Other Student Types
Coming back to school?
Are you ready to continue your lifelong learning and wish to explore degree options, personal enrichment and professional development? This webpage contains information for the following types of students:
- Post-Baccalaureate students
- Non-matriculated students
- Returning students
Post-Bacc Instructions and restrictions
- For detailed information about major prerequisites, please visit the major webpage or connect with an admissions counselor.
- Post-baccalaureate students are not eligible to earn a second bachelor’s degree in the same field of study as their earned bachelor’s degree(s).
- The Core Subject Requirements (Intermediate Algebra and World Languages) are not required for post-baccalaureate applicants.
Post-Bacc dates and deadlines
As a potential post-baccalaureate student, you must know your desired major and desired start date before beginning your application. Note that not all majors accept new students each quarter. See the application deadlines page for more information on the open and close dates for applying each quarter based on your desired major.
Non-matric instructions and restrictions
Non-Matriculated students register for classes in Registration Period 3 (first day of the quarter) for Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters. In Summer quarter, non-matriculated students can register in Registration Period 1. If you are interested in attending in a non-matriculated status, check class schedules and contact professors/advisors before submitting an online application.
International students are not eligible for non-matriculated status.
Non-matric conditions and limitations
- Although a student enrolled at the University of Washington Bothell in a non-matriculated status cannot earn a degree, a grade is earned and full credit is awarded and recorded on a UW transcript.
- The credits earned as a non-matriculated student usually transfer to other institutions.
- If a student is later accepted into a matriculated status at the Bothell campus, courses earned as a non-matriculated student may be applied to undergraduate degree requirements, with some restrictions.
- Students admitted as non-matriculated may be limited in the number of credits they will be allowed to accrue in this status. The number may vary by program.
- Students considering switching to matriculated (degree-seeking) status are encouraged to do so as soon as possible to ensure that they don’t lose credits.
- The number of non-matriculated credits that may be applied toward program requirements varies by program. Please check with a program advisor to determine the number of allowable non-matriculated credits.
- Students must also meet the residency requirement which states that 45 of the last 60 credits of a baccalaureate degree must be earned as a matriculated student in residence at the Bothell Campus.
- All non-matriculated applicants for whom English is not their native language must provide proof of English language proficiency.
Non-matric dates and deadlines
Non-matriculated students may apply quarterly. See the application deadlines page for more information on the open and close dates for applying each quarter.
