For information on how to apply to NSAC please visit How
to Apply.
Upon receipt of an international application, the Coordinator
of Admissions is responsible for ensuring official documentation
is complete, assessing eligibility for admission, assessing
eligiblity for advanced credit standing, communicating decisions
to applicants in writing, and acting as point of contact for
relatd inquiries.
Letters of admission are copied to Student Services, as well
as any information with regard to travel arrangements and arrival
requirements.
Prior to issuing a permit to register, the Registry will require
proof of the student having obtained official authorization
to study in Canada.
Registry and admissions staff are available to assist with
timetabling, course registration, tuition inquiries and any
other program related issues. Contact is information is as follows:
Registrar's Office Nova Scotia Agricultural College PO Box 550
Truro, NS B2N 5E3
Proper Documentation
Before the NSAC is able to process an application for admission,
complete documentation of your academic background
is required. If you are attending the NSAC as part of an exchange
agreement with your university or college, there will be entrance
requirements specific to the agreement. Please see your registrar
or international office for details.
You must arrange for all secondary and post-secondary
institutions you have attended to forward official transcripts.
An official transcript is one that has been forwarded directly
to our Registar's Office from the issuing institution; photocopied
documents are not sufficient.
English Language
Skills
If English is not your mother tongue, proof of proficiency
in the English language is required, as all courses offered
at NSAC are taught in English. Proficiency is defined at the
NSAC as:
TOEFL - a minimum score of 550 on
the paper-based test or 213 on the computer-based test.
MELAB - a minimum score of 80
IELTS - a minimum score of 6.0
NSAC does not currently offer it's own English language training
program. Non-native English speakers are encouraged to pursue
studies in English to help for the academic rigors of university.
Students wishing to pursue English language studies before
their enrollment at NSAC can complete a joint application process
with the International Language
Institute (ILI) in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Students without
the proper English proficiency can attend ILI for English training,
and then move to studies at NSAC upon completion of this training.
Financial Information
For specific tuition, residence and student fee information
please visit Money
Matters.
It is important to be aware of the yearly program costs of
studying at the NSAC, including the schedule for making payments.
Students are invoiced in September for Fall semester fees and
in January for Winter semester fees. All fees are due and payable
in full on the first day of classes for the semester. Payments
may be made by cash, money order, cheque, Visa, Mastercard,
or debit card. It is important to note that if you are making
payments using a cheque drawn on a bank outside of Canada, the
cheque must be micro-encoded by the issuing bank in order to
be processed.
Scholarships for International Students
The NSAC administers a wide range of scholarships and bursaries,
some of which are reserved for international students. Scholarships
from $1000 to $5000 will be awarded to selected International
students enrolled for the full year in a program of study at
NSAC. The maximum award will be half the tuition for the year
of study. All students paying the International tuition differential
are eligible for consideration. The awards are merit-based and
normally require registration in 80% of the normal course load
for the program of study in both the previous and current year
of study.
Entrance scholarships will be awarded to outstanding applicants
who have a minimum of 80% or equivalent admission average on
the courses required for admission. In-program scholarships
will be offered to outstanding transfer students (an 80% or
equivalent average from other postsecondary study is required
for consideration) or to returning NSAC students who have maintained
a minimum 80% in the work of the previous year at NSAC with
no failed courses (including Drop Fails), with preference to
students who have, in addition, maintained a cumulative average
of 80%. The number and value of awards will be dependent on
the number of International students eligible for consideration.
No application is necessary.
The European Credit
Transfer System
ECTS, the European Credit Transfer System, was developed by
the Commission of the European Union in order to provide common
procedures that guarantee academic recognition of studies abroad.
It provides a way of measuring and comparing learning achievements
and transferring them from one institution to another.
The ECTS system is based on three core elements:
Information on study programs and study achievements
Mutual agreement between the partner institutions and the
student
The use of ECTS credits to indicate student workload
ECTS credits are a numerical value (between 1 and 60) allocated
to course units to describe the student workload required to
complete them. They reflect the quantity of work each course
unit requires in relation to the total quantity of work necessary
to complete a full year of academic study at the institution.
ECTS is based on full student workload and not limited to contact
hours. ECTS credits are a relative, rather than an absolute,
measure of student workoad. They only specify how much of a
year's workload a course unit represents at the institution.
In the ECTS system, 60 credits represents the workload of an
academic year of study, with normally 30 credits to a semester.
ECTS credits ensure the program will be reasonable in terms
of workload for the period of study abroad.
The NSAC has used the ECTS system since 2002. All NSAC degree
level courses are one semester in length, and the equivalent
of 6 ECTS credits.
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