At Sheridan College in Oakville, Canada, Cert in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) (General Arts and Science) Virtual, Online is offered as a certificate in Social Sciences & Education programme. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 16,836 per year (CAD 4,757 per year for local students).
Delivered as a full-time, intensive program, this English for Academic Purposes course runs across five levels, each lasting 14 weeks with 22 to 25 hours of class time per week, with students placed according to IELTS, TOEFL or Duolingo results. Reaching the top level, Level 5, can lead to conditional acceptance into a Sheridan diploma, degree or postgraduate certificate. Coursework builds speaking, listening, reading, pronunciation and writing skills through group projects and community-based interaction, along with presentations, research tasks, note-taking and writing practice, taught by TESL Ontario certified instructors holding PhDs and master's degrees. This version of the program is delivered fully online for domestic applicants.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or that the applicant be at least 19 years old by the first day of classes. Rather than a proficiency threshold to clear, the programme itself places every applicant into one of five levels from a Duolingo, IELTS Academic or TOEFL iBT score, valid for two years up to the first day of classes: Level 1 for IELTS 2.5-3, TOEFL iBT 1.5 or below 31, or Duolingo 10-25; Level 2 for IELTS 3-4, TOEFL iBT 2 or 31-34, or Duolingo 30-50; Level 3 for IELTS 4-4.5, TOEFL iBT 2.5 or 34-44, or Duolingo 55-70; Level 4 for IELTS 4.5-5, TOEFL iBT 3 or 45-58, or Duolingo 75-80; and Level 5 for IELTS 5-6, TOEFL iBT 3.5 or above 58, or Duolingo 85-100. Final placement also depends on the individual skill scores within the chosen test. Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca and international applicants apply directly to Sheridan; both may start in September, January or May.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January and May
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting in Fall 2027 the application opened 26 September 2026, the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, and offers can go out from 1 November 2026, with portfolio- and audition-based programmes deciding later in March; accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027. Winter and Spring/Summer 2027 entry use the same portal but Sheridan publishes no fixed equal-consideration date for them and reviews those on an ongoing basis. International applicants apply directly through Sheridan's own International Application Portal, not ontariocolleges.ca; the college publishes no fixed international deadline and admits on a rolling, space-permitting basis, so early application is advised for the 2027 entry cycle. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
