English Language Proficiency Admission Requirements
All courses offered by International Business University (IBU) are conducted in English. To ensure the success of all admitted students, applicants are required to provide evidence of strong English language written, oral and comprehension skills.
If your first language is not English and if you completed fewer than 4 consecutive years full-time in an approved Canadian secondary school, you must provide test results from one of the following English Language Proficiency Test providers. The test must have been taken within 2 years of the start of your term of admission and your test results must be equal to or greater than the minimum scores listed below.
Test results must be sent directly from the test provider to IBU.
Test accepted by IBU and their required minimum scores are:
Cambridge Assessment English C1: Advanced and/or C2: Proficiency
Required score: minimum 175 overall with no component below 170.
Canadian Academic English Language Assessment (CAEL)
Required score: minimum 70 overall with no band below 60.
International English Language Testing System Academic (IELTS) (not general test)
Required score: minimum 6 overall with no band below 6.
Pearson Test of English (PTE)
Required score: Overall 60 for the explanation of Pearson Test of English (PTE).
Test of English as a Foreign Language, internet based (TOEFL iBT) (not Super Score Test and not Home iBT test)
Required score: minimum 83 overall with no individual scaled score (writing, speaking, reading, listening) below 20.
Canadian Language Benchmarks score
Required Score: minimum score of 7
Post-secondary level English for Academic Purposes program accredited by Languages Canada
Required Level: minimum equivalent of B Standing
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Required Score: Level C1 or higher
Michigan English Language Reading Battery (MELAB)
Required Score: Minimum 76
Canadian Test of English for Scholars and Trainees (CanTEST)
Required Score 4.5 in Reading and Listening and 4.0 in Writing
Duolingo
Required Score: Minimum score of 105
Canadian Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP)
Required Score: Over All 7, with no band less than 7