Graduate College

Dual Undergraduate/Graduate Enrollment

Dual Undergraduate/Graduate Enrollment

Undergraduate students who are within 15 credits of earning their WMU bachelor’s degree may be eligible to apply for Dual Undergraduate/Graduate Enrollment if they meet the following criteria:

  • Hold senior standing
  • Have a minimum 3.0 GPA for the previous two years
  • Be within 15 credit hours of bachelor’s degree graduation
  1. Student meets with their Undergraduate Advisor to complete a graduation audit for their bachelor's degree and verify their eligibility for Dual Undergraduate/Graduate Enrollment. The audit must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office and completed before dual enrollment status can be granted. The audit can take between four to six weeks to complete, so plan accordingly.
  2. Student submits a Graduate Application for Admission to apply for a graduate degree-seeking program offered at WMU (wmich.edu/apply/graduate) and pays the application fee. Please note that the entry term for the application must be the semester AFTER you plan to graduate from your bachelor’s degree (e.g., If you are graduating in Fall 2026, then your graduate application for admission is Spring 2027).
  3. If it has been more than six months since the student has logged into the WMU graduate application portal, the Graduate College enrollment staff will need to reactivate their account and send a password reset link.  Contact the Graduate College at (269) 387-8212 or @email.
  4. After the student submits their graduate application, they must send an email to @email and request Dual Undergraduate/Graduate Enrollment. Please include the following information:
  • Student’s Name and WIN.
  • Name of the graduate program student applied to.
  • State that you are requesting entry term for a specific semester and year that you plan to begin taking graduate courses (e.g., while still an undergraduate). This would be earlier than the start date indicated on your graduate application.
  • The Graduate College enrollment staff will communicate with your Academic Auditor (who is different than your undergraduate advisor) to confirm your eligibility for dual enrollment since it is offered on a semester-by-semester basis. Graduate enrollment staff will provide further communication once they have received your Academic Auditor's official response. 

Students with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (undergraduate students from other institutions that have signed MOU agreements) may also be granted permission to enroll in graduate coursework, upon approval by the appropriate advisor. These students will need to be admitted as undergraduate guest students. Once they have current admission status, they complete the course registration form. The signed form is then emailed to the Registrar’s Office, and they will add the course to the student’s schedule. 

1. A student cannot register for graduate courses themselves. Graduate course(s) may not count if the Office of Registrar does not enroll the student in graduate course(s). 

2. Graduate enrollment staff, after contacting the Academic Auditor for the student, will inform the student if they are eligible for dual enrollment status. If the student is not eligible for dual enrollment status, Graduate enrollment staff and/or the Office of Registrar will provide further information on a case-by-case basis. 

3. If the student is eligible for dual enrollment status, they will receive further instructions, including: 

  • You will need to email the Office of Registrar at @email with the following course information. With this information, the Registrar's Office will register you for the desired course(s).
    • Course Name: The full name of the course you'd like to register for.
    • Meeting Times: When and where the class meets (e.g., Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM).
    • CRN: The Course Registration Number, a unique identifier for each course section.
    • Your WIN: Your Western Michigan University Identification Number. 

Important Notes

  • Students approved for Dual Undergraduate/Graduate Enrollment may take a maximum of 12 credits of advisor‑approved graduate coursework while completing their remaining undergraduate requirements
  • These graduate credits cannot count toward the bachelor’s degree
  • Unlike accelerated master’s programs—where certain graduate courses may count toward both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees—dual enrollment applies to any graduate program and does not allow shared credit between degree levels.
  • Dual Undergraduate/Graduate Enrollment is granted one semester at a time, with the bachelor’s degree needing to be completed within one calendar year.
  • To request dual enrollment, students must email admissions‑graduate@wmich.edu and ensure they have both a completed graduation audit and an application submitted for a graduate degree program; however, official entry into the graduate program does not occur until after the bachelor’s degree is formally awarded.
  • Tuition is assessed based on the level of the student, not the course. Since students who are approved for the dual undergraduate/graduate enrollment status are still undergraduate students, they will be charged undergraduate tuition, regardless of being enrolled in a graduate level course.