BA/BS in Communications at The University of Winnipeg in Winnipeg, Canada is a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies programme. The programme runs for 4 years.
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Communication Studies
Duration: 4 years
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Last checked September 2026 · Source: uwinnipeg.ca ·
Program details
Overview
The Bachelor of Arts in Communications at the University of Winnipeg is a four-year joint program combining university coursework with the two-year Creative Communications diploma from Red River College Polytechnic. Students apply and pay fees at both institutions and must pass RRC Polytech's own testing procedures for entry into the diploma component. The Creative Communications portion includes professional work placements, giving students applied experience alongside the university's liberal-arts coursework. The program page names journalism, advertising, public relations, and broadcast production as career areas the combined credential prepares students for. Admission to the university side follows general University of Winnipeg requirements, with no specific high school courses required. The joint structure suits students who want a recognized applied-communications diploma with hands-on work placements combined with a full bachelor's degree, rather than a single-institution arts degree alone. Because the program depends on separate admission and testing at RRC Polytech, it is particularly suited to students who are prepared to manage two institutional application processes and want the practical, placement-based training that the diploma component provides alongside broader academic study at the university.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The program page defers to The University of Winnipeg's general admission requirements and states that no specific high school courses are required; the Red River College Polytechnic component of this joint program has its own testing procedures that all entrants must pass, administered by RRC Polytech. Applicants whose first language is not English, and who are not from an English-exempt country, must meet the university's English proficiency requirement, set out on The University of Winnipeg's own admission requirements page: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall; TOEFL iBT 4.5 overall with no component below 4.0 for tests taken on or after January 21, 2026 (86 overall with no component below 20 for tests taken before that date); Duolingo English Test 120; Pearson PTE Academic 58; CAEL 60 (CAEL online 70); LanguageCert Academic 67; or Cambridge C1 Advanced/C2 Proficiency 180, with results no more than two years old. International applicants apply online through the university's application portal and pay a non-refundable CAD $120 application fee, with official transcripts sent directly from the issuing institution to the Admissions Office; recommended international deadlines are June 15 for Fall (September), October 15 for Winter (January), and February 15 for Spring (May), and applying three to four months ahead is encouraged to allow time for study-permit processing.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January and May
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens, permanent residents and refugees) apply directly to the University of Winnipeg: for the Faculties of Arts, Business and Economics, Kinesiology and Science the suggested deadline is July 2 for Fall (September) entry, November 1 for Winter (January) entry and March 1 for Spring (May) entry; the Faculty of Education recommends March 1 for high-school and mature applicants, with a final deadline of June 1 subject to space. International applicants are advised to apply by June 15 (Fall, shown on the live page as an 'extended' deadline), October 15 (Winter) or February 15 (Spring). All of these are suggested rather than firm cut-offs: late applications may still be considered, and admission runs on an effectively rolling basis until a term is full. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
