Students must submit their complete application, including the online application form, non-refundable application fee, and all required supporting documentation by the deadlines below.
Application Deadlines | ||||
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Undergrad | GSTM | MA-PCD | MBA | |
Fall semester start | May 1 | March 31 | March 31 | January 15 |
*Fall semester start for international students already in Canada with a valid study permit | August 1 | May 31 | May 31 | January 15 |
Winter semester start | August 15 | June 30 | June 30 | — |
*Winter semester start for international students already in Canada with a valid study permit | November 15 | August 31 | August 31 | — |
If you meet the admission requirements for your undergraduate or graduate program of interest, you are ready to apply online!
Authorized International Agents: CMU has authorized one international agency to assist international students as they navigate the application process. This agency is called J Link Consulting Co. Ltd., operating out of Taiwan. CMU is not seeking partnerships with any other international agencies at this time.
Your application must be accompanied by a non-refundable $150 CAD application fee. CMU has partnered with Flywire (a money transfer service) to help make the payment process easier for international students. Payment can be made directly from your home country to your student account.
You will be able to upload digital copies of your transcripts to your online application portal; however, these uploaded copies cannot be used for any official assessment of your application.
Students applying for undergraduate programs are required to submit official transcripts, which are sent directly from your previous high school(s)/post-secondary institution(s), to determine your eligibility. CMU can receive official transcripts in two ways:
Students applying for graduate programs are required to submit post-secondary transcripts via an official World Education Services report. All graduate applicants who studied and obtained credentials at an institution outside Canada or the United States are required to submit their transcripts via a World Education Services (WES) Course-By-Course International Credential Advantage Package (ICAP) report. WES offers a variety of reports, but CMU is only able to accept the course-by course ICAP report. This applies to both international graduate applicants and domestic graduate applicants who studied abroad. Your report must be sent directly from WES to CMU. CMU requires transcripts of all post-secondary studies.
No admission decisions will be made based on unofficial copies of transcripts. Admissions assessments will only be conducted for applicants who have submitted the online application form and paid the non-refundable application fee.
If you require your transcripts back please inform us in writing, with a letter or email. We will send you your transcripts back either by post (with an additional charge for postage) or hold them until you arrive at CMU. In accordance with Canadian information laws, CMU will only hold onto a student's files for three years. When three years has passed, the files will be shredded.
For graduate students, references are required. You will enter the name and contact information for your referees into the online application. The referees will then be sent an e-mail with instructions and a link to upload the reference. If referees don’t receive the e-mail please have them check their spam and trash folders.
Graduate students should consult the Graduate Studies webpage for more details regarding the supporting documentation required for their program.
International applicants must demonstrate proficiency in English. If required to submit English Proficiency Exam results, these results must be less than two years old. These documents should be sent directly to CMU by the testing agency.
Refer to the country-specific requirements to see English Proficiency requirements.
We will assess your application only after we have received your completed online application form, your non-refundable application fee, and all required supporting documentation. When the assessment is complete, we will contact you and inform you of the results of this assessment. Undergraduate applicants can expect to hear from us within three to four weeks. Graduate applicants can expect a response in six to eight weeks. You can expect a response even if your application is not successful.
If they are eligible for admission, undergraduate students will receive an Eligibility Letter from CMU. This Eligibility Letter is not an official Letter of Acceptance (LOA) and cannot be used to apply for a study permit. In this Eligibility Letter, undergraduate students will be asked to pay their tuition deposit to receive their LOA and Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL), both of which are required to apply for an undergraduate study permit.
If they are eligible for admission, graduate students will receive their official LOA. Graduate students do not need a PAL to apply for a study permit. MBA students can defer their offer of admission for one year. All other graduate students can defer their offer of admission for two years. If their deferral allowance has passed, students must reapply for admission.
Registration Deposit Deadlines | ||||
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Undergrad | GSTM | MA-PCD | MBA | |
Fall semester start | — | June 1 | June 1 | — |
Winter semester start | — | September 15 | September 15 | — |
Tuition Deposit Deadlines | ||||
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Undergrad | GSTM | MA-PCD | MBA | |
Fall semester start | June 30 | — | — | June 1 |
Winter semester start | October 31 | — | — | — |
2024/25 Total Deposit Amounts (CAD) | ||||
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Undergrad | GSTM | MA-PCD | MBA | |
Registration Deposit | — | $1,000 | $1,000 | — |
Tuition Deposit | $10,000 | — | — | $8,000 |
* This policy applies to all new international students, except for international students already living in Canada on valid study permits.
* This policy applies to all new international students, except for international students already living in Canada on valid study permits.
Mandatory for first-year, undergraduate international students
Printed from: www.cmu.ca/admissions/international/how-to-apply