Graduate Diploma in English

The English Department is a dynamic and productive community of 23 full-time faculty members engaged in active research programs, graduate supervision, and publication of literary scholarship and creative writing.

The following ten research clusters represent particular concentrations of strength and focus, and can help connect you to the faculty members working in those areas: American, Canadian, Colonial and Postcolonial, Creative, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Environmental and Energy Humanities, Medieval and Early Modern, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Atlantic, and Studies of Visual Narrative. The diversity of research interests among our faculty fosters a wonderfully vibrant and supportive research environment for all members of the Department, from faculty to students.

Graduate diploma – Disciplinary graduate diplomas provide an opportunity to acquire additional academic credentials at the graduate level without committing to a full master's program. These programs allow students to expand on their knowledge of a particular discipline and may also be used for professional development within their careers.

Graduate diploma: 1 year

Applicants shall have completed Bachelor's degree (minimum second class honours) in English or equivalent, with 20 courses in English and minimum 80% in English courses

The minimum English proficiency test scores are as follows:

TOEFL: An aggregate score of 80 (92 for graduate programs with higher English proficiency requirements).

IELTS Academic: An aggregate score of 6.5 (7 for graduate programs with higher English proficiency requirements).

Duolingo English Test: An aggregate score of 115 (125 for graduate programs with higher English proficiency requirements).

CAEL - A score between 50 and 60 in each of four bands, with at least 2 band scores of 60.

MET: A score of 59%.

PTE Academic - Minimum scores of 58 in each of reading, writing, listening, and speaking

Application Deadline:

January 15 for Fall admission