Winter 2009 Undergraduate Calendar


ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Applicants whose native language is not English must demonstrate proficiency in English to be considered for admission. This can be demonstrated in the following ways:

1) A minimum score of 6.5 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS); or

2) A minimum score of 60 on the Carleton University’s Canadian Academic English Language Assessment (CAEL); or

3) A minimum score of 85 on the English Proficiency Test administered by the English Language Institute of the University of Michigan (MELAB); or

4) A minimum score of 220 with a T.W.E. 4.5 on the Computer-based Test, 83 with an essay score of 21 on the Internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (T.O.E.F.L.); or

5) Receive a minimum of five semester transfer credits based on work completed ­at a recognized English-speaking University. (Normally, students must have at least one term of full-time study.); or

6) Receive a minimum of one year of transfer credit based on work completed­ at a non-university post-secondary institution with above average stand­ing; or

7) Have completed all secondary or post-secondary education in English speaking countries such as the UK, West Indies and other countries as specified by the undergraduate admissions office; or

8) Can demonstrate that they have completed three years of full-time secondary or post-secondary study in a school where the language of instruction is English (e.g., in a British, Canadian, American or Australian Curriculum or an international diploma like the International Baccalaureate) and can demonstrate English proficiency. In some cases an English proficiency test may still be required; or

9) Applicants who do not satisfy the above requirements and wish exemption must provide the Admissions Office with a letter detailing the reasons for their appeal and include a letter of recommendation from their Secondary School principal or designate. The Manager of Undergraduate Admissions or Director of International Admissions assesses the request for exemption of this requirement.