Once an applicant has met the general university admission requirements, they may be considered for admission to a specific program. Each program has a different set of admission requirements. For some programs, an applicant who has satisfied the general university admission requirements has also satisfied the program admission requirement. For other programs, there may be several specific admission requirements in addition to the general university admission requirement.
Open Registration
An open registration program is an associate degree, diploma or certificate program for which the program admission requirements are the same as the general admission requirements. In other words, there are no specific program admission requirements. Qualified applicants are admitted to these programs based on their date of application. Most semester-based programs are open registration programs or have an open registration component.
Kwantlen is committed to accepting all qualified applicants who apply on or before the application cut-off date. At times, the number of courses desired by qualified applicants can exceed the number of spaces available. Therefore, acceptance to Kwantlen is not a guarantee of registration in any or all of the courses or course sections an applicant may desire.
It is important that students be flexible in their course choices, be open to attending classes on more than one campus, and be persistent in their attempts to register. Students should also note that programs, courses, services and other related activities might be offered on any day of the week.
Selective Entry (Limited Enrolment)
A selective entry program is a degree, diploma or certificate program in which there are a limited number of spaces that are filled through an established selection process.
Qualified applicants for selective entry programs are offered admission to the program based on one, or a combination, of the following selection methods:
- date of application
- date of qualification
- computer generated random selection
- non-academic point system
Selective entry programs include the following:
- Accounting (degree completion)
- Applied Business Technology
- Applied Science *
- Arts (degree completion) *
- Business Administration (degree completion)
- Community Support Worker
- Computer Systems Technician
- Community Criminal Justice (degree completion)
- Criminology (degree completion)
- Environmental Protection Technology
- Fashion Design & Technology *
- Graphic Design for Marketing
- Human Resources Management
- Information Technology (degree completion)
- Integrated Pest Management
- Interdisciplinary Design Studies
- Interior Design
- Journalism
- Music *
- Nursing
- Psychiatric Nursing
- Psychology (degree completion)
- Public Relations
- Public Safety Communications
- Special Education Teacher's Assistant
Note:* Contains an open registration component
Fixed Term (Limited Enrolment)
A fixed term program is a certificate or citation program that has a limited number of seats and begins and ends on dates that are usually different from Kwantlen’s regular semester dates. Admission to most fixed term programs requires a selection process based on specific program admission requirements. Qualified applicants for fixed term programs are wait-listed by date of qualification.
Continuous Intake (Limited Enrolment)
A continuous-intake program is a certificate or citation program in which there are a limited number of seats that are continuously filled from a wait-list as space becomes available. There are no fixed start and end dates for the program. Instead, each student starts and ends the program on an individual basis. Admission to most continuous-intake programs requires a selection process based on specific program admission requirements. Qualified applicants for continuous intake programs are wait-listed by date of qualification.