Canada
Three- and four-year degrees, applied for by province rather than nationally, with admission weighted heavily towards your Class 12 marks.
How the degree is shaped
Universities are run by the provinces, so there is no single national application system.
Bachelor’s degrees are usually four years, with three-year options at some institutions.
Admission is largely on Class 12 results in the subjects the course requires.
Before you go further
What Indian applicants are routinely not told
None of this is hidden — it is on the official sites. It is simply not what the material aimed at you leads with.
Applying is done per province, so two applications to two provinces are two separate processes with different rules.
Colleges and universities are different kinds of institution in Canada, and a college diploma is not the same qualification as a university degree — check which one a programme awards.
The route in
Applying through EduCanada
The official government information service. Applications themselves go to each province’s system or directly to the university — Ontario and British Columbia each run their own.
Open EduCanada (official site, opens in a new tab)
Link reached the official site on 23 August 2026. We did not read the page — dates and eligibility are published there.
We link to it and take nothing from you for doing so. Deadlines, requirements and fees are published there and change between cycles — this page does not track them.
Tests usually involved
IELTS
English language testAn English language test accepted for study and immigration across the UK, Australia, Canada and much of Europe.
British Council, IDP and Cambridge — official site (opens in a new tab)
TOEFL
English language testAn English language test widely accepted in the United States and elsewhere. Institutions publish their own required score.
Duolingo English Test
English language testA shorter, cheaper online English test accepted by a growing but limited set of institutions. Check whether the specific university accepts it before sitting it.
Official source
Permission to study is decided by this body. We do not summarise what it requires — those rules change, they are regulated, and getting them second-hand is how people lose money.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (official site, opens in a new tab)
Link reached the official site on 23 August 2026. We did not read the page — dates and eligibility are published there.