Wilfrid Laurier University Admission 2027

Admission at a glance

Wilfrid Laurier University, generally known as Laurier, is a public university based in Waterloo, Ontario, with a second campus in Brantford, and is known for its Lazaridis School of Business and Economics and for Arts and Social Science programs. International undergraduates apply through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC), the shared service used across the province. Admission is based on the applicant's secondary school record in the courses required for the chosen program; Laurier does not publish one minimum average across all programs, since competitive programs such as Business Administration typically require higher grades than general Arts programs. English proficiency is required unless the applicant's three most recent years of full-time education were in English without ESL support, through a recognized test such as IELTS, TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic or Duolingo; an applicant who meets the academic requirement but not the English requirement can receive a conditional offer. Laurier's tuition varies widely by program, from its lower cost Arts, Human and Social Sciences programs up to specialized joint and double degree programs such as the Business Administration and Computer Science double degree offered jointly with the University of Waterloo, which costs close to double the standard Arts rate. Laurier caps the year over year tuition increase for a continuing international student at 5 percent.

Requirements

Bachelor

Admission is based on the applicant's secondary school record in the courses required for the chosen program; specific prerequisites and competitive averages vary by program, and some joint or double degree programs have their own additional admission steps. There is no single published minimum average across all programs.

Graduate

Set by the individual graduate program; applicants should confirm requirements, references and, for research programs, a supervisor, on the specific program's page.

Full requirements and documents