Every year, over thousands of international students come over to Canada for pursuing higher studies. Canadian universities are known for maintaining their quality and their degrees are considered equivalent with US universities or other well known countries. It offers many internationally accepted degrees and credentials including both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Canada provides large scholarships to students who are eligible. In fact, it has lower tuition fees compared to any other western countries and also the cost of living is less in spite of high standard of living

Canada is a stable and peaceful country with lesser crime rates and a safer place to stay. It is also relatively unaffected by natural disasters.

Canada has a diverse culture as there are people from all over the world migrating to the country which helps students to be aware of various cultural differences. Students can learn or improve language skills like French and English which are the official languages

Canada is one of the most attractive places in the world and has many tourist places and spots. It is considered as a comfortable place to live

Canadian visa process have been made easier due to the increase of students migrating to Canada

Students who meet the minimum eligibility points can apply for permanent residency which takes up to 1-2 years from within the country

Students can work on campus/off campus during the course of their study

The education system in Canada encompasses both publicly-funded and private schools, including: community colleges/ technical institutes, career colleges, language schools, secondary schools, summer camps, universities and university colleges. Education is considered extremely important in Canada and is most financially supported by the government. This support ensures a consistent level of high quality that is not dependant on the particular institution or faculty. Canadian higher education institutions enjoy an excellent reputation worldwide.

Admission requirements and tuition fees can vary widely, as education matters are regulated by the provincial governments. Universities in Canada offer a wide, innovative and diverse course program. Universities offer undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD degrees which are equal to American and other common wealth universities.

Canada also helps to learn or improve two official languages, English and French. You can deal with these languages on a day today basis and certain universities even offer courses in both the languages.

Various degrees offered by Canadian universities for international students are:

• Bachelors degree
• Masters degree
• Doctorate or PhD
• Diploma
• Post graduate diploma
• Advanced diploma
• Certifications

Students are evaluated based on an average grade point system which is calculated during the course of the particular programme.

• Check and the application requirements for each universities and their application deadlines
• For international students who do not have English as their first language must attend certain English tests accepted by the particular university. They can either attend IELTS/TOEFL and students will be evaluated based on their scores for these tests. An IELTS score of 6 or above or a TOEFL score of 80 and above is preferred for most of the universities.
• Based on the type of programme the student wishes to apply to, they will have to meet certain eligibility criteria. Students who wish to do masters or post graduate degree will require a bachelor’s degree (3 or 4 year course) along with the English tests.

There are 2 intakes for Canadian universities. Most of the admissions take place at the fall season (September) and some universities have winter intake (January) which depends on the university that you wish to apply to.