Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management applicant admission requirements (2025-2026)

Kinesiology, Athletic Therapy and Physical Education

Recreation Management and Community Development

^*Admission to the Winter term is only if space is available.

This information is available with, and constitutes part of, the application. It is assumed that all applicants have read and understood it prior to submitting the completed application.

Programs offered

• Bachelor of Kinesiology (BKin)
• Bachelor of Kinesiology, Athletic Therapy Program (BKin-AT)
• Bachelor of Physical Education (BPE)
• Bachelor of Recreation Management and Community Development (BRMCD)

A. Academic Requirements

All applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Successful completion of at least one year of university level study (24 credit hours). Equivalent courses completed at other universities or postsecondary institutions will be considered for admission and transfer credit only if the courses have been taken within the last 10 years. (Work completed at the college level may be acceptable; see Section 4: Selection Process, A. Calculation of the Adjusted Grade Point Average (AGPA))
  • A minimum Adjusted Grade Point Average (AGPA) of 2.0 (C) (see Section 4: Selection Process, A. Calculation of the Adjusted Grade Point Average (AGPA))
  • For all programs except the Bachelor of Recreation Management and Community Development, completion of the required courses as listed in the subsequent table with no grade less than a ‘C’ by April 2024.

It is expected that these courses will be completed by the end of the April 2024 examination period.

Students who need to complete the required courses and the 24 credit hour requirement at the University of Manitoba in the Summer 2024 term in order to meet the admission requirements will only be considered on a space available basis after all other eligible applicants have been considered.

These applicants must notify the admissions office by email (admissions.kinandrec@umanitoba.ca) of their intention to complete admissions requirements in the summer term. All final grades for summer courses must be submitted no later than September 1st.

B. Required Courses

The following table applies to:

• Bachelor of Kinesiology
• Bachelor of Kinesiology (Athletic Therapy)
• Bachelor of Physical Education

Additional requirements for the Bachelor of Kinesiology, Athletic Therapy Program only:

• Valid certification in BLS (Basic Life Support) CPR and Standard First Aid completed prior to commencement of classes in the Athletic Therapy Program

Notes

• Applicants satisfying these requirements are eligible for consideration. However, selection is academically competitive, and attainment of the minimum requirements does not guarantee selection and admission.
• Students applying for the BKin-AT Program will automatically be considered for the BKin Program if they are not admitted into the BKin-AT and are competitive for admission into the BKin Program.
• No specific courses are required for application to the Bachelor of Recreation Management and Community Development program; 24 credit hours of elective courses are required.

C. English Language Proficiency Requirements

All applicants whose primary language is not English and do not qualify for a waiver under the University of Manitoba’s English language proficiency regulations will be required to demonstrate proficiency in English.

Additional information regarding specific proficiency requirements, waiver information, and test options can be found on the English language proficiency requirements page.

• English language proficiency requirements

Results for most language tests, including TOEFL, IELTS, and Duolingo, expire two years from the test date. Test scores must be valid at the start of classes. Please confirm the validity of your test results.

A. Application Fees

Applications are not considered received until the application is submitted and the non-refundable application fee has been paid by the posted deadline.

All correspondence, including decision release information will be sent via email and posted to your application portal.

Please ensure your email account remains current and will accept emails from the University of Manitoba. Check your filters.

It is important to check your email and application portal regularly and specifically around the deadlines and important dates listed below.

B. Deadlines and Important Dates

Kinesiology, Athletic Therapy and Physical Education

Recreation Management Fall 2025

Recreation Managmenet Winter 2026^*

^*Admission to the Winter term is for Recreation Management and is only if space is available.

C. Required Application Documentation

The following documents will be required to complete your application:

Please send all applicable documentation to the following address:

Admission for Kinesiology & Recreation Management
University of Manitoba
424 UMSU University Centre
65 Chancellors Circle
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2

Electronic transcripts should be submitted to applicant.services@umanitoba.ca.

In order to be considered official, electronic transcripts must be sent directly from the email of the office responsible for issuing transcripts. Transcripts emailed or forwarded by the applicant are considered unofficial.

The University of Manitoba is a registered receiving organization with MyCreds^TM. Applicants from participating member universities and colleges can release their transcripts to the University of Manitoba through their MyCreds^TM portal. Applicants should select 'Share' and then 'Organization' instead of opting for 'email'.

Applications are not complete until all necessary documents are received. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that our office receives all required information.

Applicants must notify the Admissions Office immediately should they either enroll at a post-secondary institution not previously declared on their application or enroll in additional coursework not declared on the previously submitted final transcript provided for assessment. Applicants will be required to provide proof of registration.

D. Transfer Credit Information

At the University of Manitoba, all prior course work from recognized post-secondary institutions will be considered as part of the application for admission process for our undergraduate degree and diploma programs.

Courses are evaluated for advanced standing or transfer credit on a course-by-course basis and assigned a University of Manitoba equivalent, where applicable. Where a direct equivalent does not exist, students may receive general (unallocated) credit. The Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management will only consider external courses completed within the last ten years.

Courses deemed acceptable for transfer credit will be awarded, subject to program approval, up to the maximum allowed under the program of admission, based on the Faculty or School’s transfer credit policy and residency requirements (consult the section of the University's Academic Calendar for details).

• Explore the Academic Calendar

Students may be asked to provide comprehensive and accurate course outlines or syllabi, as issued by their institution of study, for all courses lacking a current evaluation. Course outlines or syllabi should include information on course objectives, outline of the units studied, textbook(s) used, assignments, and accompanying laboratory information, if applicable, to assist in the transfer credit assessment process.

An online transfer credit resource is available for information on current course evaluations receiving credit.

While we appreciate that some institutions do not have course information readily available, many students have been able to provide the information requested by contacting the individual departments or instructors at their prior institutions. Students that are unable to provide the requested course information may render themselves ineligible for programs with specific course requirements. Only successful applicants will be notified of transfer credit results.

Additional information related to transfer credit is available on the Admissions website.

Transfer credit information

A. Calculation of the Adjusted Grade Point Average (AGPA)

Selection is competitive and will be based on the applicant’s Adjusted Grade Point Average (AGPA) which will be calculated for each applicant. If a student has completed 24 to 30 credit hours of university or university equivalent work, the AGPA will be the student’s cumulative grade point average over the total university and/or college work determined to be equivalent to university level regardless of faculty or school completion. If a student has completed more than 30 credit hours of university work, then the AGPA will be calculated from the most recently completed 30 credit hours of university or university equivalent work. If it is not possible to clearly identify the most recently completed 30 credit hours of work, the sessional average of the session containing the remainder of the 30 credit hours will be used as a representative grade for the remaining hours.

Notes

• It is the applicant’s responsibility to inform the Admission Office in writing of any deferred exams or grade changes. All final grades, including grade changes must be submitted to the Admissions Office by the document deadline in order for them to be included in the final selection process.   Grade changes will not be accepted after the documentation deadline date.  If a grade is not available by the documentation deadline date, an ‘F’ grade will be used in the final admission determination and calculation.
• The Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management accepts credit for community college, technical college, or other accredited college course equivalents as assigned by the relevant discipline departments at the University of Manitoba. Such courses are considered for potential transfer credit to the programs and only those courses will be used in establishing eligibility (24 credit hours of university level coursework).
• In the calculation of the AGPA, all courses which have been assigned a final grade are considered “completed” university work, including failed courses. The only exception to this will be courses which have been repeated; in these cases, only the latest attempt of the course will be used in the calculation of the AGPA. Courses graded Pass/Fail will be included in the credit hour count but excluded from the AGPA calculation.
• Should a grade be retained on your record yet excluded from your institutional GPA calculation, that grade will be used to meet admission requirements and the GPA calculation for your application to the University of Manitoba.
• Courses completed on a full or part-time basis, in all undergraduate and graduate programs, and in Regular and Summer Sessions will be used in the AGPA calculation.

B. Individual Consideration Category

The mission statement of the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management is the discovery and dissemination of knowledge related to physical activity, human movement, sport, and leisure to improve the health, well-being, and quality of life of Manitobans, Canadians, and citizens of the world. To achieve this mission, it is important that the student body within our degree programs is representative of the rich diversity of peoples within the province. A diverse student body enriches the overall teaching and learning climate. The faculty recognizes the need to ensure that its recruitment and admission policies and procedures actively promote the achievement of these and other University of Manitoba priorities.

A holistic review of these characteristics along with all required documentation is used for consideration of applications in the Individual Consideration category, with no particular weight to any one characteristic.  Decisions are necessarily subjective; reasons are neither recorded nor given.

1. For the purpose of identification, Individual Consideration will include applicants who identify as one of the following underrepresented groups:

a) Canada Indigenous Peoples

An Indigenous person is a member of a Canadian First Nation, Métis, or Inuit community.

b) Racialized Minorities

Those individuals, other than Indigenous/Aboriginal peoples, who, because of their ethnicity, are a “visible” minority in Canada; to include recent immigrants and refugees.

c) Mature Students

Students whose age and experience combine to provide them with a unique perspective in relation to the fields of kinesiology, recreation, and physical education. This may include those who have an experiential background in sport, physical activity, recreation, the arts, or other human service fields (for example, social work, education, nursing, fitness trainer, paramedic, teaching aid) or have been employed full-time for a substantial period of time (i.e., more than three years).

d) ACCESS Program Students

Those who are members of the University of Manitoba ACCESS program.

e) Persons with Disabilities

Persons with disabilities are those who would consider themselves disadvantaged by reason of any physical, intellectual, mental, sensory, or learning impairment.

f) Exceptional Circumstance

2. Have met all Eligibility Requirements as outlined in Section 2: Eligibility Requirements.

Notes

• No more than 10 percent of the total entering class will be admitted to each degree program in this category each year.
• Students wishing to be considered in the Individual Consideration category must select the Individual Consideration applicant type as well as fill out the Individual Consideration questions which are added to the application portal postsubmission.
• Individual Consideration applicants will automatically be considered in the general applicant pool and, if competitive, will be offered admission in that category. Students who are not admitted, but who meet the criteria for the Individual Consideration Category, will then be individually considered for admission.

C. Tie Breaking Procedure for Offers

In the event of a tie, the following procedure will be used:

1. Increase the number of significant figures used in the calculation.
2. Where a tie still exists, the application that was received first will be used to break the tie.  All completed applications are time stamped upon submission; in the case of a paper application, these applications will be time stamped after they have been entered into the system by a University of Manitoba Admissions Office staff member.

D. Notification of Decision

Once a decision has been made, all applicants will receive an email notifying them to log into their application portal to view the decision. Students that are offered admission will be required to confirm their acceptance. If the offer is not accepted and the subsequent deposit paid by the deadline date indicated in the letter, the offer will lapse. Lapsed offers will be considered a declined response. It is imperative that email accounts remain current and are regularly checked.

Applicants offered admission will have 5 business days to respond and will be required to pay a nonrefundable deposit of $100.00 to indicate their acceptance of the offer. This deposit will be credited to first year fees or forfeited if the applicant subsequently declines.

Individuals who wish to have their applications reconsidered should submit their request in writing to the Chair of the Selection Committee. Past experience has shown that most inquiries can be satisfied at this level without further reference. Persons wishing reconsideration of the decision of the Selection Committee shall direct their request to the Chair within ten (10) business days of the posted decision date. All appeals must come directly from the applicant and not a third party (e.g. parent, sibling, friend, agent, etc.). 

Should the student wish to pursue the reconsideration decision further, such an appeal will be made in accordance with the Senate Committee on Appeals Procedures.

• Review the Senate Committee on Appeals policy and procedures

Applicants are advised that appeals of reconsideration decisions by the Chair of the Selection Committee and the Senate Appeal Committee focus on questions of correct adherence to published policies and procedures outlined in this document, and not on subjective issues or the relative merits of the application.

The Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management and Admissions Office are able to assist applicants who seek counselling regarding admission to the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management. However, it is policy not to instruct applicants as to a specific course of action they should follow, but rather to provide the information needed for applicants to make their own choice with respect to the alternatives available. The following points require special attention:

1. Applicants are encouraged to discuss their plans with all who can usefully advise them, but they should be aware that second and third hand information about admission policies may not be accurate.
2. No official at the university can guarantee the admission of any applicant. Admission is determined by the Committee on the basis of an annual competition.
3. All applicants are advised to supplement any personal enquiries with a written request so that an official written response can be made. It is only these written responses which will be considered as evidence of any advice given (see Section 8: Contact Information).

The University of Manitoba is committed to providing all students equal access to learning opportunities. If you are a student with a diagnosed disability (permanent, chronic, or temporary) who may require academic accommodations, please contact Student Accessibility Services at 204-474-7423 or by email at student_accessibility@umanitoba.ca to learn more about the confidential supports that are available.

Undergraduate Programs Academic Advisor
109 Frank Kennedy Centre
204-474-9748

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