Non-academic admission requirements

Details on how to apply, costs and processing times are available on the Manitoba government adult abuse registry unit website.

Carefully review all instructions to ensure that your application can be processed promptly.

In jurisdictions where an adult abuse registry or equivalent does not exist, consult with the Student Services Office.

The original Manitoba adult abuse registry check is required, copies will not be accepted.

If your name appears on this registry, additional information will be required and you will be advised of the necessary next steps.

Please ensure you start this process early enough to meet the College deadlines. 

Details on how to apply, costs and processing times are available on the Manitoba government child abuse registry unit website.

Carefully review all instructions to ensure that your application can be processed promptly.

The original Manitoba child abuse registry check documentation is required, copies will not be accepted.

In jurisdictions where a child abuse registry or equivalent does not exist, consult with the Student Services Office.

Any applicant on the child abuse registry will be denied admission.

Please ensure you start this process early enough to meet the College deadlines. 

Students must have Health Care Provider (HCP) or Basic Life Support (BLS) level certification. You may choose to certify anywhere in Canada, provided it is at the HCP or BLS level.

Some CPR cards state they are valid for more than one year. However, the College requires you to be certified no earlier than April 1 but must be certified by June 1 of the current year. 

Documentation can be submitted in the following forms:

• Copy of the card
• Picture of the card
• Electronic print-out of the certification

Do not submit your original card.

Your documentation must indicate:

• Your full name
• Date certified
• Level of certification

Returning students

All returning students, including those certified at the instructor level, must recertify each year to ensure that certification is valid for the entire year. Proof of recertification must be submitted to the Student Services Assistant or designate by the June 1 deadline.

Sign the HSPnet consent form and submit with your non-academic admission requirements. We cannot enter any of your information into our system until this is complete.

HSPnet consent form (PDF)

Please ensure you start this process early enough to meet the College deadlines. 

All new students entering the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences must complete the immunization package, found on the Immunization Program page.

Previous immunization and testing records will be reviewed; students will be informed what additional items, if any, are required.

Missing immunizations and tests will be administered after admission.

Student immunization orientation modules

Upon registration, students will have access to the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Student Immunization Orientation modules on UM Learn.

Deadlines:

IMPORTANT: Please ensure you start the check process early enough to meet the College deadlines. 

Residents of Winnipeg

Details on how to apply, costs and processing times are available on the City of Winnipeg website.

Step 1: Complete an online application for a police record check with vulnerable sector search.

• Select ‘other’ for the reason you are applying
• Select ‘University of Manitoba’ as the agency
• Check the box that indicates you are requesting a vulnerable sector search

Step 2: You will receive an email with an attached PDF of your Criminal Record Check as well as a PIN code to access it. Please forward this PDF to nursing@umanitoba.ca.

Students from outside Winnipeg

If you are from a Manitoba location outside Winnipeg or from another province, you can apply for the criminal record check through your home jurisdiction or local RCMP.

If submitting a physical criminal record check, you must submit the original documentation. Copies will not be accepted.

International applicants 

You must obtain:

A Canadian certified criminal record OR police record check with a vulnerable sector search. Only police record checks / criminal record checks from the Winnipeg Police Services or the RCMP will be accepted.

AND

A criminal record check from your home country. International criminal record checks must be notarized and translated to English. If you are unable to submit a record from your home country, please complete and submit an affidavit. The affidavit must be signed and sealed by a notary public.