BA/BS in Software Engineering is a bachelor's degree in Software Engineering programme taught at Western University in London, Canada. Tuition for international students is CAD 64,310 per year (CAD 12,539 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Software Engineering
Local tuition: CAD 12,539 / year
International tuition: CAD 64,310 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Software Engineering at Western University is an undergraduate degree delivered through the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering. As with other engineering disciplines at Western, students begin with a shared Common First Year of foundational coursework before entering the Software Engineering stream from second year onward. Combined-degree options let students pair software engineering with Ivey's HBA, with Law, or with more than fifty major modules across Science, Music, Social Science, or Arts and Humanities faculties, for students who want a second credential alongside their engineering degree. Teaching and undergraduate advising are based in the Spencer Engineering Building on Western's main campus in London, Ontario, with dedicated advising available during weekday office hours. The common first-year structure and combined-degree options suit students who are confident they want a software-focused engineering degree but also want the flexibility to add a business, law, or humanities credential alongside it, or who want to keep the option of pairing software engineering with study in another faculty.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:75.00 / %
Admission Requirements: Western's Software Engineering page states no separate Grade 12 entry requirements of its own: students first gain admission to Western Engineering's shared Common First Year and choose this option for year three. Ontario applicants to Common First Year need an Ontario Secondary School Diploma with six Grade 12 U/M courses, including English (ENG4U), Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U), admitted competitively on the top-six average rather than a fixed cut-off. To progress from first year into this option, students must additionally achieve a Year 1 Weighted Average greater than 75%, per the Faculty's own progression page. International applicants must also meet Western's institution-wide proof-of-English-proficiency policy: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no band below 6.0, or TOEFL iBT 83 with no section below 20 (before January 21, 2026), among other accepted tests, unless exempt.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Western applies through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre, which opens for Fall 2027 entry in late September 2026; Western's own equal-consideration deadline for full-time undergraduate study is 15 January 2027, the same date used for domestic (OUAC 101/105) and international applicants alike, since Western publishes no separate international closing date. Several named programmes carry their own earlier deadlines within the cycle: Medicine (MD) closes 1 October 2026, Law (JD) and Dentistry (DDS) close 1 November 2026, Education (BEd) closes 2 November 2026, and Western Integrated Science closes in early April 2027. Students already enrolled in an Ontario high school cannot be required to respond to an offer before 1 June 2027. Admission is not rolling: applicants are assessed against these published deadlines. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
