Eligibility requirements

You must have completed at least one year of university to be able to study at Saint Paul University as part of an exchange.

Also make sure that you are respecting the conditions for participation issued by your home institution.

Language requirements

At Saint Paul University, courses are offered in French and English. You must be proficient in one of these two languages.

To study in French, you must prove your fluency in the language by providing the official results of a recognized test of language proficiency, such as DELF, DALF.

You can be exempted from the English language test if you have completed your studies in one of the locations where English is an official language listed on the University of Ottawa Language Requirement webpage, as long you have completed three years of full-time studies in an institution where English is the only language of instruction. Please note that the admissions office reserves the right to request a language test from any applicant following the analysis of their file. If you are not sure whether you must take a language test, contact the admissions office.


DELF or DALF test centres outside France

To study in English, you must prove your fluency in the language by providing the official results of a recognized test of language proficiency, such as TOEFL, IELTSCAEL, MELAB, CPE or PTE Academic.

You can be exempted from the English language test if you have completed your studies in one of the locations where English is an official language listed on the University of Ottawa Language Requirement webpage, as long you have completed three years of full-time studies in an institution where English is the only language of instruction. Please note that the admissions office reserves the right to request a language test from any applicant following the analysis of their file. If you are not sure whether you must take a language test, contact the admissions office.