English Language Proficiency Requirements

Demonstrate one of the following:

Option 1

• A high school academic English course equivalent to BC English 12 or equivalent at the grade needed for your program and three years of full-time instruction in an English speaking country.

If you completed instruction in Canada:

• A minimum final grade of 65% in BC English 12 (not including an English as a Second Language course) or equivalent from an approved school or country where English is the principal language; or
• Three consecutive years of recognized, full-time education in English in Canada. Such education must be the completion of BC Grade 12 level or equivalent, and can be a combination of secondary and post-secondary education; or
• Four consecutive years of recognized full-time instruction in a school/institution in Canada in which the primary language of instruction is not English, but where the level of English proficiency required is equivalent to that in English-language schools or institutions in Canada. Such education must be the completion of BC Grade 12 level or equivalent, and can be in a combination of secondary and post-secondary education.

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Option 2

• An English 12 course or equivalent at the grade needed for your program and four years of full-time instruction in a country where English is not the primary language.

• Four consecutive years of recognized instruction at an eligible international secondary school that uses English as the language of instruction but operates in a country where the primary language is not English. These four years must be immediately prior to attending the College. Applicants will need to submit a transcript as soon as possible to the Admissions Office. or
• Graduation from a recognized degree program at an accredited institution at which English is the primary language of instruction and in a country where English is the principal language. or

Successful completion of 6 credits of post-secondary first-year English studies for which the College grants transfer credit.

Countries that Satisfy English Proficiency:

American Samoa	Anguilla	Antigua and Barbuda
Australia	Bahamas	Barbados
Belize	Bermuda	Botswana
Canada	Cayman Islands	Dominica
England	Falkland Islands	Fiji
Ghana	Gibralter	Grenada
Guam	Guyana	Ireland (Republic of Eire)
Jamaica	Kenya	Malta
Mauritis	Montserrat	New Zealand
Nigeria	Northern Ireland	Scotland
Seychelles	Singapore	South Africa
St. Helena	St. Kitts and Nevis	St. Lucia
St. Vincent & the Grenadines	Tanzania	Trindidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos	Uganda	USA
Virgin Islands (British)	Virgin Islands (US)	Wales
Zambia	Zimbabwe

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Option 3

Complete courses or assessments that demonstrate minimum proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and listening.

TOEFL

• TOEFL iBT 80

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IELTS (Academic)

• Overall 6.0 with no band below 6.0.

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