MSc(OT) Application and Admission Information

Application Process

Admission is based upon the admission average as calculated by ORPAS (see Calculation of Admission Average below). A complete application consists of:

An on-line application (COMPASS.ORPAS) from the Ontario Rehabilitation Sciences Programs Application Service (ORPAS), which also includes submission of official transcripts sent directly from each institution to ORPAS, and an online personal statement.

Please note that ORPAS updates their website approximately mid-October for access to the online application form and instruction booklet.

Application Deadline

The deadline for applications to ORPAS for admission to the School of Occupational Therapy for the Fall of 2013 is January 11, 2013*.

* The online application and information booklet is updated by ORPAS in mid-October of each year.
Visit ORPAS website.

MSc(OT) Admission Requirements

Requirements for admission include completion of a four-year degree or equivalent. Students with a GPA 3.5 - 3.7 (as calculated by ORPAS), or better, would normally be considered competitive applicants for the program.

Prerequisites

The School of Occupational Therapy at The University of Western Ontario has removed all prerequisite course requirements for the professional masters program, MScOT. Therefore, Canadian candidates will only be required to have a four year degree. However, it is suggested (not required) that applicants have some undergraduate science courses (i.e., anatomy, biology, human physiology).

Calculation of Admission Average

A calculation will be done based upon an applicant's final 60 units of university academic study (the equivalent of ten full courses or 20 half-courses) completed December 31st of the application year, and will include summer, part-time, intersession, correspondence and failed university courses taken beyond the four-year undergraduate year. For applicants currently enrolled in the fourth year of a baccalaureate program, this calculation will start with the applicant's final fall grades (completed December 31) and will move back in chronological order based on the order of courses listed on the transcript. Where grades must be extracted from a term to achieve the equivalent of ten full courses, the average of that term (e.g. applicant's second year) will be used. Western does not include graduate-degree course work, practicum/activity-type courses, Bachelor of Education, Certificate or Diploma program courses and non-convertible grades (e.g., pass/fail) in the calculation.