Admission Guidelines

Click on your province, territory, or country to view your undergraduate admission guidelines. For a list of documents required to support your application for admission, please click here.

Canadian High Schools

Nova Scotia (printable .pdf version)

New Brunswick (printable .pdf version)

New Brunswick 2014 (printable .pdf version)

Prince Edward Island (printable .pdf version)

Newfoundland and Labrador (printable .pdf version)

Quebec (printable .pdf version)

Ontario (printable .pdf version)

Manitoba (printable .pdf version) 

Saskatchewan (printable .pdf version)

Alberta, Northwest Territories and Nunavut (printable .pdf version)

British Columbia and Yukon Territory (printable .pdf version)

British Columbia and Yukon Territory 2013 (printable .pdf version)

International Schools

United States (printable .pdf version)

Bermuda (printable .pdf version)

Caribbean (printable .pdf version)

Other International Guidelines

Other Admission Guidelines

International Baccalaureate (IB) program (printable .pdf version)

Admission from other than high school

When planning their secondary school programs, students should note that a number of courses taken in the first university year have secondary school prerequisites. Generally, students continuing university work in subjects available in secondary school are advised to have senior year secondary school standing in those subjects. Academic (university preparatory) high school courses are used for admission consideration. The University reserves the right to exclude inappropriate courses from among those presented.

All programs require senior high school completion for admission, although exceptions may be made for very capable students to enter following their penultimate high school year (except from Quebec). All programs require four years of study except the Certificate in Applied Science (2) and the Bachelor of Applied Science (3). The certificate program in the School of Engineering is prerequisite to the Bachelor of Engineering program at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, or the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

The two-year program of study for the Bachelor of Education degree requires an appropriate undergraduate degree for admission. The requirements for admission to graduate programs are given in the Academic Calendar and those for the Acadia Divinity College in its calendar. 

English Requirements - Since English is the language of instruction at Acadia University, candidates must be able to communicate competently in English both orally and in writing, and students whose first language is not English, may be required to present the result of the TOEFL, IELTS or CAEL. Acadia's English requirments are as follows:

• TOEFL - 90 (IBT) 580 (PBT)
• IELTS - 6.5
• CAEL - 70

Acadia provides opportunities for students who do not meet the English proficiency requirements to enter our undergraduate degree programs. Completion of the full-time, non-credit English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program allows students to gain English language proficiency before starting their degree program. Applicants may be given admission based on successful completion of Acadia's English for Academic Purposes program.