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Application for Admission

If you are applying to Grande Prairie Regional College for the first time, a non-refundable application fee must accompany your application. For international (visa) students, the fee is double the domestic rate. The application process cannot proceed until appropriate transcripts or forms have been received or until pre-program assessments or interviews have been completed as required for admission.

Interviews and Testing

Your admission will only be considered when preprogram testing or interviews have been completed as required for program admission.

Classification of Students

• Adult or mature students are normally 21 years of age or older and do not have the regular admission requirements for their chosen program.

• Audit students observe designated course activities and are normally exempt from course evaluations.  Audit students require written approval of the instructor who specifies how much participation is required. Approval is subject to space, impact on other students and such other factors as may be deemed important by GPRC. (Audit Agreement Form)

• International students are not residents of Canada or Landed Immigrants. An international student is one who possesses a valid student visa or becomes eligible for a student visa upon acceptance to GPRC.

• Regular full-time students are enrolled in at least 60 percent of a full program load, normally the full curriculum, described for a particular year of study for a certificate, diploma or university transfer program. For example, to be considered full-time in a program with 30 credits of prescribed studies, you must enroll in eighteen credits. If the program runs over two semesters, you need to enroll in nine credits each semester to be considered full-time.

• Special or Unclassified students are normally enrolled in a credit course load that departs from particular programs described in the calendar and are not working towards a specified certificate or diploma offered by the College.

• Visiting students take credit courses to be applied by advance agreement, to a degree or diploma program at another college or university.

Selection Criteria

Grande Prairie Regional College reserves the right to determine the criteria for selection in all of its programs and courses.  General regulations notwithstanding, the College, at its discretion, may refuse admission to any applicant.

Confidentiality

The personal information that you provide when you apply for admission to College, will be collected under the authority of the Post-Secondary Learning Act and in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy legislation of the Government of Alberta.  Information collected is used to maintain College records in processing your enrollment, monitoring academic progress, providing tax receipts, distributing follow-up College related information, College research, awards, graduation, fund raising and alumni contact.  

Files are maintained on every student. They include correspondence, grades, applications, admission rulings and official transcripts.  You will have access to your file; your advisor and the Chairperson responsible for administering your program will be permitted to view data on your progress. 

Outside agencies may see your file only with your written permission.  The College will not release information on your progress, attendance, etc., to sponsoring agencies without a signed release from you giving the College explicit permission to do so.  Your personal information and academic records will not be released to your parents, your spouse, your guardian, or any other person or agency, without your written approval.

Students may wish to review the College policy on Access to Confidential Student Records and Information.  Public inquiries related to the collection, use and disclosure of the personal information provided should be directed to the Registrar or to the FOIPP Coordinator.

Change in Personal Information

Students are advised to complete Student Information Change Form whenever there is a change in the student’s name, address or marital status.  Upon receipt of the signed change form, the Registrar’s Office will amend the student permanent record.