Admission Routes

Additional Admission Routes

Indigenous Student Success Cohort (ISSC)

The Indigenous Student Success Cohort (ISSC) is a first-year credit program providing Indigenous students who don’t meet the general entrance requirements of ULethbridge an opportunity to find success at university. The ISSC supplies core skills in a supportive environment attending to Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Learning.

It is also open to Indigenous students returning to university after an absence and, as space allows, to those who qualify for general admission but want the support provided by the group. Successful completion of the ISSC allows you to enter most ULethbridge programs. This is a full-time university program that may qualify for loans and other sources of funding. This eight-month (two-term), first-year experience program runs from September to April. It supplies a strong foundation of courses that can be credited to most programs at ULethbridge. The deadline to apply to the ISSC is August 31.

Mature Student Admission

Mature student admission may be available to applicants who are 21-years of age or older and who do not meet our general admission standards. Life achievement may be considered if it has provided you with skills relevant to university success.

International Students

ULethbridge is home to almost 1,000 international students from nearly 90 countries. For the most part, applicants who have completed secondary qualifications in other countries will be considered for admission under the high school admission route. Visit our website for requirements specific to your country.

Non-native English speakers need to pass an English language proficiency test or take English for Academic Purposes (EAP) before they can enroll in classes.

The application deadline for international

students is June 15 and a study permit is needed. We are here to help you adapt to campus life socially, academically and culturally.

Dual Admission

Dual admission agreements with the College of the Rockies and Medicine Hat College mean students can easily transfer to ULethbridge. Students are admitted to ULethbridge while still attending college, and benefit from continuing student registration privileges, certainty on program requirements, transferability of courses and access to ULethbridge student services.