Are you an upper-year candidate?

Upper year candidates include:

• Students who have completed a minimum 24 units (or equivalent) at another accredited university or college with a university transfer program.
  • 24 Queen's units are typically four full-year courses (one course taken over two terms) or eight one-term only courses.
  • Upper-year candidates have generally attended university for a minimum of two terms taking academic courses – as opposed to applied or professional
• Ontario community college students who are in a three-year diploma program and will be graduating
• Graduates from three-year Ontario community college diploma programs
• CEGEP students who are in the final year of a three-year professional/career program who will be receiving their DEC
• Graduates of three-year CEGEP professional/career programs who have their DEC

Admission Information

To be considered for admission, upper-year applicants must have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.3 (B+). However, most successful applicants have a minimum GPA of 3.7 (A-). In addition to submitting academic documentation, all upper-year applicants to the Bachelor of Commerce program must fill out a Supplementary Essay. 

There are a very limited number of upper-year spaces available. The admission process is highly competitive and preference is given to those applicants with the strongest qualifications.

For GPA minimums, see: Admission Requirements for External University Transfer

Second-Degree Applicants

Candidates who have already completed an undergraduate degree at Queen's or another academic institution are encouraged to consider applying either:

• as a post-degree student on a non-degree program.
  • Post-degree students on a non-degree program are permitted to take courses in the School of Business for one or two terms during one academic year. To be considered as such a candidate, please apply directly to Undergraduate Admission no later than July 1.
    – or –
• to an MBA program

Transferability of Courses

Transfer credits are assessed by individual departments and are based on grades achieved as well as equivalency to Queen's courses. A "Statement of Transfer Credit" is sent out after the offer of admission. Credit is not granted for courses with a final grade lower than 1.7 (C-).

Deadlines / Apply

All documentation required to complete your application will be posted on your SOLUS Student Centre and must be received at Undergraduate Admission no later than June 15.

Complete files of eligible applicants are reviewed for admission decisions in late June.

In early July, offers of admission will be sent to candidates whose applications have been approved.

*Please note that we will accept unofficial documents for application assessment but will require a  final official document (s) by the extended July 15th deadline to maintain an offer of admission.

Documents may be submitted to support an application at transfer@queensu.ca

Please note we cannot pre-assess potential transfer credit.  More about our transfer credit process can be found here

Applicants who meet one of the following criteria do not need to submit a test of facility in English:

• completed an IB diploma (completion of SL English B is not sufficient) or
• lived in a country where English is the acknowledged primary language for the most recent three years prior to beginning their university studies or
• attended an education institution full-time where the medium of instruction is English for the most recent three years prior to beginning their university studies

All other applicants must achieve a satisfactory score on one of the tests of facility in English listed below.

This test is a firm requirement and admission decisions cannot be made until an acceptable score has been reported. If you are in doubt about whether you meet our language requirements, submit an acceptable English language test score as soon as possible to avoid potential delays in the processing of your admission application.

Are you an upper-year candidate?

Candidates applying to transfer from other accredited institutions are considered for upper-year admission if they have completed more than half of the courses taken in the Queen's first-year program. The curriculum includes first-year courses in:

• Physics (2 terms)
• Chemistry (2 terms)
• Computing (1 term)
• Geology (1 term)
• Calculus I and II (2 terms)
• Linear Algebra (1 term)
• Graphics (1 term)

Find the full curriculum...

Admission Information

There are a very limited number of upper-year spaces available. The admission process is highly competitive and preference is given to those applicants with the strongest qualifications.

Transferability of Courses

A full Statement of Transfer Credit will be available for admitted students after they have been approved by the Associate Dean and final marks have been received. We regret that "pre assessments" are not available for potential applicants at this time.

English Language Proficiency

All students entering the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science will be required to demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively in written English. Within the first four weeks following registration, students must attempt a proficiency test in written English. Students who do not pass this test will have further opportunities to successfully complete it. Students must pass the proficiency test to be eligible for graduation.

Deadlines / Apply

The Chair of Undergraduate Studies of the department applied to reviews complete applications. The Admission Committee of the Faculty then approves offers of admission proposed by the department.

*Please note that we will accept unofficial documents for application assessment but will require a  final official document (s) by the extended July 15th deadline to maintain an offer of admission.

Documents may be submitted to support an application at transfer@queensu.ca

Please note we cannot pre-assess potential transfer credit.  More about our transfer credit process can be found here

Applicants who meet one of the following criteria do not need to submit a test of facility in English:

• completed an IB diploma (completion of SL English B is not sufficient) or
• lived in a country where English is the acknowledged primary language for the most recent three years prior to beginning their university studies or
• attended an education institution full-time where the medium of instruction is English for the most recent three years prior to beginning their university studies

All other applicants must achieve a satisfactory score on one of the tests of facility in English listed below.

This test is a firm requirement and admission decisions cannot be made until an acceptable score has been reported. If you are in doubt about whether you meet our language requirements, submit an acceptable English language test score as soon as possible to avoid potential delays in the processing of your admission application.

For applicants who:

• Attended university after completing high school
• Have a three-year diploma from an Ontario Community College (CAAT)
• Have a three-year DEC from a professional CEGEP program

For GPA minimums and prerequisites, see: Admission Requirements for External University Transfer

Transfer Credits

Credit will be granted for courses applicable to the Nursing program that have a minimum grade of 1.7 (C-).

Transfer credits will reduce the number of Queen's courses needed to graduate, but the program remains four years in length. With rare exceptions, applicants transferring from a Nursing degree program elsewhere will be considered but only for the first year of a four-year program.

Deadlines / Apply

*Note the Supplementary Essay is optional for the first-year Nursing program. 

All documentation required to complete your application will be posted on your SOLUS Student Centre and must be received at Undergraduate Admission by the document deadline.

In mid-May, offers of admission will be sent to candidates whose applications have been approved.

Bachelor of Nursing Science: Accelerated Standing Track (Two Years)

Applicants must meet the following conditions:

• Completed senior-level high school English (ENG4U or equivalent – English language courses are not acceptable), Biology and Chemistry (or university-level equivalents)
• Completed at least 60.0 units of graded university credits (equivalent to two full-years) with a 2.7 GPA (Pass/Fail courses are not eligible for consideration towards the 60.0 unit requirement or towards prerequisite courses)
• Not be currently enrolled in a Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Submit a Supplementary Essay online through the Queen's SOLUS system
• Completed (or show proof of enrolment by the document deadline) at least one requirement within each subject column listed below in the most recent seven years prior to admission with a mark of 60% (C-) or higher

How is the admission average calculated?

The admission average for the Nursing AST program is based your most recent marks in 60 credits (equivalent to 10 full-year [eight-month] or 20 half-year [four-month] courses) and must include the prerequisites listed above.

Required Documents

• A final high school transcript showing graduation
• All previous post-secondary transcripts (note: current Queen's students are not required to submit any transcripts)
• Nursing AST Supplementary Essay

Documents may be submitted electronically or mailed.

See also: How to Submit Documents

Contacts:

Program information: Barb Bolton (Undergraduate Academic Advisor) boltonb@queensu.ca
Admission requirements: Contact Us

Deadlines / Apply

*Space is limited within this program. We encourage students to submit their application and supporting documents as soon as possible. Decisions will be made on a rolling basis once applications are complete.