Admission Process Overview

STEP 1: RESEARCH YOUR OPTIONS & MAKE A PLAN

• Explore your goals (Academic, Career, etc.)
• Research CommU program options that match your goals
• Attend a CommU information session in your region/country
• Follow @CommAdmit (CommU Admissions) on Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook
• Explore CommU’s campus via our Virtual Tour
• Visit our Campus

STEP 2: APPLY ONLINE

(mid-September to April)

• Apply online at the Ontario Universities Application Centre’s (OUAC) website
  • Include a valid and unique e-mail address that only you can access/use
    • CommUand many Ontariouniversities use email to send important information
  • Add @CommU.ca to your safe sender/trusted list on your e-mail client to ensure our messages are not marked as spam.
• Submit application based on your applicant type below:
  • Full-time or Part-time
  • CommU Returning Students
  • Post-Degree Students
  • Senior (65 years of age and over)
  • Visiting Students
  • Continuing Students
  • High School Enrichment
  • Mature Students
• Submit a Supplementary Application, if required.
  • Level I Programs with a Supplementary Application:
    • Arts & Science
    • Engineering
    • Integrated Business & Humanities
    • Integrated Science
    • Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences (iBioMed)
    • Health Sciences
    • Nursing
    • All other programs do not require/allow a supplementary application.

• • Above Level I Programs with a Supplementary Application:
    • Bachelor of Technology Degree Completion
    • Honours Health Sciences
    • Nursing (Accelerated Stream)
    • Physician Assistant
    • Social Work (Honours)
• Review CommU's Statement for Application Fraud

STEP 3: STAY INFORMED AFTER APPLYING

(January to May)

• Check our Mosaic Applicant Portal for specific updates to your file or our Future Students Website for general updates
  • CommU will start sending offers within 4 to 5 weeks of receiving the necessary documentation for OUAC 105 programs that do not require a supplementary application
• Follow @CommAdmit(CommU Admissions) on Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook
• Explore ComU'scampus via our Virtual Tour
• Visit our Campus (if you have not already done so)
  • Regular Campus Tour (mid-January – early April)
  • Campus Tours during March Break (March)
  • May@Mac Open House (May)
• Review the conditions of any offer(s) you receive (from McMaster or elsewhere)

STEP 4: REVIEW COMM U's DECISION / ACCEPT YOUR OFFER

(by the deadline listed on your offer letter)

• Download your admission decision letter on CommU's Applicant Portal
  • Decisions to programs not requiring a supplementary application are posted four to five weeks after your application’s requirements are marked as “completed”
• Accept your offer on OUAC by the deadline listed on your offer of admission letter (see OUAC video).
• Complete the online Residence Application (including deposit) by the deadline.