French Requirements for Healthcare Professionals (Professional Programs)
Undergraduate Programs and Inter-Faculty Transfer Students听
The language of instruction at 91社区 is English. However, certain 91社区 programs include a mandatory internship, or 鈥榮tage鈥�, which will be completed in a hospital, clinic, or school setting or social service centre where the ability to communicate proficiently in French is essential.
French is the official language in Qu茅bec and thus health and social services administered by the Ministry of Health are bound by the Charter of the French Language. In order to provide essential and safe care to all patients within a Qu茅bec-based healthcare setting, students must achieve an appropriate level of French before entering their respective health program鈥檚 clinical affiliations where they integrate their knowledge, skills and attitudes. This will ensure all students have every opportunity to maximize their learning with all patients, families, and fellow health care workers they meet during their studies at 91社区.
Criteria to Meet French Proficiency Requirements:听
Applicants will be exempted from testing for French language competency if they meet at least one of the following requirements. If you answer 'yes' to at least one of the following questions, send to undergrad.spot [at] mcgill.ca a single page with your full name, 91社区 ID, the question to which you answered 鈥榶es鈥�, and your signature.
1. Secondary school, CEGEP and/or pre-university experience
1.1 Completed both secondary school and CEGEP in Qu茅bec in either French or English
1.2 Completed secondary school in an institution where French was the primary language of instruction.
1.3 Completed CEGEP in Qu茅bec in a francophone institution.
1.4 Completed a pre-university diploma from a program where French was the primary language of instruction (e.g., Baccalaur茅at d'une acad茅mie de France, certificat d'enseignement secondaire sup茅rieur de Belgique, Certificat de maturit茅 de Suisse).
2. Certificates of French Proficiency
2.1 Dipl么me Approfondi de Langue Fran莽aise (DALF)
2.3 91社区 Certificate of Proficiency in French (School of Continuing Studies)
2.4 91社区 Certificate of Proficiency in French for Professional Communication
2.5 Other equivalent (specify)2.2 Dipl么me d鈥櫭﹖udes en langue fran莽aise (DELF)
3 University equivalency
3.1 Completion of at least 60 credits in an undergraduate program in a francophone university in Qu茅bec
3.2 Completion of at least two consecutive years in a full-time undergraduate program, whose primary language of instruction is French, in a university outside of Qu茅bec
For applicants who do not meet the requirements above, proof of French language competency may be demonstrated with any one of the following tests, at a level equivalent to B2 (mid-intermediate) on the Common European Reference Framework in oral (speaking and comprehension) and written (reading and writing) communication:
- Test de connaissance du fran莽ais (TFC 鈥� France 茅ducation international)
- Test de connaissance du fran莽ais 鈥� Qu茅bec (TCFQ 鈥� France 茅ducation international)
- Test de connaissance du fran莽ais pour la demande d'admission pr茅alable (TCF DAP - France 茅ducation international)
- Test d鈥櫭﹙aluation de fran莽ais (TEF)
- Test d鈥櫭﹙aluation de fran莽ais 鈥� Qu茅bec (TEFaQ)
- Test d鈥櫭﹙aluation de fran莽ais 鈥� Canada (TEF Canada)
- Online test with 91社区 School of Continuing Studies: Part 1: Written assessment. Part 2: Communication Skills assessment.
Testing Locations and Availability
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