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The first step is applying.

Your affordable education begins with our free application and you will receive a response within one business day of submitting your application!

Once we’ve received all required documentation, our admissions counselors will begin evaluating your eligibility for admission and scholarships.

As a first-year undergraduate applicant to the University of Maine at Machias, you must be a graduating high school student, high school graduate or a GED recipient.

Fall admission

March 1: Recommended application deadline

Spring admission

Nov. 1: Recommended application deadline


  • Free application
  • Official high school transcript* OR an official HiSet/GED score
  • *You may ask your high school guidance counselor to send us an official copy

As a transfer student, you must have a minimum grade point average of 2.0 or better in previous college coursework. Teacher education applicants should have a 2.5 in their major field of study.

Fall admission

March 1: Recommended application deadline

Spring admission

Nov. 1: Recommended application deadline


  • Free application
  • Official college transcripts or mid-semester progress reports from all institutions you’ve attended.*
  • *Official transcripts need to be sent from the issuing institution.

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As an international student, you must have a minimum grade point average of 2.0 or better in previous college coursework. Teacher education applicants should have a 2.5 in their major field of study.

Fall admission

July 15: Recommended application deadline

Spring admission

Dec. 1: Recommended application deadline



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A matriculated student who fails to enroll continuously each fall and spring semester and who has not taken an official leave of absence must apply for readmission to continue a degree program. 

The readmission form must be emailed to imagenow.documents@maine.edu. For more information, call 207.255.1223.

Reactivation

Students who previously applied to UMaine Machias but did not enroll within two years of the original date of application.

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