Admission Requirements

Students who are interested in this program must apply through the  Ontario Universities' Application Centre, using the program code ENS. 

How to Apply

Application Deadline: March 29, 2024

Applicants should carefully review the Admission Requirements further below. Application and admission questions, specific to your unique situation, that are not addressed in the admission information below, should be directed to  welcome@uwo.ca.

Current Western University students requesting to transfer to the Compressed Time Frame BScN program must meet the Education and Prerequisite Course requirements as outlined in the Admission Requirements below. Casper is not required.

Intent to Register (ITR): Students have access to Western’s online ITR through Student Center under Academics > Program Status > Intent to Register Form.

Detailed instructions for finding the Nursing ITR form are available here.

ITR Timeframe: March 1 - April 1 (Transfer requests after this timeframe will not be considered)

A minimum 75% (3.0 GPA) average in the most recently completed 10.0 university-level full-course equivalents.

For applicants applying with only 10.0 courses, no more than 5.0 courses may be at the introductory level (equivalent to courses numbered 1000 to 1999 at Western University).

Applicants with university preparation outside of North America must submit a course-by-course evaluation through the World Education Services (WES).

Completion of the following prerequisite courses at the university level with a minimum grade of 60% in each:

• 1.0 credit in human physiology
• 0.5 credit in anatomy
• 0.5 credit in introductory statistics

Prerequisite courses must be taken within 10 years of the year seeking admission.

It is recommended that applicants complete all prerequisites by the end of April in the year seeking admission.

Applicants should reference the Course Equivalency List (see below) to determine which courses are suitable physiology, anatomy, and statistics prerequisites.

• Course Equivalency List

This list is subject to change and is not exhaustive. At this time, Admissions is not pre-reviewing courses. If you want us to consider a course for admission that is not included on this list, you must first apply through the OUAC. Once you apply, Western’s Admissions department will contact you for additional information. Alternatively, you could consider registering in one of the courses already included on the equivalency list.

Courses included on this list are approved as admission requirements to the Compressed Time Frame BScN program only. These courses may not be suitable for transfer credit for courses within the CTF and/or Collaborative BScN curricula. Transfer credit requests will be independently assessed.

Current Western University students requesting to transfer to the Compressed Time Frame BScN program must meet the Education and Prerequisite Course requirements as outlined above. Casper is not required.

Requests for the following academic year are to be submitted through Western’s Intent to Register (ITR) process and timeline.

Detailed instructions for finding the Nursing ITR form are available here.

All external applicants to the Compressed Time Frame BScN Program in the Western's Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing are required to complete the Casper test (Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics), a mandatory online 90-minute computer-based assessment as a component of the admission process. Applicants who do not complete the Casper test will not be considered for admission. Casper test results are valid for one admissions cycle; applicants who have already taken the test in previous years will therefore be expected to re-take it. Please note that the ‘Snapshot’ portion (an extension of the Casper test) is NOT required for application to Western’s BScN programs.

Casper is an online test designed to evaluate key non-cognitive skills, as well as interpersonal and professional characteristics essential for students to be successful in nursing programs and ultimately, as practicing nurses. Since Casper assesses non-cognitive and interpersonal characteristics, studying is not required.

Applicants should visit www.acuityinsights.app to sign up and reserve a test date/time for Undergraduate Nursing, Western-Fanshawe - Western University. Please direct any inquiries about the test to the Casper Support Team at www.acuityinsights.app/contact-us/.

The Undergraduate Admissions Office may require any applicant to write a test of English proficiency. Students applying for admission to undergraduate Nursing programs must satisfy ONE of the following criteria: