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All courses at Saint Paul University are given in English, in French, or in both languages. To gain admission, you must therefore demonstrate proficiency in one of these languages.
I am applying for admission to a program offered in French:
If you would like to study in French and French is not your first language, you must submit official results from the intermediate test of the Alliance Française: 613-234-9470 or http://www.af.ca/spip.php,or contact a French embassy.
I am applying for admission to a program offered in English:
If you wish to gain admission to a program offered in English and have not completed at least three years of full-time studies in an institution where the language of instruction is strictly English and in a country where English is an official language, you must demonstrate your language proficiency by providing your official score in a recognized language test. Please consult the following list of countries to know if you need to submit a test.
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COUNTRY |
Official language |
English Proficiency test required |
Dissertation required |
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Afghanistan |
Pushtu |
Yes |
Yes |
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Albania |
Albanian |
Yes |
Yes |
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Algeria |
Arabic |
Yes |
Yes |
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Andorra |
Catalán |
Yes |
No |
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Angola |
Bantu, Portuguese |
Yes |
Yes |
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Anguilla |
English |
No |
Yes |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
English |
No |
Yes |
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Antilles Caribbean |
Dutch |
Yes |
Yes |
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Argentina |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Armenia |
Armenian |
Yes |
Yes |
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Aruba Caribbean |
Papiamento |
Yes |
Yes |
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Asia |
various |
Yes |
Yes |
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Australia |
English |
No |
Yes |
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Austria |
German |
Yes |
Yes |
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Azerbaijan |
Azerbaijani, Turkic |
Yes |
Yes |
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Azores |
Portuguese |
Yes |
Yes |
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Bahamas |
English |
No |
Yes |
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Bahrain |
Arabic |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Bangladesh |
Bangla |
Yes |
Yes |
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Barbados |
English |
No |
Yes |
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Belarus (Beylarussia) |
Belorussian |
Yes |
Yes |
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Belgium |
Dutch |
Yes |
No |
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Belize |
English |
No |
Yes |
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Benin |
French |
Yes |
No |
|
Bermuda |
English |
No |
Yes |
|
Bhutan |
Dzongkha |
Yes |
Yes |
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Bolivia |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Serbian, Croatian, or Bosnian |
Yes |
Yes |
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Botswana |
English, Setswana |
No |
Yes |
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Brazil |
Portuguese |
Yes |
Yes |
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Bulgaria |
Bulgarian |
Yes |
Yes |
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Burkina Faso (anc. Haute-Volta) |
French |
Yes |
No |
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Burundi |
Kirundi, French |
Yes |
No |
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Burma |
Burmese |
Yes |
Yes |
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Brunei ou B. Darussalam |
Malay |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Cambodia |
Khmer |
Yes |
Yes |
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Cameroon |
French, English |
No |
No |
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Canada |
English, French |
No |
No |
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Cape Verde |
Portuguese |
Yes |
Yes |
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Central African Republic |
French |
Yes |
No |
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Ceylon |
Sinhalese |
Yes |
yes |
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Chad |
French, Arabic |
Yes |
No |
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Chile |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
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China |
Chinese, Mandarin |
Yes |
Yes |
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Colombia |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
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Commonwealth of the Caribbean |
English |
No |
Yes |
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Comoros |
French, Arabic |
Yes |
No |
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Congo |
French |
Yes |
No |
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Costa Rica |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Côte d'Ivoire |
French |
Yes |
No |
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Croatia |
Serbian, Croatian, or Bosnian |
Yes |
Yes |
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Cuba |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
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Cyprus |
Greek |
Yes |
Yes |
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Czech Republic |
Czech |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Denmark |
Danish |
Yes |
Yes |
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Djibouti |
Arabic, French |
Yes |
No |
|
Dominica |
English |
No |
Yes |
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Dominican Republic |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
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East Timor |
Tetum, Portuguese |
Yes |
Yes |
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Ecuador |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
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Egypt |
Arabic |
Yes |
Yes |
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El Salvador |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
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Equatorial Guinea |
Spanish, French |
Yes |
No |
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Eritrea |
Afar |
Yes |
Yes |
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Estonia |
Estonian |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Ethiopia |
Amharic |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Falkland Island |
English |
No |
Yes |
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Fiji |
Fijian, Hindustani, English |
No |
Yes |
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Finland |
Finnish, Swedish |
Yes |
Yes |
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France |
French |
Yes |
No |
|
French Guiana |
French |
Yes |
No |
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Gabon |
French |
Yes |
No |
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Gambia |
English |
No |
Yes |
|
Georgia |
Georgian |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Germany |
German |
Yes |
Yes |
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Ghana |
English |
No |
Yes |
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Greece |
Greek |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Grenada |
English |
No |
Yes |
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Guam |
English |
No |
Yes |
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Guatemala |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
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Guinea |
French |
Yes |
No |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
Portuguese |
Yes |
Yes |
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Guyana |
English |
No |
Yes |
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Haiti |
Creole and French |
Yes |
No |
|
Honduras |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hong Kong |
Chinese, English |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Hungary |
Magyar |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Iceland |
Icelandic |
Yes |
Yes |
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India |
Hindi, English |
Yes |
Yes |
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Indonesia |
Bahasa Indonesia |
Yes |
Yes |
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Iran |
Farsi |
Yes |
Yes |
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Iraq |
Arabic |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Ireland |
English, Irish |
No |
Yes |
|
Israel |
Hebrew |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Italy |
Italian |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Jamaica |
English, Jamaican Creole |
No |
Yes |
|
Japan |
Japanese |
Yes |
Yes |
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Jordan |
Arabic |
Yes |
Yes |
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Kazkhstan |
Kazak |
Yes |
Yes |
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Kenya |
English |
No |
Yes |
|
Kiribati |
English |
No |
Yes |
|
Korea |
Korean |
Yes |
Yes |
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Kuwait |
Arabic |
Yes |
Yes |
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Kyrgyzstan |
Kyrgyz |
Yes |
Yes |
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Laos |
Lao |
Yes |
Yes |
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Latvia |
Latvian |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Lebanon |
Arabic |
Yes |
No |
|
Lesotho |
English, Sesotho |
No |
Yes |
|
Liberia |
English |
No |
Yes |
|
Libya |
Arabic |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Liechtenstein |
German |
Yes |
Yes |
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Lithuania |
Lithuanian |
Yes |
Yes |
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Luxembourg |
Luxembourgish |
Yes |
Yes |
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Macedonia |
Macedonian |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Madagascar |
Malagasy, French |
Yes |
No |
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Malawi |
English, Chichewa |
No |
Yes |
|
Malaysia |
Malay |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Maldives |
Dhivehi |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Mali |
French |
Yes |
No |
|
Malta |
Maltese, English |
No |
Yes |
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Marshall Islands |
Marshallese and English |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Mauritania |
Arabic, Wolof, French |
Yes |
No |
|
Mauritius |
English, French |
No |
No |
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Mexico |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
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Micronesia |
English |
No |
Yes |
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Moldova |
Moldovan |
Yes |
Yes |
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Monaco |
French |
Ask forTOEFL |
No |
|
Mongolia |
Mongolian |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Montenegro |
Serbian |
Yes |
Yes |
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Morocco |
Arabic |
Yes |
No |
|
Mozambique |
Portuguese |
Yes |
Yes |
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Myanmar |
Burmese |
Yes |
Yes |
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Namibia |
Afrikaans, German, Oshiwambo |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Nauru |
Nauruan |
Yes |
Yes |
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Nepal |
Nepali |
Yes |
Yes |
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The Netherlands |
Dutch |
Yes |
Yes |
|
New Guinea |
English, Melanesian |
Yes |
Yes |
|
New Zealand |
English |
No |
Yes |
|
Nicaragua |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Niger |
French |
Yes |
No |
|
Nigeria |
English |
No |
Yes |
|
Norway |
Bokmål, Nynorsk |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Oman |
Arabic |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Pakistan |
Urdu |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Palau |
Palauan, English |
No |
Yes |
|
Palestinian State |
Arabic, Hebrew |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Panama |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Papua New Guinea |
English, TokPisin |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Paraguay |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Peru |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
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The Philippines |
Filipino, English |
No |
Yes |
|
Poland |
Polish |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Portugal |
Portuguese |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Puerto Rico |
Spanish, English |
Yes |
|
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Qatar |
Arabic, English |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Romania |
Romanian |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Russia |
Russian |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Rwanda |
Kinyarwanda, French |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Samoa |
Samoan, English |
Yes |
Yes |
|
San Marino |
Italian |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Saudi Arabia |
Arabic |
Yes |
Yes |
|
São Tomé and Príncipe |
Portuguese |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Scotland |
English |
No |
Yes |
|
Senegal |
French |
Yes |
No |
|
Serbo-Croatia |
Serbian |
Yes |
Yes |
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Seychelles |
English, French |
No |
No |
|
Sierra Leone |
English |
No |
Yes |
|
Singapore |
Malay, Chinese, Tamil, English |
No |
Yes |
|
Slovakia |
Slovak |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Slovenia |
Slovenian |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Solomon Islands |
English, Solomon Pijin |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Somalia |
Somali |
Yes |
Yes |
|
South Africa |
Xhosa and Zulu |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Spain |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
|
St. Kitts and Nevis |
English |
No |
Yes |
|
St. Lucia |
English |
No |
Yes |
|
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
English |
No |
Yes |
|
Sri Lanka |
Sinhala |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Sudan |
Arabic |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Suriname |
Dutch |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Swaziland |
English, Swazi |
No |
Yes |
|
Sweden |
Swedish |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Switzerland |
German, French, Italian |
Yes |
No |
|
Syria |
Arabic |
Ask for TOEFL |
Yes |
|
Taiwan |
Chinese |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Tajikistan |
Tajik |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Tanganyika (formerly Tanzania) |
English |
No |
Yes |
|
Tanzania |
Swahili, English |
No |
Yes |
|
Thailand |
Thai |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Togo |
French |
Yes |
No |
|
Tonga Island |
Tongan |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
English, Hindi, French, Spanish |
No |
Yes |
|
Tunisia |
Arabic, French |
Yes |
No |
|
Turkey |
Turkish |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Turkmenistan |
Turkmen |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Tuvalu |
Tuvaluan, English |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Uganda |
English |
No |
Yes |
|
Ukraine |
Ukrainian |
Yes |
Yes |
|
United Arab Emirates |
Arabic, English |
Yes |
Yes |
|
United Kingdom |
English |
No |
Yes |
|
United States |
English |
No |
Yes |
|
Uruguay |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Uzbekistan |
Uzbek, Russian |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Vanuatu |
Bislama, English, French |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Venezuela |
Spanish |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Vietnam |
Vietnamese |
Yes |
Yes |
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Western Sahara |
Spanish, Arabic |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yemen |
Arabic |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yugoslavia |
Serbo Croatian |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Zaire |
French |
Yes |
No |
|
Zambia |
English |
No |
Yes |
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Zimbabwe |
English |
No |
Yes |
What score must I obtain in recognized ESL proficiency tests?
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Required score in Written English section |
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TOEFL |
Paper-based: 580 |
4.5 |
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Internet-based: 92 |
24 |
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7 |
6.5 |
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90 |
85 |
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70 |
60 |
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Pearson Test of English (PTE) |
65 |
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