Grad Students

 

Application Steps


First, please read the Admission requirements page. Then, provide us with the following required documents:

A completed application form(OUAC on-line - app. fee: $65).


Two letters of reference (on-line through the OUAC application).

These letters should be sent to us directly by the referees.

One copy of certified official transcripts.

We require transcripts from each university or college that you have attended. The transcripts should be sent to us directly by the Registrar of the issuing institution. However, if you want to include your transcripts with your application, they must be in a sealed envelope, which has been signed and stamped by the registrar. Transcripts must have been issued within one year of the application deadline.

If the original transcripts are in a language other than English, you must submit both the original and a certified English translation.

Diploma

If you are admitted to one of our graduate programs, the School of Graduate Studies will require that you show them your original diploma once you arrive at UWO. They will return the diploma to you once they have seen it.

An original TOEFL report

If your mother tongue is not English and you have not attended a university or college in a country whose first language is English for the past two years, then you must take a TOEFL exam and achieve a score of at least 580 (237 in case of computer-based TOEFL exam, or 92 in case of Internet-based Testing).

The TOEFL test date must be within two years of the first term of registration at The University of Western Ontario. You should arrange for the testing agency to send us an original copy of your TOEFL report. Permanent residents may be required to submit a TOEFL score.

We also accept the results of some other tests as proof of proficiency in English. For more details, read the Admission requirements page.

Statement of academic intent (see OUAC application form)

Your statement of purpose should be brief, yet as specific as possible. Include information such as: planned course of study, possible project/thesis topic, long-term career objectives, specific area(s) of interest, relevant job and research experience.

Application for Teaching Assistantship (available online in Doc format)

You need to complete this application only if you wish to be considered for admission to our thesis or project program.

Application Deadlines

Canadian citizens and permanent residents:

February 28, for admission in the term beginning in September.

Visa applicants:

February 15, for admission in the term beginning in September.

Mailing Address

Graduate Programs Assistant
Dept. of Computer Science
355 Middlesex College
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario Canada
N6A 5B7

General comments:


An application will not be evaluated until all documentation is received.

In the case that you are not admitted, we cannot transfer your file. Should you apply again, a new application, including new references, new documentation (if out-dated), and new application fees, is required.

For applicants who received their university education outside Canada or the U.S.A.

University systems in different countries vary, and quite often it is very difficult for us to interpret transcripts or degrees from foreign universities. This is particularly true if the university education does not even remotely resemble the North American or British systems. To give an example: In many countries of continental Europe there is no equivalent distinction between undergraduate and graduate studies. Hence, it is not automatically clear whether the diploma received in such a case is equivalent to a bachelor's or a master's degree.

We encourage you to provide additional information about your university education if your degrees do not match the North American model. This information is particularly important if you want to apply for admission to our PhD program, but your degree is not clearly equivalent to an MSc degree. The following information could be very helpful in such a situation: a description of the contents of your courses; a list of the textbooks you used; a summary of your thesis; an explanatory letter from a faculty member of your university knowledgeable of both yours and the North American university systems.

In a similar manner, the grading systems in different countries vary significantly. You should be aware that financial support and differential fee waivers are offered on the basis of the grades in your transcripts as evaluated by the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Again, if you think we might have difficulties understanding your transcripts you could help us by providing explanatory documentation, if possible by an official or a faculty member from your present university.

 

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