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The language of instruction at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ is English. If you don't meet one of the exemptions listed below, you will needÌýto complete an English proficiency test as part of your application.

Proof of English proficiency is an important part of the application process for many applicants to McGill. Determine whether or not you need to submit proof of English ahead of time in order to meet our document submission deadlines.

The Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Office reserves the right to request proof ofÌýEnglish proficiency from any applicant (regardless of citizenship, country of origin or first language) at any time during the review process.

Applicants who don't need to provideÌýproof of English proficiency

If you answer 'yes' to any of the following questions, you do notÌýneed to provide proof of English proficiency:

• Have you lived and attended high school and/or university, for at least four consecutive years, in a country where English is the acknowledged primary language?

  Click to view list of countries where English is the acknowledged primary language

  American Samoa	Gibraltar	Singapore
  Anguilla	Grenada	Solomon Islands
  Antigua & Barbuda	Guam	South Africa
  Australia	Guyana	St. Helena
  Bahamas	Ireland	St. Kitts & Nevis
  Barbados	Jamaica	St. Lucia
  Belize	Kenya	St. Vincent & the Grenadines
  Bermuda	Lesotho	Tanzania
  Botswana	Liberia	Trinidad & Tobago
  British Virgin Islands	Malta	Turks & Caicos Islands
  Canada (including Quebec)	Marshall Islands	Uganda
  Cayman Islands	Montserrat	United Kingdom
  Dominica	Namibia	USA
  Falkland Islands	New Zealand	US Virgin Islands
  Fiji	Nigeria	Zambia
  Gambia	Seychelles	Zimbabwe
  Ghana	Sierra Leone	Ìý

• Have you completed a DEC at a French CEGEP in Quebec and the Quebec Secondary V diploma?
• Have you completed a DEC at an English CEGEP in Quebec?
• Have you completed or will you complete the International French Baccalaureate - (Baccalauréat Français International – BFI) (American or British section), or the previous ‘Option Internationale (OIB)’?
• Have you completed or will you complete an International Baccalaureate (IB) Group 1 English (Language A: Literature, Language A: Language and Literature, or Literature and Performance) with a ‘5’ or better?
• Have you completed or will you complete English as Language 1 or Language 2 in the European Baccalaureate curriculum (in the Schola Europaea system)?
• Have you completed or will you complete the British Curriculum A-Level English with a final grade of C or better?
• Have you completed the British Curriculum GCSE / IGCSE / GCE O-Level English, English Language, English First Language, or English as a Second Language with a final grade of B (or 5) or better?

If you answered ‘n´Ç’ to all of the above questions, you will needÌýto provide proof of English language proficiency, even if you:

• Consider English to be your first language, or
• Have been attending a school at an accredited institution (in a non-English country) where English is the main language of instruction.

Acceptable means to demonstrate English proficiency

When a test of English proficiency is required, results must come directly from the examining institution to McGill; applicants are not able upload the results. It is your responsibility to ensure official test results are submitted to McGill.

McGill’s strong preference is to receive results electronically, directly from the issuing organization, when possible.

Note that the Institutional versions of the tests below are not accepted.

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