If you have received an offer of conditional admission to a graduate degree program at USask, you can apply to be placed in Graduate Bridging to meet the English language proficiency requirement.

Graduate Bridging combines English language study with a graduate class, allowing you to finish your advanced English studies while applying your language skills in a real academic setting. 

Advantages of Graduate Bridging

• Continual language support from your Bridging instructor
• Integration of language and academic content
• Experiencing a university class
• Knowledge of the graduate student experience and expectations
• Opportunities to work with other international graduate students
• Direct entry to the College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies after successful completion

English for Academic Purposes class

In Graduate Bridging, you will study English in a special section of the USask Language Centre's English for Academic Purposes program designed for graduate students. In this class, you will:

• focus on language skills,
• develop a wider vocabulary,
• receive explicit pronunciation help, and
• improve grammatical accuracy.

At the same time, you will also be enrolled in GPS 960, and the course content will be the basis of your English class instruction.

GPS 960: Introduction to Ethics and Integrity

The purpose of this course is to discuss ethical issues that graduate students may face during their time at the University. All students will complete modules dealing with:

• integrity and scholarship;
• graduate student-supervisor relationships;
• conflict of interest;
• conflict resolution and,
• intellectual property and credit.

Note: Students with credit for GSR 960 will not receive credit for this course.

• Program and Course Catalogue

There are three intakes to the Graduate Bridging class each year. A term is 13 weeks long.

• Winter term
  January to April, 2023
  Apply by November 15, 2022
  
  
• Spring term
  May to August, 2023
  Apply by April 30, 2023
  
  
• Fall term
  September to December, 2023
  Apply by July 15, 2023
  
  

To enroll in Graduate Bridging, you must meet the following requirements:

1. Offer of conditional admission
   You must have received an offer of conditional admission from the College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies to a USask graduate degree program.
   
   
2. English language proficiency
   You must meet one of the following measures of English proficiency:
   • IELTS Academic 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in all areas)
   • TOEFL iBT 75 (minimum 17 in all areas)
   • Duolingo 105
   • Successful completion of Level 3 of the Language Centre's English for Academic Purposes program

The following represents the total tuition for both the English for Academic Purposes class and GPS 960, including learning materials and resources.

Tuition: $2,000* CAD

1. Log in to your USask admissions account at apply.usask.ca
2. Select the application type: English for academic purposes (EAP) | EAP with an undergraduate program
3. Under Academic Program, select EAP Only
4. Submit required documents, including your language scores for placement eligibility
5. Look for a decision notification in your inbox