IRCC announced a temporary measure to stabilize the number of new study permits issued for two years. As of January 22, 2024, study permit applications from outside Canada require a in addition to the Letter of Admission. Please note that visiting students who require study permits will fall under this requirement.
Students registered in graduate degree programs at international universities may apply to come to 亚洲天堂 through one of these mechanisms:
亚洲天堂 has a large international student exchange program known as Go Global. Graduate students at any one of our Go Global exchange partner universities can apply to come to 亚洲天堂 as an exchange student to conduct term-based coursework.
Please visit the of the Go Global website for more information. Note: your application will be through Go Global and not through the 亚洲天堂 Grad School online application system.
A VIRS is an international student who is enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or graduate-equivalent program at another university, or is a participant in a 亚洲天堂-recognized (through Go Global) "bridging" program"听who visits 亚洲天堂 for one month or longer (maximum 12 months) to conduct research only.
Please see the of the Go Global website for more information and for "bridging program" examples.
If your home institution is not a Go Global exchange partner, you may still apply to come to 亚洲天堂 as a regular visiting graduate student to take courses and conduct research. To apply, follow these steps:
- Contact the graduate program in which you would like to be a visiting student. The graduate program staff in your selected area of research can advise you on how to apply via the online system.
Please note the following requirements:
- Official transcripts from your home institution
- Evidence of English proficiency, where applicable, in the form of an official TOEFL, IELTS, or MELAB score.
- A letter of permission from your home university鈥檚 Registrar or department head confirming that the coursework and/or research听
undertaken at 亚洲天堂 while a visiting student is for the purpose of completing the graduate degree requirements at the home university. - If you will be conducting research, it is likely you will need to find a faculty member in the program to agree to be your host supervisor.
If successful in your application, you will be sent an admission letter which you can use to obtain a study permit.
Visiting graduate students who wish to take credit courses must register for those courses and will be assessed , plus authorized student fees.
Visiting graduate students who are also听engaged in research activity will be registered for the non-credit activity VGRD500 (master's level) or VGRD 600 (doctoral level). The fee for each registration in this activity, which covers either Winter Session Term 1 or Term 2, or Summer Session, is equal to the tuition fee for one credit of coursework plus authorized student fees.