Preparing Your Application

The preparation of your application is a critical stage in becoming an exchange student at ESG UQAM. Given the complexity of the details involved in completing your application, we suggest that you proceed as follows :

1. Contact the international relations service of your home institution to see if it is a partner of ESG UQAM, through a bilateral agreement with ESG UQAM or the dual degree program, or through an NSE or CREPUQ agreement, and determine whether you meet your institution’s eligibility criteria for the exchange program :

• Download the list of ESG’s partner institutions by country (in french only)
• Dual degree program partner institution: Université Paris Dauphine (in french only)
• See list of partners for NSE student exchange programs
• See list of partners for CREPUQ student exchange programs (in french only)

2. Your home institution selects you to participate in an exchange at ESG UQAM.

3. Prepare your application (some additional documents may be required) :

• A copy of your individual record of civil status or your birth certificate (required by the Government of Quebec);
• The ESG Candidacy for an Exchange form (in french, in english) completed online and printed;
• The signed UQAM Demande d’admission form (in french only; instructions in English here). All fields except the section « Admission demandée » must be filled in;
• An official transcript of all recognized credit courses completed to date in your current program;
• A list of courses in which you are enrolled in the two terms preceding your arrival at ESG UQAM;
• Your course selection for your term(s) at ESG UQAM for your term(s) at ESG UQAM;
  • At the undergraduate (Bachelor’s) level, a full-time student at UQAM must take a minimum of 4 courses (12 credits) per semester, the normal workload being 5 courses (15 credits).
  • At the graduate level, the minimum number of courses (credits) required for full-time enrolment varies by program.
• Proof of proficiency in French or English, depending on the language of instruction of the courses you plan on taking.
  • Your spoken and written English must be at an intermediate level. This level of proficiency corresponds to the following scores (given here for illustration purposes) :
    TOEIC: 750 +
    TOEFL (Paper): 550 +
    TOEFL (IBT): 87 +
    IELTS: 6,5 +
  • If the main language of instruction in your home institution is not English or French (and you want to take courses in French), an attestation of your language skills (oral and written) must be provided by a competent authority.

4. Your university submits your application to the ESG International Office before the deadline :

• October 15, 2011 for students arriving for the winter term (one term at ESG UQAM);
• March 31, 2012 for students arriving for the fall term (either one or two terms at ESG UQAM).

5. You receive your letter of acceptance from UQAM with your permanent code, and you’re ready to start planning for your departure.