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Become a Guest Graduate Student at UM-Flint

Graduate students at other colleges and universities can be permitted to take University of Michigan-Flint graduate courses without being formally admitted to a graduate degree program.  There are several ways a graduate student at another institution can take graduate courses as a guest student at UM-Flint.

How to Apply

If you wish to be a graduate guest student and you are not participating in the MIGS program or currently enrolled in a Rackham program at UM-Ann Arbor or UM-Dearborn, complete the Application for Graduate Lifelong Learning or Guest Admission and submit it together with the following supporting documents to the Office of Graduate Programs:

  • A transcript or diploma with bachelor’s or master’s degree posted.
  • Approval from your advisor (via a memo or email to the Office of Graduate Programs) in the program in which you enrolled or admitted.

Once admitted to the university, you must contact the academic department or program that offers the course(s) to get a registration override. Once the override is issued, you may register for the course(s).

Michigan Intercollegiate Graduate Study

The University of Michigan participates in the Michigan Intercollegiate Graduate Study Program. The MIGS Program creates exchange possibilities for graduate students currently enrolled in Michigan universities. Students in good standing at one institution may take advantage of course and research opportunities offered at another institution, provided that such opportunities are not available on the home campus. Students in master’s or specialist degree programs may enroll for six hours at a host institution while doctoral students may enroll for up to nine hours.

How to apply Michigan Intercollegiate Graduate Study Students

Guest students from another public Michigan college or university that participates in the Michigan Intercollegiate Graduate Study program may apply using the MIGS application following this process:

  • The student and his/her academic advisor decide if the course(s) are appropriate to the program of study and are not available at the home university. The advisor discusses the plan with appropriate faculty members at UM-Flint.
  • The appropriate UM-Flint department is consulted to ensure that space is available for enrollment. The instructor or program director sends a memo or e-mails the approval to the Office of Graduate Programs.The approval must include the name of the course, course number, and the term for which the course is approved for election.
  • The student should obtain signatures from the student’s academic advisor and home institution’s MIGS Liaison Officer on the MIGS application.
  • The student sends the application to the Office of Graduate Programs. The Office of Graduate Programs will assist MIGS students in obtaining the Flint faculty, department chairperson, and UM-Flint MIGS Liaison Officer signatures.

General Guest Student Status

Students who have a bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited institution, are currently graduate students attending another institution and wish to take graduate courses not necessarily leading to a UM-Flint degree, and who cannot participate in the MIGS or Rackham guest programs (described above) are considered general graduate guest students.

Guest Student General Policies

The following policies apply to Guest Students applying for graduate programs at UM-Flint.

Guest admission is for one term only. Students who wish to enroll in a future term as a guest student must submit another application.

  • A transcript, diploma, or other proof of a bachelor’s or master’s degree earned at an accredited institution is required for admission.
  • Guest students must obtain instructor and/or program director approval for each course they wish to elect.
  • Guest students must also obtain approval from their advisor in the program in which they are currently enrolled or admitted.
  • Prerequisites, grading standards, class assignments, and attendance requirements of a course apply to all students in that course, including guest students.
  • Colleges, departments, schools, and programs determine rules of access to their courses and may limit enrollment of guest students in certain courses.
  • Graduate guest students are not eligible for most sources of financial aid from UM-Flint.