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Western University · Main campus, London

Health Sciences (BHSc)

In betweenanalysisHealth Sciences

Direct entry to the degree, but a progression or placement requirement afterwards.

Direct entry to the degree, then a progression requirement after second year to continue in the Honours Specialization. Meeting the minimum does not guarantee it — spaces are limited.

There is no supplementary application. Admission is decided on your Grade 12 marks.

Supplementary app
Not required
Next deadline
119 days left
January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad)
Enrolment
430 seats
Faculty
Faculty of Health Sciences / School of Health Studies

OUAC code

  • Health Sciences

Verified 2026-09-15/2026-09-17. Confirm against the university's own page before you act.

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When you're evaluated

In betweenanalysis

In from Year 1, but not home free.

Direct entry to the degree, then a progression requirement after second year to continue in the Honours Specialization. Meeting the minimum does not guarantee it — spaces are limited.

You are not competing for your place in the faculty, but something — a specialization, a discipline, an honours stream — is still decided on university grades.

What this rests on (2)

  • Western BHSc sits between them — direct entry to the degree, but with a progression requirement after second year.

    OntApps Raw Data 6 — corrected (clean), framing line

  • BHSc has a progression requirement after second year to continue in the Honours Specialization. School of Health Studies notes meeting minimum requirements does not guarantee admission, due to limited spaces.

    programs.json → western-health-sciences.other_facts

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Timeline and deadlines

  • January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad)

    119 days left

  • Offer rounds

    Offers go out in rounds from November (another Western page says December) to May, and Western reviews your application in every round.

    Not yet published

  • Largest offer round

    Western states outright there's no disadvantage to getting an offer in the last round; its largest round is typically around mid-May.

    Not yet published

Dates close to other programs

  • Waterloo Engineering — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • U of T TrackOne — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • U of T TrackOne — Complete OSP and required documents — final deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • U of T Core 8 / EngSci — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • U of T Core 8 / EngSci — Complete OSP and required documents — final deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • McMaster Engineering I — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • McMaster iBioMed — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • Rotman Commerce — Final application deadline (OUAC), Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • McMaster BHSc — OUAC application deadline, Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • Western Medical Sciences — January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad), Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • U of T Life Sciences (St. George) — Application deadline (St. George Arts & Science), Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • UTM Life Sciences — Application deadline (U of T Mississauga), Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • U of T KPE — OUAC application deadline (shared with Engineering, Arts & Science, and most other St. George faculties), Jan 15, 2027 (same day as January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • McMaster Engineering I — Supplementary application deadline (high-school applicants), Jan 28, 2027 (13 days from January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))
  • McMaster iBioMed — Supplementary application deadline, Jan 28, 2027 (13 days from January 15 equal-consideration deadline (full-time undergrad))

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Supplementary application

No Supp App — grades only.
Not individually verified

No supplementary application (grades only)

No supplementary application.

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Required courses

  • ENG4U
  • SBI4U
  • One of MHF4U, MCV4U, MDM4U
ENG4U, SBI4U, one of MHF4U / MCV4U / MDM4U — required; six 4U/M courses total (co-op excluded). Required courses need min 70% unless otherwise noted (OUInfo).
Not individually verified

Recommended

  • SCH4U

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Averages

Published minimum

70% in required courses — same Western-wide floor as ESM. No program-specific cut-off published.
Not individually verified

This is a minimum on individual required courses, not on the overall average.

Grade ranges

  • Health Sciences (EW)high 80s to low 90sOUInfo
    OUInfo's grade range is high 80s to low 90s — guideline, not minimum.

Applicant-reported — not official

  • Uniscope (self-reported, 107 subs) — Competitive ~91%; accepted median 94.5%; lowest 90%; acceptance ~26%
    Third partyCommunity unverified

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Traps

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Additional details

Admission structure

Direct entry to the degree? Yes — you're in BHSc from Year 1
Not individually verified

Alternate offer

No automatic alternative offers. Western's main campus does not auto-consider you for a second program if you're rejected from your first. Want both Health Sci and Med Sci? List each as a separate choice on OUAC. Same for Kinesiology.
Not individually verified

Majors

Majors: Health Sciences · Health Sciences with Biology · Rehabilitation Sciences
Not individually verified

Progression requirement after second year

BHSc has a progression requirement after second year to continue in the Honours Specialization. School of Health Studies notes meeting minimum requirements does not guarantee admission, due to limited spaces.
Not individually verified
  • uwo.ca/fhs/shsnot re-checked by us

Related codes

  • Kinesiology (Faculty of Health Sciences; separate direct-entry program)

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Where sources disagree

  • Western: offer rounds start in November or December

    unresolved

    • Western — Welcome: Ontario High School Students!

      "We give offers in rounds from November to May"

    • Western — Waiting For An Admission Decision

      "For Group A applicants, we give offers in rounds from December to May."

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Sources

Dates and codes checked 2026-09-15/2026-09-17.

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