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Graduate students are admitted to the Faculty in one of the following categories:

Students may be admitted to a program leading to the Master's or doctoral degree, provided admission qualifications are met.

Interdisciplinary Degree: A student wishing to pursue a thesis-based degree in an area not sufficiently represented by one graduate program may be admitted both to a home program and a conjoint program in an interdisciplinary degree program. The student should submit an application form and fee, along with official transcripts and letters of reference to the intended home graduate program. The prospective home program will liaise with the conjoint program. Contact the prospective home graduate program for further details.

Special Case Admission may be used when resources are available to admit a student to undertake graduate studies, but no appropriate program exists. Contact the relevant department for details.

A student who meets the qualifications for admission but lacks the necessary background for a graduate program in a chosen area of specialization may be admitted as a qualifying graduate student. Upon satisfactory completion of a qualifying year, the student may be transferred to regular student status. Qualifying graduate students must be full-time registrants in either a Master's or a doctoral degree program. Qualifying status will not be granted for a period exceeding one year.

A student who is registered in a graduate degree program at another university that does not have an exchange agreement with the Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, and who wishes to engage in course work and/or research at the graduate level at the Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà for credit at his/her home university may be admitted as a visiting graduate student. A visiting student must submit a completed Visiting Student Application form and the application fee. Visiting students apply to specific graduate programs, and the files are forwarded to the Faculty of Graduate Studies in the normal way. Visiting students pay all applicable general and tuition fees and will be registered full-time. Visiting students are normally permitted to spend a maximum of one year at the Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ. It should be noted that admission as a visiting student does not guarantee later admission to a graduate program at the Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ.

The Faculty of Graduate Studies at the Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà has reciprocal exchange agreements with other institutions. Graduate students from these institutions may engage in course or research work at the Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà for credit at the home institution. Exchange students must submit the appropriate application/approval form (). Exchange students pay tuition fees at the home universities when this is written into the specific exchange agreement; they pay only the applicable general fees at the Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ. If there is no reciprocal agreement, the exchange student pays both applicable general and tuition fees at the Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ. It should be noted that exchange student status does not guarantee later admission to a graduate program at the Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ.