English Language Proficiency Certification
Applicants who have not completed three or more years of post-secondary work at a Canadian institution or a university at which English was the primary language of instruction, or have not completed a graduate degree at a university where English is the primary language of instruction, or have not been employed for a similar period of time in a position in which English was the primary language of business will be required to provide certification of English language proficiency through one of the accepted examinations listed below.
Individual departments/schools may require higher scores. Test scores are valid for two years from the test date. Test results must be sent directly to the Graduate Studies Office from the original source.
| Accepted Examinations |
Required Scores |
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) plus Test of Written English (TWE) or Internet-based TOEFL
(offered through the Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, USA) |
550 minimum overall score with a minimum of 50 in each section, plus 4.0 minimum for the TWE; or Internet-based minimum overall score of 90, plus 24 minimum in Speaking and Writing sections, except the following Engineering departments: Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering and Systems Design Engineering where the minimum overall score requirement is 80 with minimum section scores of 22 in Writing, 20 in Speaking, 20 in Reading and 18 in Listening. |
| Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB) |
85 minimum overall score; minimum of 80 in each section |
| International English Language Testing System (IELTS) |
6.5 minimum overall score; minimum 5.5 in each section |
| Canadian Academic English Language Assessment (CAEL) |
70 minimum overall score; minimum 60 in each section |
| Canadian Test of English for Scholars and Trainees (CanTEST) |
4.5 minimum overall score; minimum 4.0 in each section |