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Applications from international students are being accepted. Students whose first language is not English, must follow specific proof of English language requirements to be considered. Please refer to the University of Waterloo main website for current requirements or go to the UW international student website.
All applicants to Year One of the program will follow the same Rules of Admission as apply to Ontario Secondary School Students, including required prerequisite courses. Where distance may be an issue, students who qualify for the Interview stage of the admissions process may complete the mail in interview process (link for more information).
As we get up to 1200 applicants for 70 spots, there is no guarantee that you will be accepted into the program. We do not reccomended that students take our first year course and then apply, as they typically do not do very well as they don't have the full support of our design courses (which are only open to our students). You can do yourself a huge disfavour if you do poorly.