Language Admission Requirements

These English Language Requirements are specific to British Columbia.

English Language Proficiency Requirements
Applicants must demonstrate proficiency in English through one of the following:
Standardized Test Results (minimum scores):

• IELTS Academic: Overall score of 5.5
• TOEFL iBT: Overall score of 46
• CAEL: Overall score of 40
• CELPIP: Listening 6, Speaking 6, Reading 5, Writing 5
• Duolingo English Test: Overall score of 95
• PTE Academic: Overall score of 43
• Cambridge English (FCE/B2): Overall score of 160 or “C”
• Cambridge Linguaskill: Overall B2 level
• LanguageCert Academic: Overall B2 level
• Michigan English Test (MET): Overall B2 level
• iTEP Academic: Overall score of 3.5
• EIKEN: Grade Pre-1

Alternative Measures 1-3
Option 1

Evidence that 3 years of full-time secondary education (Grades 8-12), or 2 years if the Grades are 10, 11, or 12, have been successfully completed in the program’s language of instruction in a country where the language of instruction is one of the
principal languages.

This may be demonstrated by providing a high school transcript, completion of a BC Adult Graduation program or providing international education credentials recognized through WES, ICES, or IQAS.

Option 2

2 years of full-time post-secondary education* have been completed in the program’s language of instruction in a country where the language of instruction is one of the principal languages (includes international education credentials
recognized through WES, ICES, and IQAS).

*Language development courses (i.e., ELL courses) cannot be included in this calculation.

Option 3 Important note: this option may only be applied when:

• English is the program’s language of instruction, and
• the applicant is a mature domestic student facing barriers, and
• the applicant cannot access their educational records or cannot provide sufficient evidence of secondary or post-secondary education as outlined in this policy

Accuplacer:

• Applicant provides attestation that they have completed at least three years of full-time instruction in English* in a country where the English is one of the principal languages, and
• Applicant completes an Accuplacer English Assessment (Next Generation: Reading, Writing and WritePlacer) and achieves the following minimum scores:
  • Reading: 230, and
  • Writing: 230, and
  • WritePlacer: 4

*Language development courses (i.e., ELL courses) cannot be included in this calculation.
Accuplacer may not be used to demonstrate that a student meets an admission requirement other than language proficiency. For example, Accuplacer may not be used to demonstrate that a student meets a Math 11 admission requirement.