Dear Unit Heads, Grad Chairs and Support Staff Contacts:

Please note that the preliminary 2022/23 Academic Guide is now live online and effective Fall 2022.

We would like to inform you of the substantive changes to the 2022/23 Academic Guide. Please circulate this email to the faculty and staff in your department/unit:

**Application, Admission and Registration Policies:**

• Proficiency in English: CanTEST has been removed as it will be obsolete this year

• Eligibility of UM Staff Members: added that a staff member at the rank of  may not seek admission in the unit in which they are appointed.

  Instructor 1 and above

• Initial Program Registration: all students, whether domestic or international, may now defer their admission for one year following initial acceptance

• Canadian University Graduate Transfer Agreement (CUGTA) added to Guide

• Incomplete Courses: language updated and replicated from the Registrar’s Office’s website

• Occasional Students: added: occasional students must apply via the regular FGS admission process; occasional students must upload proof of instructor permission to take the respective course(s) as occasional

• Visiting Students: the majority (rather than 60%) of coursework per academic year must be taken at the graduate level while registered as a VS

• Throughout document: applying on a Letter of Permission will now be done through Slate

Academic Performance - General

• General Note: “Good Standing” has been defined
• Academic Performance: Performance that remains “Satisfactory” throughout the year does not need to be reported to the Faculty of Graduate Studies more than annually but should remain on file in the department/unit.
• Performance in Coursework: Clarification that a student must remediate a low degree GPA through the registration and completion of additional course(s)

New Section: General Regulations: Micro-Diploma (reflects the Senate-approved Certificate & Diploma Framework)

• Admission, performance in coursework, and re-registration requirements remain the same as the Master’s
• Time in program: limited to one year (3 consecutive terms)