Special & Visiting Students

Step 1 – Submit your online application

Read the application instructions and follow the steps for creating an account and completing the application form. Select program choice “Special Engineering” and program code "SEE." Submit your application electronically as instructed.

Step 2 – Submit required documents

Once you have received an email acknowledgment of your application from Toronto Metropolitan University, and you have successfully activated your Toronto Metropolitan University online identity, you should begin the process of submitting your supporting documentation through your ChooseTMU Applicant Portal.

Your supporting documentation should be one of the following:

• Letter of permission from your current post-secondary institution; or
• Letter of academic evaluation from a licensing body (i.e., Professional Engineers of Ontario or Association of Ontario Land Surveyors); or
• Letter from a Toronto Metropolitan University graduate program director recommending qualifying courses for potential admission to a specific graduate program.

Note: As a Special Student applicant, you are not required to submit academic transcripts.

Step 3 – Track your application status

Visit After Applying to review your next steps and responsibilities. Please be sure to add choose@torontomu.ca and noreply@torontomu.ca to your email contact list. Check your spam folder to ensure you do not miss critical communications from us.

After you have received an email acknowledgement of your application, log in to your ChooseTMU Applicant Portal to view letters/documents issued to you and to track your application.

Once you have received your offer of admission via your ChooseTMU Applicant Portal, you will be ready to enroll in your course(s) as a Special Student.

Your offer letter will provide you with the department contact who will assist you with enrollment. As a Special Student, you will not have access to enrollment through Toronto Metropolitan University's Administrative Management Self Service (MyServiceHub). Course enrollment must be completed by the relevant program department.

Note: For some courses, space may not be available to Special Students as enrollment is limited and preference is given to students enrolled in a Toronto Metropolitan University degree program.

For more information, contact an engineering admissions officer at 416-542-5870 or askeng@torontomu.ca.

Written approval from the Department of Architectural Science is required for admission as a Special Student before submitting the formal online application. To apply to receive this approval, email the Undergraduate Program Assistant Elise Caron with the following information:

1. Your rationale for your request to take specific course(s).
2. The specific course(s) you wish to take.
3. Either A) a completed and signed Letter of Permission from your home university if applicable or B) a letter from a graduate program director recommending qualifying courses for potential admission to a specific graduate program if applicable. (Submit either A or B, not both.)

Your request will be reviewed by the associate chair for student affairs. You will be emailed regarding the final decision.

How to Proceed If Your Application Is Approved

Step 1 – Submit your online application

Read the application instructions and follow the steps for creating an account and completing the application form. Select program choice: “Architectural Science.” Submit your application electronically as instructed.

Step 2 – Submit required documents

Once you have received an email acknowledgment of your formal application from Toronto Metropolitan University, and you have successfully activated your Toronto Metropolitan University online identity, you should begin the process of submitting your supporting documentation through your ChooseTMU Applicant Portal.

Your supporting documentation should include:

1. The email you received from the Department of Architectural Science approving your request
2. Either A) a completed and signed Letter of Permission from your home university if applicable or B) a letter from a graduate program director recommending qualifying courses for potential admission to a specific graduate program if applicable. (Submit either A or B, not both.)

Note: As a Special Student applicant, you are not required to submit academic transcripts.

Step 3 – Track your application status

Visit After Applying to review your next steps and responsibilities. Please be sure to add choose@torontomu.ca and noreply@torontomu.ca to your email contact list and check your spam folder to ensure you do not miss critical communications from us.

After you have received an email acknowledgement of your application, log in to your ChooseTMU Applicant Portal to view letters/documents issued to you and to track your application.

After you have been activated as a Special Student, the Department of Architectural Science will enroll you in your courses and send you an email confirming your course registration.

The deadline to apply as a Special Student for the fall semester is July 31.
The deadline to apply as a Special Student for the winter semester is November 30.

Once you have received your offer of admission via your ChooseTMU Applicant Portal, you will be ready to enroll in your course(s)* as a Special Student. You may enrol in a maximum of two courses in the fall semester and two in the winter semester. (DAS does not offer Special Student courses during the spring/summer semester.)

Your offer letter will provide you with the department contact who will assist you with enrollment. As a Special Student, you will not have access to enrollment through Toronto Metropolitan University's Administrative Management Self Service (MyServiceHub). Course enrollment must be completed by the Department of Architectural Science.

* Access to course(s) is subject to approval by the Department of Architectural Science and availability of space in the selected course(s). Individual faculty members may not grant access to courses.

For more information, email DAS’s Undergraduate Program Assistant Elise Caron.