The minimum academic standard for admission is a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 3.0/4.0 in a recognized program. Alternatively, an equivalent grade point average of no less than 3.2/4.0 over the last two years of the program will be accepted.

Applicants to graduate studies whose mother tongue is not English, and who have not completed an undergraduate or graduate degree from a recognized foreign institution where English is the language of instruction or from a recognized Canadian institution (anglophone or francophone), must write either:

the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language, preferably the Internet-based test (iBT)), Applicants must achieve an overall minimum score of 94 (iBT, or 587 on the paper-based test (PBT)) with a minimum score of 20 for each component (i.e., Writing, Reading, Speaking, Listening), or
the IELTS (International English Language Testing System), Applicants must achieve a minimum band score of 7 in order to apply.