academic upgrading period

The academic upgrading period starts as soon as you are notified of your withdrawal.

Choice of courses for academic upgrading

You can enrol in courses at the University of Ottawa as a non-degree student or at another university.

For students who have been required to withdraw from their faculty: you may register in up to 12 units (the equivalent of four courses) per term, with an overall maximum of 30 units.

Course levels

The courses chosen must be at a level that is the same or higher than those you have already successfully completed.

Example: you can’t take Calculus 1 if you’ve already successfully completed Calculus 2.

Make-up courses

You cannot use university courses that are considered equivalent to high school courses to improve your average.

Example: You can’t use a University of Ottawa course like MAT 1718 because it corresponds to the Ontario Grade 12 Functions course.

Repeating a 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 more information.

Calculating the admission average after the academic upgrading period

Every course you take during the academic upgrading period—whether you successfully complete it or not—is included when we calculate your admission average.

Only the marks you obtain during this period will be used to calculate your new average. Courses you’ve taken before the start of the academic upgrading period are not considered, except in special cases in which individuals were required to withdraw from another University of Ottawa faculty and wish to apply for admission to the Telfer School of Management or to the Nursing program.

Academic upgrading period requirements by faculty

Faculty	Requirements for readmission at the university level
Arts	Option 1 : Earn at least 24 university units (credits) regardless of whether or not you successfully complete the courses. Option 2 : Earn a college diploma (two-year program).
Civil Law	Option 1 : Earn at least 30 university units (credits). Option 2 : Earn a college diploma in legal studies.
Engineering	At least 24 units (credits) earned in successfully completed courses, including: 12 units (credits) earned in successfully completed courses in math or science from among the courses approved by the Faculty of Engineering; 12 units earned in successfully completed courses in one or more of the following faculties: Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Telfer School of Management. Courses in the Multidisciplinary Design program (SED) count towards this requirement. Units earned in courses offered by the Faculty of Engineering cannot count toward academic upgrading.
Telfer School of Management	If you were required to withdraw from the Telfer School of Management and you wish to rejoin the school, you must: earn at least 24 units (credits) in courses after the withdrawal; earn at least 6 units (credits) in successfully completed quantitative courses (such as MAT, ECO, or ADM) from the list of courses approved by the Telfer School of Management (for a complete list of these courses, write to [email protected]). If you were required to withdraw from another University of Ottawa faculty and you wish to apply for admission to the Telfer School of Management, you must: Continue to take university-level courses until you reach the minimum average required, which is 6.0. All marks from all the courses you’ve taken (regardless of whether or not you successfully complete them) will be included when calculating your average.
Science	At least 24 units (credits) in courses of which: 12 units (credits) earned by successfully completing math or science courses; 12 units (credits) earned in courses offered by any faculty
Health Sciences	Students who have been withdrawn from a Faculty of Health Sciences program may upgrade their academic standing but they cannot take courses offered by the school from which they were withdrawn. Honours Bachelor of Science in Nursing If you were required to withdraw from the Nursing program, academic upgrading is not allowed. You must contact the Committee on Academic Progress and Integrity. If you were required to withdraw from another University of Ottawa faculty and you wish to submit a new application: No academic upgrading is possible. You must take other courses to achieve the minimum admission average required. All courses are included when calculating your admission average. All Honours Bachelor of Science in Human Kinetics programs At least 24 units (credits), of which: 12 units (credits) earned in successfully completed courses in math or science; 12 units (credits) earned in courses offered by any faculty All programs offered by the Faculty except for the Honours Bachelor of Science in Human Kinetics program and the Honours Bachelor of Nursing program At least 24 units (credits) earned in courses, regardless of whether you successfully completed them or not.
Social Sciences	Option 1 : Earn at least 24 university units (credits). Option 2 : Earn a college diploma (two-year program).

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