Future students

How to Apply / Eligibility

The French Immersion Stream is designed for students who have attended high school in a language of instruction other than French, and who, while in high school, have followed a French-as-a-second-language program. Since the French Immersion Stream is added to a program offered in English, candidates must have an excellent command of the English language as well as advanced skills in French.

French Immersion Stream eligibility criteria:
1.	Advanced courses in French as a second language in grade 11 or 12 or equivalent. International students, see below for additional criteria.
2.	Choose a program that offers French immersion (see list of programs). Apply to your program via the Ontario Universities Application Centre. Be sure to select the French immersion option on the program details screen.
3.	After you have received an offer of admission from uOttawa that includes French immersion, pass the Immersion Entry Test, an online test that assesses your competence in reading, listening, speaking and writing. This test is compulsory to confirm admission to the French Immersion Stream.

Applying from another university or college

Students applying to transfer from another university are welcomed at uOttawa. For more information, see Canadian university transfers.

Applying from uOttawa

If you are already a student at uOttawa, you may modify your registration to enrol in the French Immersion Stream and complete your program with a French Immersion designation on your diploma. You will have to meet the eligibility criteria listed above.

International students

Candidates must meet the university's language requirements for English-language programs. Also, you must also show proficiency in French by passing courses in French as a second language in grade 11 or 12 (or the equivalent) OR meet the minimum scores for one of the following tests:

DELF	Level B1 with 15/25 in writing
TEF	350 (B1) in each of the oral comprehension, written comprehension, and vocabulary and syntax tests
TCF	350 (B1) in each of the 3 compulsory tests (listening, reading, lexical and grammatical structures)
ACTFL	Rating of Advanced Low in both the Listening Proficiency Test (LPT) and Reading Proficiency Test (RPT)
International Baccalaureate courses	5 in Français B
Advanced Placement courses	5/5 in French Language and Culture

To obtain information about studying at uOttawa, first contact the International Office. To get information about university fees for international students enrolled in a program of study with the French Immersion Stream: Differential tuition fee exemption.

Immersion Entry Test

To access the Test

The Immersion Entry Test is an online test that assesses your French competencies, in oral and written comprehension and expression. This test is used to confirm your admission in the French Immersion Stream.

Once you have received an offer of admission at uOttawa that includes French immersion, you must request access to the Immersion Entry Test. (Click on “You are a Student with a uOttawa Student Number.” Allow up to two business days after your request for access has been submitted.)

Your results will be available within 5 business days after writing the Test.

If you are not eligible for the French Immersion Stream

If you do not successfully pass the Immersion Entry Test, the French Immersion option will be removed from your profile of study. This will not affect your admission to your regular program at uOttawa.

But don't worry! You can still continue to learn French by:

Participating in a program like Explore, in which you adventure to a new region of Canada while learning French;
Taking intensive French courses over the summer, before you arrive at uOttawa;
Taking French-as-a-Second-Language courses (FLS) in your first year.

You may also retake the Immersion Entry Test; you must wait two months between attempts. If you receive the test result required to be admissible before September, you may contact French Immersion to reinstate the French immersion option.