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.
