Deadlines and helpful tips

ADD/DROP Deadlines

All deadlines are until 11:59 PM EST on the stated date. You may drop courses without academic penalty using your Student Center up until the dates listed below. Any course dropped after the deadline will be recorded as an “F” on your transcript, and calculated as a 40% in your cumulative and term average.

Fall 2025 courses

Add Deadline: First-term 0.5 course or a first-term 1.0 course
Fall course registration period ends
(last day to add or enroll to/from wait list)		 Friday, September 12, 2025

Drop Deadlines: First-term 0.5 course or a first-term 1.0 course
Drop
Courses dropped before or on this date will not appear on your transcript		 Friday, September 12, 2025
Drop Without Academic Penalty (Withdrawn)
Courses dropped during this date range will appear on your transcript with a WDN grade		 From Saturday, September 13, 2025 to Monday, December 1, 2025 

Drop Deadline: Full year 1.0 course
Drop Without Academic Penalty (Withdrawn)
Courses dropped during this date range will appear on your transcript with a WDN grade		 From Saturday, September 13, 2025 to Friday, January 30, 2026

Winter 2026 courses

Add Deadline: Second-term 0.5 course or a second-term 1.0 course
Winter course registration period ends
(last day to add or enroll to/from wait list)

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Drop Deadlines: Second-term 0.5 course or a second-term 1.0 course
Drop
Courses dropped before or on this date will not appear on your transcript

Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Drop Without Academic Penalty (Withdrawn)
Courses dropped during this date range will appear on your transcript with a WDN grade

From Wednesday, January 14, 2026 to Monday, March 30, 2026 

 

Helpful Tips

Are you having trouble completing your ADD/DROP even though it's before the deadline? Here are some troubleshooting tips: 

  1. If you are not up to date in paying your fees, your ADD/DROP requests will not be processed. Stay up to date on your financial information through your Student Center or by contacting the Fees Office at fees@uwo.ca. 
  2. Do you have the prerequisite for the course you are trying to add? If not, you will not be able to enroll and will need to seek Special Permission to take it.
  3. Are you trying to take more than 5 courses in a term? This is called a Course Overload and requires Special Permission. 
  4. For any issues related to using Student Center, please contact Student Central through Western Live Chat.

Are you in your first year and trying to enroll in courses numbered 2000 and above? Anything above 1000-level courses are considered senior-level courses. In order to meet first-year requirements, you need to 5.0 1000-level credits. If you don't have these credits, it could prevent you from progressing into an Honours program. It may even prevent you from graduating.

Don't get caught with unwanted courses in your schedule! Students sometimes forget to drop second term courses when they have not completed the prerequisite in the first term. If you fail or drop a prerequisite in the fall term, make sure you drop the second term course before it starts so that you don't forget until it's too late.

Avoid these common mistakes that may delay your graduation

  • Taking more than 1.0 course per academic session at an Affiliated College (Huron, King's, Brescia).
  • Taking too many courses in one subject.
  • Taking inappropriate 2000-2999 level courses (see the specific numbers needed for your module). 
  • Taking too many first year courses throughout your degree (the maximum allowed is 7.0).
  • Missing the Category A (i.e. Social Science) or Category C (i.e. Science) breadth requirements.
  • Missing the essay requirements (E, F/G).