General Admission Requirements
Secondary School Diploma with five academic or advanced Grade 12 courses including program specific prerequisites.
Average Calculations
- Admission averages are calculated using the best five academic or advanced Grade 12 courses including prerequisites.
- Scholarship averages are calculated using final grades in the best five academic or advanced Grade 12 courses (prerequisites not required).
- Courses must be at the academic or advanced level.
- If you repeated a course, we use the higher grade when calculating the admission and scholarship averages.
- We accept all courses completed at Ministry inspected and approved schools.
- Non-academic courses (e.g., Physical Education, co-op – out of school component) are not used in the calculation of admission or scholarship averages.
- All admission offers are conditional upon successfully completing five academic or advanced Grade 12 courses, by the end of June 30. Offers are also conditional upon maintaining a minimum average (stated in an offer of admission) on final grades presented as of June 30.
Program Specific Admission Requirements
Bachelor of Arts
Minimum Average for Admission Consideration:
70%
Majors: Anthropology, Child and Family Studies, Criminal Justice3, English Studies, Environmental Geography, Gender Equality and Social Justice, Geography, History1, Indigenous Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Liberal Arts4, Psychology, Religions and Cultures, Social Welfare and Social Development2
Admission Requirements: English 12 or English 12: African Heritage plus four additional academic or advanced Grade 12 courses.
Majors: Computer Science, Mathematics
Admission Requirements: English 12 or English 12: African Heritage; Calculus 12; Math 12 or Pre-Calculus 12 plus two additional academic or advanced Grade 12 courses.
1 Applicants interested in the Bachelor of Arts (History) with an Orientation to a Master of Arts in History require a minimum average of 80% for admission consideration. This is a highly competitive, limited enrollment program. The average required for admission may be higher than the stated minimum.
2 Nipissing also offers a joint Bachelor of Arts (Social Welfare and Social Development)/Social Service Worker diploma with Canadore College. Students in this program will spend one year at Canadore and graduate with both their degree and diploma in 4 years.
3 Streams available: Corrections and Community Justice Services (collaborative with Canadore), Criminal Justice Studies, Criminology, Policing (collaborative with Canadore).
4 3-year program only. Students must select two minors by the end of first-year.
Bachelor of Business Administration
Minimum Average for Admission Consideration:
70%
Admission Requirements: English 12 or English 12: African Heritage plus four additional academic or advanced Grade 12 courses. Two of Foundations of Math 12, Pre-Calculus 12 and Calculus 12 are recommended. Applicants without two maths will be required to complete MATH 1911 and/or MATH 1912 in their first year.
Students select an area of concentration at the end of first year: Accounting, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Leadership, Finance, Human Resources, International Business, Marketing
Co-op available after first year
Bachelor of Commerce (Distance)
Minimum Average for Admission Consideration:
70%
Admission Requirements: English 12 or English 12: African Heritage plus four additional academic or advanced Grade 12 courses.
Offered through our online learning platform, Blackboard.
You can complete the program in one of three ways or a combination of two or more of the options available to you.
Options available are:
- Take courses delivered purely online, which will allow you the most flexibility to study on your own schedule.
- Take courses delivered SYNC (synchronous) online. This is a live streamed class, which is scheduled during the evening between 6-9pm between Monday-Friday.
- Take courses onsite at one of our partner college campuses. If you reside near one of our four college partners, Algonquin, Centennial, Lambton or St. Clair, you can choose to register for a Nipissing Bachelor of Commerce course delivered on that campus. All scheduled classes run between 5pm-9pm, Monday to Friday.
***International student applicants: This program is an online program and may impact your eligibility for a Post Graduate Work Permit (PGWP). Please review requirements before applying to the program at Immigration and citizenship - Canada.ca.****
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Minimum Average for Admission Consideration:
70%
Admission Requirements: English 12 or English 12: African Heritage plus four additional academic or advanced Grade 12 courses.
Students admitted to the BFA are required to successfully complete the BFA Portfolio Assessment the year prior to their final year of study in order to remain in the BFA program.
Bachelor of Physical and Health Education
Minimum Average for Admission Consideration:
70%1
Admission Requirements: English 12 or English 12: African Heritage; Biology 12 plus three additional academic or advanced Grade 12 courses. Chemistry 12 and one of Math 12, Pre-Calculus 12 or Calculus 12 are recommended.
1 The BPHE program is a highly competitive, limited enrollment program. The average required for admission may be higher than the stated minimum.
Bachelor of Science
Minimum Average for Admission Consideration:
70%
Major: Biology
Admission Requirements: English 12 or English 12: African Heritage; Biology 12; Chemistry 12; one of Pre-Calculus 12 or Calculus 12 plus one additional academic or advanced Grade 12 course.
Major: Computer Science
Admission Requirements: English 12 or English 12: African Heritage; Calculus 12; one of Math 12 or Pre-Calculus 12; one of Biology 12, Chemistry 12, or Physics 12 plus one additional academic or advanced Grade 12 course.
Major: Data Science, Mathematics
Admission Requirements: English 12 or English 12: African Heritage; Calculus 12; Pre-Calculus 12; one of Biology 12, Chemistry 12, or Physics 12 plus one additional academic or advanced Grade 12 course.
Major: Environmental Biology and Technology
Admission Requirements: English 12 or English 12: African Heritage; Biology 12; Chemistry 12; one of Pre-Calculus 12, Calculus 12 or Physics 12 plus one additional academic or advanced Grade 12 course.
Major: Environmental Science
Admission Requirements: English 12 or English 12: African Heritage; Chemistry 12; one of Pre-Calculus 12 or Calculus 12; one of Biology 12 or Physics 12 plus one additional academic or advanced Grade 12 course.
Major: Environment and Physical Geography
Admission Requirements: English 12 or English 12: African Heritage; one of Math 12, Pre-Calculus 12, or Calculus 12; one of Chemistry 12, or Physics 12 plus two additional academic or advanced Grade 12 courses.
Major: Liberal Science1
Admission Requirements: English 12 or English 12: African Heritage; two of Chemistry 12, Mathematics (Pre-Calculus 12 or Calculus 12) or Physics 12 plus two additional academic or advanced Grade 12 courses.
Major: Psychology
Admission Requirements: English 12 or English 12: African Heritage; one of Math 12, Pre-Calculus 12, or Calculus 12; one of Biology 12, Chemistry 12, or Physics 12 plus one additional academic or advanced Grade 12 course.
1 3-year program only. Students must select two minors by the end of first-year.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Minimum Average for Admission Consideration:
70%1
Admission Requirements: English 12 or English 12: African Heritage; Biology 12; Chemistry 12 plus two additional academic or advanced Grade 12 courses. One of Math 12, Pre-Calculus 12, or Calculus 12 is recommended.
1 The BScN program is a highly competitive, limited enrollment program. The average required for admission may be higher than the stated minimum.
Bachelor of Social Work
Minimum Average for Admission Consideration:
70%
Admission Requirements: English 12 or English 12: African Heritage (with a minimum grade of 70%) plus four additional academic or advanced Grade 12 courses.
During Year 2 of the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program, students must apply for admission consideration to the professional years (Years 3 and 4) of the program. Admission to the first or second year of the BSW program does not guarantee acceptance into the professional years.
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Commerce
Minimum Average for Admission Consideration:
70%
Admission Requirements: The regular requirements for the BA or BSc major to which you are interested in applying to.
Undergraduate Degree with Concurrent Education
Minimum Average for Admission Consideration:
70%
Admission Requirements: The regular requirements for the Honours undergraduate program you select to complete with Concurrent Education. In addition, you will need to present English 12 or English 12: African Heritage with a minimum grade of 70% and one of Mathematics 11, Pre-Calculus 11, Mathematics 12, Pre-Calculus 12 or Calculus 12 with a minimum grade of 60%.
Divisions available: Primary/Junior, Junior/Intermediate, and Intermediate/Senior