How Do I Apply?
How Do I Apply?
Find Your Program and Review Admission Requirements
Use the Program Search to select the program you’d like to apply to. Be sure that you have completed or plan to successfully complete the following admission requirements:
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).
- Six 4U/4M courses, including ENG4U, NBE4U or FRA4U.
- Make sure you meet all applicable Faculty and program-specific requirements. If no Faculty or program-specific requirements are listed for a program, ensure you meet all general admission requirements.
- Proof of language proficiency. Most Canadian high-school students fulfill language requirements automatically.
Review the Language Proficiency Requirements for accepted language tests and minimum required scores.
Submit Your Admission Application
Submit your admission application through the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre (OUAC) website. If you are an Ontario high school student, contact your guidance office for your PIN and instructions about completing the OUAC 101 application; or ouac.on.ca/ouac-105 if you are applying from outside Ontario.
Submit Required Documents
Once you receive access to your MyFile account, you can start uploading required documents to our system. Visit futurestudents.yorku.ca/applied for document details and submission/upload instructions.
If you are an Ontario high school student, your grades will be sent to us automatically by your school.The list of required documents may include: official transcripts (unofficial grades may be uploaded for conditional admission); proof of language proficiency (if required); and supplementary information/evaluation. MyFile will provide details if additional documentation is needed.
Your application deadline depends on when you’d like to start:
Your application will be sent by OUAC to York University. As soon as we receive it, we will contact you via email and grant you access to view updates about your York University admission application using our online platform: MyFile.
Did You Know That…
OUAC provides your Grade 11 grades and first semester Grade 12 midterms which we can use for conditional admission as early as mid-December? In mid-February, OUAC provides your Grade 12 midterm and/or final results which can also be used for conditional admission. In July, we receive final grades from OUAC and calculate final averages.
Waiting for an Admission Decision?
Explore ways to enhance your experience.
Professional development is key to ensuring you have all the tools you need to succeed within and beyond the academic world. As a graduate student at York you’ll have access to unique support including the Graduate & Postdoctoral Professional Skills Guide and the Three Minute Thesis.
Apply for funding early
Apply for York entrance awards and scholarships at go.yorku.ca/myfile. You do need your MyFile access to apply, but don’t need to have an offer of admission.
Apply for Residence
You do not need to wait until you’ve received your Offer of Admission to apply for residence.
Join us for our next Virtual Open House to experience York and discover what it’s like to be a student at go.yorku.ca/events.
Accepted Your Offer of Admission?
Here’s your checklist before classes start:
Complete YU START. Your course-enrolment access time will be emailed to you and you’ll have the support of YU START student leaders to help you transition to York.
Register with Student Accessibility Services if you are a student with a disability and think you may require academic accommodations.
Notify the Office of Admissions if enrolling in summer school. Your final transcript is required in August.
Admission Requirements
You may be applying directly from a Canadian high school, are returning to post-secondary studies after an absence, transferring from another college or university or have never studied in a formal academic high-school environment. Whatever your situation, you can find your specific admission requirements here.