Students will normally be expected to hold a Master's degree from an accredited post-secondary institution. In exceptional cases, individuals with significant and relevant life experience may be admitted on probation. Normally, applicants must hold a cumulative GPA of 3.33 B plus from the Baccalaureate and Master's degree, to be calculated over the last 30 credit hours of graded academic work. Acceptance to the PhD program will be contingent upon the prospective student finding a member of the faculty to serve as their advisor.

Admission to a Doctoral program requires a Masters degree or equivalent Additional entrance standards such as GPA requirements are set by individual Doctoral programs Our PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies program requires a 3.33B GPA

Acceptable evidence of English language proficiency may be any one of the following
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language score of 90 or higher in the internet-based test with not less than 20 in any of the reading listening writing or speaking components or equivalent other TOEFL score UNBCs institutional TOEFL code is 0320.
IELTS International English Language Testing System academic score of at least 6.5 overall with not less than 6.0 in any of the four modules.
CAEL Canadian Academic English Language Assessment or the CAEL CE overall 70 with no subtest below 60.
MELAB Michigan English Language Assessment Battery 85 final score with 3 in the speaking test.

A final grade of 3.00 B or better in both the UNBC English Language Studies 50 and English Language Studies 170 obtained concurrently and prior to application for graduate admission.
A final grade of 3.00 B or better in an articulated BCCAT EAP 4 program prior to application for graduate admission.