Applications to Northern are submitted year round to the Ontario College Application Service (www.ontariocolleges.ca) in Guelph. Applications and instructions are detailed in the Ontario College Guide, available at all Northern campus locations, at secondary school guidance offices and on OntarioColleges.ca.

Important: As of September 2008, a high school computer credit will no longer be required for admission into Northern College programs. However, you must have computer skills prior to starting your program.
Click here for more information (pdf).
Click here to test your computer skills online.
Click here for information on how to upgrade your computer skills.

• apply online: www.ontariocolleges.ca
  
  
• apply by mail:
  Ontario College Application Service
  60 Corporate Court
  Guelph, Ontario N1G 5J3
  Telephone: 519-763-4725
  Toll free: 1-888-892-CAAT (2228)

For post-secondary programs beginning in September, applications received by Ontario Colleges.ca by February 2nd will receive equal consideration. Applications received after that date will be considered on a first-come first-served basis until no vacancies remain in the program in question.

Offers of admission will be mailed to applicants starting February 2nd. Offers can be viewed online. Offers for oversubscribed programs will be sent by March 1st.

If there are more qualified applicants than spaces available in a given program, selection of those to be offered admission shall be made based on specific academic requirements, grades, testing and other criteria as determined by the College, respecting the equal consideration date.

How to confirm an acceptance offer online. (pdf -- 1.3MB)