Transcripts + English Proficiency

EDUCATIONAL TRANSCRIPTS: Official physical transcripts of your accredited post-secondary university and college transcripts should mailed, couriered, or dropped off in person.

Educational transcripts should be sealed and sent addressed as follows:

Transcripts for Admission
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
520 East 1st Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5T 0H2
Canada

1. SEALED: As an applicant, you must submit official educational documents and/or transcripts from all educational institutions that you have attended. Transcripts must be official copies, sent directly to Emily Carr by the institution attended. Or you may obtain official copies of your transcripts from the awarding academic institution to be forwarded, still in the original sealed envelope, to Emily Carr.
2. OFFICIAL: To be acceptable as an official transcript it must have an official stamped seal and/or signature of the issuing institution. Photocopies, faxed copies, and legally certified (notarized) copies are not acceptable and should not be submitted.
3. LANGUAGE: Transcripts from non-English speaking schools must be submitted in the original language with an additional official certified English translation.
4. ASSESSMENT: Foreign documents may need to be assessed by the International Credential Evaluation Service (ICES). The Graduate Studies Admissions Office will contact you if the documents require further assessment.

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• If you require notification that we have received your transcripts then you must either drop them off in person or send them via a courier service that allows you to track their receipt.
• You will be contacted if we have NOT received your educational transcripts.

To support success at Emily Carr University, English proficiency is necessary.

Regardless of your immigration or citizenship status, if you are an undergraduate or graduate applicant to Emily Carr University of Art + Design and your first language is not English, you must present one of the acceptable English Language Proficiency scores. There are exemptions to this policy when official transcripts are submitted.

Applicants whose first language is not English, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, must present one of the following English Language Proficiency tests.

1. TOEFL iBT - Emily Carr institution code: #0032 Internet-Based Test
   • minimum of 90 out of 120 points including a minimum score in each of the four skills; Speaking 22/30, Reading 22/30, Writing 22/30 and Listening 20/30.
2. IELTS Academic Module International English Language Testing System
   • minimum band 7.0 including a minimum score in each component; Speaking 7.0, Reading 7.0, Writing 7.0 and Listening 6.5.
3. CAEL Canadian Academic English Language assessment test
   • minimum level of 80 across all band descriptors.
4. CAE Cambridge English Advanced
   • minimum overall score of 185 with a minimum score in each skill as follows: speaking 185; reading 185; writing 185; listening 176
5. CPE Cambridge Proficiency Examination
   • minimum overall score of 185 with a minimum score in each skill as follows: speaking 185; reading 185; writing 185; listening 176
6. PTE Academic Pearson Test of English Academic
   • minimum score of 66
7. MELAB Michigan English Language Assessment Battery
   • minimum level of 81

Exemptions

Official transcripts must be submitted for exemptions to be considered.

• Successful completion of six credits of post-secondary first year English studies for which Emily Carr University gives transfer credit with minimum grades of B.
• Graduation from a recognized degree program at an accredited university at which English is the primary language of instruction.