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International Students

English Language Proficiency Requirement Exemption

Students who have their secondary education from a British or North American system, or have graduated from an American or Canadian High School or University will be exempt. Also, students from the following countries are exempt from the English Language Proficiency Requirements provided the student has completed English and earned a grade equivalent to a 'B' grade in the Canadian education system:

  • Anguilla
  • Antigua & Barbuda
  • Ascension Island
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Bermuda
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Botswana
  • British West Indies
  • British Overseas Territories
  • Canada
  • Cayman Islands
  • Channel Islands
  • Christmas Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Denmark
  • Dominica
  • England
  • Ethiopia
  • Faroe Island
  • Falkland Islands
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Gilbraltar
  • Grenada
  • Guam (USA)
  • Guyana
  • Ireland (Republic of)
  • Isle of Man
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Leeward Islands
  • Lesotho
  • Luxembourg
  • Malawi
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Montserrat
  • Namibia
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Norfolk Island
  • Northern Ireland
  • Norway
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Puerto Rico
  • St. Helena
  • St. Kitts & Nevis
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Vincent & Grenadines
  • Scotland
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Africa
  • Swaziland
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Tanzania
  • Trinidad & Tobago
  • Tristan da Cunha
  • Turks & Caicos Islands
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Virgin Islands (USA)
  • Virgin Islands (UK)
  • Wake-Midway Island (USA)
  • Wales
  • Windward Islands
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
 

English Language Requirement – Waiver Options

Students may request a waiver of the English Language Requirement. Students must provide supporting documentation to show they meet one of the conditions below:

  1. Three years of full-time education in English at secondary (high school) or post-secondary (university or college) levels in Canada, or
  2. Graduation from a Manitoba high school with at least one Senior 4 Core English credit with a minimum grade of 70% (Comprehensive Focus, Literary Focus or Transactional Focus), or
  3. Graduation from a Canadian high school with at least one Grade 12 English with a minimum grade of 70%, or
  4. Graduation from a Canadian curriculum high school outside of Canada with at least one Grade 12 English with a minimum grade of 70% (students taking a New Brunswick curriculum are not included. You must present an IELTS test), or
  5. Achieved a minimum grade of four (B) on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level English course, or a minimum grade of three (B) on the Advanced Placement English examination (Language Composition; Literature and Composition), or
  6. Have Graduated from an English exempt country, as listed above. Canadian Mennonite University reserves the right to request additional documentation which may include the submission of a standardized test of English, or fulfilment of an English Proficiency Test, or
  7. Ten consecutive years of residency in Canada that may include years of study in Canada. The period of residency will be the time elapsed between the "Landed On" date on the Record of Landing Document and July 1 of the year of application. 

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