How to apply

Complete an online application to Concordia University by the dates listed below, along with all required documents requested. Remember that you must also follow Stage 2 requirements below.

• February 1 – Outside Canada (International)
• March 1 – Inside Canada

*Non-Concordia students include:

• a Cegep student in Quebec with a DEC or who will obtain a DEC
• a high school student (including these categories)
• an Ontario student with an OUAC number
• an Ontario student without an OUAC number
• attending high school in a Canadian province or territory other than Quebec or Ontario
• attending high school in the United States
• attending high school outside of Canada and the US
• a current or former student from another university or college
• a former Concordia student
• homeschooled
• independent studies at Concordia
• applying as a mature student

Once you select the “submit” button, you will receive a confirmation email with an attached PDF copy of your application within 24 hours. This email will include an eight-digit student ID number that you will use throughout your studies should you be accepted at Concordia.

If you didn’t get the confirmation email (and you can’t find it in your junk mail folder either), call us at 514-848-2424, ext. 2668 or write study@concordia.ca. We will send you your student ID number.

If you are currently completing a Bachelor's degree at Concordia, fill out this form and proceed to Stage 2 requirements.

If you're at Concordia and in completing a non-BA degree, you should submit a degree transfer application by March 1 and follow Stage 2 requirements.

Note: If you are applying for Journalism Co-operative Education, you need to indicate this on your university application by checking the appropriate box.

The letter of intent should be approximately two pages double spaced and include the following:

• Introduce yourself to the admissions committee. Tell us about yourself and why you want to study journalism.
• Tell us about a work of journalism you feel is important and inspiring. The journalism you write about can be from a newspaper, an online publication, audio (including podcasts), video (including documentaries), photographic or multi-media. It can be a piece of journalism that has had national or international attention. It can also be journalism that has made a difference to a smaller community.

If you have previous examples of journalism you may submit a portfolio. This is entirely optional so you do not have to submit a portfolio if you don't have one.