How to apply:

Step 1: Apply online through UWinsite (instructions here)

Step 2: Upload all required MSW Application documents through UWinsite. Visit this ask.UWindsor article for instructions to upload your documents.

The following documents must be submitted online:

• 2025-2026 MSW Application for Admission 
• MSW Professional Experience Form
• MSW Personal Statement 
• ​MSW Program Policy Statement

Referee Instructions

• Academic Referee Instructions
• Employer Referee Instructions

**All References are due by the Application deadline**

Please review the Application Checklist, to assist in your MSW application

• Application Checklist

Please review our list of approved Research Methods & Statistics courses

• Approved Research Methods & Statistics courses

The School of Social Work has compiled a list of Frequently Asked Questions, to assist in your MSW application; please review here.

Child Welfare – refers to research in the area of the well-being of children and adolescents.

Health – includes both physical and psychological health issues, determinants of health, and relationships to psycho-social functioning.

Gerontology – encompasses research and practice relating to elderly populations.

If you have a grade point average of 80% or above and are planning to apply to our program, please view the details on how to apply for National and Provincial Scholarships and Awards (NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR, and OGS) and the application deadlines.

Program Contact Information:

Please include your student number and program you are applying to.

Ms. Jasmine Mahmood
On Campus Programs, Graduate Secretary
School of Social Work
gradsw@uwindsor.ca
(519)253-3000 x. 6069


*Windsor Hall is a locked building. Please contact the Graduate Secretary to discuss setting up a tour of the building. We are unable to give tours without an appointment.

For MSWwp Off Campus inquiries, please contact: msw@uwindsor.ca