Webinars & FAQs

At the Student Center website, you can update your address, phone numbers, view the status of your application, view your class schedule, add/drop your classes, view your academic summary, view your special permissions, apply to graduate and view your transfer credits. You can also view your past grades, view your report comments, order a transcript, view your T2202A, view your financial information, apply for OSAP and Work Study and term activate for the next session/year.

Visit the Student Centre website and login using your Student ID and PIN, which were mailed to you with your admission package.

You need to ensure your mailing address and all your contact information is up-to-date. You will be able to access all your information within this website.

Western Engineering has done all the hard work for you: you do not have to select your courses and figure out a timetable. Your timetable with all your required courses will be completed for you and available through your Student Centre starting in mid-August. Changes to your timetable are not permitted.

You will be auto-enrolled in an Engineering timetable to ensure that you are registered in the proper courses.

Common First Year Courses:

• ES 1021A/B Properties of Materials in Engineering
• ES 1022A/B/Y Engineering Statics
• ES 1036A/B Programming Fundamentals for Engineers
• ES 1050 Introductory Engineering Design and Innovation Studio
• NMM 1411A/B Linear Algebra with Numerical Analysis for Engineers
• NMM 1412A/B Calculus for Engineers I
• NMM 1414A/B Calculus for Engineers II
• Chem 1302A/B Chemistry for Engineers
• Phys 1401A/B Physics for Engineering Students I
• Phys 1402A/B Physics for Engineering Students II
• BUS 1299E Business for Engineers

Western Engineering will select your timetable and enroll you in all your courses, so you don't have to. For students who are entering first year in September, you will be auto-enrolled into your timetable sometime in mid-August. Please note that your timetable is subject to change over the summer, but will be final by September. Changes to your assigned timetable are not permitted.

Please follow this link for the online Timetable. The online version is always the most up-to-date and will reflect any scheduling changes. The online version of the Academic Calendar can be found here.

Engineering students are required to take an upper year 1.5 non-technical elective, but these do not have to be essay courses. Courses with the suffix "E", "F" & "G" are courses that have an essay component.

NO, you have been assigned a timetable to ensure that all Engineering students are accommodated.  Our numbers in each section are rigid and this ensures that there will be enough space in each of the classes for all our students. 

Each program has different requirements for consideration of admission. Please see the following chart for more information.

You must complete your Bachelor of Engineering Science (B.E.Sc.) degree within ten years of the start of your first time registration. This time limit ensures that all graduates have demonstrated sufficient knowledge of up-to-date technology, engineering concepts and professional practice.

You can check your account balance when you logon to the Student Centre.

Western's admission scholarships are awarded automatically and are applied to your account. Therefore, if you have any fees owing, the amount will be automatically deducted from your balance.

Just check out your status on the Student Centre website.

If you are in first year, you will need a full course load (6.5 credits) in order to maintain a continuing scholarship. If you have advanced standing or transfer credits, you may choose not to use them in order to maintain a full course load. Alternatively, you may decide to use the transfer credits and add other courses that interest you, however, these courses will NOT be counted towards your degree/average.

Tuition is deferred to OSAP if you have submitted your completed application by June 30th. If your OSAP is not sufficient to cover the first installment of tuition, you must pay the difference by the tuition due date. A late payment fee will be charged to your account if tuition is not paid by the due date. Click here for more information.

Please visit the following website for all your questions regarding our information technology group. A very useful list of frequently asked questions for first year students can be found here.

The Undergraduate Services Office should be the first place to come to if you need any type of help. Our office is located in the Spencer Engineering Building (SEB), 2097. We are also open throughout the summer  eng.uwo.ca/undergraduate.

You will not have a timetable conflict in first year. However, for future reference, you will have to fill out a timetable conflict form. Please note that conflicts between two lectures will not be approved.

Courses cannot be added past the web registration deadline.  In order to drop a course after the web registration period has closed, you must contact your academic advisor.

The last day to add a full course, a first-term half course and a full-year half course is September 17, 2026. The last day to drop a first-term half course is November 30, 2026. The last day to drop a full-year course or full year half course is February 1, 2027. The last day to drop a second-term half course or second-term full course is March 30, 2027.

Please click here for the Western University building acronyms.

The Student Development Centre has staff members who specialize in assisting students with various disabilities to adjust to the university environment. These disabilities include, but are not limited to, vision, hearing and mobility impairments, learning disabilities, chronic illnesses, chronic pain, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders. Please make an appointment to see them as soon as possible as space is limited for some types of accommodations.  For more information, click here.

First year students must fill out the proper form. For more information on this policy, please click here.

To find a tutor, please visit the following website.

Email is the best way to reach your professor. All contact information for faculty and staff members can be found in the Western Directory on the Western University website. You can also refer to the course outline - all information should be included in this document.

Information regarding the policy on requesting relief for a grade can be found here.

Classes end at 20 minutes past the hour, this will allow 10 minutes for you to get to your next class.

Because classes end at 20 minutes past the hour and begin on the half hour, you will have 10 minutes to get to your next class.

All first year students who miss an exam for any reason, should contact the Undergraduate Services Office, engugrad@uwo.ca and fill out the Academic Consideration for Absence form found here as soon as possible. You will need to include your full name, student number, the course name & section number, the date & time of your exam and the name of your instructor.

More information can be found here: policy information.

If you are feeling unwell during an exam, you are to let the instructor/proctor of that exam know. You should then seek medical help. Once you are well enough, you will need to contact the Undergraduate Services Office, engugrad@uwo.ca to fill out the appropriate forms. Please see "What if I miss an exam because of illness" above.

Here are a few tips from the Learning Development and Success Centre https://www.uwo.ca/sdc/learning/:

Set the alarm clock and then get a good night's sleep before the exam. Get to the exam on time - not too late but not too early. Be cautious about talking to other students about the exam material just before going into the exam, especially if this will make you more anxious. If possible, sit in a location in the exam room where you will be least distracted. As the papers are distributed, calm yourself by taking some slow deep breaths. Make sure to carefully read all instructions on the exam. As you work on the exam, focus only on the exam, not on what other students are doing or on thinking about past exams or future goals. If you start to feel very anxious in the exam, take a few minutes to calm yourself. Stretch your arms and legs and then relax them again. Do this a couple of times. Take a few slow deep breaths. Do some positive internal self-talk; say to yourself, "I will be OK, I can do this." Then direct your focus on the exam again, associate questions to their corresponding lecture and/or chapter. If the exam is more difficult than you anticipated, try to focus and just do your best. It might be enough to get you through with a reasonable grade! When the exam is over, treat yourself. If you don't have any other commitments, maybe you can take the night off. If you have to study for other exams you may have to postpone a larger break, but a brief break may be the "pick up" that you need.

An exam conflict is:

• 3 exams in 3 consecutive periods (consecutive refers to 3 exams within 23 hours of each other, for example: 9:00 A.M., 2:00 P.M. & 7:00 P.M. OR 2:00 P.M., 7:00 P.M. & 9:00 A.M. OR 7:00 P.M., 9:00 A.M. & 2:00 P.M.
• A student scheduled to write an examination that conflicts with a holy day of that student's religion which prohibits such activity should seek accommodation under the terms of the policy on religious holidays.
• When 2 final exams are scheduled at the same time, or overlap for a period of time.

What to do?

If either case 1 or 2 happens, you must inform the Undergraduate Services Office, engugrad@uwo.ca, as soon as possible, to make arrangements.

In case 3, you will be contacted via Western University email. If you do not receive an email, you MUST contact Student Central to make arrangements.

Please make sure you DO NOT book any travel arrangements or anything that will take you away from the December exam period or April exam period.  See academic calendar for dates.  In the event of an examination cancellation, you will be required to write later in the exam period. Please note that travel plans are not a justified reason to miss an exam in any case.

If you are planning on returning to Western in September 2027, you must submit an online intent to register (March 2027) so that you will have access to the web registration system during the summer months to register for Fall/Winter courses. If you don't submit an Intent to Register, you will not have access to the web registration system.

Step 1: READ the Academic Calendar for graduation requirements, program requirements, course requisites (pre-, co- and anti-requisites), plan your program for 2027-28 and any courses to be taken in Summer 2027.

Step 2: Seek counselling from a department counsellor , if you have questions about the program, courses or course selection process for the upcoming year.

Step 3: COMPLETE and SUBMIT your Web Intent to Register no later than March 30, 2027.

To submit your Intent to Register on-line, you must login to the Student Center website.

• Click on Complete My Intent to Register (on the right hand side under the heading Student Services Links)
  
• Follow the instructions listed
  
• When you are prompted to list your program of choice, you will have to rank your preference for all program choices.

There are 17 program choices that need to be ranked in order of your preference:

• Chemical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering & Biomedical Engineering Option
• Chemical Engineering & Artificial Intelligence Systems Engineering Option
• Civil Engineering
• Civil Engineering & Artificial Intelligence Systems Engineering Option
• Electrical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering & Biomedical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering & Artificial Intelligence Systems Engineering Option
• Integrated Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering & Biomedical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering & Artificial Intelligence Systems Engineering Option
• Mechatronic Systems Engineering
• Mechatronic Systems Engineering  & Biomedical Engineering
• Mechatronic Systems Engineering & Artificial Intelligence Systems Engineering Option
• Software Engineering
• First Year Engineering (if you are planning on returning as a year 1 student)

To receive the highest priority for your preference of a program, you must submit your Intent to Register form on time. If you don't submit your ITR, you will not be able to use the online registration system to register for your fall/winter courses during the summer.

You will be able to submit or revise your Intent to Register after the Intent to Register period, however, you may not get your first choice of program as they are filled up on a first-come, first-served basis from students who submitted their ITR by the deadline.

You will register for courses during the summer after the department adjudicates your eligibility for the program you requested during the ITR period.

You can view it online here.

Please visit the first year ITR instructions page for more information on when each program will be offering their own information sessions. These sessions are a wonderful opportunity to learn about the different Engineering programs available to you. They will also offer you a chance to talk with other upper year engineering students to get their perspective on each program. Everyone is welcome!

You can log in to the Student Centre website to check your adjudication comments. Here you will see one of the following: "Eligible for xxx Engineering", means you have been accepted into that program. "Required to Withdraw from the Faculty of Engineering" means that you did not achieve the 60% Fall/Winter Year Weighted Average (YWA) minimum to remain in the Faculty. Please see the following  flow chart for further options. Please note that summer courses are not included in the Fall/Winter average calculation which needs to be 60% or higher to remain in Engineering (unless you signed up for the Extended First Year Program by the January deadline).

You need a cumulative average of 60% to graduate. This is the average of all your courses required for the Engineering degree combined.

First you must summer activate your account. When you log onto the Student Centre website, click on "Summer Activation". Summer Term Activation requests are processed by the Registrar's Office and are not processed immediately. Requests are processed frequently from Monday to Friday. Requests submitted from Monday to Friday (before 2pm) are usually processed within 24 hrs. Requests submitted on a Friday (after 2pm), Saturday or Sunday will be processed on the next business day. For more information, please read the  summer calendar.