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Admission Updates
Concurrent Education (French)
Queen’s is now accepting direct entry applications into the Concurrent Education (French) program. This stream
automatically dual-enrolls students in the Bachelor of Education program as well as a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in French. This program is intended to prepare students to become French as a Second Language teachers at the Primary/Junior or
Intermediate/Senior level. It is recommended that applicants have experience in an Extended French or French Immersion
education environment.
Queen’s has permanently moved to a Test Optional model, meaning applicants who have studied in the US will no longer be required to submit an SAT or ACT score. You may continue to submit your scores if you feel they will support your application.
- Science: Advanced Functions 4U is no longer a required course. Two additional academic courses are now required.
- Life Science: Biology 4U and Chemistry 4U are required courses. Advanced Functions 4U is no longer a required course. Two additional academic courses are now required.
- Similar changes have been made to other provincial curriculums. Learn more about our admission requirements.
- Data Management 4U is no longer accepted as a math prerequisite for Health Science.
- Similar changes have been made to other provincial curriculums. Learn more about our admission requirements.
Admission FAQ
Applications for the First Year programs will open in early October! Check out our how to apply page for more information!
You will either be a Group A or Group B applicant. OUAC has tools on their website to help you confirm which kind of applicant you are.
As an applicant to Queen’s, we also want you to remember our additional admission pathways that you may be eligible for, the First Generation Admission Pathway and the Indigenous Admission Pathway
We do not make alternate offers of admission- you must apply to every program you wish to be considered for, up to a maximum of 3 programs. It is possible to hold more than one offer of admission to the university, but you will only be able to accept one offer by the acceptance deadline.
Use our admission requirements tool to find out what our admission requirements are for your program of interest.
Applications for admission to Queen’s are reviewed on a rolling basis and we make conditional offers of admission based on available grade information. This can include using grade 11 marks, when grade 12 marks are not yet available. This type of assessment depends upon students being registered in all required grade 12 courses. Therefore, it remains essential that you send Queen’s all course information, regardless of the semester model.
Where courses are not available or scheduling conflicts arise, you should seek guidance and advice from your counselling/guidance office on an appropriate alternative.
If you are an Ontario student, be sure that your school has sent the OUAC all currently registered and projected course enrollments for the entire school year, regardless of the semester model.
If you are a student outside the province of Ontario, be sure that you have your high school send Queen’s all completed grade 11 coursework, currently registered and projected course enrollments for the entire grade 12 school year, regardless of the semester model. Transcripts can be sent electronically to: admission@queensu.ca
If you are a BC or Yukon student, be sure that you have correctly entered your Personal Education Number (PEN) on OUAC to ensure your grades are automatically transmitted.
If you are a CEGEP student, be sure that you have correctly entered your CEGEP Code on OUAC to ensure your grades are automatically transmitted.
For all other students, be sure that you have your high school send Queen’s all completed Grade 11 coursework, currently registered and projected course enrollment for the entire Grade 12 school year, regardless of semester model. Transcripts can be sent electronically to admdocs@queensu.ca.
If you need to submit an English language test, we will include this item on your To-Do List.
High school grades are just one piece of information we use when making an admission decision. Each applicant to Queen’s has a unique To-Do List detailing exactly what we need to round out your application. Applicants can see their To-Do List (and the due dates) on their SOLUS Student Centre once they have applied. We review and update our supplementary requirements regularly to ensure applicants have a meaningful platform to share additional information not available through their grades.
Whenever possible, we expect students will submit official documents in support of their application. However, if you are unable to submit official documents due to extenuating or exceptional circumstances will consider unofficial documents. For more information, please review our guidelines on unofficial documents.
If you have applied to Queen's check out our Queen's U bound page to learn more about important next steps, events, and information for applicants.
More information on how to submit official documents can be found on the Submit Documents page. Please note transcripts received directly from students are considered unofficial.
International Student FAQ
Our English language requirements and the English language proficiency test scores that we accept can be found on our English language requirements page.
Students who are academically competitive for admission to a Queen’s undergraduate degree program but who do not meet the required admission standards for English language proficiency will be considered for QBridge. The QBridge program provides various routes to ensure that students are linguistically, academically and culturally prepared to complete their Queen’s undergraduate degree studies.
If you’re not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and plan to study in Canada for more than six months, you will have to apply for a study permit. You should apply for your study permit online as soon as you get your acceptance letter.
For information on how to apply for a study permit, visit our Study Permit FAQ page and the Queen's University International Study Centre (QUIC) website.
We encourage you to contact Carolina Palmer, International Student Advisor. She is regulated through the College of Canadian Immigration Consultants, trained in Canadian immigration systems and regulations, and is available for in-person meetings or over Calendly.