Diploma in International Business Communications

All applicants and registrants, regardless of citizenship status or country of origin, must demonstrate an adequate level of proficiency in English. 

Option 1:

Evidence that 3 years of full-time secondary education (Grades 8-12), OR 2 years if the Grades 10, 11, or 12, have been successfully completed in the program’s language of instruction in a country where the language of instruction is one of the principal languages.

Countries where English is the language of instruction:

American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, New Zealand, Nigeria, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, United States Virgin Islands, Zambia, & Zimbabwe.

Option 2:

2 years of full-time post-secondary education have been completed in the program’s language of instruction in a country where the language of instruction is one of the principal languages.

Option 3:

Where English is the program’s language of instruction, evidence of achievement in a recognized standardized language test/assessment as listed below:

• IELTS: 4.5
• Duolingo: 65-70
• TOEFL (IBT): 45
• Cambridge: PET
• CELPIP: 5
• Cael: 30-40
• PTE: 23
• Cambridge Linguaskill: B2 Level 
• LanguageCert Academic: B2 Level 
• Michigan English Test: B2 Level 
• iTEP Academic: 3.5 
• EIKEN: Grade Pre-1 
• SELC:  EAP Level 3 – minimum grade of 75% 

Option 4:

Evidence that a language standard defined and accepted by a third-party regulator has been met.

Option 5:

Important note: this option may only be applied when:

English is the program’s language of instruction, and the applicant is a mature domestic student facing barriers, and the applicant cannot access their educational records or cannot provide sufficient evidence of secondary or post-secondary education as outlined in this policy

Accuplacer:

Applicant is [19] years or older at the start of the program and is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, and

Applicant provides attestation that they have completed at least three years of full-time instruction in English* in a country where the English is one of the principal languages, and

Applicant completes an Accuplacer English Assessment (Next Generation: Reading, Writing and Write Placer) and achieves the following minimum scores:

Reading: 230, and

Writing: 230, and

WritePlacer: 4