Admission requirements
Ontario Secondary School Diploma OSSD or equivalent or 19 years of age or older with mature student status See Mature Student definition for details
Grade 12 compulsory English C or U or equivalent OR Conestoga College Preparatory Communications COMM1251 or equivalent
Grade 11 Mathematics C M UC or U or equivalent OR Conestoga College Preparatory Mathematics MATH1395
Grade 11 or 12 Biology C or U or equivalent OR Conestoga College Preparatory Biology SCIE1010
For the Hearing Instrument Specialist and Massage Therapy programs applicants must have an overall band of 6.5 with no band less than 6.0 except the speaking band which must be 80
TOEFL iBT 88 Effective January 2024 no individual skill less than 22
For the Hearing Instrument Specialist program the minimum score is 93 with Speaking 27

Note re admission requirements
Admission requirements for this program may be met by completing Conestogas PreHealth Sciences Pathway to Certificates and Diplomas However students wishing to pursue a degree after graduation from this diploma program should consider enrolling in a PreHealth Sciences Pathway to Advanced Diplomas and Degrees program to meet admission requirements
Applicants with transcripts from institutions where the language of instruction is not English must demonstrate English language proficiency with a minimum test score on one of the following language proficiency tests or equivalent scores from another internationally recognized English language test
IELTS overall band of 6.5 with no band less than 6.0 except the speaking band which must be 80
TOEFL iBT 93 with a minimum speaking score of 27
Cambridge Exams 180 no individual score less than 170
CAEL 70 no subtest band score less than 60 except the speaking band which must be 80
PTE Academic 58 with a minimum speaking of 84
Conestoga English Language Test CELT Band 6