Admissions Policy and Procedures

How to Apply

• Applicants to the Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology must submit an electronic or paper application form through ontariocolleges.ca:
  
  60 Corporate Court
  Guelph, Ontario N1G 5J3
  Telephone: (519) 763-4725
  Toll free: 1-888-892-2228
  Website: www.ontariocolleges.ca
   
• ontariocolleges.ca receives and records applications and each student’s response to college offers of admission. A $95.00 fee must accompany the application.
   
• All applicants are encouraged to use the online application by accessing ontariocolleges.ca. Paper applications may be obtained directly from any Ontario College of Applied Arts and Technology or, the Ontario College Application Services at the address noted above.
   
• Applicants may select up to five program choices with no more than three choices at any one college.
   
• An applicant may accept only one offer of admission at a time. The confirmation of acceptance must be directed to ontariocolleges.ca.
   
• For September 2011, applications from qualified applicants received by ontariocolleges.ca on February 1, 2011 and earlier, receive equal consideration in application processing. Applications received after February 1, 2011 will be processed on a “first-come, first-served” basis (until programs are full), when all other admission conditions are considered equal.
   
• For programs shown in this publication as “Oversubscribed Programs”, apply before February 1, 2011.
   
• The earliest date Seneca may make an offer of admission is February 1, 2011.
  
  For programs starting in September 2011, Ontario applicants who applied before February 1, 2011 and who have received letters of acceptance, have until May 2, 2011 to inform ontariocolleges.ca whether or not they intend to accept an offer of admission. Details of this process will be sent with letters of acceptance.
   
• Most applicants wishing to undertake diploma or certificate programs enter Seneca College in the fall semester, starting in September of each year. However, new students may be admitted to specific programs in the winter or summer semesters which commence in January and May each year, respectively. Please check with the Admissions Office for program starting dates.
   
• If final Grade 12 marks are not available, you may obtain early conditional acceptance on the basis of your Grade 12 mid-term grades or final Grade 11 grades. Such early conditional acceptance is granted on the condition that you will be successful in the Grade 12 final evaluation or examinations, and will obtain the Ontario Secondary School Diploma at the end of the academic year.