International applicants
Have a diploma attesting to 12 years of education equivalent to the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). Persons who have completed a secondary diploma attesting to 13 years of education, such as the Baccalauréat de l’enseignement secondaire français, can receive up to 30 credits of advanced standing.
NEW: A letter of permission from your bishop (if member of the secular clergy) or superior (if member of Institute of Consecrated Life or apostolic society) is required. No letter is required for laypersons.
Study in English, in French or in both languages
All courses at Saint Paul University are given in English, in French, or in both languages. To gain admission, you must therefore demonstrate proficiency in one of these languages.
I am applying for admission to a program offered in French:
If you would like to study in French and French is not your first language, you must submit official results from the intermediate test of the Alliance Française: 613-234-9470 or http://www.af.ca/spip.php, or contact a French embassy.
I am applying for admission to a program offered in English:
If you’re applying for an English-language program and you have not completed at least three years of full-time study in an institution where English is the only language of instruction, located in a country where English is an official language, you must submit your official score in one of the following language tests recognized by the University.
Language tests
Scores indicated below are required for all programs offered in a direct-entry faculty. Even if you achieve the required score, we reserve the right to ask you to take language courses if we feel that your knowledge of one of the two official languages is not satisfactory. Test scores are valid for two years.
What score must I obtain in recognized ESL proficiency tests?
| REQUIRED SCORES BY PROGRAM OF STUDY TYPE | ||
| PROGRAM | REQUIRED SCORES | |
| TOEFL | ||
| Baccalaureate | Paper-based | 580 |
| Computer | 237 | |
| Internet | 86 and + | |
| Master | Paper-based | 580 |
| Computer | 237 | |
| Internet | 92-93 | |
| Doctorate | Paper-based | 600 |
| Computer | 250 | |
| Internet | 100 (writing section 24) | |
| CAEL | ||
| Baccalaureate | Overall score | 70 |
| Required score in writing section | 60 | |
| Master | Overall score | 70 |
| Required score in writing section | 60 | |
| Doctorate | Overall score | 70 |
| Required score in writing section | 70 | |
| IELTS | ||
| Baccalaureate | Overall score | 6.5 |
| Required score in writing section | ||
| Master | Overall score | 6.5 |
| Required score in writing section | 6 | |
| Doctorate | Overall score | 7 |
| Required score in writing section | 6.5 | |
| MELAB | ||
| Baccalaureate | Overall score | 90 |
| Required score in writing section | 85 | |
| Master | Overall score | |
| Required score in writing section | 83 | |
| Doctorate | Overall score | 84-87 |
| Required score in writing section | ||
| CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT | ||
| Master | Certificate of proficiency in English (CPE) | Certificate Grade C |
| Doctorate | ||
| CANTEST | ||
| Baccalaureate | Average score for Listening and Writing section | 4.5 |
| Writing | 4 | |
| Master | Listening and Writing section | 4.5 |
| Writing | 4 | |
| Doctorate | Listening and Writing section | 4.5 |
| Writing | 4.5 or 5.0 | |
| PEARSON | ||
| Baccalaureate | 60 | |
| Master | 62-63 | |
| Doctorate | 68 | |
| BRIDGING | ||
| Baccalaureate | Students who successfully complete the most advanced level (ESL 500) of the English Intensive Program offered by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI) at the University of Ottawa with a final grade of at least B, satisfy the language requirements, and don’t have to pass one of the language tests described above. | |
| Master | An overall score of 70% and above and 'low advanced' level or more in all 4 sections | |
| Doctorate | not available at that level | |
