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English
Requirements
All applicants to Seneca must be well prepared to
study in English. If you are coming from a country
where English is not the primary language, you
must show one of the following:
Successful completion of a minimum of two
years of full-time study in a school and
country where English is the primary
language
Successful completion of a minimum of one
year of full-time study at the postsecondary
level in an institution and country where
English is the primary language
Successful completion of an intensive English
program such as the English Language
Institute
English proficiency test scores from one of the
international English language testing bodies
listed below. Only tests taken in the last two
years are considered valid
Please note that the requirements below are the
minimum cut-o"s and meeting the minimum
requirements does not guarantee admission.
Highly competitive program seats will be o"ered to
the most highly qualified applicants based on
ranking from highest to lowest.
Diploma
and Graduate
Certificate Degree
Tests Advanced Certificate
Programs Programs
Diploma Programs
Programs
Minimum
Minimum
70
CAEL CE and Minimum Minimum 70 (Writing
(Writing
CAEL online 60 60 no less
no less
than 60)
than 60)
Cambridge
English Exams Minimum Minimum Minimum Minimum
(B2 First/FCE, C1 169 with 169 with 176 with 176 with
Advanced/CAE no skill no skill no skill no skill
or C2 below 162 below 162 below 169 below 169
Proficiency/CPE)
Minimum Minimum Minimum Minimum
Duolingo score 105 score 105 score 115 score 125
to 110 to 110 to 120 to 130
Minimum Minimum Minimum Minimum
6.0 with no 6.0 with 6.5 with 6.5 with no
IELTS Academic
skill below no skill no skill skill below
5.5 below 5.5 below 6.0 6.0
Minimum Minimum Minimum Minimum
PTE Academic
score 58 score 58 score 60 score 60
TOEFL iBT
Minimum Minimum Minimum Minimum
(including
80 with no 80 with no 84 with 88 with no
MyBest TOEFL
skill below skill below no skill skill below
and Home
20 20 below 21 22
Edition)
TOEFL Revised No skill No skill No skill No skill
Paper Delivered below 20 below 20 below 21 below 22
