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Deadlines

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  • OUAC. Ontario high schools report midterm/final 4U/M grades

    2027 entry

    School deadline, not a student task. Universities receive these grades by November 26. Verbatim: "Deadline for the OUAC to receive all midterm or final grades available for 4U/M courses from Ontario high schools. Schools may report in-progress grades for full-year courses as soon as they are available." Universities receive these by the target date of November 26, 2026. This is a deadline on the high school, not on the student, but it governs which grades a university sees in the first round.

    Official deadline
Other deadline details
No single OUAC deadline, deadlines are set by each university and sometimes by programOUAC Undergraduate application, applicants who are not Ontario high school students (Group B)2026 entry
  • No single OUAC deadline, deadlines are set by each university and sometimes by program
  • No single OUAC deadline
  • University, program, transcript, portfolio, interview, and audition dates still apply
Full source wording

Verbatim: "There is no specific Undergraduate application deadline if you are a Group B applicant. Deadlines vary at each university and sometimes depend on the program. Visit the university websites or contact the universities directly for their deadlines. If you are interested in a program but the deadline has passed, you may contact the university's admission office for help. Be aware of university-specific deadlines for submitting transcripts and portfolios, if required, and for arranging interviews and auditions. You must ensure the OUAC has enough time to process your choices before the universities' program deadlines." OUAC defines Group B as anyone who does not meet the Group A criteria, e.g. not currently taking an Ontario high school course, a Canadian outside Ontario, an international applicant, a postsecondary transfer student, or a mature applicant.

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Requirements

Admission requirements

High-school prerequisites
  • ENG4UEnglish
  • MCV4UCalculus and Vectors
  • SPH4UPhysics
  • SCH4UChemistry
  • MHF4UAdvanced Functions
Queen’s Ontario requirements · Smith Engineering routes and prerequisite subjects
Application steps

Entry terms · Fall (September)

Fall 2027 full-time first-year Smith Engineering application cycle. Common first year and the seven direct-entry routes use separate OUAC codes.

Queen’s Fall 2027 · application and document deadlines
  1. Step 1Check the admission requirements
    • Check the published entry route for your applicant category.
    Queen’s Ontario requirements · Smith Engineering routes and prerequisite subjectsQueen’s Ontario requirements · Smith Engineering routes and prerequisite subjects
  2. Step 2Apply through OUAC
    • Create your application and select this program.
    OUACOUAC
  3. Step 3Academic results and final official transcripts
    • Current Ontario high school results must be submitted through OUAC. Other applicants follow their To-Do List. To clear an offer's conditions, final official transcripts must arrive directly from the school, governing body or test centre.
    Queen's document submissionQueen's document submission
  4. Step 4Certified translations if records are not English or French
    • Submit the original-language official transcript and a copy accompanied by a translation certified through one of Queen's listed authorities.
    Queen's transcript translation rulesQueen's transcript translation rules
  5. Step 5Select QE for General First Year in Engineering. Separately listed direct-entry choices each have their own application code.
    • Complete this item using the university’s applicant instructions.
    Queen’s Ontario requirements · Smith Engineering routes and prerequisite subjectsQueen’s Ontario requirements · Smith Engineering routes and prerequisite subjects
  6. Step 6Open SOLUS and complete your applicant To Do List. Queen’s receives current Ontario high-school grades from OUAC.
    • Complete this item using the university’s applicant instructions.
    Queen’s Ontario requirements · Smith Engineering routes and prerequisite subjectsQueen’s Ontario requirements · Smith Engineering routes and prerequisite subjects
  7. Step 7Check your offer for its response deadline and final transcript conditions.
    • Complete this item using the university’s applicant instructions.
    Queen’s Ontario requirements · Smith Engineering routes and prerequisite subjectsQueen’s Ontario requirements · Smith Engineering routes and prerequisite subjects
Applicant pathways
Common first year (QE)

Ontario high school

  • Complete the OSSD and six Grade 12 U or M courses, including all five Engineering prerequisites.
  • Queen’s uses the five prerequisites to calculate the Engineering admission average.
  • Ontario francophone-school students may use EAE4U or FRA4U for English.
  • Apply to QE to choose one of ten disciplines after completing the common first year.
Queen’s university-supplied OUInfo · QE common first year, Ontario 2027/28
Direct-entry Engineering

Ontario high school

  • The five Ontario Engineering prerequisites also apply to each direct-entry route.
  • Choose a separate OUAC code for each route you want considered. Queen’s considers only the routes listed on your application.
Queen’s Ontario requirements · Smith Engineering routes and prerequisite subjects
Chemical Engineering (QEH)

Separate direct-entry application

  • Begin in the named discipline in first year.
Queen’s university-supplied OUInfo · Chemical Engineering, Ontario 2027/28
Civil Engineering (QEV)

Separate direct-entry application

  • Begin in the named discipline in first year.
Queen’s university-supplied OUInfo · Civil Engineering, Ontario 2027/28
Computer Engineering (QEC)

Separate direct-entry application

  • Begin in the named discipline in first year.
Queen’s Ontario requirements · Smith Engineering routes and prerequisite subjects
Electrical Engineering (QEE)

Separate direct-entry application

  • Begin in the named discipline in first year.
Queen’s university-supplied OUInfo · Electrical Engineering, Ontario 2027/28
Mechanical Engineering (QET)

Separate direct-entry application

  • Begin in the named discipline in first year.
Queen’s university-supplied OUInfo · Mechanical Engineering, Ontario 2027/28
Mining Engineering (QEN)

Separate direct-entry application

  • Begin in the named discipline in first year.
Queen’s Ontario requirements · Smith Engineering routes and prerequisite subjects
Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (QEM)

Separate direct-entry application

  • Apply through QEM to start Mechatronics and Robotics. It is available through direct entry only.
Queen’s university-supplied OUInfo · Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering, Ontario 2027/28
Canadian college transfer

Canadian college applicants to Engineering; first-year eligibility and transfer credit are separately assessed.

  • Minimum cumulative college GPA 2.9 on the 4.3 scale; secondary marks are not included in that calculation.
  • A two-year diploma, or two completed years of a three-year diploma, permits first-year admission consideration.
  • A college certificate, one-year diploma, or one completed diploma year requires the final academic secondary-school qualifications for admission consideration.
  • Three-year diploma or four-year college-degree graduates may receive one year (30 units) of credit in Arts and Science; other faculties assess credit individually.
  • Calculus and Vectors 4U, Chemistry 4U and Physics 4U.
  • One of Advanced Functions, Biology, Data Management, Computer Science or Earth and Space Science 4U, or equivalents.
  • Technology diploma graduates enter the common first year; upper-year exemptions are assessed after completing it and choosing a discipline.
Queen's current Canadian college-transfer programme requirements
External university transfer

Applicants from another accredited institution to first-year or upper-year Smith Engineering.

  • Upper-year consideration requires at least six equivalents of courses in Queen's first-year Engineering curriculum.
  • English 4U, Calculus and Vectors 4U, Chemistry 4U, Physics 4U and Advanced Functions 4U, or university-level equivalents.
  • Contact Engineering transfer advising for course-equivalency assessment.
Queen's current external university-transfer programme requirements
Internal faculty transfer

Current Queen's students transferring from another faculty to Smith Engineering.

  • Minimum university GPA 2.7 and no failures in relevant courses.
  • Ontario 4U Chemistry, Physics and Calculus, or equivalents.
  • Fewer than six first-year Engineering equivalents: apply to first year. At least six: apply as an upper-year transfer.
Queen's current internal faculty-transfer requirements
Full IB Diploma requirements

Queen's published full IB Diploma admission route; Ontario OSSD requirements are listed separately above

  • Full diploma: six passing subjects, three at HL, no subject below 3, and at least 28 points excluding bonus points.
  • Required subjects: English, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics.
  • Mathematics Applications and Interpretations SL is not accepted.
  • Engineering calculates its admission average from prerequisite subjects only.
  • These are minimum conditions; competitive results are also required.
Queen's: IB Diploma and exact programme subjects
First-Generation access pathway

Applicants whose parents/guardians have not attained postsecondary education and who are registered with an affiliated community partner

  • The first-generation pathway provides OUAC/application, academic, financial and individual advising support. Siblings do not disqualify first-generation status under this published definition. Affiliated community-partner registration is required.
  • This is access support; it does not waive the chosen programme’s academic or supplemental requirements or promise admission.
queens ontario policy · official applicant policy
Indigenous first-entry admission pathway

Indigenous applicants to a first-year, full-time, first-entry undergraduate degree

  • Apply through OUAC and self-identify Indigenous ancestry. Meet the programme’s general conditions and admission deadlines, including any applicable supplementary essay, audition or portfolio.
  • Submit a separate letter to the Indigenous Community Liaison requesting pathway consideration and providing evidence of Indigenous ancestry. Assessment considers the complete application’s academic preparedness and potential; no automatic offer is promised.
queens ontario policy · official applicant policy
QBridge English-language pathway

Applicants academically competitive for a Queen’s undergraduate degree who do not meet the English-proficiency admission standard

  • The Ontario admission page identifies QBridge as an English-language pathway preparing eligible applicants for Queen’s undergraduate study. Exact QBridge entry, progression and degree-programme availability require the linked School of English assessment; no universal direct-entry language exemption is inferred.
queens ontario policy · official applicant policy

Degree requirements

Required courses and electives
  • Complete the course and elective requirements for your named Engineering discipline in the academic calendar.
ReferencesSmith Engineering · current first-year course guideSmith Engineering · Engineering Design and Practice SequenceQueen’s academic calendar · Engineering degree and faculty requirementsQueen’s Undergraduate Internship Program · student eligibility
Credits and degree requirements
  • For the common first-year choice guarantee, pass all first-year courses and submit your choice by the winter deadline.
ReferencesSmith Engineering · current first-year course guideSmith Engineering · Engineering Design and Practice SequenceQueen’s academic calendar · Engineering degree and faculty requirementsQueen’s Undergraduate Internship Program · student eligibility
Work and practical requirements
  • For the Professional Internship designation, complete APSC 302, APSC 303 and APSC 301 or APSC 304, plus the required evaluations.
ReferencesSmith Engineering · current first-year course guideSmith Engineering · Engineering Design and Practice SequenceQueen’s academic calendar · Engineering degree and faculty requirementsQueen’s Undergraduate Internship Program · student eligibility

Program facts

Entering average~Low 90s

Ontario high-school entry in 2027/28, exact listed route QE. Later major/option selection and other applicant categories remain separate.

Queen's university-supplied OUInfo: Smith Engineering – Common First Year programs, Ontario entry 2027/28Queen's university-supplied OUInfo: Smith Engineering – Common First Year programs, Ontario entry 2027/28
InternshipOptional paid 12–16 month internship after Year 2 or 3.

Smith Engineering profiled a Chemical Engineering student who worked at Petro Canada as a Process Safety Engineer Intern.

University work-study information
Queen’s Undergraduate Internship Program · student eligibilityCheck work experience options

Majors & specializations

Select QE for General First Year. Queen’s publishes a discipline-choice guarantee for eligible students who complete the required first-year courses and submit their discipline choice by its winter deadline. Direct-entry tracks use separate application codes.

Chemical Engineering

BASc

Study chemical processes and engineering design.

Published requirements

Courses

Current first-year courses and programming variants. Upper-year degree requirements depend on the discipline and admission route.

First year: Engineering Practice series3 listed

Three modules run across the year. APSC 101 and 102 cover problem-solving and lab skills in fall. APSC 103 is the winter design project.

Smith Engineering · Engineering Design and Practice Sequence
First year: published fall courses8 listed

APSC 141 covers weeks 2–5. APSC 199 is integrated into APSC 101. APSC 143 is restricted to Mechatronics and Robotics and Computer Engineering students.

  • APSC 111Physics I

    Study Newtonian mechanics, rigid-body motion, energy and momentum.

  • APSC 131Chemistry and Materials

    Connect thermochemistry, bonding and phase equilibria with engineering materials.

  • APSC 141Introduction to Computer Programming for Engineers 1

    Develop correct, efficient algorithms and apply programming to engineering problems.

  • APSC 143Introduction to Computer Programming for Engineers

    Develop correct, efficient algorithms and apply programming to engineering problems.

    Restricted to Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering or Computer Engineering students.

  • APSC 151Earth Systems Engineering

    Explore earth systems, engineering geology, resources, sustainability and risk.

  • APSC 162Engineering Graphics

    Communicate designs through technical drawing, sketching and computer-aided design.

  • APSC 171Calculus I

    Apply functions, differentiation and integration to engineering problems.

  • APSC 199English Proficiency for Engineers

    Develop skills for organizing and presenting technical information professionally.

    Integrated into APSC 101.

Queen’s Smith Engineering first-year course page, updated June 2, 2026
First year: published winter courses6 listed

APSC 142 continues the standard programming sequence from APSC 141.

  • APSC 112Physics II

    Explore oscillations, waves, circuits, electric fields and magnetic induction.

  • APSC 132Chemistry and Its Applications

    Study thermodynamics, equilibrium, electrochemistry, kinetics and organic chemistry.

  • APSC 142Introduction to Computer Programming for Engineers 2

    Extend programming concepts and algorithms for engineering applications.

  • APSC 172Calculus II

    Study multivariable calculus, multiple integrals, series and approximations.

  • APSC 174Introduction to Linear Algebra

    Study linear equations, vector spaces, matrices and eigenvalues.

  • APSC 182Applied Engineering Mechanics

    Analyse forces, equilibrium, trusses, frames and bending in engineering systems.

Queen’s Smith Engineering first-year course page, updated June 2, 2026
Study locations
Buildings in the mapped program record
Beamish-Munro Hall · Stirling Hall · Chernoff Hall · Jeffery Hall · Goodwin Hall · Ellis Hall · Dupuis Hall · Mitchell HallSmith Engineering. First-year coursesQueen's academic calendar. First Year Studies (Engineering)Smith Engineering. Undergraduate programs

Careers

Internship job examples

  • Process safety engineer intern
Scope and qualifications

Accreditation applies to the named completed BASc programs. The internship example is from one Chemical Engineering student profile.

Professional recognition

Engineers Canada lists 11 accredited Queen’s Engineering disciplines. Mechatronics and Robotics is accredited from 2025.

Scope and qualifications

Accreditation applies to the named completed BASc programs. The internship example is from one Chemical Engineering student profile.

AccreditationEngineers Canada · Queen’s University accredited Engineering degreesSmith Engineering 2026–27 handbook · Chemical Engineering internship profile

Costs

Engineering and Applied Science · 32.2 units

Published cost estimate

2026–27 · Fall + winter · Published load · CAD

Ontario students example · Choose your category

Tuition$12,152.92
Books and supplies$1,420–$1,700 est.
Residence
Residence
Not estimated
Meal plan
Not estimated
Estimated subtotalNot available

Tuition only · Ancillary fees, levy and UHIP extra

Housing and meals are outside this estimate.

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