Psychology (Bachelor of Arts) at University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada is a bachelor's degree in Psychology programme. Tuition for international students is CAD 27,010 per semester (CAD 3,125 per semester for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Psychology
Local tuition: CAD 3,125 / semester
International tuition: CAD 27,010 / semester
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Psychology program at the University of Waterloo leads to a Bachelor of Arts and examines human behaviour through perspectives including neuroscience, cognition, clinical psychology, developmental psychology, industrial-organizational psychology, and social psychology. Students can combine psychology coursework with courses in legal studies, sociology, biology, or health studies to shape the degree toward a particular interest. It is offered as a standard Honours Arts program or combined as Honours Arts and Business, and can be completed with or without co-op; the co-op stream alternates academic and paid work terms from second year. A Research Intensive specialization focused on experimental design is available, along with minors such as Human Resources Management, Legal Studies, and Social Development Studies, and opportunities to undertake directed studies supervised by faculty members. Classes are delivered in person on Waterloo's main campus. The program suits students interested in understanding human thought and behaviour who want flexibility to combine psychology with related social science or health coursework. Career paths connected to the degree include counselling, mental health services, human resources, education, research, and speech pathology, along with further graduate study in psychology or a related applied field.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: There is no direct-entry admission to Psychology: Ontario applicants apply to Honours Arts or Honours Arts and Business through OUAC and choose Psychology as their major at the end of first year, presenting six Grade 12 U/M courses including any Grade 12 U English (minimum final grade of 70%). Admission to Honours Arts is competitive, with recent admission averages in the high 70s. Mathematics of Data Management is recommended as a further course. Applicants studying outside Ontario follow the University's general admission requirements for Honours Arts or Honours Arts and Business, presenting an equivalent senior secondary qualification. Applicants whose four most recent years of full-time education were not completed in Canada or at English-language schools must submit an accepted English test: IELTS 6.5 overall (6.5 writing and speaking, 6.0 reading and listening), TOEFL iBT 90 overall with 25 in writing and speaking for tests completed before 21 January 2026 (4.5 overall with 5 in writing and speaking for tests on or after that date), PTE Academic 63 (65 writing and speaking), Duolingo 120 (125 Literacy and Production), or Cambridge C1/C2 180 (176 per skill).
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Waterloo admits first-year students for September entry only, through the OUAC, with identical deadlines for domestic and international applicants. For Fall 2027, most programmes must be applied to by 1 February 2027 with documents due 15 February 2027; Engineering programmes (excluding Architecture) close earlier, on 15 January 2027, with documents due 1 February 2027, and require an online interview. Waterloo states a deadline may be extended if a programme is not yet full, but publishes no separate rolling-admission date and no explicit application-opening date. Pharmacy is a named exception with its own earlier deadline; Social Work and the Conditional Admission to Pharmacy stream are directed to programme-specific timelines outside this page. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
