Admission Requirements

Master's Degree (MSc)

A minimum average of A- (80% or 10/12) in the last 2 full-time years of education

• Note: Averages for part-time students will use the last 10.0 full credits (or equivalent)

A minimum average of 80% for all graduate-level course work

Strong performance in a recent statistics course¹

International applicants will require an English proficiency test completed within the last two calendar years and meeting one of the following minimum results²:

• TOEFL: 580 (for paper-based test) or 237 (for computer-based test), or 90-92 overall with no individual score below 20 (for internet Based TOEFL)
• IELTS: 7 out of 9 overall, with no individual score below 6.5.
• Duolingo English Test: minimum score of 115 required.
• The Canadian Academic English Language Assessment (CAEL Assessment): Minimum acceptable score is 60.
• Western English Language Centre: Successful completion of the High-Advanced level.
• Fanshawe College’s ESL Program: Graduation from Level 10, English for Academic Purposes, with a minimum 80% in all components.

Additional options for proof of English Language Proficiency are listed on the following SGPS web page: https://grad.uwo.ca/admissions/international.html.

^{1. Our graduate program requires students to have taken, and completed with a very strong performance, a recent course in statistics (within the last 4 years). If a great deal of time has elapsed since your last statistical courses, we recommend that your application include concrete examples of how you use statistical methods on a regular basis.}

^{2. Applicants may be exempt from the English proficiency requirement if they have at least two full-time years of study in a Degree program at an English speaking post-secondary institution, located in a country whose primary language is English. The list of eligible countries is as follows: Australia, Barbados, Botswana, Canada, Ghana, Guyana, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malta, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.} 

Master's Degree (MSc)

A minimum average of A- (80% or 10/12) in the last 2 full-time years of education

• Note: Averages for part-time students will use the last 10.0 full credits (or equivalent)

A minimum average of 80% for all graduate-level course work

International applicants will require an English proficiency test completed within the last two calendar years and meeting one of the following minimum results¹:

• TOEFL: 580 (for paper-based test) or 237 (for computer-based test), or 90-92 overall with no individual score below 20 (for internet Based TOEFL)
• IELTS: 7 out of 9 overall, with no individual score below 6.5.
• Duolingo English Test: minimum score of 115 required.
• The Canadian Academic English Language Assessment (CAEL Assessment): Minimum acceptable score is 60.
• Western English Language Centre: Successful completion of the High-Advanced level.
• Fanshawe College’s ESL Program: Graduation from Level 10, English for Academic Purposes, with a minimum 80% in all components.

Additional options for proof of English Language Proficiency are listed on the following SGPS web page: https://grad.uwo.ca/admissions/international.html.