Graduate Admission Requirements
The requirements for admission to the College of Graduate Studies and Research are as follows:
- Applicants must hold an Honours baccalaureate from a college or university of acceptable standing, and equivalent to the degree at this university that is required for admission to the proposed type of graduate work, or have training equivalent to that required for such a degree. An applicant with a three-year Bachelor's degree following Senior Matriculation or four years of study following Junior Matriculation is not eligible for admission. Applicants holding a four-year Bachelor's degree of this university may be admitted to the college if they have had sufficient specialization in their chosen field to require less than 18 credit units to meet the required level of specialization.
- Applicants must show promise of ability to pursue satisfactorily advanced study and research, as judged by their previous scholastic records or otherwise.
- Applicants should have adequate preparation to enter upon graduate study in their chosen field. Applicants who fail to meet this requirement but meet requirements 1 and 2 may still be admitted provided deficiencies can be rectified by taking some courses either prior to or in parallel with graduate courses.
- The language of instruction and examination at the University of Saskatchewan is English. Therefore, applicants for admission whose first language is not English must present evidence of proficiency in English prior to initial registration. The approved tests of English proficiency are the Test of English as a Foreign Language - TOEFL (minimum score – 550 [paper based] or 213 [computer based] or 80 [iBT, with minimum of 20 of each skill areas]), Canadian Test of English for Scholars and Trainees - CanTEST (minimum score - Band 4.5), International English Language Testing System - IELTS (minimum score - Band 6.5) and the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery - MELAB (minimum score - 85). Test scores must be forwarded directly to Admissions, College of Graduate Studies and Research, by the testing centre, to be received no later than the date of initial registration. TOEFL scores are only valid for 2 years after the test date. Language Proficiency tests are only valid for two years after the testing date. Prospective students may also fulfill the English proficiency requirement through successful completion of the ESL program (Level 50: Advanced) at the University of Saskatchewan Language Centre.
- Depending on the research being done, graduate students may be asked to sign an agreement to hold confidential certain information or data which will be made available to them as part of their research training or because of an employment relationship with a particular project.
- Prospective graduate students who are full-time employees of the university should seek information on the university's policy in this area, available at the College of Graduate Studies and Research.
Note: Meeting the minimum English proficiency requirement does not assure acceptability to programs in the College of Graduate Studies and Research.