University of Manitoba

Not yet published. The direct-entry applicant page is labelled for the 2026-2027 academic cycle: its latest September intake is Fall 2026 (March 1, 2026 for all other direct-entry programs), and the only 2027 dates on it are Winter 2027 and Summer 2027. The admissions overview still says only 'To start classes in September, you must apply by March 1.'

March 1 recurs as the September apply-by date, so treat March 1, 2027 as the working planning date—but verify the direct-entry page once UM posts the Fall 2027 table, because Music, University 1, and the Diploma in Agriculture each use different dates.

University of Manitoba: Direct-entry applicant information: Ontario minimums and 2026–2027 deadlines · Verified August 14, 2026

UM publishes 31,922 students for Fall Term 2025—27,372 undergraduate and 3,771 graduate—including 6,278 international students from 123 countries and 3,292 self-declared Indigenous students (10.3% of the overall population). It also publishes 228,000 alumni across 137 countries, 250+ programs of study, and $246M in sponsored research income in 2024.

UM's marketing pages round this to '30,500+ students'; the facts-and-figures page is the census figure and should be preferred.

University of Manitoba: Facts and figures: Fall 2025 enrolment, alumni, and research income · Verified August 14, 2026

UM dates itself to 1877, describes itself as Manitoba's largest and most research-intensive university, and publishes a $7.3 billion overall economic impact in Manitoba, 100 Rhodes Scholars to date—'more than any Western Canadian university'—and 400 patents covering 300 UM-developed technologies.

These are UM's own marketing counts, not audited third-party data. UM does not publish a national undergraduate ranking on this page—do not add one.

University of Manitoba: About UM: history, impact, and published institutional claims · Verified August 14, 2026

The Fort Garry campus—where undergraduate direct-entry study happens—covers more than 280 hectares, is 'cradled in a bow of the Red River in a treed, green setting,' sits 20 minutes from the city centre, and holds more than 90 major buildings including four colleges, libraries, recreation facilities, and residences. Bannatyne is UM's downtown campus, a nine-building complex adjacent to the Health Sciences Centre that trains health professionals.

University of Manitoba: Our campuses: Fort Garry and Bannatyne · Verified August 14, 2026

Applicants apply directly through UM's own portal at apply.umanitoba.ca, not through OUAC. The application fee is $100 for Canadian citizens, permanent residents and refugees and $130 for international students, and both the form and the fee must be received by the program's deadline. UM also requires a non-refundable $2000 CAD tuition deposit, paid by credit card, from students who need a Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL) for a study permit application.

Ontario applicants who assume every Canadian university uses OUAC miss this: a UM application is separate work with its own deadline and its own fee.

University of Manitoba: Learn how to apply: application portal, fees, and PAL deposit · Verified August 14, 2026

Direct entry covers 'current high school students or people who have already graduated from high school but who have completed fewer than 24 credit hours of post-secondary level study.' Advanced entry covers 'those who have already completed 24 or more credit hours of post-secondary level study.' University 1 is a direct-entry option for applicants who are undecided or who do not meet another direct-entry program's requirements.

University of Manitoba: Undergraduate admission requirements: direct, advanced, and U1 routes · Verified August 14, 2026

UM publishes an exact minimum average and per-course floor for each Ontario route: University 1 and Arts 70% with no less than 60% in each course (University 1 also lists Limited Admission at a 65% minimum); Agricultural Sciences 70%; School of Art BFA 70% with ENG4U at 60% plus a portfolio; Desautels Music 70% plus audition and recommendations; Riddell Environmental Science and Physical Geography 70%; Faculty of Science 80% with 60% per course; Price Faculty of Engineering 80% with 70% in each of ENG4U, MHF4U or MCV4U, SCH4U and SPH4U; Asper Commerce 85% with 70% per course; Rady Health Sciences and Health Studies 85% with 60% per course; Dental Hygiene diploma 85%; Kinesiology, Physical Education and Recreation Management 85%.

These are eligibility minimums, not admission guarantees—UM states elsewhere that meeting minimum requirements 'does not guarantee acceptance into the program.'

University of Manitoba: Direct-entry applicant information: Ontario minimums and 2026–2027 deadlines · Verified August 14, 2026

The live Fall 2026 table is the latest September intake: March 1, 2026 for all other direct-entry programs, January 15, 2026 for Music, March 1, 2026 for international University 1 and international Diploma in Agriculture applicants, May 1, 2026 for the domestic Diploma in Agriculture, and August 1, 2026 for domestic University 1. Winter 2027 dates are October 1, 2026 (Environment, Earth and Resources, Arts and Science, and international University 1) and December 1, 2026 (domestic University 1); Summer 2027 dates are February 1, 2027 and April 1, 2027.

Domestic University 1 applicants get an August 1 deadline, five months later than everyone else—but leaving an application that late compresses residence, scholarship, and study-permit timelines.

University of Manitoba: Direct-entry applicant information: Ontario minimums and 2026–2027 deadlines · Verified August 14, 2026

Two Ontario routes need more than grades. Desautels Faculty of Music requires an audition and recommendations on top of ENG4U, a 4U mathematics course and two academic 4U/4M courses, and carries the earliest published deadline (January 15, 2026 for Fall 2026). The School of Art BFA requires three 4U/4M credits, ENG4U at a minimum of 60%, and a portfolio.

University of Manitoba: Direct-entry applicant information: Ontario minimums and 2026–2027 deadlines · Verified August 14, 2026

Published minimums: IELTS Academic (computer or paper) or IELTS Indicator 6.5 overall with 6.0 in each of the four modules; TOEFL iBT 86 overall with 20 in each component for tests taken before January 20, 2026, and 4.5 overall with 4.0 in each component on the revised scale from January 21, 2026 onward; Duolingo English Test 120 overall with 105 in Literacy, Comprehension, Production and Conversation; CAEL 60; Pearson Test of English 58; Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency 180; or a pass at Level 5 of UM's Intensive Academic English Program (AEPUCE). Results expire two years from the test date and must be valid at the beginning of the admission term.

UM's Duolingo bar of 120 with 105 subscores is higher than several Ontario universities' 110—check the subscores, not just the overall number.

University of Manitoba: English language proficiency requirements and exemptions · Verified August 14, 2026

UM lists nine exemption criteria, including ten consecutive years of residency in Canada, successful completion of a three-year secondary school program in Canada, a Manitoba Grade 12 English 40S result of at least 75%, an IB Higher Level English score of 4 or higher, and 30 credit hours of university-level coursework including six credit hours of transferable English. Four further criteria take effect for Fall 2026 covering GCE curricula, a full IB Diploma at 24+ points, CIS-accredited schools, and U.S. or Canadian curricula schools. UM also lists 68 countries whose applicants are exempt outright.

Check the country list and the GCE clause before paying for a test—many Caribbean and West African applicants on GCE or CIS-accredited curricula are exempt.

University of Manitoba: English language proficiency requirements and exemptions · Verified August 14, 2026

UM's programs-of-study directory lists fourteen undergraduate-facing units: University 1, Agricultural and Food Sciences, the School of Art, Arts, the I. H. Asper School of Business, Education, the Price Faculty of Engineering, the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth and Resources, the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Kinesiology and Recreation Management, Robson Hall Faculty of Law, the Desautels Faculty of Music, Social Work, and Science. UM states it has 'more than 100 undergraduate programs to choose from.'

University of Manitoba: Programs of study: faculties, colleges, and schools · Verified August 14, 2026

University 1 is 'a direct-entry option with a unique, flexible approach to your first year at UM.' Students take 24 to 30 credit hours, then 'apply or transit to an undergraduate degree program at the University of Manitoba where they will enter year 2.' UM states it does 'not add an extra year of studies to your degree' because 'all of the courses you take in University 1 can become part of your degree program.' Eligibility is limited to applicants who have not attended a post-secondary institution or have completed fewer than 24 credit hours, and meeting minimum requirements 'does not guarantee acceptance into the program.'

University 1 is a genuine second route into a competitive faculty at a 70% minimum—but entry into that faculty in year 2 is a separate decision, not an automatic transfer.

University of Manitoba: University 1 program page · Verified August 14, 2026

The Price Faculty of Engineering runs four undergraduate departments—Biosystems, Civil, Electrical and Computer, and Mechanical—alongside a Department of Engineering Education, and publishes 'nearly 20 unique programs of study across multiple engineering disciplines' plus the Engineering Access Program (ENGAP) and a Post Baccalaureate Diploma. Co-op/Industrial Internship is listed as an option, not as a direct-entry admission decision.

University of Manitoba: Price Faculty of Engineering: departments and programs · Verified August 14, 2026

The Rady Faculty comprises six colleges—Community and Global Health, the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, the Max Rady College of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Rehabilitation Sciences—and teaches more than 3,100 students each year with over $103.7 million in external research funding annually. The only Rady routes that appear on UM's Ontario direct-entry list are the Health Sciences and Health Studies degrees at 85% and the Dental Hygiene diploma at 85%.

Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy do not appear on the direct-entry requirements page. Plan a qualifying-year route, not a high-school application, for those.

University of Manitoba: Rady Faculty of Health Sciences: colleges and scale · Verified August 14, 2026

Asper publishes approximately 1800 students at the bachelor's, master's and doctorate levels and emphasises 'intimate class sizes.' Its Department of Accounting and Finance publishes undergraduate majors in accounting, finance, and management information systems (MIS), alongside Supply Chain Management and actuarial studies through the Warren Centre. Asper publishes a 2025 Employment Report built from graduates' own reporting.

University of Manitoba: I. H. Asper School of Business: departments and student body · Verified August 14, 2026

Agricultural and Food Sciences runs a degree route and a Diploma in Agriculture, and UM treats them as separate applications. Both sit at a 70% Ontario minimum over ENG4U, MHF4U or MCV4U and two academic 4U/4M courses, but the Diploma has its own deadlines (May 1, 2026 domestic and March 1, 2026 international for Fall 2026) and its own tuition band—$114.18 per credit hour domestic and $479.96 international in 2026-2027, the lowest published undergraduate rates at UM.

University of Manitoba: Direct-entry applicant information: Ontario minimums and 2026–2027 deadlines · Verified August 14, 2026

UM publishes four residences with pending-approval 2026-2027 totals. First-year buildings: Mary Speechly Hall singles $13,249.00–$14,327.00 and doubles $10,849.00–$11,927.00, all with a meal plan (10 or 15 meals weekly, or unlimited); Pembina Hall Residence, 360 single units, $15,651.00–$16,729.00 with a meal plan; University College, 236 singles and 10 doubles, singles $12,739.00–$14,451.00 and doubles $10,293.00–$12,005.00. Arthur V. Mauro is the upper-year residence: 155 suites housing 316 students at $10,297.00 without a meal plan or $13,267.00–$17,453.00 with one.

UM labels every one of these figures 'pending approval from the Board of Governors'—budget with them, do not quote them as final.

University of Manitoba: Explore residence spaces and 2026–2027 rates by building · Verified August 14, 2026

Arthur V. Mauro's $10,297.00 no-meal-plan total breaks down as room $4,886.00 each term plus a $355.00 holiday break charge, an $85.00 program fee, and $85.00 tenant insurance. Mauro is restricted to students who have completed 8+ months of study or are 19 or older, so most Ontario first-year applicants are comparing the three first-year buildings, where the meal plan is bundled into the headline number.

Never compare Mauro's total against a first-year building's total directly—one excludes food and one includes it.

University of Manitoba: Explore residence spaces and 2026–2027 rates by building · Verified August 14, 2026

The Academic Year residence application 'opens to new applicants in late October,' and UM states 'There is no specific deadline for new applicants' residence applications.' The published sequence is: complete the residence application, pay the residence application fee, wait for a room offer, confirm the reservation with a $1,000 room deposit, and—for international students—complete the study permit step. The Winter application opens in May or two months before January move-in; the Summer application opens in February for students continuing into the next Fall/Winter term.

UM publishes no first-year residence guarantee. 'No deadline' is not the same as 'space available'—apply in late October and treat the room offer, not the application, as confirmation.

University of Manitoba: How to apply for residence: opening dates, offers, and deposit · Verified August 14, 2026

Not yet published. The housing pages currently carry the 2026-2027 rate tables, and each building's rates are explicitly marked as pending approval from the Board of Governors. No 2027-2028 residence figures appear.

Budget with the labelled 2026-2027 rates and recheck the explore-spaces page when UM opens the next academic-year application in late October.

University of Manitoba: Explore residence spaces and 2026–2027 rates by building · Verified August 14, 2026

UM charges undergraduate tuition per credit hour by the unit that teaches the course. Published 2026-2027 rates (domestic / international): Agriculture Diploma $114.18 / $479.96, Arts $163.97 / $689.23, Nursing $177.76 / $723.22, Community and Global Health and Interdisciplinary Health Sciences $181.80 / $764.11, Kinesiology and Recreation Management $186.10 / $782.27, Engineering $186.37 / $683.43, Science and Environment, Earth and Resources $187.65 / $804.00, Social Work $194.19 / $789.96, Agricultural and Food Sciences $198.63 / $808.09, and Asper Management $213.09 / $895.68.

Because the rate follows the teaching unit, a University 1 student pays a different rate for each course rather than one University 1 rate.

University of Manitoba: 2026–2027 undergraduate tuition, compulsory fees, and co-op fees · Verified August 14, 2026

UM publishes approximate base tuition and associated fees for a full course load during the Fall and Winter terms. Domestic: Arts $6,900, Education $7,300, University 1 $7,400, Environment, Earth and Resources $7,600, Business $8,100, Science $8,200, Agricultural and Food Sciences $8,200, Kinesiology and Recreation Management $8,500, Nursing $8,800, Engineering $9,700. International: Arts $24,000, University 1 $25,800, Nursing $26,600, Business $26,700, Science $28,000, Engineering $31,400. The estimates exclude textbooks and supplies.

A domestic Arts or University 1 year under $7,500 all-in is materially below comparable Ontario flat fees—this is the real reason Ontario students look west.

University of Manitoba: Tuition and financial supports: full-load estimates and aid totals · Verified August 14, 2026

Published 2026-2027 compulsory fees: UMSU $142.62 in Fall, $142.61 in Winter and $6.37 in Summer; a $28.96 library fee and a $28.96 registration fee per Fall and Winter term; a $132.86 technology service fee per Fall and Winter term; and a $109.96 sport and recreation fee for full-time Fall/Winter students. Endowment fund fees vary by faculty—Science charges $7.00 per credit hour.

University of Manitoba: 2026–2027 undergraduate tuition, compulsory fees, and co-op fees · Verified August 14, 2026

UM's General Entrance Scholarships need no separate application: Level 1 (Queen Elizabeth II) at an average greater than or equal to 95% is $3,000, Level 2 (Guertin Centennial) at 90% or higher is $2,000, and Level 3 (Hogg Centennial) at 85% or higher is $1,000. Eligibility requires a minimum 85% across five approved courses and enrolment in 24 or more credit hours in both Fall and Winter, with a March 1 deadline. Higher automatic awards exist: the Isabel Auld, Chancellors' and President's Laureate Scholarships are $5,000, renewable for three years, at a minimum 95% average, and President's Scholars receive $1,000 in each of second, third and fourth years with a 4.0+ GPA renewal condition.

The March 1 scholarship deadline is the same day as the general direct-entry application deadline—applying in August as a domestic University 1 applicant forfeits this consideration.

University of Manitoba: Entrance awards: automatic scholarships and application-based awards · Verified August 14, 2026

UM publishes International Baccalaureate Entrance Scholarships of $1,100 to $3,500 based on diploma points from 25 to 44, open to first-time university entrants from any province or country and requiring the full IB diploma with Theory of Knowledge, the extended essay and CAS. Advanced Placement and IB Enhancement Scholarships add $250 per AP score of 5, $150 per AP score of 4, and $250 per IB higher-level 7, but only for students who already qualified for a UM entrance scholarship. Both carry a March 1 deadline.

University of Manitoba: Entrance awards: automatic scholarships and application-based awards · Verified August 14, 2026

Published application-based entrance awards and their latest deadlines: Fairfax Financial Holdings Entrance Awards, $6,000 each with three awarded annually, minimum 80% average plus demonstrated financial need, renewable in years 2-4 at a 3.5+ GPA, deadline July 31, 2026; the Asper Foundation Entrance Bursary, $1,000 each renewable for three years at a minimum 70% average with financial need, deadline July 31, 2026; the Chown Centennial Scholarship, $1000 per student for an 85%+ Grade 12 average by high-school nomination only, deadline June 30, 2026; the Alumni Association Entrance Scholarship, minimum $1,000 with an essay, deadline August 1, 2026; the Premier's Healthy Living Scholarship for Youth, $1,000 for up to 10 recipients, deadline August 1, 2026; and Schulich Leader Scholarships, deadline February 18, 2026.

The Asper and Fairfax awards exclude international students in their first year of post-secondary study in Canada, and several of these dates belong to the current cycle—confirm each one when the Fall 2027 award pages post.

University of Manitoba: Entrance awards: automatic scholarships and application-based awards · Verified August 14, 2026

UM publishes $40 million in scholarships and bursaries awarded each year, $3.5 million in entrance scholarships each year, 1,600 first-year students receiving entrance scholarships each year, and over $14 million in bursaries available.

University of Manitoba: Tuition and financial supports: full-load estimates and aid totals · Verified August 14, 2026

Not yet published. UM states that fees are approved annually by the University of Manitoba Board of Governors and that 'In the event of a discrepancy between the fee rates approved by the Board and those published on this website, the fee rates approved by the Board will prevail.' The current undergraduate tables cover 2026-2027, and the registrar's important-dates page publishes only Summer 2026, Fall 2026 and Winter 2027.

Budget with the labelled 2026-2027 per-credit rates and re-check the registrar's undergraduate tuition page before treating any figure as a Fall 2027 quote.

University of Manitoba: 2026–2027 undergraduate tuition, compulsory fees, and co-op fees · Verified August 14, 2026

UM Career Services lists co-op or internship programs in seven units: Agricultural and Food Sciences, Architecture, Arts, the Price Faculty of Engineering (Co-op/IIP), the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth and Resources, Science, and the Asper School of Business. There is no university-wide co-op eligibility rule or common work-term structure—each faculty publishes its own.

No UM co-op is a high-school admission decision. Every published route requires an in-course application after entering the faculty, so a co-op offer cannot be secured through the OUAC-style choice ordering Ontario applicants are used to.

University of Manitoba: Career Services: which faculties publish co-op and internships · Verified August 14, 2026

Arts co-op is open to majors in anthropology, central and east European studies, criminology, economics, English, film studies, German, history, labour studies, linguistics, philosophy, political studies, psychology, religion and culture, sociology and theatre. Students 'successfully complete the equivalent of three work terms' at a competitive wage, and 'when you choose the co-op option, your regular four-year program is completed over five years.' GPA minimums are 3.00 for honours programs and 2.00 for advanced majors, though some fields require 3.00. The application period opens January 1 and closes May 31.

University of Manitoba: Faculty of Arts co-operative education program · Verified August 14, 2026

To graduate with the Co-op/IIP designation, students 'must complete a minimum of 12 months worth of work terms,' with flexible placements of 4, 8, 12 or 16 months. Applications are accepted every fall—the current package is due before November 1st, 2026—and applicants must be in good academic standing with a GPA above 2.0, not on probation or academic warning, and must have successfully completed 42 credit hours toward the degree by the end of the Fall term. UM publishes an average Co-op/IIP wage of $23.00 per hour with a range of $18-$30+ per hour, and course fees of approximately $400.00 for every 4-month term excluding university fees.

University of Manitoba: Price Faculty of Engineering Co-op/IIP · Verified August 14, 2026

Science co-op covers Computer Science (Major, Honours) and joint honours with Computer Science, computational options in Data Science, Mathematics and Physics & Astronomy, and life and physical sciences including Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Genetics, Microbiology and Psychology. Students complete 'a minimum of 3 or a maximum of 4 Work Terms,' each 4 months beginning in January, May or September. Applicants must sit between 54 and 90 credit hours at the end of the Fall term with at least 30 credit hours remaining, and meet a GPA of 2.50 for major programs (3.00 for Psychology) or 3.00 for honours programs. Most students apply during the Winter Term of second year; Computer Science applications run once per year in April.

UM's published average wages on this page are dated 2023—$23 per hour for Computer Science and $18 per hour for other disciplines—so treat them as historical, not current.

University of Manitoba: Faculty of Science co-op: prospective students · Verified August 14, 2026

BComm co-op requires the IDM 1010 Communications for Career Management prerequisite, a degree GPA of 2.5 or higher, and 45-81 completed credit hours at the start of the first work term; students then complete three paid four-month work terms alternating with academic terms. Asper publishes that '97% of co-op students immediately finding full-time jobs after graduation,' that 95% of co-op BComm grads are employed full time 3 months after graduation, that 100+ employers participate, and that 30% of all BComm graduates were Asper co-op students. Master's-level co-op carries a $5,000 co-op fee.

These are Asper's own self-reported outcome figures from graduate surveys, not audited placement data.

University of Manitoba: Asper School of Business co-op program and employment outcomes · Verified August 14, 2026

Students in the faculty's undergraduate degree programs and the Diploma in Agriculture apply 'with the intent to complete 3 work terms' of roughly four months, earning 3 credit hours per co-op work term. Degree students need at least 24 completed credit hours and a minimum DGPA of 2.0; diploma students need the same GPA and 24+ credit hours by the end of the application year. Intake occurs annually in the fall with applications opening in summer—the current deadline is midnight on Sunday, September 27 for a Summer 2027 work term—and positions must be paid at industry standard wages.

University of Manitoba: Agricultural and Food Sciences co-operative education program · Verified August 14, 2026

UM's 2026-2027 fee schedule lists co-op program work term fees by faculty: Arts $897.99, Management $937.31, Agricultural & Food Sciences $796.70, Science $710.80, Engineering $462.85, and Architecture (Environmental Design) $415.69, plus a Science Internship (SCI 2980/2990) fee of $646.46. These are charged per work term and sit on top of tuition and compulsory fees.

Engineering's $462.85 registrar fee is separate from the roughly $400.00 per 4-month course fee the Co-op/IIP page quotes—verify the total for the exact program and term.

University of Manitoba: 2026–2027 undergraduate tuition, compulsory fees, and co-op fees · Verified August 14, 2026