Each year 700,500 international students get accepted in world top ranked universities. The educational system in Canada has been successful in subsidizing career opportunities to its students worldwide.

Canada has 2 official languages: French and English English being the language of communication as well as the language of education. This means that you need to score higher in IELTS. IELTS is a standardized English language proficiency test that is held globally, lasts for 3 hours and makes you eligible to get easily accepted in Canadian universities. Sounds difficult?

Study in Canada without IELTS

Canadian education believes in education for all, and its institutes have found a way out for you to reach your destination without the IELTS test. Yes, it is not considered compulsory in many universities of Canada. In Fact, there are best alternatives authorized by the universities of Canada to make it easy for you. You can either apply for scholarships in Canada without IELTS. There are many alternate ways to study in Canada without IELTS:

1. ENGLISH MEDIUM

You can provide the administration of the university with the proof of an English proficiency certificate that can be issued by the previous school. This will certify that your medium of education is English. Medium should be English for at least 4 academic years, it’s compulsory for your visa.

2. STUDY PERMITS

According to IRCC latest announcement – Canadian government provides study permits that do not require IELTS. These study permits come along with temporary resident visa. You can find those visa permits.

3. ESL COURSES

In case if your educational medium is not English then, some of the Canadian universities offer a 6-month course called ESL- English as a second language. It costs around 7000-8000 CAD

4. FIRST LANGUAGE AS ENGLISH

International students belonging to English speaking countries are free from submitting their IELTS scores.

5.ALTERNATIVES OF IELTS

There are many other English proficiency courses that can be considered as alternatives to IELTS. LISTED BELOW:

• TOEFL: Test of English as foreign language
• CAEL ASSESSMENT: Canadian assessment English language
• PTE: Pearson English language test
• DUOLINGO: DUOLINGO English test

DUOLINGO ENGLISH TEST: 150 countries worldwide are now accepting duo lingo test, which is an online test at cheaper cost, just 79 USD. It last for an hour.

6.PATHWAY PROGRAMS

Canadian universities offer Pathway Programs enrolled before you are admitted to the university. It focuses on improving your English and developing academic skills to cope with the Canadian Education system.

CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES WITHOUT IELTS:

Listing below the major universities of Canada that accepts international students on fully-funded scholarships without IELTS.

1.Brandon University

2.Cambrian University

3.Concordia University

4.Seneca University

5.Algoma University

6.University of Winnipeg

7.Brock University

8.University of Saskatchewan

9.Carleton University

10.McGrill University

11.Okanagan College

12.Memorial university of Newfoundland and Labrador

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