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HBA/Science at Western University

Western University, Canada

Programme overview

The combined HBA/Science program leads to an Honours BSc and a BA in Honours Business Administration, completed in five academic years. Students apply during HBA1, typically their third year of university.

Faculty: Ivey Business School and Faculty of Science  |  Duration: 5 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: London, Ontario, Canada

What you will study

Year 1 covers the principal Faculty of Science courses; Year 2 includes 4.0 Honours Specialization courses and Business Administration 2257; Year 3 is HBA1 (7.5 courses of integrated business courses); Years 4 and 5 combine HBA requirements (Business Administration 4505A/B, a Corporations and Society elective, 4624A/B and 4569) with 6.0 Honours Specialization courses.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must complete a full first year (5.0 courses) including all principal courses required for admission to a Science Honours Specialization, and a second year (5.0 courses) including 4.0 courses of their Honours Specialization with a minimum average of 70% and no mark below 60% in those courses, plus Business Administration 2257 with at least 70%. Entry is competitive: a minimum two-year (10.0 course) average of 80% is required, and extracurricular and community participation, leadership and work experience are considered. Ivey Advanced Entry Opportunity students are also eligible. Progression: 78% weighted average in HBA1, 75% in 4000-level HBA courses in Years 4-5, and 70% in the Honours Specialization.

Full-time undergraduate programmes start in September (Fall/Winter, September to April). Part-time studies have a May start (Summer Evening, Intersession, Summer Distance) and a September start (Fall/Winter Day or Evening and Distance).

Applications open on the OUAC in late September 2026. The deadline for equal consideration to full-time undergraduate studies is January 15, 2027. Medicine (MD) closes October 1; Law (JD) and Dentistry (DDS) close November 1; Education (BEd) closes November 2; Compressed Time Frame BScN RPN Stream B closes December 1; Compressed BScN Regular Stream and RPN Stream A close February 15, 2027. Ivey AEO closes January 15, Music audition and interview registration February 1, Visual Arts digital portfolio February 15, SASAH February 28, Commercial Aviation Management supplementary application March 1, 2027. Part-time May start deadline is March 1 and part-time September start deadline is July 1, 2027. Applications are submitted through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC), for up to three faculties or direct-entry programmes.

2026-27 application fees: Law $150; Medicine $135; Dentistry $375; Education (BEd/Dip.Ed.) $80; Ivey HBA $200; part-time application $100.

Apply through the official page: https://welcome.uwo.ca/next-steps/

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