At University of Victoria in Victoria, Canada, University Pathway Program Certificate of Completion is offered as a foundation in Upgrading/upskilling programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 44,675 per total.
The University Pathway Program is a specialised first-year route at UVic for international students who have already been admitted to an undergraduate degree but have not yet met the university's English language requirement. Over one full-time year students combine academic English language classes with genuine degree-credit courses, so the year counts toward the degree rather than delaying it. Four streams are available: Social Sciences, Science, Engineering and Computer Science, and Business. The program includes seven first-year degree courses worth 10.5 UVic credits, plus the ELPI 500 and ELPI 600 language courses at 1.5 credits each, which transfer into the degree. Small class sizes, specialised workshops and additional academic support are built in, along with socio-cultural activities to help students settle into Canadian university life. Classes are face to face and successful students receive a Certificate of Completion.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This University of Victoria English Language Centre program requires that applicants meet UVic's general academic admission requirements, noting that meeting the stated minimums does not guarantee admission and that international applicants should consult UVic's own admissions pages for details specific to their curriculum. The program's English Language Proficiency Requirement (ENPR) can be satisfied with a CAEL score of 50 with no section below 40, an IELTS Academic overall score of 5.5 with no section below 5.0, a TOEFL score of 71 with no section below 15 (or an overall 3.5 with no section below 3.0), or a passing grade in Level 300 of the university's Intensive English (ELPI) program; test results must be no more than two years old. International applicants from Canadian-curriculum high schools whose first language is not English may instead qualify with a Grade 12 English studies grade of 50% or higher, alongside the same academic and ENPR conditions.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC, which opens for 2027-entry applications on 1 October 2026: most degree programmes see September 2027 entry close 31 January 2027, January 2027 entry close 30 September 2026, and Summer 2027 entry close 31 March 2027, though Teacher Education post-degree programmes close 2 January 2027, Indigenous Education post-degree admits on an ongoing basis, and Engineering's Summer entry (high-school graduates only) closes 31 December 2026. International applicants use the same portal and face identical dates, since UVic publishes no separate international deadline. UVic treats these as fixed annual dates rather than rolling admission, though it warns any programme can close early without notice. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
