Advanced Standing is credit granted by Fanshawe College for all or most of the courses of a program level(s) on the basis of previous academic achievement at another institution and/or prior learning. Advanced standing qualifies the applicant for direct entry to the second or higher level of the program. An Advanced Standing Academic Assessment Fee is required.

To apply for Advanced Standing, you must complete the Ontario College Application form and submit it through ontariocolleges.ca. 

Once Fanshawe has received the application information from ontariocolleges.ca, an acknowledgement letter will be sent to the applicants, requesting the following:

• Certified post-secondary transcripts
• Course outlines of all the courses that you have achieved credit in
• Academic Assessment fee
• Advanced Standing

Each Academic School is responsible for establishing its policies and procedures for evaluating applications for Advanced Standing. The Academic Managers are responsible for approving or not approving an application for Advanced Standing.