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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.

Other deadline details
Late September 2026Applications open on the OUAC2027 entry
  • Late September 2026
  • Page gives "Late September" under the heading "September 2026", no exact day
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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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Mid April 2027Last date to receive English Proficiency test results2027 entry
  • Mid April 2027
  • Page gives "Mid April", no exact day
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Requirements

Admission requirements

High-school prerequisites
  • English, among the best Grade 12 subjects
  • One Grade 12 university-preparatory Mathematics course or provincial equivalent
  • Ivey identifies a low-90s Grade 12 average as competitive, not a published guaranteed admission cutoff.
Ivey current AEO preparation, complete supplemental application and Fall 2027 dates
Application steps
  1. Step 1Check the admission requirements
  2. Step 2Apply through OUAC
    • Create your application and select this program.
    OUACOUAC
  3. Step 3Grades and final academic records
    • Current Ontario high school applicants verify grades in OUAC. Other Canadian high school applicants complete the requested Self-Reported Grades Form. Other backgrounds follow the Student Center To-Do List. Final transcript or exam results are required before starting studies.
    Western submitting your gradesWestern submitting your grades
  4. Step 4Apply separately through OUAC to Western or an eligible affiliate undergraduate degree and indicate your AEO intention.
  5. Step 5Submit the separate Ivey AEO supplemental application, including two activity essays of at most 500 words each and verified activity references.
  6. Step 6Complete the mandatory five-question Kira Talent video interview before the AEO deadline.
Applicant pathways
AEO high-school pathway

Secondary school students seeking conditional AEO status

  • Ivey describes a low-90s Grade 12 average including English as competitive.
  • Complete one Grade 12 university-preparation math course or equivalent.
  • Show leadership through work, extracurricular or community activities. Ivey weighs academics and leadership equally.
Ivey high-school AEO criteria and application
AEO application and required supplement

All high-school AEO applicants; optional additional activity examples stay optional

  • Submit two activity essays of up to 500 words each. You can include up to five additional activities as short entries.
  • Provide a verifier for each activity. Academic-credit activities, including co-op placements for credit, are ineligible.
  • Complete the mandatory five-question Kira video interview in one sitting before the application deadline.
Ivey high-school AEO criteria and application
AEO progression after university study

AEO students completing Years 1 and 2 at Western or an eligible affiliate

  • In the 2026 handbook, complete 5.0 credits in each regular academic year and pass every course. Earn at least 80% across both years, or 78% if registered in Engineering.
  • In Year 2, take at least 2.0 credits for your declared module and earn at least 70% in Business 2257. Meet the course contribution requirement and remain involved in extracurricular activities.
  • Submit the Year 1 activity report and Year 2 intent to register. Follow the handbook for your entry cohort.
Ivey AEO student handbook, 2026 edition
Direct HBA university entry

University applicants applying to HBA without AEO status

  • Complete at least two years of university study and 10.0 Western-equivalent credits. The stated minimum is 70% across those credits. Ivey describes 80% or higher as competitive.
  • Complete Grade 12 university-preparatory math or an equivalent, and earn at least 70% in Business 2257 or an approved equivalent.
  • Apply separately from AEO and show leadership through extracurricular, community or work experience.
Ivey HBA entry after university study
Ontario students taking IB

Ontario OSSD applicants taking IB; Western undergraduate admission; initial undergraduate entry, with Ivey AEO/HBA selection separate

  • Western assesses Ontario students taking IB on their OSSD. Your guidance office converts predicted and final IB results to Ontario high-school grades and submits them through OUAC.
  • Use the Ontario course and supplementary requirements for your chosen program. IB credit assessment is separate from the admission decision.
Western current Ontario/Canadian high-school IB applicant policy

Degree requirements

Credits and degree requirements
  • Programme: Ivey gives you the freedom to explore your passions with the 2+2 structure. You can study anything you want for your first two years , from Science to Music. You’ll complete most of your business courses in years three and four.
  • Programme: You’ll start like most other Ivey HBA students, by completing two years in an area of study that isn’t business. Then, in third year, you’ll study HBA 1 and apply for the combined degree. In Year 4, the other HBA students will complete HBA 2 and graduate. But you’ll split your time with HBA courses and courses for your second degree. You’ll do the same thing in Year 5 and then graduate with two degrees.
  • Programme: Strategy consists of an organization's focused efforts to achieve success. Ensuring the continued success of the enterprise requires both analysis and action. The cases and concepts utilized in the course take the total enterprise as the unit of analysis and the general manager as the key actor. Credit: 0.75
  • Programme: The desires and needs of the buyer are important to the manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer. Students analyze the firm's goals, strengths, opportunities, and weaknesses. This analysis is then converted into reasonable marketing strategies and action plans. Students learn to make decisions in the face of considerable uncertainty. Credit: 0.75
  • Programme: Designed to make students more effective communicators. The course focuses on presentation skills, writing skills, and the management of the communication process in organizations. In addition to case discussions on oral and organizational communication, the course offers detailed critiques of written assignments and video-taped presentations. Antirequisite(s): MOS 2205F/G Credits: 0.75
  • Programme: The course covers problems involved in determining the need for, acquiring and administering the financial resources of a business enterprise, and deals with the need for short-term intermediate funds in the operation of a business organization as well as the subject of long-term financing, capital structures, mergers and acquisitions, etc. Credit: 0.75
  • Programme: Management of activities involving movement or processing of materials, information and/or people. Focus is on developing systematic thought about the structure and interrelationships of production situations. Process analysis, work measurement, facilities planning, production control, quality are discussed and utilized. Credit: 0.75
  • Programme: This course provides students the necessary tools to be competent consumers of accounting data and to integrate the understanding of accounts, profits, cost behavior, relevant cost and control systems required for decision-making. Topics include data collection, processing, interpretation, and the utilization of accounting information by managers. Credit: 0.75
  • Programme: In this course students will be able to manage themselves and their direct relations with others (including their boss, peers, and subordinates) so that appropriate goals are established and achieved; understand how effective organizations are designed; and understand and contribute to effective organizational change. Credit: 0.75
  • Programme: This course presents a systematic approach to structuring and analyzing decision problems with the use of statistical tools and spreadsheet programs. Problems from all functional areas and various industries are discussed. The course also examines some innovative management tools that are changing the practice of management. Credit: 0.75
  • Programme: Trains students to be competent consumers of accounting data and to integrate the understanding of accounts, profits, cost behavior, relevant cost and control systems required for decision-making. Topics include data collection, processing, interpretation, and the utilization of accounting information by managers. Credit: 0.75
  • Programme: This course develops a student's understanding of the general manager's role in maximizing the value of information technology (IT) in organizations. This includes the ability to assess a situation from an IT perspective in mind and the impact of technology when creating organizational solutions and how it can leverage a organization's success. Credit: 0.75
  • Programme: This course integrates learning from different managerial perspectives and applies that learning to team-based deliverables. The goal of this course is to develop the HBA Program Leadership Essentials: take action, communicate persuasively, set priorities, maximize team potential, and manage complexity. Credit: 0.75
  • Programme: This course enables students to understand the economic and political environments in which they will operate as managers. The course is concerned with issues in the external environment at the country and international levels. Credits: 0.5
  • Programme: For students interested in understanding the interface between business and sustainability. An introduction to the relationship between sustainability and business strategy. Focusing on the fundamental strategic motivations of business can represent both a force for and against the integrity of these systems. Credits: 0.5
  • Programme: For students interested in investment management who want to achieve a better understanding of the environmental and social portfolio risks, and for students curious about how the fundamental motivations and practices of companies and financial actors can represent both a force for and against society’s interests. Focused on understanding a) how companies and investors can be barriers or enablers of responsible business behavior; b) the different strategies to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities across industries and asset classes; and c) what individuals (e.g. students, shareholders, citizens, managers and politicians), organizations and the society can do to trigger business and finance change toward sustainability. Credits: 0.5
  • Programme: This is a field-based research course for students who are interested in starting their own venture and who want to obtain hands-on experience in the preparation of a business plan for a new venture. It is undertaken in a team of 4-5 people. Credits: 1.0
  • Programme: This is a field-based research course on behalf of a real-world corporate client. It is undertaken in a team of 4-5 people. Course work consists of industry analysis, company size-up, written and oral presentation to client and agreement on deliverables. Credits: 1.0
  • Programme: This course will teach students how to communicate effectively in interviews, group collaborations, conflict situations, performance evaluations, media contact situations, and in public relations. Credits: 0.25
  • Programme: This course develops presentation skills through practice and feedback, simulations, experiments and "hands-on" demonstrations. Debriefing and feedback are integral parts of this methodology. Credits: 0.25
  • Programme: The arts teach a great deal about leadership and communication. This course explores the nature of leadership and the craft of successful leadership communication from a range of important disciplines. Credits: 0.5
  • Programme: This course will provide students with a broader understanding of reputation risk and reputation management. Research shows that companies who invest in communications are more profitable. CEOs around the world report that reputation and risk to reputation are two of their biggest worries. This course is designed to provide students with opportunities to apply strategic communication skills to analyze current business communication challenges. Credits: 0.5
  • Programme: Giving Voice to Leadership (“GVL”) is based on the seminal work of Mary Gentile and has been adopted in universities across the world. It provides students with an opportunity to explore their personal values and capabilities and, more importantly, an opportunity to discover ways of giving these values expression and means of communicating these values in their individual and group commitments and conduct, including leadership opportunities. Credits: 0.25
  • Programme: This is a required course for all entrepreneurship certificate students. It is also strongly recommended for students in the New Venture Project (while also being very beneficial to students taking the Ivey Field Project). More broadly, however, it is designed for any student wishing to better understand the entrepreneurial process, including opportunity recognition, development, and new venture formation. Students wishing to pursue entrepreneurial ventures, work for an entrepreneurial firm, serve the entrepreneurship community (VC firms, etc.), or become entrepreneurs within a large company are welcome. Credits: 0.5
  • Programme: This course is designed for HBA2s who plan to work for an investment bank, the corporate treasury division of a mature corporation, or an asset manager such as a pension fund, private equity firm, or hedge fund. The course is technical and not advised for students who are uncomfortable with finance.
  • Programme: This course aims to help students organize and understand the increasing network of legislation and regulation which influences the general management of organizations. In the cases and readings, the emphasis is placed on the law in evolution - not on specific rules and regulations, but as a continuous attempt to solve social and management problems. Anti-requisite: MOS2275A
  • Programme: Prerequisite for entry to Honors Business Administration. Course Divisions: (1) Financial Accounting - development of financial statements, and the assessment of their uses and limitations. (2) Business Analysis and Management Accounting - using case studies with an emphasis on smaller businesses, students learn various quantitative decision-making tools highlighted by an entrepreneurial feasibility study.
  • Programme: Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
  • Programme: All students who wish to pursue Ivey’s HBA Program must complete the Business 2257 course at Western or an approved equivalent from another recognized institution. If you are registered at Western or one of the Affiliated University Colleges (Brescia, Huron, King’s), it is expected that you complete Business 2257 rather than the equivalent courses at another university.
  • Programme: Business 1220 gives students from all faculties the opportunity to learn business fundamentals in finance, marketing, operations, organizational behavior and general management. The course is delivered using Ivey's renowned case method, which challenges students to learn by doing, within an active class environment of no more than 85 students. Students explore real business issues, make management decisions, defend their position, and take action. This course will be particularly appealing to those students who want a glimpse of Ivey's unique learning experience.
  • Programme: Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course
Work and practical requirements
  • Programme: Focus on the financial challenges facing mid-sized companies that are growing rapidly. Topics include government assistance programs, joint ventures, purchase order financing, bank financing, limited partnerships, franchising, mezzanine financing, private placements, merchant banking, venture capital and initial public offerings. Credits: 0.5
Required courses and electives
  • Programme: This elective course is targeted to all HBA students who are currently responsible, or expect to be responsible, for managing or working with a high-growth organization. This includes entrepreneurs, professional managers, management consultants, investors and leaders from family businesses. Though the course focuses on de-novo entrepreneurial companies, many of its principles also have application in the development of entrepreneurial businesses within established organizations. Credits: 0.5
  • Programme: A new HBA2 Elective for Spring 2017, this course is being offered for students who have interest in creating their own start-up and who want to become better prepared for the grind. To help students prepare for the critical moments that may determine the success of their start-ups. Credits: 0.5
  • Programme: The focus of this course is integrating a wide range of marketing tools and analyses to drive good business decisions. This elective is a combination of integrated marketing cases, and the renowned SABRE marketing simulation. Each week will normally include one case-class, and 2-3 rounds of on-line simulation.
  • Programme: At Western, pre-Ivey business courses are offered as electives to students in their first and second year. Business 2257 is the only required university course for entry into the Ivey HBA Program (equivalents are offered at most universities).
  • HBA1: 10 required courses, 7.5 credits.
  • HBA2: 6.0 credits, including three 0.5-credit required courses, a 1.0-credit team project and 3.5 elective credits.

Program facts

Entering average~Low 90s

Competitive high-school AEO guidance. Ivey also considers leadership.

Ivey high-school AEO criteria and applicationIvey high-school AEO criteria and application
InternshipInternship option

Courses

Ivey's currently published HBA required and elective course menu. First two university years may be in another faculty; Business Administration 2257 is a separate entry prerequisite, not an HBA upper-year course.

Years 1 and 2 · Chosen university program1 listed

Follow the requirements of your chosen entry degree. Business 2257 is the HBA prerequisite and must be taken in Year 2 for AEO progression.

  • BUS 2257Business 2257
Ivey AEO student handbook, 2026 edition
Year 3 · HBA1 core10 listed

Ten required courses, 7.5 credits.

  • Business Administration 3300KStrategy0.75 credits

    Analyse enterprise-wide strategy and the general manager’s role in putting it into action.

  • Business Administration 3301KMarketing0.75 credits

    Translate customer needs and business analysis into marketing strategies and decisions under uncertainty.

  • Business Administration 3302KCommunications0.75 credits

    Develop presentations, business writing and organisational communication through cases and detailed feedback.

  • Business Administration 3303KFinance0.75 credits

    Manage business funding, capital structures and financial resources over different time horizons.

  • Business Administration 3304KOperations0.75 credits

    Analyse production processes, facilities, quality and the movement of materials, information and people.

  • Business Administration 3311KLeading People and Organizations0.75 credits

    Manage working relationships, organisational design and effective change.

  • Business Administration 3316KDecision Making with Analytics0.75 credits

    Structure business decisions using statistics, spreadsheets and management tools.

  • Business Administration 3321KAccounting and Financial Fundamentals0.75 credits

    Interpret accounting information, costs, profits and control systems for management decisions.

  • Business Administration 3322KLeveraging Information Technology0.75 credits

    Evaluate information technology and how managers can use it to create organisational value.

  • Business Administration 3323KLearning Through Action0.75 credits

    Integrate management learning in team deliverables, prioritisation, persuasive communication and action.

Ivey HBA1 required courses
Year 4 · HBA2 core3 listed

Also complete one Corporations & Society course (0.5 credit) and 3.5 elective credits. Standard HBA2 totals 6.0 credits.

  • Business Administration 4505A/BGlobal Macroeconomics for Managers0.5 credits

    Understand country-level and international economic and political conditions affecting managers.

  • Business Administration 4624A/BManagerial Accounting & Control0.5 credits
  • Business Administration 4569Ivey Field Project1 credits

    Choose the New Venture Project or Client Consulting Project.

Ivey HBA2 requirements and electives
Additional published courses
  • Business Administration 4539A/BBusiness Strategy & Sustainability0.5 credits

    Explore how business strategy can support or undermine environmental and social sustainability.

  • Business Administration 4557A/BBusiness Government and Globalization0.5 credits

    Examine international institutions, trade policies, regulations and political risks affecting firms.

  • Business Administration 4588A/BSustainable Finance0.5 credits

    Evaluate environmental and social investment risks, ESG strategies and responsible financial practices.

  • Business Administration 4608A/BManaging Energy, Resources & the Natural Environment0.5 credits

    Examine energy and resources businesses, commodity uncertainty, extraction issues and regulation.

  • Business Administration 4503A/BCreative Approaches to Leadership & Communication0.5 credits

    Explore leadership and communication through lessons from the arts and other disciplines.

  • Business Administration 4580A/BReputation Management0.5 credits

    Analyse reputation risks and use strategic communication to address business challenges.

  • Business Administration 4439A/BEntrepreneurial Finance0.5 credits

    Finance rapidly growing companies through funding options such as venture capital, partnerships and public offerings.

  • Business Administration 4566A/BManaging High Growth Companies0.5 credits

    Manage high-growth ventures and entrepreneurial businesses within established organisations.

  • Business Administration 4611A/BStart-ups: Tricky Issues, Hustle, & Grit0.5 credits

    Prepare for critical decisions and practical challenges involved in building a start-up.

  • Business Administration 4413A/BDerivatives & Risk Management

    A finance elective intended for investment banking, finance consulting and corporate-finance interests.

  • Business Administration 4433A/BPortfolio Management

    Study portfolio theory, Canadian securities markets and the management of financial assets.

  • Business Administration 4443A/BValue Investing

    Study value investing, market behaviour, valuation, intrinsic value and margins of safety.

  • Business Administration 4554A/BPrivate Equity

    Understand the structure, growth and role of private equity in financial markets.

  • Business Administration 4559A/BRaising Capital in the Financial Markets

    Explore capital raising for investment banks, corporate treasury functions and companies preparing public offerings.

  • Business Administration 4567A/BWealth Management

    Make personal financial and investment decisions within an overall financial plan.

  • Business Administration 4574A/BMergers, Acquisitions, and Restructurings

    A technical finance elective for investment banking, corporate treasury and asset-management interests.

  • Business Administration 4583A/BBehavioural Finance

    Examine financial decisions using individual and social psychology alongside finance theory.

  • Business Administration 4613A/BIntroduction to Real Estate

    Explore commercial real estate, including lending, development and property-portfolio management.

  • Business Administration 4450A/BBusiness Law

    Examine how legislation and regulation evolve to address management and social problems.

  • Business Administration 4458A/BLeading Change

    Lead lasting organisational change through strategy and organisational behaviour.

  • Business Administration 4480A/BGlobal Strategy

    Develop and implement strategy when firms move into or operate across international markets.

  • Business Administration 4547A/BHealth Sector & Leadership Innovation

    Use systems thinking and innovation to understand health-sector industries, policies and patient outcomes.

  • Business Administration 4553A/BSocial Enterprise

    Evaluate business models that combine commercial and social value in varied economic and cultural settings.

  • Business Administration 4579A/BThe dark side of capitalism: Pirates, mavericks, and industry disruption

    Examine industry disruption, piracy and unconventional organisations that challenge established business rules.

  • Business Administration 4518A/BProject Management

    Manage project scope, schedules and budgets alongside leadership, teamwork and organisational politics.

  • Business Administration 4543A/BTechnology, Innovation & Action

    Identify technological innovation opportunities in existing businesses and new ventures.

  • Business Administration 4600A/BData Management for Decision Making

    Capture, organise and query business data using databases and big-data technologies.

  • Business Administration 4417A/BCorporate Financial Reporting

    Interpret financial reporting concepts, accounting principles and managerial disclosure decisions.

  • Business Administration 4479A/BTaxation for Managers

    Examine how income-tax rules affect income, wealth accumulation and business decisions.

  • Business Administration 4497A/BIntroductory Audit

    Analyse audit risk, materiality, evidence, fraud, business processes and management controls.

  • Business Administration 4469A/BManagement Science for Competitive Advantage

    Use management science and operational research to support competitive advantage and public-sector decisions.

  • Business Administration 4486A/BFinancial Analytics

    Build financial models in Excel for instruments, programming and valuation.

  • Business Administration 4517A/BEnd User Modelling

    Use Excel, VBA, simulation and optimisation to model management problems.

  • Business Administration 4520A/BRevenue Management

    Study revenue management, pricing, auctions, forecasting and data-driven competitive decisions.

  • Business Administration 4545A/BSports and Entertainment Analytics
  • Business Administration 4590A/BIntroductory Data Science

    Apply R and statistical analysis to business data, marketing and decision-support problems.

  • Business Administration 4603A/BData Management in Excel/VBA

    Manage diverse portfolio-company financial and operational data using Excel and VBA.

  • Business Administration 4421A/BBusiness to Business Marketing and Sales Management

    Make marketing decisions for products and services sold to businesses and other organisations.

  • Business Administration 4431A/BAdvertising & Promotion

    Develop advertising and promotional communication strategies and related decisions.

  • Business Administration 4495A/BConsumer Brands Marketing

    Manage consumer brands and product lines amid competition, media changes and global markets.

  • Business Administration 4500A/BLearning from Leaders

    Study the actions, backgrounds and beliefs of leaders who changed or sustained organisations.

  • Business Administration 4530A/BCompetition and Competitor Analysis

    Analyse competitors and the competitive environment for management, consulting and marketing decisions.

  • Business Administration 4535A/BIntegrated Marketing Decisions

    Integrate marketing tools through cases and an online marketing simulation.

  • Business Administration 4548A/BConsumer Insights

    Use customer insights to guide positioning, innovation and marketing communication.

  • Business Administration 4572A/BRetailing Management

    Design and manage retail operations amid changing market opportunities and challenges.

  • Business Administration 4592A/BSports & Entertainment Marketing

    Use marketing, valuation and management decisions in sports and entertainment businesses.

  • Business Administration 4614A/BSocial Media Analytics and Digital Marketing

    Analyse social-media data and online behaviour to produce actionable marketing insights.

  • Business Administration 4434A/BManagement of Services

    Evaluate service concepts and the operating conditions supporting their competitive success.

  • Business Administration 4454A/BOperations Strategy

    Align manufacturing and service operations with market demands and competitive strategy.

  • Business Administration 4408A/BCross Cultural Management

    Address human behaviour and management problems across cultures using cases and fieldwork.

  • Business Administration 4468A/BInterpersonal Negotiations

    Understand negotiation behaviour and agreements among interdependent individuals, groups and organisations.

  • Business Administration 4537A/BMaking Decisions to Implement Strategy

    Use decision-making approaches to implement strategy at different managerial levels.

  • Business Administration 4571A/BLeadership Under Fire - Developing Character

    Develop leadership through classroom preparation, fieldwork at a Canadian Forces base and reflection.

  • Business Administration 4657Programming for Business Application

    Practise programming for common business applications and develop digital fluency.

Elective choices
  • Programme: This elective course is targeted to all HBA students who are currently responsible, or expect to be responsible, for managing or working with a high-growth organization. This includes entrepreneurs, professional managers, management consultants, investors and leaders from family businesses. Though the course focuses on de-novo entrepreneurial companies, many of its principles also have application in the development of entrepreneurial businesses within established organizations. Credits: 0.5
  • Programme: A new HBA2 Elective for Spring 2017, this course is being offered for students who have interest in creating their own start-up and who want to become better prepared for the grind. To help students prepare for the critical moments that may determine the success of their start-ups. Credits: 0.5
  • Programme: The focus of this course is integrating a wide range of marketing tools and analyses to drive good business decisions. This elective is a combination of integrated marketing cases, and the renowned SABRE marketing simulation. Each week will normally include one case-class, and 2-3 rounds of on-line simulation.
  • Programme: At Western, pre-Ivey business courses are offered as electives to students in their first and second year. Business 2257 is the only required university course for entry into the Ivey HBA Program (equivalents are offered at most universities).
Study locations
Published academic-unit locations
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Careers

Career examples

  • Consulting analyst
  • Founder and director
  • Co-founder and CEO

Employers in student profiles

5
  • Praxis Consulting Inc.
  • Sundine Produce Inc.
  • Wealthsimple
  • Juno
  • Walmart Canada

Career sectors

6
  • Financial services
  • Consulting
  • Accounting
  • Technology
  • Consumer products
  • Real estate
Scope and qualifications

Ivey reports graduate work and summer internships separately.

Named HBA alumni examples, not ranked or immediate graduate jobs. The accounting accreditation applies to the accounting stream and graduate diploma.

Ivey’s Class of 2024 post-HBA reporting and Class of 2025 summer reporting are separate cohorts.

Professional recognition

The HBA accounting stream, including the Graduate Diploma in Accounting, is accredited by CPA Ontario.

Scope and qualifications

Named HBA alumni examples, not ranked or immediate graduate jobs. The accounting accreditation applies to the accounting stream and graduate diploma.

Costs

Fee category

Published cost estimate

2026–27 · One HBA year · CAD · CAD

Ontario students example · Choose your category

Tuition$25,704
Course materialsAbout $1,750 + textbooks
Residence
Not estimated
Meal plan
Not estimated
Estimated subtotalNot available

HBA years only. Years 1 and 2 use your entry program’s tuition.

Housing and meals are outside this estimate.

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