General Admission Requirements
High school graduate or mature student status (British Columbia 19 years or older)

English Language Proficiency Admission 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:

o English is the program’s language of instruction, and
o the applicant is a mature domestic student facing barriers, and
o 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 is 19 years or older at the start of the program and is a
      Canadian citizen or permanent resident, and
    • 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:
      o Reading: 230, and
      o Writing: 230, and
      o 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.