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Academic Assessment – Self Assessment
Eligibility for Academic Assessment
For non-Canadian education to be considered comparable in duration to a four-year bachelor’s degree in Canada a program must have at least 120 Canadian equivalent credits at the undergraduate level or post-graduate level based on the credential assessment. A program must have at least 90 credits at the undergraduate level or post-graduate level to be eligible for an academic assessment for professional registration. A program with less than 90 credits is deemed to be missing the equivalent of a year of full-time study which is too much to be remediated. Programs that do not meet the minimum requirement for an academic assessment will be reviewed to determine if they meet the academic eligibility for registration as an engineering or geoscience licensee. For Canadian education, only a four-year bachelor’s degree in engineering or geoscience or a closely related discipline, as per the Academic Assessment Guideline, will be eligible for academic assessment for professional registration. All other post-secondary education will be reviewed to see if it meets the eligibility requirement for registration as an engineering or geoscience licensee.
If you are an international graduate applying for Engineer-in-Training status, APEGS will let you know if an academic assessment is required after receiving your World Education Services (WES) credential assessment. If you are an international graduate applying for Geoscientist-in-Training status, the academic assessment is always required.
The WES credential assessment provides APEGS with verification of the authenticity of your academic documents and a comparison of the length and level of your program relative to the Canadian education system. WES does not assess the content of your program. The purpose of the academic assessment undertaken by APEGS is to compare the content of your program to Canadian accredited engineering programs of the geoscience knowledge requirements.
There is a fee for the academic assessment.
Overview of APEGS’ New Confidence-Based Approach to Academic Assessment
APEGS has defined three confidence levels based on how confident we are that the academic program is acceptable to practice professional engineering or professional geoscience safely in Canada. The rigor of the assessment process for each level is proportionate to the level of risk that the program does not meet the standard required to ensure protection of the public.
For Confidence Level 1, APEGS is confident that the academic program is acceptable, and an Academic assessment is not required.
For Confidence Level 2, APEGS believes that the academic program may be comparable to university level engineering or geoscience in Canada but needs to ensure this through an academic assessment. Applicants that fall into this level will have the breadth, depth, progression and coherence of their education assessed and the level confirmed.
For Confidence Level 3, APEGS believes that the program is missing the equivalent of one or more years of fulltime bachelor’s level engineering or geoscience study in Canada, which is too much to be remediated and therefore is not eligible for an academic assessment. For programs that do not meet the minimum requirement for academic assessment, APEGS will determine engineering or geoscience licensee eligibility category
New Minimum Requirements for an Academic Assessment
APEGS considers 120 WES credits at an undergraduate level to be the minimum requirement for a 4-year bachelor’s level degree to be considered a comparable amount of education to a 4-year Canadian bachelor’s degree. Applicants deemed to be missing the equivalent of one or more years of fulltime study (30 credits) at a bachelor’s level, will be denied.
If you have a bachelor’s degree in science (not geoscience), computer science, engineering technology or geoscience technology you may or may not qualify for an academic assessment. If you do not qualify, your member-in-training application will be denied, and you will be advised if your education meets the academic requirement for engineering or geoscience licensee.
What Happens Next?
- Depending on the outcome of your academic assessment, you may be required to write technical exams, complete approved courses, or have your work experience assessed.
- The options will be explained to you when you receive your result.
What is a Self-Assessment?
- During a self-assessment, you will undertake an analysis of your academic program in comparison to the expected content of current Canadian programs.
- For engineering it would be the appropriate CEQB syllabi
- For geoscience it would be the GKE
You know your academic background the best. To help the Reviewer performing the academic assessment, you must complete a self assessment.
How to do your Self-Assessment:
- Begin by reviewing the self-assessment instructions and example found here.
- Review relevant self-assessment tables listed below and choose the one that best matches the discipline of your bachelor’s degree.
- Write the name of your classes (as they appear on the WES course listing) beside the appropriate subject description of the Canadian syllabus.
Please follow ALL of the self-assessment guidelines carefully and thoroughly. If information is missing you will be asked to resubmit your assessment. This will delay your application.
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Self-Assessment Tables for Engineering