Our application process

Find a list of important dates and deadlines for applicants. (Additional dates may be added, please check often)

October 1, 2022 – Application for admission opens through the OUAC. Current Ontario High School Students must use the 101 application. All other applicants must use the 105 application.

December 1, 2022 – Access to SlideRoom made available for all applicants (to be confirmed, check back for updates). 

January 12, 2023 – OUAC application deadline for 101 applicants. OCAD U will continue to accept applications from all applicants until February 1, 2023.  

February 1, 2023 – Application deadline for all applicants for all programs. Apply through the OUAC by 11:59 pm EST. Some programs may continue to accept applications after this deadline if space is available. Information about late applications will be made available after this deadline.  

February 9, 2023 – Deadline to submit portfolio or supplemental items through SlideRoom. Late applicants will be given specific deadlines.  

March 1, 2023 – Deadline to submit interim/midterm transcripts for all applicants who are currently enrolled in school. Applicants who have completed their studies by this deadline should provide all final official transcripts by this date.  

March 29, 2023 – OCAD U will begin to send out results of applications to applicants.  

May 29, 2023 – Latest date an applicant (who applied by February 1, 2023) can expect to receive results of their application.  

June 1, 2023 – Deadline to accept an offer of admission through the OUAC.  

June 8, 2023 – Deadline to pay admissions confirmation deposit.

July 13, 2023 – Recommended deadline to submit all final official transcripts and any other required documentation to satisfy any conditions of the offer of admission.  

August 1, 2023 – Final deadline to submit all final official transcripts and any other required documentation to satisfy any conditions of the offer of admission.  

While some programs have closed, there's still a chance to apply for fall 2023 admission. See below or visit ouac.on.ca for a full list of available and closed programs.

First Year Entry

• Advertising
• Creative Writing
• Criticism & Curatorial Practice
• Digital Futures
• Drawing & Painting [CLOSED]
• Enviro­nmental Design [CLOSED]
• Experi­mental Animation [CLOSED]
• Graphic Design [CLOSED]
• Illust­ration [CLOSED]
• Indigenous Visual Culture
• Industrial Design
• Integrated Media
• Material Art & Design [CLOSED]
• Photography
• Printmaking & Public­ations
• Sculpture/ Instal­lation
• Visual and Critical Studies

Upper Year Programs

Programs require at least one year of post-secondary education equivalent to the first year of the major selected to qualify.

• Advertising [CLOSED]
• Creative Writing [CLOSED]
• Criticism & Curatorial Practice [CLOSED]
• Digital Futures [CLOSED]
• Drawing & Painting [CLOSED]
• Enviro­nmental Design [CLOSED]
• Experi­mental Animation [CLOSED]
• Graphic Design [CLOSED]
• Illust­ration [CLOSED]
• Indigenous Visual Culture [CLOSED]
• Industrial Design [CLOSED]
• Integrated Media [CLOSED]
• Material Art & Design [CLOSED]
• Photography [CLOSED]
• Printmaking & Public­ations [CLOSED]
• Sculpture/ Instal­lation [CLOSED]
• Visual and Critical Studies [CLOSED]

Articulation Agreements

Programs require at least one year of equivalent post-secondary education and are only available to applicants who qualify for current articulation agreements or transfer pathways with OCAD University.

• Criticism & Curatorial Practice [CLOSED]
• Digital Futures [CLOSED]
• Enviro­nmental Design [CLOSED]
• Experi­mental Animation [CLOSED]
• Integrated Media [CLOSED]
• Material Art & Design [CLOSED]
• Photography [CLOSED]
• Printmaking & Public­ations [CLOSED]
• Sculpture/​Instal­lation [CLOSED]