- Explore your goals (Academic, Career, etc.)
- Research McMaster program options that match your goals
- Attend a McMaster information session in your region/country
- Follow @MacAdmit (McMaster Admissions) on Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook
- Explore McMaster’s campus via our Virtual Tour
- Join us for a virtual open house
(mid-September to April)
- Apply online at the Ontario Universities Application Centre’s (OUAC) website and choose from a list of our open programs
- Include a valid and unique e-mail address that only you can access/use
- McMaster and many Ontario universities use email to send important information
- Add @mcmaster.ca to your safe sender/trusted list on your e-mail client to ensure our messages are not marked as spam.
- Include a valid and unique e-mail address that only you can access/use
- Submit application based on your applicant type below:
- Full-time or Part-time students apply through OUAC
- McMaster Returning Students
- Post-Degree Students
- Senior (65 years of age and over)
- Visiting Students
- Continuing Students
- Mature Students
- If you have reviewed our definition of a Mature Student and believe that it defines you and your prior academics, then you may apply to our available programs via the on-line 105 application via the Ontario Universities Application Centre (OUAC)
- 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
- Music
- Nursing
- Studio Art
- Level I Programs with a Supplementary Application:
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- Above Level I Programs with a Supplementary Application:
- Bachelor of Technology Degree Completion
- Engineering
- Honours Health Sciences
- Nursing (Accelerated Stream)
- Physician Assistant
- Social Work (Honours)
- Above Level I Programs with a Supplementary Application:
- Review McMaster’s Statement for Application Fraud
(January to May)
- Check our Mosaic Applicant Portal for specific updates to your file or our Future Students Website for general updates
- McMaster 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 @MacAdmit (McMaster Admissions) on Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook
- Explore McMaster’s campus via our Virtual Tour
- Attend one of our virtual open house events
- Review the conditions of any offer(s) you receive (from McMaster or elsewhere)
- Visit Student Accessibility Services if you have questions about supports for students with disabilities
Application timelines
- Review Checklist Item
- Submit the document next to the line
- The document status will update from “required” to “completed” after it is processed by the Admissions team.
- Complete your supplementary application
- Supplementary application is completed outside of MOSAIC. The notation will be updated by end of March
- You will receive a confirmation number or email (vary depending on the supplementary application you completed) at the time of submission. That is your confirmation of a successful submission
- Once everything on the checklist is marked as completed, your file moves forward for an admission decision
- Wait for an offer decision
- From the time when your file is marked as completed, it could take the Admissions Committee up to four weeks to make a decision
- Review Checklist Items
- If you see “complete admission requirement”, click on the link to see your checklist
- Submit the document next to the line item (once it has been processed and approved, we will mark it as “completed”)
- Checklist complete
- Once everything on the checklist is marked as completed, your file moves forward for an admission decision
- Wait for an offer decision
- From the time when your file is marked as completed, it could take the Admissions Committee up to four weeks to make a decision
(by the deadline listed on your offer letter)
- Download your admission decision letter on McMaster’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.
(June to August)
Visit the Registrar’s Office for our I’ve Accepted My Offer, Now What? guide for new students. Listed below are some of the major action items on McMaster’s ‘Quick Start’ website:
- Review our Undergraduate Calendar for an overview of courses in your first year (and beyond)
- Register (select classes, schedule, pay fees, setup email, etc.) as a new McMaster student
- Participate in summer orientations events offered by our Student Success Centre
- Receive Residence Building & Roommate allocation details from the Housing Office (if you applied to residence)
- Pay fees
- Submit financial aid applications
- Start classes and orient yourself to university life during Welcome Week