I am an international candidate and my country of origin is an English-speaking country. Why do I still have to provide proof of English proficiency?

This is a policy set by Carleton’s Faculty of Graduate Studies that we have to abide by.

If your first language is not English, you must prove your language proficiency by: presenting one of the official Language Proficiency (ESL) test scores; showing that you have completed ESLA 1900 or ESLA 1905 at Carleton University with a final grade of B- or higher; or presenting official certification (transcripts) that you have completed an undergraduate or graduate degree within the past three years at a university in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom or any country in which the primary language is English, where the language of instruction in the relevant educational institution was English, and the language of instruction in your most recently completed undergraduate or graduate degree was English. (Please refer to: https://graduate.carleton.ca/international/english-second-language/)

Please contact The Faculty of Graduate Studies at graduate.studies@carleton.ca with any further questions.