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Laurier's language of instruction is English, and so we may require you to provide evidence of your English proficiency to help make sure you experience success in your academic courses.
Your three most recent years of full-time education must be in English without taking any ESL (English as a Second Language) courses. If you do not meet this requirement, you must provide evidence of your English proficiency.
We reserve the right to request an English-language test from any applicant.
If you do not meet Laurier's English proficiency requirement but are academically qualified for your program, you may be eligible for a conditional offer of admission.
You must make arrangements to write an English-language test and have the results forwarded directly to our office. Some testing centres may require our institution code, which is 0893.
Language Test |
Minimum Score Requirement |
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Cambridge Assessment English, C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency: 176 overall. |
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CAEL or CAEL Online: 70 overall; 60 in each band. |
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Minimum score of 120. |
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IELTS Academic or IELTS Online score of 6.5 or higher, with a minimum of 6.0 in each band. |
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PTE Academic or PTE Academic Online core of 59 overall or higher. |
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Internet-based testing (TOEFL iBT or TOEFL iBT Home Edition): an overall score of 83 or higher with a minimum score of 20 in each component. Paper-based testing: 560 overall. |
1 The information listed above is used for admission purposes only. For questions about accepted tests for immigration to Canada, please get in touch with Laurier International at laurierinternational@wlu.ca.
Preparation Program |
Minimum Score Requirement |
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Academic Transition Pathway (ATP) Program1 at Wilfrid Laurier International College |
Successful completion of ATP I, ATP II or ATP III |
Level 4 with a satisfactory final score of 70%. |
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Completion of Advanced Level (C1). |
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Renison University College’s English for Academic Success (EFAS) |
Level (400) with a satisfactory final score of 75%. |
Advanced level 9 and 10 with a satisfactory final score of 75%. |
1ATP is not eligible as proof of English proficiency for students applying to the BBA/BCS or BBA/BMath double degrees with the University of Waterloo.
If you meet the academic requirements for your program but do not meet our English-proficiency requirement, you may receive an offer of admission with a condition to provide evidence of your English proficiency. This means you still have to complete our English-proficiency requirement, but you will have a conditional offer of admission to your academic program.
If we have requested proof of English proficiency from you, you can request to be exempt from submitting an English-language test and instead submit one of the following proofs of at least three years of English-language schooling:
Exemptions are not guaranteed. If your document is not in English, you must submit a fully translated document in English. If it has been more than two years since the completion of your English-language education, you must submit an English-Language test. We reserve the right to request an English-language test from any applicant.
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