International Dentist Advanced Placement Program for Foreign-Trained Dentists

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

1. Academic Requirements
2. English Facility Requirements
3. Eligibility Examination

1. Academic Requirements

In order to be eligible to apply to the International Dentist Advanced Placement Program, applicants must be graduates of a minimum four-year University dental program, not recognized by the CDAC. A minimum current grade point average of 3.0 (4.0 scale) is required. Transcripts : A notarized copy of your dental school marks must be submitted with your application. Dental Diplomas: A notarized copy of your dental school diploma must be submitted with your application. Documents that are not in English must be accompanied by a notarized English translation.

2. English Facility Requirements

All applicants must be proficient in both written and spoken English. Applicants whose first language (i.e. the language learned at home as a child) is not English, are required to achieve an appropriate standard in a recognized test of English facility. NOTE: We will not exempt from English facility testing any applicant who studied in English in a country where the first language is not English.

However, we will exempt from English facility testing any applicant who has completed four or more years of full-time academic study in an English language school system located in a country where the first language is English and any applicant who has successfully completed, with grades of "C" or higher, at least four full degree courses, including at least one full course in English, Social Sciences or Humanities, taught in English, in a recognized English-medium university located in a country where English is the primary language. We will also exempt from English facility testing any applicant who is a bilingual francophone and who has satisfactorily completed at least four years of full-time academic study in the Canadian school system.

Acceptable proof of English facility must be submitted by the application deadline (August 1). If acceptable proof of English facility is not received by the application deadline, your application will be cancelled. Tests taken more than two years prior to the application deadline will not be considered. Official test scores must be sent by the testing agency directly to the Admissions Office, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto . The following tests are recognized:

i. Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
Those who present the paper-based TOEFL must ensure that the Test of Written English (TWE) is also available on their test date. The TOEFL CBT includes an Essay in every administration of the test.

Minimum Requirement
TOEFL PBT - total score 600 + 5.0 on TWE
TOEFL CBT - total score 250 + 5.0 on Essay
TOEFL IBT - total score 100 + 22 on Writing

Note: The TOEFL Institution Code is 0982-00. You must list this code correctly, or we will not receive your results. TOEFL/TWE Bulletins may be obtained from American embassies and consulates or you may contact:

TOEFL Services
P.O. Box 6151
Princeton , NJ 08541
USA

Telephone: (609) 771-7100
Fax: (609) 771-7500
Email: toefl@ets.org
Web site: www.toefl.org

You may also pick up a TOEFL CBT Bulletin at:

Admissions and Awards, University of Toronto
315 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1A3
Telephone: (416) 978-2190
Web site: www.adm.utoronto.ca.

ii. International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic Module
The minimum requirement is an overall band of 6.5, with no band below 6.0. For information about this test, world-wide test centres and registration procedures, you may contact The IELTS Office, at www.ielts.org. You may also contact the IELTS Ontario Test Centre at:

IELTS Administrator
299 Doon Valley Drive
Kitchener ON
N2G 4M4

Telephone: (519) 748-3516
Fax: (519) 748-5926
Email: ielts@conestogac.on.ca
Web Site: http://www.conestogac.on.ca/ielts

iii. Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB)
The minimum requirement is an overall score of 85, with no part below 80. Information Bulletins and Registration Forms may be obtained from the English Language Institute, MELAB Office:

MELAB
University of Michigan
500 East Washington Street, Ste. 350
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2028
USA

Telephone: (734) 615-5605
Fax: (734) 615-6586
Email: melabelium@umich.edu
Web site: www.lsa.umich.edu/eli/testing/melab or the University of Toronto MELAB web site: www.library.utoronto.ca/melab.

Applicants in the Toronto area may register in-person at the Toronto MELAB Test Centre,

Room 139
New College
45 Willcocks Street
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
M5S 1C7

Email: melab.newcollege@utoronto.ca
Fax: (416)-946-0337

You may also pick up a MELAB Bulletin at Admissions and Awards (address above).

iv. The Certificate of Proficiency in English (COPE)
The minimum requirement is an overall score of 86, with 32 in Writing and 22 in each of Reading and Listening. For tests taken before January 2008 the minimum requirement is an overall score of 5, with 2 in Writing, and 2 + 1 (or 1 + 2) in Reading and Listening sections. Currently available in Toronto only. COPE Information Bulletins with registration forms and sample questions may be picked up at Admissions and Awards (address above), or you may contact COPE Testing Ltd.,

7B Pleasant Blvd., Box 1164
Toronto , ON
M4T 1K2 (note: this is a mailing address only)

Telephone: (416) 962-2673
Email: info@copetest.com

Complete information, including a downloadable registration form, is available at web site: www.copetest.com.

v. Academic Preparation ESL, School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto

The minimum requirement is a grade of 'B' at the 60/Advanced level. For more information contact the English Language Program at the School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto at:

158 St. George Street
Toronto, ON
M5S 2V8

Telephone: (416)-978-5104
Fax: (416)-971-2889
Email: scs.esl@utoronto.ca
Website: learn.utoronto.ca/esl

3. Eligibility Examination

Applicants are required to take the Eligibility Examination administered by the Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry (ACFD) prior to the August 1st the application deadline, and to arrange for their results to be forwarded directly to the Admissions Office. Tests taken more than two years prior to the application deadline will not be considered. The valid test dates for March 2010 entry are: September 2007, May 2008, September 2008, and May 2009.

Once the Eligibility Exam is replaced by the ACFD with an alternate process all applicants will be required to take the new ACFD exam and Eligibility Exam scores will no longer be accepted even if they were written within the last two years.

An ACFD Eligibility Examination information and registration package may be obtained from The Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry at:

100 Bronson Avenue, Suite 204
Ottawa , ON
K1R 6G8

Telephone: (613) 237-6505
Fax: (613) 236-8386
Email: director@acfd.ca
Web site: www.acfd.ca