Readmission

Former MTU students that would like to re-enroll should contact the Office of Student Records & Registration by phone, or send/fax/email a brief letter including the following information.

  • Full Name
  • MTU ID number, Date of Birth
  • Last Date of Attendance
  • Semester in which you would like to re-enroll
  • Address where correspondence should be sent to you
  • A copy of your most recent transcript (if you have attended another University since leaving MTU).

Fax the letter to (906) 487-3343 or Mail the letter to:

Michigan Technological University
Office of Student Records & Registration
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295

Academic Renewal

(Applies to those former students re-enrolling in Fall 2002 or later.) Recognizing that not all first-time students are prepared for a successful academic experience, academic renewal is designed to give an undergraduate student a reasonable opportunity to remove a certain portion of course work from grade point average computation. If the qualifications are met, a student may have grades for a maximum of up to two calendar years as a baccalaurate degree candidate and one calendar year for associate degree candidates removed from all calculations regarding academic standing and grade point average. Once elected, academic renewal is irrevocable.

These qualifications are:

  1. A minimum of five years must have elapsed since the most recent course work to be disregarded was completed. Renewal will affect only those courses taken prior to the five(5) year absence and may be elected once in a lifetime.
  2. The petitioner must be an enrolled undergraduate student, the request must be invoked prior to graduation and is not available to students who have completed requirements for a Michigan Tech Bachelor's or Associate's degree.
  3. A student must have an overall GPA below 2.00 for the renewal period. If more than one term is to be diregarded, they must be consecutive, completed within a maximum of two calendar years for baccalaurate degree candidates or one calendar year for associate degree candidates, with no intervening enrollments at Michigan Tech.
  4. A student receiving a baccalaurate or associate degree from Michigan Tech must meet the University residency for graduation requirements in the interval between the most recent course work to be disregarded and completion of courses at Michigan Tech.

All courses remain on the student's permanent record and grades received during the renewal period are annotated with an 'R' to indicate that academic renewal was granted for the approved period. The grades received are excluded from University grade point average computations and academic standing is initialized to good standing. Renewal applies to all courses taken during the period for which it is granted, regardless of the grade earned. Course credit is granted for those courses subjected to renewal in which passing grades of C (2.00/4.00 scale) or higher have been obtained and are not subject to the existing Repeat Policy rules. The credit granted may be used towards graduation requirements.

Academic renewal is a policy of Michigan Technological University and as such may not be recognized by outside institutions or agencies (e.g. Michigan Department of Education, other universities and colleges).

Students may obtain a petition form through the Office of Student Records and Registration and must consult with their academic advisor prior to election of academic renewal. If a student left the university voluntarily, they may re-enroll by contacting the Office of Student Records and Registration. If they did not leave voluntarily they must seek re-enrollment through the Dean of Student Affairs. Requests are evaluated on a case by case basis.

Michigan Technological University
Office of Student Records and Registration
1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295
Email: stuosrr@mtu.edu
Phone: (906) 487-2319
Fax: (906) 487-3343
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