An incomplete application will expire two weeks after first activated. If you cannot complete the application immediately, an email will be sent with a link allowing you future access to the application.

Email is the primary communication tool for Admissions at Brock University. If you have not received an acknowledgement email thanking you for applying within four business days of submitting your application, there may be a problem with your email address. Here are some common problems:

1. You have an email address that ends in qq.com. The qq.com server is rejecting Brock emails. We advise that you contact central@brocku.ca with a different email address. If you have applied through OUAC, add a different address using your OUAC account.
2. Your mailbox could be full.
3. You have a new email address and haven’t told us. Contact central@brocku.ca with your new email address. If you have applied through OUAC, add a new address using your OUAC account.
4. Add Brock to your friends/safe list (see below).

In order to avoid problems after submitting your application, please add the brocku.ca domain to your safe senders email list and check your junk email regularly. Ensure your junk folder is not set to automatically delete messages.

Hotmail/Outlook users:

Please add us to your safe senders list using these directions:

1. Log into Hotmail.
2. In the top right of your inbox, click on the settings icon wheel.
3. Under Junk Email, click Safe and Blocked Senders or Safe Senders.
4. Type in central@brocku.ca, in the Sender or domain to mark as safe entry field.  

Gmail users:

Gmail accounts have been redesigned to automatically filter communications from large institutions like Brock University and categorize them as Promotions. By creating a filter for emails from brocku.ca, you will ensure that all correspondence with our office is delivered to your primary inbox. Please add brocku.ca to your safe sender list in Gmail by following these instructions:

1. Log into Gmail.
2. Click on the settings icon (top right of screen – it looks like a gear).
3. Choose Settings from the list.
4. Click Filters at the top of the page.
5. Click Create a new filter.
6. Type brocku.ca in the From box in the next window.
7. Click Create filter with this search at the bottom of the page.
8. Click Never send it to Spam and Always mark it as important.
9. Click Create filter button.

• You must have a valid credit card to apply.
• Once your application is submitted and paid, you cannot make changes.
• Please do not submit a new application if you wish to make a change. Email central@brocku.ca
• Application fee is non-refundable.
• If in doubt whether you are using the correct application, contact central@brocku.ca

  Application fees:

• OUAC 101, 105, TEAS: see OUAC website.
• Auditor, LOP, part-time, mature, upgrading, adult education: $55
• Continuing (AQ) Teacher Education (in-service): no fee
• IELP Conditional/undergraduate application: $400 ($100 assessment fee, $50 service fee, $250 IELP application fee)

• Dramatic Arts: Mandatory DART Invitational (audition)
• Game Design: Statement of interest
• Game Programming: Statement of interest
• Mathematics and Statistics: Accelerated mathematics study stream
• Music: Audition
• Visual Arts (Studio Art): Portfolio

Unofficial documents may be used for admissions assessment. Official documents must be submitted in order to begin studies.

Unofficial documents are copies of documents that have been in your possession and were issued by the awarding institution or body. These can be uploaded using your applicant portal. For help uploading documents please see: How to Upload Documents

Official documents are issued by the awarding institution or body and are sent from the awarding institution or body directly to the Office of the Registrar. These may never be in your possession, and cannot be uploaded using your applicant portal.

Once you apply, you will be notified of the steps required to log into your applicant portal, and the documents required for assessment. Upload unofficial documents using the applicant portal. Hard copies can be submitted by mail but uploading is preferable.

If you have already completed your schooling, you may choose to submit final official documents for assessment.

Ontario universities may require international undergraduate applicants to have official academic transcripts submitted directly to World Education Services (WES) Canada for verification as part of the admission process. Universities will notify applicants about specific submission requirements through WES Canada. While Brock University does not require applicants to submit documents through WES Canada, we will accept and consider official any authenticated and verified documents received directly from them.

Learn more about WES.

If you received an offer of admission based on unofficial documents, you will be asked to have official final academic documents/transcripts sent directly from each secondary school, college, university or proper issuing authority to:

Brock University, Office of the Registrar,
1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way
St. Catharines, ON
L2S 3A1

Brock University reserves the right to withdraw the final offer of admission or revoke registration if there is a discrepancy between documents originally submitted and the official, final documents/transcripts submitted to Brock either directly or via WES Canada.

Applicants applying from institutions outside of Canada must provide appropriate academic information to ensure an accurate assessment of your qualifications including:

• Academic transcript(s) bearing the original institutional seal and/or signature in the original language confirming all study.

A transcript should include:

• official confirmation regarding the years of study;
• official confirmation of the credential awarded, and the date the credential was awarded;
• official confirmation of the credit system or course weight;
• official confirmation of completed courses/subjects and grades.
• If you have completed a post-secondary credential, please submit notarized copies of any diplomas.

If the above information is not printed on your academic transcript(s) and is not part of the transcript legend accompanying your transcript, please include the missing information in an original letter from your academic institution. Also include a certified translation if the letter is in a language other than English. This will help us assess your studies accurately.

WES Canada is an excellent resource for internationally educated applicants to find out which documents are necessary for each country.

Important: When uploading academic transcripts, be sure to include the front and back of the document where applicable.

If you have attended college or university and wish to have your previous study considered for recognition (transfer credit), you may be required to submit course descriptions or a complete syllabus (detailed outline of a course). Goodman School of Business applicants will be asked for detailed courses descriptions for any previous study. All other applicants will be asked as necessary.

Translations of academic documents will be accepted from one of the following:

• the issuing institution or school;
• the consulate, high commission or embassy to Canada of the country where the documents were issued;
• a Canadian embassy, consulate, high commission in the country from which you emigrated;
• a translator accredited by a professional association of translators in Canada. To obtain the name of an accredited translator contact the Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario (ATIO) at 1-800-234-5030 OR 613-241-2846, email: infor@atio.on.ca or visit ATIO;
• a translator who has received accreditation through a federal, provincial or municipal government in Canada.

If the ATIO is unable to provide a translator for the language you require, you may contact COSTI-IIAS Immigrant Services at 416-651-1496 or email languages@costi.org. The translator must include a photocopy of the original document(s) from which the translation was prepared, as well as an original statement indicating:

• that the translation is accurate and authentic;
• that the translator belongs to one of the categories listed above (identification number and/or seal, name, address, and telephone number required);
• and including printed name and signature of the translator.

Brock University will grant a deferral where extenuating circumstances warrant one but the decision is at the discretion of the University and is not automatic. Deferrals will be considered only after a Brock University offer has been accepted and the University receives final grades. Contact central@brocku.ca for further information and the appropriate deferral request form.