Congratulations and welcome to Goodman!

As a newly admitted student, you will have many questions about your offer of admission. The information on this page will help you understand your offer of admission and the next steps.

Admission letter
Admission letters are issued by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs Office at Brock University, on behalf of the Goodman School of Business. Admission letters will be uploaded electronically to the ‘Application Status’ section of your my.brocku.ca account within a week of the admission decision.

Accepting your offer of admission
After receiving your admission letter, please ensure that you carefully review the offer details and any conditions which may be attached to the offer. You will have 3 weeks from the date that the offer letter is issued to respond to our offer of admission. Please accept or decline our offer through your my.brocku.ca account.

Paying your deposit
If you accept our offer of admission, you will be required to submit a tuition deposit to secure your seat in the program. Details of the deposit  will be included in your letter and/or emailed to you after the offer is accepted. Program deposits are non-refundable except in instances of visa/study permit rejection.

Please note that you are able to pay your deposit as soon as your offer of admission letter has been posted. A list of valid payment methods can be found on the Methods of Payment page. Please note that this program deposit will not show up as a charge in your financial history so there will be no ‘Due Now’ balance displayed when you pay.

Final Documents
Students accepting their offer of admission will often need to provide official documents to finalize their admission. Final documents that need to be submitted are listed as “Owing to Finalize Admission” on your my.brocku.ca account in the ‘Document Status’ section. Final documents must be submitted to the central Faculty of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs Office at Brock University, not the Goodman School of Business.

Final Brock University transcripts will be uploaded automatically to student accounts after the degree has been conferred. All other official final transcripts/degree certificates can be e-mailed directly from your institution to graduatestudies@brocku.ca or can be dropped off on-campus in the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs Office (Mackenzie Chown Building, D Block, Room 250), or can be mailed to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs Office at:

Brock University (Attn: Graduate Studies)
1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way
St. Catharines, ON
L2S 3A1

Graduate Student Communication Portal
As a new Goodman grad student it is very important that you become familiar with using the Goodman Graduate Portal Communication System. You will use the Graduate Portal for all written correspondence with the Goodman Grad Office staff and your Graduate Program Academic Advisor/Coordinator from now on.

As an applicant, you currently already have an active account in the Graduate Portal as a ‘prospective student’. Once you accept our offer of admission, your Graduate Portal account will be converted to that of a ‘current student’ and you will be given direct access to communicate with your Academic Advisor. Your Academic Advisor will be your main point of contact throughout your program for assistance with program planning, registration, academic progression, and more. You will be notified by email when your account has been changed from ‘prospective student’ to ‘current student’ status. Once your Graduate Portal account has been changed, you will begin using your Brock credentials to login (Campus ID example: ab12cd and password). These credentials are the same as the ones used to log in to your my.brocku.ca account. Please keep these details safe and confidential as you will need them throughout the duration of your degree.

Registration
If you are an MBA, MAcc, MSc, GDBA or GDAC student, you will be provided with information about how to proceed with registering for courses once you have accepted your offer and paid your deposit (not required for MSc students). Depending on the time of year that you are admitted, registration may or may not be open yet for the subsequent terms. Registration for the Spring term typically opens in March. Registration for Fall/Winter terms typically opens in June. You will receive additional email instructions about registration closer to the start of the registration period.

If you are an MBA (ISP) or MPAcc (ISP) student, you will not be registering until you arrive on campus in August for the start of your program. Specific registration instructions will be provided to you at that time.

Brock Email
As a Brock student, official communications will be sent to your Brock email account. Once you have accepted our offer, please ensure that you check your Brock email and your personal email regularly as we phase in the use of your Brock account for all communications. Once you are a registered student, Brock offices will only send correspondence to your Brock email account.

August 2025  ISP Student Orientation

WHO: All new MPAcc (ISP) and MBA (ISP) students beginning in August 2025

WHEN: TBD

WHERE: TBD

WHY: This orientation will cover the academic expectations of your BEST and graduate programs and help you become familiar with the services of the Graduate Programs Office and the Goodman School of Business.

Fall 2025 Goodman Grad Student Orientation

WHO: All new MBA, GDBA, and MSc students beginning in September 2025

WHEN: TBD

WHERE: TBD

WHY: This orientation will cover the academic expectations of your graduate program and help you become familiar with the services of the Graduate Programs Office and the Goodman School of Business.

A full schedule will be emailed to all incoming MBA, MSc and GDBA graduate students ahead of the event.

Winter 2025 Goodman Grad Student Orientation

WHO: MAcc, GDAC, GDBA, and MBA students beginning in January 2025

WHEN: Friday, January 3rd, 2025

WHERE: TBD

WHY: This orientation will cover academic expectations/program progression requirements and help you become familiar with the services of the Graduate Programs Office. Information sessions will also be offered to provide more information about extracurricular opportunities, career resources and co-op programs.

Registration for this event is required and will close on December 1st.