Practical Nurse Diploma for Internationally Educated Nurses

Diploma or degree in a health care field from an accredited institution outside of Canada

This program is designed for internationally educated nurses that have a desire to obtain nursing designation in Canada. If English is your second language, you must provide proof of English language proficiency before admission. These results must be no more than two years old when you start your program.

Test scores we accept:

• IELTS Academic: no score below 7.5 in listening, 7 in speaking, 6.5 in reading, 7 in writing
• TOEFL iBT: 94
• CELBAN: no score below 10 in listening, 8 in speaking, 8 in reading, 7 in writing
• minimum of 50% in [ESLG1860] and [ESLG1861]

If you do not yet meet the English language proficiency requirements of the Practical Nurse for Internationally Educated Nurses program, there is an opportunity to take English language courses in your first term. Test scores we accept for this English language stream of the program are:

• IELTS Academic: no score below 6 in listening, speaking, reading, and writing
• TOEFL iBT: 71
• CELBAN: no score below 7 in listening, speaking, reading, and writing
• minimum of 80% in [ESLS7000] or [ESLS7100], and 80% in [ESLW7000] or [ESLW 7100]
• Duolingo: 110