Canada is definitely a dream country for international students for their higher education. As a country, Canada has to offer a lot to these students as they can definitely achieve high-quality education with internship opportunities., This country creates a perfect opportunity for students with its liberal government policies and offers study, work and immigration in Canada. Add all this with a low cost of living and it doesn’t get any better than that!
With great standard of living, Canadians enjoy a wide range of outdoor activities from biking and hiking to skiing and swimming, and they are passionate about their favorite winter sport, ice hockey. Canadians are known for their acceptance of diversity and for the same reason they have earned them the reputation of being one of the friendliest countries in the world.
Students from all over the world pursue their dream of studying in Canadian and wish to seek a Permanent residency. Getting a PR is becoming difficult day by day so moving to Canada after getting a study permit is probably an easy way to settle down in Canada. Means getting work permit after study in Canada opens up many doors of opportunities
Let’s learn about the requirement to study in Canada for International Students.
First, we will understand Intakes in Canada:
Canada has 3 different intakes
- September Intake (Fall Intake)
This is the main intake in Canada because in this intake most institutions offer the largest number of seats available in all courses.
- January Intake (Winter Intake)
This intake is considered as a continuation intake of fall intake. Mostly the students who missed fall intake for any reason can get admission into this winter intake. Besides very few institutions offer some courses after fall intakes.
- May Intake (Spring Intake)
This intake is the least preferred intake by students as not many colleges or universities offer a course in this spring session, once they offer are very few.
A Step-By-Step process for requirements to Study in Canada for International Students
The Canadian Academic setup is quite flexible towards switching courses although it is best to compare your options beforehand and choose a major that you truly are interested in pursuing.
- Do your own research: It is very important to do full research by your own. Indeed, it is one of the biggest decisions of someone’s career. It is surely advised not to rush and make a false decision. One should be definite about the course to be pursued in Canada. One must include certain points in their research, like course and future scope including after study opportunities in Canada.
- Selecting the Universities OR Colleges: A degree or certificate with a professional institute will play a great part in building your career in Canada. One should do enough research and pen down a few universities or colleges where they want to get admissions. This selection should be done by keeping in mind their academics and other entry requirements. For an example IELTS requirements are different for different colleges and universities. With same college and universities IELTS requirements are different for various courses taught in them. So don’t just rush to get an admission by paying admission fee. You may lose the money if you are not matching their criteria for getting the offer letter.
- Cost: While having an idea of moving to Canada, every student has a one common question as “how much it cost to study in Canada”. This being the most important factor has every student wish to have a perfect degree to match their vision to create best of an opportunities. Cost of living, tuition fees, maintenance cost, health checkup and visa & flight tickets add to total massively. Some expenses multiply with the number of years of a particular course.
The total cost may increase or decreases depending upon the college / institute and its location. Please visit or call Focus Education Pvt Ltd on +91 9898 344 644 or write us in an email (info@focusedu.org) to know approximate cost to complete your higher education in Canada.
- Funding Sources: With the cost you are ready to pay, you should be aware of funding sources. If you are getting that money from your parents let them know well in advance that you would need that amount of money so that they are also prepared to pay for your advance tuition fees, GIC, travel costs.
- Location and Campus: Another important factor is the location and campus you want to study and make your living. Let’s say if you want to live in a major city like Toronto in that case you should look for a university or college that comes under GTA Region (Greater Toronto Area). If you want to live in a quiet place, you can look for a university or college in the Waterloo region. Canada being a very big country, you can get plenty of options in nearly every part of it. We at Focus Education can provide you range of courses and campuses of your choice.
- Language Proficiency Test: You must have heard about IELTS (International Language Testing System) and TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) Test acceptable for Canada Student Visa. An IELTS academic is required for study process. An eligible IELTS test result can provide you plenty of location options for your preferred course. Focus Education provides best IELTS Coaching in Ahmedabad. We are offering special rates to students who wish to enroll for both IELTS coaching and admission process.
- Eligibility Criteria: Apart from your great academics, most colleges and universities will require you to bring of 6.5 Bands with no less than 6.0 bands in IELTS and TOEFL between 80-88. As mentioned earlier that different colleges and universities have different requirements for their courses. One should definitely look for the exact requirement to meet the goal in mind. A student for higher studies should plan in a way that he / she is able to achieve their goal in 1st
- How many colleges and universities one should choose: Now how many colleges and universities one should choose and how should actually aim for those colleges and universities. you should not only choose one college or university and then think you will get an acceptance letter from a particular college or university. Don’t assume things. Let’s be on the safer side you should select and apply to a few colleges and universities depending upon the factors like it is your dream college and the particular institution has your course and scope is good with your requirements. So always make plan A and Plan B while doing research you must have a list of documents and fees for the same. A fee would range from $100 – $200. So, you can’t go to each and every college and university and apply there as obviously they have fees be serious about it and not waste your money like that and once you will apply to a certain college or university you will definitely get an acceptance letter.
- Getting an Acceptance Letter: Getting an acceptance letter from a particular university or college for a specific course is an important part of application also a mandatory document for getting study visa. An acceptance letter must be released from Designated Learning Institute (DLI). If the acceptance letter issuing institute is not a DLI institute, one will not get the student visa for Canada.
- Study Visa Application: Last but not least the important step is the Study visa application or Study Permit. Visa can be applied at the VFS center and these centers are located in many major cities in India. There is a visa application of $150 and the processing time is generally from 3 weeks to 7 weeks. One can apply for Visa Under SDS and non SDS categories.
We have tried to cover most important information to make you understand the process. If you are not sure about institute or courses to choose in Canada – please get in touch with FOCUS EDUCATION GLOBAL PVT LTD. We can help you match with the right course and we will mentor to lead your way to success by our highly experienced consultants.
Being British Council Certified Agent with Head Office in the UK, we at Focus Education Global Pvt Ltd make sure that all who travels to the different countries get most precise information. The UK and Canada are the most preferred destination for the Higher Education and students from all over the world travel to these countries on student visa to make a better career.
We Focus Education Global Pvt Ltd, are British Council Certified Agent and established in the UK; has enrolled students for various courses and secured nearly 100% UK Student Visa success in all our recent intakes. These students have travelled to the UK on a student visa with or without IELTS and are currently studying in TEF Gold and Silver-rated universities. Most of these students were awarded scholarships up to £5000 and some of them have already converted their student visas to Post Study work visas. If you are planning your higher education in the UK and wish to apply with or without IELTS then please get in touch with our experienced counsellors, who will help you achieve your dreams of studying abroad and make your future bright.
