Academic Information

Course & Study Level

All MBA visiting exchange students are registered in MBA elective courses. Exchange students may only take courses offered by Ivey. Courses in other departments at Western are not available.

MBA visiting exchange students are required to take a minimum of 3.00 credits (4 MBA electives per term) while at Ivey, regardless of whether credit may be obtained at the home university.

MBA visiting exchange students may take up to 3.75 credits (5 MBA electives) per term without requiring special permission.

If more than 3.75 credits are required, please submit a request for special permission to increase the number of electives taken. MBA electives consist of ten 3 hour classes (30 class hours total) = 0.75 credit.

Ivey MBA electives are generally equal to 7.5 ECTS credits.

In July, all nominated exchange students will participate in the course pre-registration process. This process is a bidding process (not first come, first serve) and all visiting exchange students will receive 100 bid points for the term they are here. Students allocate their bid points towards courses they wish to take, or those they may be required to take for their home university. The results of the course pre-registration will be available by mid-August.

There are add/drop periods (2 per term) in which changes to courses can be made.

Class sizes are mainly 70, but in some cases depending on room size and topic of course, this may vary. Please note that there may not be enough room in a course that you bid on and you will become waitlisted. It is recommended that students put more bid points towards courses that are required for their home school or for courses students are extremely interested in taking.

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Nomination Deadlines

Application Process

Following the nomination deadline, students will be contacted with instructions on completing the online application. This application form is used for administration purposes. It is not intended as an “application” to the Exchange Program. They have been selected and nominated by their home school and therefore they are accepted to Ivey.

Required documents

• Online application form;
• Transcript/grade report (electronic form accepted);
• Online biography (confirmation it has been completed); and,
• Proof of English Proficiency.

Students who are not native speakers of English must have an English language proficiency equivalent to one of the following:

All exchange students are required to pay for UHIP (University Health Insurance Plan). UHIP is mandatory and students are automatically enrolled in UHIP for the duration of which they are here on exchange.

UHIP covers medical and hospital expenses such as: physicians’ services, diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, surgery, x-rays, hospital services, and emergency dental care in a hospital.

Services that are not covered by the plan include: charges for dental care not approved by the plan, eyeglasses, and prescription medication.

For more information about UHIP, please visit our website.