Applied Research (Optional Co-op)

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Admissions - May 2025

Admission requirements

  • An Ontario College diploma, advanced diploma or degree or equivalent.
    • Submission of a current resume
    • AND
    • A two-page single spaced letter of application stating your research goals and indicating how your education and experience to date have prepared you for entry into the program.
  • Please use the following questions to complete the letter of application: Why are you interested in a career in research? What specific areas of applied research are you interested in? Why are you a strong candidate for this program?

Note re: admission requirements

Graduate Certificate (Excluding TESL) and Exception Diploma Programs Standard Language Requirements:

  • IELTS (Academic) overall band of 7.0 Academic with no band less than 6.0, writing 7.0
  • TOEFL iBT 93
  • CAEL 70, no sub-test band score less than 60
  • PTE Academic 63

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Admission procedures

  • Submit proof of the admission requirements.
  • Final acceptance is based on a review of post-secondary background and relevant documentation.

Program requirements

  • Academic eligibility for a co-op work term is based on the term that occurs two terms prior to any work term. Should a student’s academic performance decline considerably (including cumulative missed courses) during the term just prior to any work term, the college reserves the right to withdraw the student from the upcoming work term.
  • Students may only defer one work term regardless of the reason(s) (e.g. failed or missed work term).
  • Students who do not successfully complete their deferred work term will be removed from the co-op stream.
  • Since only one work term may be failed/deferred regardless of the reason(s), should a subsequent work term be missed/failed/unsecured (not successfully completed for any reason) the student will be immediately removed from the co-op stream.
  • Students who are discontinued are not eligible for co-op work terms.

Credit transfer

You might be eligible to enter a program at an advanced level, or be exempt from a course, if you have formal post-secondary education. Learn more about credit transfer opportunities.

Pathways

Some Conestoga programs have pathways for current students, including certificate-to-diploma, diploma-to-diploma and diploma-to-degree opportunities. Learn more about pathways at Conestoga.

Articulation agreements

Conestoga partners with other post-secondary institutions, allowing students the opportunity to study elsewhere, usually in pursuit or an academic credential. Learn more about articulation agreements.

Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR)

Through PLAR, Conestoga may credit prior learning or skills acquired through employment, formal and informal education, or life experiences. Learn more about PLAR at Conestoga.

Disclaimer

The College reserves the right to alter information including requirements and fees and to cancel at any time a program, course, or program major or option; to change the location and/or term in which a program or course is offered; to change the program curriculum as necessary to meet current competencies in the job market or for budgetary reasons; or to withdraw an offer of admission both prior to and after its acceptance by an applicant or student because of insufficient applications or registrations, over-acceptance of offers of admission, budgetary constraints, or for other such reasons. In the event the College exercises such a right, the College’s sole liability will be the return of monies paid by the applicant or student to the College. Students actively registered in cohort delivered programs who take longer than the designed program length of time to complete their studies are accountable for completing any new or additional courses that may result due to changes in the program of study. Unless otherwise stated, students registered in non-cohort delivered programs must complete the program of study within seven years of being admitted to the program.