What are the eligibility requirements for Acadia University?

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    Rashmi Gupta | Contributor-Level 10

    2 years ago

    The admission criteria for international students in any programs differs depending on their country’s educational system. Thus, each international application is reviewed and processed individually.

    Undergraduate Admissions

    For Indian aspirants, a student must have a higher secondary certificate or Grade 12 certificate with a minimum of 60% from a recognised board. Apart from this, any one of these English proficiency exams scores are accepted:

    English Exams Accepted

    Minimum Score Required

    TOEFL iBT

    90 with no subtest score below 20

    IELTS

    6.5 with no subtest score below 6.0

    Cambridge Academic

    61 with no subtest score below 60

    Cambridge (CAE)

    Pass A, B, or C - 180 or above

    (no subtest score below 173)

    Graduate Admissions

    Students applying for a graduate-level programme at the university must hold a four-year bachelor’s degree or an honors degree from a recognised university. It is ma

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Entrance Scholarships

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All applications need to be supported by official copies of all high school or college transcripts and other records of academic work. The transcripts should be certified by the school/college/institution and should either be sent to Acadia directly or sealed in an envelope and given to the student to send. Certified transcripts acceptable to Acadia will be used as a basis of admission. English proficiency report and other standardized exam score reports also need to be attached with the application form. Other documents required for application will depend on the programme and course, which usually include:

Reference letters (LORs)

Essay

Resume

Letter of Intent

Copy of passport

Financial statements

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