International Admission Requirements for Undergraduate Studies

UNBC is home to a large and active International Student population with over 396 International Students from over 40 countries enrolled. Students who complete their studies at an appropriate high school and/or recognized post-secondary institution will be considered for admission.

Eng​lish Language Proficiency Requirements for Undergraduate Studies

Admission with a General Certificate of Education (or Equivalent)

Admission Requirements for Students from an International High School

Each international application will be reviewed on its own merits.

List of Countries

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Afghanistan​

Afghanistan General Admissions Requirements

Albania​

Albania General Admissions Requirements

Algeria​

Algeria General Admissions Requirement

Andorra

Andorra General Admissions Requirements

Angola

Angola General Admissions Requirements

Anguilla

Anguilla General Admissions Requirements

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua & Barbuda General Admissions Requirements

Argentina

Argentina General Admissions Requirements

Armenia

Armenia General Admissions Requirements

Aruba

Aruba General Admissions Requirements

Australia

Australia General Admissions Requirements

Austria

Austria General Admissions Requirements

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan General Admissions Requirements

Bahamas

Bahamas General Admissions Requirements

Bahrain

Bahrain General Admissions Requirements

Bangladesh

Bangladesh General Admissions Requirements

Barbados

Barbados General Admissions Requirements

Belarus

  • Attestat o Srednem (Polnom) Obshchem Obrazovanii

Belgium

Belgium General Admissions Requirements

Belize

Belize General Admissions Requirements

Benin

Benin General Admissions Requirements

Bermuda

Bermuda General Admissions Requirements

Bhutan

Bhutan General Admissions Requirements

Bolivia

Bolivia General Admissions Requirements

Bosnia Herzegovina

Bosnia Herzegovina General Admissions Requirements

Botswana

Brazil

Brazil General Admissions Requirements

British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands General Admissions Requirements

Brunei

Brunei General Admissions Requirements

Bulgaria

Bulgaria General Admissions Requirements

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso General Admissions Requirements

Burundi

  • Diplome d'Etat (State Diploma)

Cambodia

Cambodia General Admissions Requirements

Cameroon

Cameroon General Admissions Requirements

Cape Verde

Cape Verde General Admissions Requirements

Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands General Admissions Requirements

Central African Republic

Central African Republic General Admissions Requirements

Chad

Chad General Admissions Requirements

Chile

Chile General Admissions Requirements

China

China General Admissions Requirements

Christmas Island

Christmas Island General Admissions Requirements

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Cocos (Keeling) Islands General Admissions Requirements

Colombia

Colombia General Admissions Requirements

Comoros

Comoros General Admissions Requirements

Congo

  • The completed French Baccalaureat or
  • Baccalaureat General or
  • Diplome de Bachelier de L’Enseignement du Second Degre or
  • Option Internationale du Baccalaureat

Cook Islands

Cook Islands General Admissions Requirements

Costa Rica

Costa Rica General Admissions Requirements

Croatia

Croatia General Admissions Requirements

Cuba

Cuba General Admissions Requirements

Cyprus

Cyprus General Admissions Requirements

Czech Republic

Czechia-Czech Republic General Admissions Requirements

Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)

Democratic Republic of the Congo General Admissions Requirements

Denmark

Denmark General Admissions Requirements

Djibouti

Djibouti General Admissions Requirements

Dominica

Dominica General Admissions Requirements

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic General Admissions Requirements

East Timor

East Timor General Admissions Requirements

Ecuador​

Equador General Admissions Requirements

Egypt

Egypt General Admissions Requirements

El Salvador

El Salvador General Admissions Requirements

Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea General Admissions Requirements

Eritrea

  • One year post-secondary at a recognized institution.

Estonia

Estonia General Admissions Requirements

Eswatini

Eswatini General Admissions Requirements

Ethiopia

Ethiopia General Admissions Requirements

Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands General Admissions Requirements

Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands General Admissions Requirements

Fiji

Fiji General Admissions Requirements

Finland

Finland General Admissions Requirements

France

France General Admissions Requirements

French Guiana

French Guiana General Admissions Requirements

French Polynesia

French Polynesia General Admissions Requirements

Gabon

Gabon General Admissions Requirements

Gambia

Gambia General Admissions Requirements

Georgia

Georgia General Admissions Requirements

Germany

Germany General Admissions Requirements

Ghana

Ghana General Admissions Requirements

Gibraltar

Gibraltar General Admissions Requirements

Greece

Greece General Admissions Requirements

Greenland

Greenland General Admissions Requirements

Grenada

Grenada General Admissions Requirements

Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe General Admissions Requirements

Guam

Guam General Admissions Requirements

Guatemala

Guatemala General Admissions Requirements

Guinea

Guinea General Admissions Requirements

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau General Admissions Requirements

Guyana

Guyana General Admissions Requirements

Haiti

Haiti General Admissions Requirements

Holy See

Holy See General Admissions Requirements

Honduras

Honduras General Admissions Requirements

Hong Kong

Hong Kong General Admissions Requirements

Hungary

Hungary General Admissions Requirements

Iceland

Iceland General Admissions Requirements

India

India General Admissions Requirements

Indonesia

Indonesia General Admissions Requirements

Iran

Iran General Admissions Requirements

Iraq

Iraq General Admissions Requirements

Ireland

Ireland General Admissions Requirements

Ireland (Northern)

Ireland (Northern) General Admissions Requirements

Israel

Israel General Admissions Requirements

Italy

Italy General Admissions Requirements

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast General Admissions Requirements

Jamaica

Jamaica General Admissions Requirements

Japan

Japan General Admissions Requirements

Jordan

Jordan General Admissions Requirements

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan General Admissions Requirements

Kenya

Kenya General Admissions Requirements

Korea (North)

Korea (North) General Admissions Requirements

Korea (South)

Korea (South) General Admissions Requirements

Kosovo

Kosovo General Admissions Requirements

Kuwait

Kuwait General Admissions Requirements

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan General Admissions Requirements

Laos

Laos General Admissions Requirements

Latvia

Latvia General Admissions Requirements

Lebanon

Lebanon General Admissions Requirements

Lesotho

Liberia

Liberia General Admissions Requirements

Libya

Liechtenstien

Liechtenstein General Admissions Requirements

Lithuania

Lithuania General Admissions Requirements

Luxembourg

Luxembourg General Admissions Requirements

Macau/Macao

Macau/Macao General Admissions Requirements

Madagascar

Madagascar General Admissions Requirements

Malawi

Malawi General Admissions Requirements

Malaysia

  • Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia, or
  • Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia

Maldives

Maldives General Admissions Requirements

Mali

Mali General Admissions Requirements

Malta

Malta General Admissions Requirements

Martinique

Martinique General Admissions Requirements

Mauritania

Mauritania General Admissions Requirements

Mauritius

Mauritius General Admissions Requirements

Mexico

Mexico General Admissions Requirements

Micronesia

Moldova

Moldova General Admissions Requirements

Monaco

Monaco General Admissions Requirements

Mongolia

Mongolia General Admissions Requirements

Montenegro

Montenegro General Admissions Requirements

Montserrat

Montserrat General Admissions Requirements

Morocco

Morocco General Admissions Requirements

Mozambique

Mozambique General Admissions Requirements

Myanmar

Myanmar General Admissions Requirements

Namibia

Namibia General Admissions Requirements

Nauru

Nauru General Admissions Requirements

Nepal

Nepal General Admissions Requirements

The Netherlands

The Netherlands General Admissions Requirements

Netherlands Antilles

Netherlands Antilles General Admissions Requirements

New Caledonia

New Caledonia General Admissions Requirements

New Zealand

New Zealand General Admissions Requirements

Nicaragua

Nicaragua General Admissions Requirements

Niger

Niger General Admissions Requirements

Nigeria

Nigeria General Admissions Requirements

Niue

Niue General Admissions Requirements

Northern Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands General Admissions Requirements

North Macedonia

North Macedonia General Admissions Requirements

Norway

Norway General Admissions Requirements

Oman

Oman General Admissions Requirements

Pacific Islands

Pakistan

Pakistan General Admissions Requirements

Palau

Palestine

Palestine General Admissions Requirements

Panama

Panama General Admissions Requirements

Papa New Guinea

Papua New Guinea General Admissions Requirements

Paraguay

Paraguay General Admissions Requirements

Peru

Peru General Admissions Requirements

Philippines

Philippines General Admissions Requirements

Poland

Poland General Admissions Requirements

Portugal

Portugal General Admissions Requirements

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico General Admissions Requirements

Qatar

Qatar General Admissions Requirements

Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo General Admissions Requirements

Reunion Island

Reunion Island General Admissions Requirements

Romania

Romania General Admissions Requirements

Russia

Russia General Admissions Requirements

Rwanda

Rwanda General Admissions Requirements

Samoa

Samoa General Admissions Requirements

San Marino

San Marino General Admissions Requirements

São Tomé & Príncipe

São Tomé & Príncipe General Admissions Requirements

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia General Admissions Requirements

Scotland

Scotland General Admissions Requirements

Senegal

Senegal General Admissions Requirements

Serbia

Serbia General Admissions Requirements

Seychelles

Seychelles General Admissions Requirements

Sierra Leone

  • West African Senior School Certificate (WAEC) or
  • National Examination Council Senior School Certificate (NECO)

Singapore

Singapore General Admissions Requirements

Slovakia (Czechoslovakia)

Slovakia General Admissions Requirements

Slovenia

Slovenia General Admissions Requirements

Somalia

Somalia General Admissions Requirements

South Africa

South Africa General Admissions Requirements

South Pacific (Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu)

  • Kiribati National Certificate or Samoa School Certificate or
  • Diploma from Mashall Islands or
  • Pacific Senior Secondary Certificate (PSSC)

South Sudan

South Sudan General Admissions Requirements

Spain

Spain General Admissions Requirements

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka General Admissions Requirements

St Kitts & Nevis

St Kitts & Nevis General Admissions Requirements

St Lucia

St Lucia General Admissions Requirements

St Vincent and the Grenadines

St Vincent & the Grenadines General Admissions Requirements

Sudan

Sudan General Admissions Requirements

Suriname

Suriname General Admissions Requirements

Swaziland

  • First Year Completed at Recognized University

Sweden

Sweden General Admissions Requirements

Switzerland

Switzerland General Admissions Requirements

Syria

Syria General Admissions Requirements

Taiwan

Taiwan General Admissions Requirements

Tajikistan

Tajikistan General Admissions Requirements

Tanzania

  • Certificate of Secondary Education AND Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education

Thailand

  • Matayom (Secondary) VI Certificate/M6

Timor Leste

  • Diploma do Ensino Secundario

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

  • Carribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) or
  • General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkey General Admissions Requirements

Turkmenistan

  • 1 Year of University Level Study

Turks & Caicos Islands

  • Carribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) or
  • General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced

Ukraine

Ukraine General Admissions Requirements

Uganda

Uganda General Admissions Requirements

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates General Admissions Requirements

United Kingdom

  • General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level

Uruguay

  • Bachillerato/Bachiller

United States of America

  • Grade 12 Graduation with English + 3 Academic subjects and 1 elective

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan General Admissions Requirements

Venezuela

  • One year post-secondary at a recognized institution

Vietnam

Vietnam General Admissions Requirements

West Bank & Gaza

  • Tawijihi

Yemen

  • General Secondary Education Certificate (Al Thanawiyya)

Yugoslavia

Zambia

Zambia General Admissions Requirements

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe General Admissions Requirements

If you would like to add a country to this list, please contact a Student Recruitment Officer at futurestudents@unbc.ca.