Step 1: Applying on Navigator

Who May Apply

Enrolment in co-op is limited and there is a competitive admission process for co-op programs in Arts, Business, Economics, Science, and User Experience Design.

• You must be enrolled full-time in second year as of September, for all co-op programs except UXD and PEP.
• If you are seeking admission to UXD Co-op or to PEP, you are eligible if you will be enrolled full-time in third year in September.

Note for applicants to undergraduate co-op programs: You must be enrolled full-time in your first four-year degree program to apply. Co-op is not available to students pursuing a second undergraduate degree.

English and Film Studies majors planning to pursue VFS Pathways, please see the Arts Programs page.

Apply

We are no longer accepting applications for fall 2023 admission. 

The application deadline for fall 2023 admission was Friday, September 1, 2023. First-year students in Arts, Business, Economics, and Science may begin applying for fall 2024 admission to co-op in March.

To apply, follow these steps:

1. Log in to Navigator and access your home screen.
2. Choose "co-op" from the navigation box on the left side of the screen.
3. Click "Apply to a Program" in the top right side of the screen.
4. Select the co-op program to which you are applying. (Please note that all co-op programs begin in 2024-Fall.)

Check for email

• You will receive an email to your Laurier address, confirming that you applied.
• (If you wish to check on your application before you receive the confirmation email, simply log in to Navigator and see that your information was saved for the fall 2024 admission period.)
• In August, we will send you an email stating whether you are eligible for an admission interview. 

If you change academic programs after applying, please send an email to coopadmissions@wlu.ca and let us know your new program.

Admission Interview

If you applied to a program with a competitive admission process, we will let you know in August whether you are eligible for an admission interview.

If you met the minimum GPA required to be eligible for an admission interview, we will ask you to book an interview, submit a resume, and complete an introductory statement. If you are in Business Administration, we will also ask provide information about your preference for Sequence One or Sequence Two.

Go to Step 2 for details about booking your interview, submitting a resume, and other requirements.

(If you are applying for co-op in Computer Science, Data Science, or Water Science and Environmental Health, we will send you an email about your eligibilty in the fall, as we hold admission interviews later for those programs.) 

Automatic Enrolment Co-op Programs 

If you are in one of the programs below, you may learn about your program's co-op program by attending an information session in the winter term of your first year.

If you accept admission to co-op you must agree to follow the admission conditions for your program.

Business Technology Management (BTM)

We offer automatic entry into co-op to all students who meet the requirements of the BTM program. Please indicate your intention to participate in co-op by enrolling on Navigator.

BBA/BSc or BBA/BA Double Degree

Enrolment in co-op is optional for students in the Honours BBA and BSc in Computer Science or Honours BBA and BA in Financial Management double degree program at Laurier. If you will be registered in second year in a double degree program at Laurier as of September 2023, and you indicate your intention to participate in co-op by enrolling online through Navigator by the application deadline, you will receive an offer of automatic entry into co-op.

Note: If you switch from double degree to a single degree, you must apply to co-op by the application deadline and participate in the competitive admission process. (In 2023, the deadline was September 1.)

Professional Experience Program (PEP) 

If you are a student in Computer Science who will be registered in third year as of September and you apply on Navigator by the deadline, you will receive an offer automatic entry to PEP, providing you have met PEP course and GPA requirements.  

Mandatory Enrolment Co-op

BBA/Math (UW) or BBA/CS (UW) Double Degree

If you are in the Honours BBA (Laurier) and Honours Mathematics (UW) or the Honours BBA (Laurier) and Honours Computer Science (UW), you are required to participate in co-op. If you progress to Year 2, you will be enrolled automatically in co-op as of early September. You will attend training modules during orientation week of your second year.

Note: If you switch from double degree to a single degree, you must apply to co-op by the application deadline and participate in the competitive admission process. (In 2023, the deadline was September 1.)