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Manitoba Admission Requirements

If you are studying at a Manitoba secondary school, you will need the following:

  • A completed secondary school diploma or certificate by June
  • Five acceptable academic courses numbered 40, including English 40S
  • Specific requirements for your program
  • Proof of English Language Proficiency if English is not your first language

Program-Specific Requirements

For Management and Organizational Studies

  • English 40S
  • Mathematics 42S
  • Three additional academic courses numbered 40, 42 or 45

For Arts and Humanities or Social Sciences programs

  • English 40S
  • Four additional academic courses numbered 40, 42 or 45
 

Acceptable Courses

  • Advanced Mathematics 45S 
  • Anatomy & Physiology 45 
  • Anthropology 42A
  • Any Advanced Placement 40 (AP) 
  • Any International Baccalaureate (IB) except TOK 
  • Any Language 40S 
  • Any Language 41G 
  • Applied Mathematics 40S 
  • Biology 40S 
  • Calculus 41G 
  • Calculus 42U 
  • Chemistry 40S 
  • Computer Science 40S 
  • DNA Science 45 
  • Ecology 45 
  • Economic Geography 40
  • Economics 40S 
  • English 40S: Comprehensive Focus 
  • English 40S: Language & Literacy Forms
  • English 40S: Language & Technical Communication 
  • English 40S: Language & Transactional Focus 
  • English 40S: Literary Focus 
  • English 40S: Transactional Focus 
  • English 42S 
  • Environmental Science 42S 
  • French Conversational 40 
  • Genetics & Evolution 40 
  • Government & Politics 45 
  • History 45 
  • Introduction to Calculus 45S 
  • Law 40S 
  • Mathematics 42S 
  • Modern Civilization 40 
  • Modern World Problems 40 
  • Music 40 
  • Philosophy 41G 
  • Physics 40S 
  • Pre-Calculus 40S 
  • Psychology 40S 
  • Social Studies: World Issues 40S 
  • Statistics & Probability 45 
  • Studio Art 42S AP 
  • Topics in Math 45 
  • Western Civilization History 40S 
  • World Geography: A Human Perspective 40S

English Proficiency

Students admitted to King's University College must be proficient in written and spoken English. If English is not your first language, you must provide proof of your proficiency in listening to, speaking, writing and reading English. Typically, this is done through an official test or ESL program. We reserve the right to ask you to provide proof of English language proficiency. King’s requires one of the following:

  • Language Tests

  • Academic English Programs

  • Exemptions

Language Tests

IELTS (International English Language Testing Service)

Minimum overall score: 6.5
No section less than: 6.0

Duolingo

Minimum overall score: 115
No subscore less than: 100

C.A.E.L. (Canadian Academic English Language Assessment)

Minimum overall score: 60
No part less than: 60

CAEL Assessment Office
Email: info@CAEL.ca

T.O.E.F.L. (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Internet-based Test (iBT)

Minimum overall score: 83
No section less than: 20

Written TOEFL

Mimimum overall score: 580
TWE: 4.5

Western University
Institution Code: 0984
Department Code: 00

PTE Academic (Pearson Test of English Academic)

Minimum overall score: 58
No part less than: 56

Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency

Minimum overall score: 176
No section less than: 169

Academic English Programs

If you do not meet King’s English language requirement but are otherwise academically admissible, you will automatically be admitted into an academic English program such as the English Boost Program.

English Boost Program (Boost)

The Boost Program is for students who are close to meeting the language proficiency requirements for direct entry to King’s. Boost is a nine-week program you will complete in the summer before you start at King's.

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Fanshawe ESL

Students who complete the Fanshawe ESL program fulfil all English language requirements for admission to King’s.

Learn more about Fanshawe ESL
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The English Language Centre @ Western University

Study at The English Language Centre at Western University, a university language program.

Learn more about WELC
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ICEAP

King’s University College accepts successful completion of Level 7 of the King’s University College/ICEAP Toronto Bridging Program as an alternative to the English language proficiency requirement for international students.

Learn more about ICEAP

Please note that fees may be modified at any time. 

Proficiency Test Exemptions

One of these statements must be true:

  • I attended four full-time years of secondary school in English.
  • I attended two full-time years at an Ontario college in English.
  • I attended one full-time year of university in English.
  • I completed an AP English exam with a score of 4 or higher.
  • I completed an IB English HL (A1 or A2).
  • I completed an IB English SL with a predicted or final score of 4 or higher.
  • I completed a GCE AS (Advanced Subsidiary) or A Level (Advanced Level) English* with a minimum predicted or final grade of A.
  • I completed an IGCSE O Level (Ordinary Level) English* with a minimum final grade of A.

*Note: IGCSE and GCE English as an Additional Language are not accepted.

All of the following must also be true:

  • My classes were taught in English.
  • I took academic courses.
  • I did not take English as a second language course(s).
  • I took grade 12 English (if your high school was in Canada).

For further information, please contact King's Admission Services.

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