Applicants for degree programs may be admitted to Approved, Qualified, or Provisional Status.

Students who have met the minimum admission requirements stipulated by the Graduate School and have met all departmental requirements for admission are granted admission to Approved Status. Admission to this status implies only that a student is permitted to commence graduate work which normally will lead to a degree or diploma. However, admission to Approved Status does not guarantee that a student will be allowed to become a candidate for a degree or diploma.

Admission to Provisional Status may be granted to an applicant who has failed to meet one or more of the admission requirements. The first obligation of students admitted to Provisional Status will be to meet all of the conditions specified at the time of admission. Students admitted to Provisional Status because of their previous GPA will be eligible for advancement to Approved Status after the completion of 12 semester hours of work if their GPA for all work attempted is at least 3.00.

Students in a Provisional Status may be dismissed after one registration if their GPA is below 3.00, or if they have failed to meet other specified conditions.

Admission to Qualified Status may be granted to applicants who have met all requirements except for prerequisite course work which must be completed by the end of the second registration. Upon completion of such work, and provided the student has earned a GPA of at least 3.00 for all work attempted, he/she is eligible to be advanced to Approved Status.

Applicants who do not wish to earn a graduate degree but want to take graduate courses are classified as Non-Degree students. Applicants for this status MUST possess either a graduate degree earned at an accredited North American institution or a bachelor's degree at an accredited institution.

Subject to the approval of the department and the dean of the Graduate School, a maximum of nine (9) semester credits taken as a graduate Non-Degree student may subsequently be counted toward a graduate degree subject to all other regulations.

This status is reserved for applicants who intend to pursue a degree program and who are allowed to register in the Graduate School while a formal application for admission is completed and processed and eligibility determined. Work taken in this status will not count toward a graduate degree at UND unless admission to a graduate program is secured. A Deferred Student who fails to gain admission to a graduate program by the next registration period will be considered to be in Non-Degree status. The status of those who are admitted will be converted to degree status retroactively.

The purpose of this status is to provide a procedure for individuals to take a limited amount of academic work for cultural, intellectual, and continuing education needs. A student registered in Post-Baccalaureate status may not change to another status until the completion of the term. All work taken will be graded on the Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory system and cannot be applied to any graduate degree program at the University of North Dakota.

(Any student who has been dismissed as a Degree, Deferred admission, or Non-Degree student is eligible to register in the Graduate School only as a Post-Baccalaureate student.)

Transient students are those who are pursuing a graduate program at another university but who wish to enroll for a semester or summer session with the intent of returning to their home institutions. If a Transient student elects to remain at the University of North Dakota to work toward a graduate degree, formal application for admission to a degree program will be required. Subsequently, if admitted, the student may ask the Advisory Committee to accept courses taken while in Transient Status to a degree program.