Applicants to the M.A. or Ph.D. should have completed a B.A. with a specialization in linguistics. Applications are also invited from students with a background in other disciplines. Applicants showing strong evidence for truly outstanding potential but lacking a background in linguistics may be considered for admission to a Qualifying Year (QY).
The items and clarifications below are additional requirements set by this department:
Research Proposal
Writing Sample

Admission is competitive, and normally restricted to students whose intended research areas relate closely to the research interests of faculty members. Our acceptance rate is usually less than 15% of applicants. In recent years, only candidates with a CGPA of at least 3.5 (on 4) have been admitted. Non-Canadian applicants whose mother tongue is not English and who have not completed a degree (undergraduate or graduate) at a recognized institution where English is the language of instruction must submit proof of competence in oral and written English. A TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of at least 575 (paper based), an iBT TOEFL score of at least 93 overall with not less than 22 for each component score (i.e. Writing, Reading, Speaking, Listening), an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) overall band score of at least 7.0, or the equivalent in other tests, is acceptable as proof of English proficiency.