What IELTS score does the University of Victoria require?

Both levels list IELTS Academic including results from IELTS One Skill Retake. Undergraduate Admissions accepts the online tests offered by CAEL, IELTS and TOEFL; Graduate Studies accepts Academic IELTS, not General Training, taken at a test centre or online. Scores must reach UVic directly from the testing organisation, and unofficial scores are refused.

Undergraduate tests taken more than two years before your application to UVic are not accepted, and graduate scores more than two years old are not accepted either.

Undergraduates can meet the requirement through study, for example four years of full-time English-medium study in Canada or a recognised English-speaking country, three years at a recognised secondary school taught in English with at least a B in grade 11 English, or a recognised degree taught in English in a recognised English-speaking country. Conditional admission is open to Business, Engineering and Computer Science, Fine Arts, Humanities, Science, Social Sciences and some arts programs; you then meet the requirement by the date in your offer email.

Graduate applicants are exempt if English is their primary language, if they hold a degree from a designated English-speaking country, a list that does not include India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal or Sri Lanka, or if they hold a degree from a recognised institution where the language of instruction is English. Graduate applicants without proof may be considered if their academic unit agrees, and must then pass UVic's University Admission Preparation course with at least 80%.

UVic's scores decide admission only. IRCC sets no minimum English score for a study permit; any language condition is written into your letter of acceptance (see IELTS for a Canada study permit). The Post-Graduation Work Permit is a separate test again. IRCC's PGWP eligibility page asks for CLB 7 in all four skills if you graduate with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree, and CLB 7 too if you graduate from "any other university program", which must also be in an eligible field of study if you applied for your study permit on or after 1 November 2024. The lower CLB 5 applies only to college, polytechnic and other non-university programs. On IELTS General Training, CLB 7 is 6.0 in each skill (IRCC score table). The PGWP takes IELTS General Training, CELPIP-General or PTE Core, not IELTS Academic (see IELTS for the PGWP).