Applicants are required to submit a complete application (including all relevant items on the Graduate Application Checklist located at my.laurentian.ca) by the Application deadlines listed below. For equal consideration, and to ensure adequate time to apply for a study permit, we recommend that you apply as early as possible.
Completed applications, received by the deadlines, will be considered for admission to the preferred term. An application will be considered incomplete, requiring the applicant to apply again, if supporting documents have not been received.
International Graduate Application Deadlines:
Applicants are required to submit a complete application (including all relevant items on the Graduate Application Checklist located at my.laurentian.ca) by the Application Deadlines listed below. For equal consideration, we recommend that you apply as early as possible.
Completed applications, received by the deadlines, will be considered for admission to the preferred term. An application will be considered incomplete, requiring the applicant to apply again, if supporting documents have not been received.
Domestic Graduate Application Deadlines*:
*Please note that some programs have rolling admissions processes and deadlines may vary.
The following programs require a supervisor to be identified with the application:
The following programs do not require a supervisor to be identified with the application:
*Please contact the program coordinator for more information on the process.
Applicants to Second-entry (graduate or undergraduate) level university programs, must arrange to have official transcripts sent directly to the Office of Admissions and must be received by the application deadline. For transcripts to be considered ''official'', they must be sent directly from the Registrar's Office to our Admissions Office, be imprinted with the school's seal and/or bear the appropriate signature. We will not use opened transcripts sent by the candidates. We do not accept faxed transcripts.
Applicants who have obtained degrees from Mainland China should provide both the degree certificate (学位认证）and the graduation certificate (毕业认证) from the CDGDC (学位网）.
Applicants who have obtained degrees from universities in Mainland China are required to provide a valid Online Verification Report of the Higher Education Qualification Certificate (教育部学历认证书电子注册备案表) issued by the CHESICC (学信网) in Chinese and English, together with their degree certificate and graduation certificate.
We ask that you contact both CHESICC (学信网） (for the official transcripts) and the CDGDC (学位网） (for the degree certificates) and request that your transcripts and degree certificate(s), if applicable, be sent directly to Laurentian University.
In order to fulfill your conditions of admission, Laurentian University requires that you provide the following electronically:
Please note that if you have attended an institution in a special administrative region (e.g. Hong Kong) you will not be able to request your credentials to be sent via CDGDC or CHESSICC. Please submit a WES course by course evaluation as described here.
Instructions on how to request your records can be viewed at the following web sites:
CDGDC How to order:
Laurentian University Mailing Address:
Admissions Office
Laurentian University
935 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6
1-800-461-4030
admissions@laurentian.ca
To ensure ample time for processing of your academic credentials, we once again strongly recommend that you make the request for submission of your documents as early as possible.
Customer Service Information:
CHESICC:
info@chsi.com.cn
+86(10)82199625
Important Notice for Incoming Students: For new Graduate Studies students, the deadline to present an official course-by-course World Education Services report to the Office of Admissions has been extended. Failure to submit this document and/or failure to meet the minimum entrance requirements for your program will result in your dismissal from the program and University. Refunds will not be issued if the student is asked to withdraw.
The World Education Services (WES) credential evaluation is a comparison of your academic accomplishments according to standards in a Canadian post-secondary institution. This report allows Laurentian University to better understand and give credit for your educational background. Laurentian University requires a Course-by-Course Evaluation for all Graduate level admissions.
The Course-by-Course Evaluation will do the following:
Applicants also have the option to upgrade to an International Credential Advantage Package (ICAP); WES will store your verified transcripts and evaluation report for easy sending to universities and approved licensing bodies at any time.
Your WES report will be completed within seven business days of receipt, review, and acceptance of all documents by WES and payment in full. Please contact WES directly with any questions you may have about the evaluation process: https://www.wes.org/ca/contact-us/.
How to Apply for & Submit a WES Report: