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Schools›Canada›Montréal

Université de Montréal École d'optométrie

Montreal, QC · Big city · Public · First class 1925

Fully accreditedCanada · OEBC boardsFrench-language5-year program

seats per class: 56
applications: 969
admitted average: R 36
average OAT: —
tuition per year: CA$5,625
four-year cost: $63,938

Accreditation

This program is fully accredited.

Accreditation continued Oct 2025; next ACOE visit 2033.

Getting in

Admission average: Cote R 35.98 mean / 38.20 max among interview-invited CEGEP applicants, fall 2025 (UdeM official stats; minimum admitted deliberately unpublished)
OAT: Not published
Bachelor’s degree: No — direct entry from CEGEP DEC or with university prerequisites
Prerequisites: CEGEP DEC (sciences) or equivalent bio/chem/math/physics prerequisites

Shadowing

—

Deadline

UdeM portal: Nov 15, 2026 (university/out-of-QC) · Mar 15, 2027 (CEGEP) for Fall 2027 · fee not published

On the OAT figuresMontréal does not use the OAT at all — admission runs on the Québec CEGEP academic record (Cote R) or university prerequisites, plus a motivation questionnaire and interview.

The school’s own admissions noteMontréal admits on the Québec Cote R, a 0–50 class-ranking score (most students land between 15 and 35; about 25 is average). Fall 2025, official UdeM stats: interview-invited CEGEP applicants averaged Cote R 35.98, max 38.20; the minimum admitted score is deliberately withheld. No GPA-to-Cote-R conversion exists, and the program requires Canadian citizenship or permanent residency at the application deadline (any province qualifies — Québec residency is not required). The application portal accepts submissions from anyone, but non-Canadians are inadmissible at review; foreign-trained ODs seeking Québec licensure use UdeM's separate Programme de qualification instead.

No projection possible: admission runs on the Québec Cote R (no GPA conversion exists), and the program requires Canadian citizenship or PR — the portal accepts anyone's submission, but non-Canadians are inadmissible at review.

What it costs

$32,933in-province, four-year total

$63,938international — what a US applicant pays

$214,208median across all 27 programs, for reference

Tuition: CA$5,625/yr, the same for everyone (about $4,016)
Median graduate debt: Not reported by the school

The school’s own tuition noteCAD/yr, Quebec resident, derived from the official 2026–27 rates: 197 credits × $103.92/credit tuition + $695.62/trimester mandatory fees across 11 trimesters, spread over 5 years. A full 15-credit trimester totals $2,254.42 (QC) / $5,560.87 (Canadian non-QC and French/Belgian) / $16,082.02 (international). Budget ~$9,000 for instruments from year 2 and up to $9,000 for year-5 externships. Program totals in the cost column are USD-converted 5-year totals including those extras: QC resident $46,124 CAD; Canadian non-QC $89,549 CAD. US applicants are not eligible (Canadian citizenship or permanent residency required), so the non-resident figure shown is the Canadian out-of-province rate.

On the four-year total5-year program total, USD-converted; res = Québec resident, non-res = Canadian out-of-province (US applicants not eligible)

Canadian figures are converted at US$0.714 per Canadian dollar.

Board results

OEBC written — 95.9%three-year average · 97.6 · 95.2 · 95

OEBC OSCE — 90%three-year average · 86.7 · 80 · 100

2025–26 (school-reported): written 93.2% (n=44), 3.0 points above the national average. The practical exam (OSCE) is voluntary for UdeM students, so its tiny cohorts swing wildly.

On graduation and attritionSchool-reported: 87.0–93.5% of each entering cohort (2018–20 entry, 46 seats) graduates; academic attrition 0%; the rest left for non-academic reasons.

Living there

80°FJuly high

8°FJanuary low

85″snow a year

92errands score

4.3Mmetro people

One-bedroom rent: CA$1,131/mo · all rentals CA$1,346
Cost-of-living index: Not published for Canada

About this program

French-language, 5-year program (197 credits); C1 French required if not French-educated. 2025 cycle: 969 applications for 56 seats (22 CEGEP + 34 other); selection via motivation questionnaire + record + interview (CASPer dropped fall 2025); Canadian citizenship/PR required. Graduates sit OEBC boards (pass rates in the Board outcomes panel); opted out of recent NBEO reports.

Compare Montréal against other programs

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ACOE program directories & accreditation actions, theacoe.org (retrieved Aug 3, 2026)

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