At BCIT, entrance requirements are program specific. Be sure to check your program entrance requirements for the level of English required (e.g. English 12 C+). In addition to the English level requirements, applicants are assessed as Category A or B.
Category A applicants are individuals who have studied for two years full-time in a country where English is the primary language.
Category A applicants must meet both of the following criteria:
Category A applicants have met the speaking and listening requirements. Category A applicants must also meet the program’s reading and writing English level (e.g. English 12 C+).
Category A applicants who have not met the program's English level should refer to BCIT's English Equivalencies - Category A.
|
Australia Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Botswana |
Canada Cayman Islands Gambia Ghana Guyana Ireland |
Jamaica Kenya Mauritius New Zealand Nigeria Singapore South Africa |
St. Lucia Trinidad & Tobago Tanzania Uganda United Kingdom US Zimbabwe |
Category B applicants are individuals whose previous education is not from a country where English is the primary language or who have not completed two years of full-time education in English in non-English Second Language (ESL) / English as an Additional Language (EAL) courses.
You are a Category B applicant if:
-OR-
Category B applicants will be required to satisfy the English requirement in all four language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening to the required level of the program.
For information on how to meet all four English skills, review BCIT's English Equivalencies - Category B.