Admission Requirements

To be admitted directly into the MAE program, applicants must hold, or reasonably expect to hold by September, an Honours Bachelor’s degree in Economics, or a general 4-year degree in Economics with coursework in Advanced Microeconomics, Advanced Macroeconomics, Calculus, Statistics and Econometrics.

Students with other undergraduate degrees who have completed a significant number of economics courses and/or have good training in Mathematics and Statistics may be admitted to the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Economics (PBCE) program. If approved coursework for the PBCE is successfully completed, students will be offered admission to the MAE program in the following academic year. All applicants to the MAE program are automatically considered for admission into the PBCE program if they do not meet MAE admission requirements. It is also possible to apply directly to the PBCE program. Preliminary enquiries regarding potential for admittance to the PBCE may be made to the Graduate Program Committee Chair (econgrad@uwinnipeg.ca).

In general, the minimum acceptable CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) is 3.0 out of a possible 4.0, equivalent to “B” on a letter grade scale. The Department of Economics will assess degrees earned outside Canada to determine their equivalency.

Admission to the MAE program is a competitive process and is therefore not guaranteed for applicants who meet the minimum CGPA with all required coursework.