Application Process | Application Fees | Admission Deadlines | Student Types

Check the deadline dates.  After the online deadline date, print off the application and drop it off (in person), along with the application fee and official supporting documentation to the Admissions Office, 424 University Centre.  To be admitted to General Studies, you must meet the same entrance requirements as Set A University 1 (see the Application Guide on the website below for more details).

Begin the process by completing the Application for Direct Entry Programs (using the accompanying Application Guide) but only if you have:

• Never been admitted to the University of Manitoba to take credit courses;
• Not been re-admitted since earning a degree (graduating) from the University of Manitoba;
• Attended another post-secondary institution since last registering for credit courses at the University of Manitoba (unless you did so on a Letter of Permission)
• Been previously admitted to the University of Manitoba but did not register for any credit courses.

The application fee and all official transcripts should accompany your Application for Direct Entry Programs in order to be processed.

It is recommended but not required for admission to submit a High School transcript, as mathematics courses have prerequisites. In order to take a first year 1000 level course it requires a minimum grade of 60% in Pre-Calculus 40S or the former Mathematics 40S (300), or a grade of 60% or better in the Mathematical Skills course taught by Extended Education.

If you are an International Student, we recommend that you apply early to allow time for study permit and application processing.

To contact an Admissions Representative, call (204) 474-8808 or toll free in Canada 1-800-224-7713 ext. 8808 or email umanitoba.ca/admissions.

Canadian Citizen/Permanent Resident - $80.00 CA
International Student - $110.00 CA

Fall Term

• By Mail or Online: August 15, 2013 (July 4, 2013 recommended)
• In Person: August 27, 2013*

• By Mail or Online: December 2, 2013
• In Person: December 9, 2013*

• By Mail or Online: One month before the beginning of classes
• In Person: Five days before the beginning of classes*

*Appllications may be accepted past these deadlines with the approval of a Student Advisor.

Special Student | Returning Special Student | Mature Status Student | Visiting Student | Returning Visiting Student | Auditing Student | Transfer Student or Second Degree Student

A Special Student is one who wishes to take courses for personal or professional reasons but who is not currently pursuing a degree. A Special Student must meet the admission requirements of any one of the following admission categories:

• Mature Student Status (Canadian Military Only)
• Some university/college completed 1 year or more
• Some university/college completed less than 1 year
• Completed a first degree

Complete, official transcripts are required of all previous college/university work with the exception of U of Manitoba transcripts.

• If you have not attended another institution since last attending the University of Manitoba, contact a General Studies Student Advisor to re-activate your record.
• If you have previously been admitted to General Studies and registered but then withdrew from course(s), contact a General Studies Student Advisor to re-activate your record.
• If you have previously been admitted to General Studies but did not register for courses at the University of Manitoba, you must re-apply for admission.

This category applies to Canadian Military ONLY, and if you:

• Do NOT meet the high school requirements, and
• Are at least 21 years of age, and
• Are a Canadian Citizen or a Permanent Resident, and
• Have never previously attended university or college or, if you have attended, you have completed less than 24 credit hours (four full courses).

If you are a new Visiting Student, you are required to complete the University of Manitoba Application for Direct Entry and submit a Letter of Permission from your home university granting permission to register in selected courses.*

If you have previously been admitted to General Studies and registered in at least one course, you can register in subsequent sessions without re-applying for admission, as long as:

• you have not changed your home university since your last registration in General Studies, and
• you submit the appropriate Letter of Permission from your home university, approving selected course(s), to a General Studies Student Advisor prior to registering.*

*We recommend that you start this process with your home institution early and have a selection of alternate courses approved in case the initial course(s) are full.

If you wish to attend lectures for a particular course(s) but do not want to complete the assignments or write the exams and, therefore, not receive a grade or any credit hours upon completion of the course, you can apply for admission to General Studies as an Auditing Student. Auditing student admission is restricted to Canadian Citizens/Permanent Residents. No documentation other than the information requested on the application form is required for admission purposes. If, at some point, you wish to take a course for credit, you are required to apply for admission to another applicant category.

Students, who have completed a degree, whether at the University of Manitoba or another institution, must apply for admission.