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Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU), often called the Mount, is a university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on the Bedford Highway. It was established by women for the advancement of women, with social responsibility and social justice at its core. According to the university, it has more than 4,000 students from close to 70 countries and 600 faculty and staff, and its research centres work on topics such as food security, healthy aging, literacy and childhood development.

• Faculty of Arts (BA)
• Faculty of Science (BSc)
• Faculty of Professional Studies: nutrition, business, child and youth study, public relations, tourism and hospitality
• Faculty of Education (BEd, graduate programmes and a PhD)
• Faculty of Graduate Studies

Programmes lead to bachelor's degrees, certificates, diplomas, master's degrees and doctorates. The university states that its four-year bachelor's degree in Public Relations is the only one in Canada. Many students take part in co-operative education. The International Education Centre advises international students on academic, cultural and immigration matters and runs incoming and outgoing exchanges. Applicants whose English test score is below the minimum can be offered conditional admission and study English with a pathway partner. The campus has its own residence buildings.

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166 Bedford Highway, Halifax, Canada, B3M 2J6

• Bachelor of Arts: economics, English, history, modern languages (French, Spanish, Mandarin), philosophy, political studies, psychology, sociology and anthropology, women's studies and more
• Bachelor of Science: biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, psychology, statistics
• Professional studies: applied human nutrition, business administration, child and youth study, public relations, tourism and hospitality
• Bachelor of Education
• Certificates and diplomas in accounting, business administration, nonprofit leadership and tourism and hospitality

Co-operative education, internships and study abroad programmes are available.

• Applied human nutrition
• Aging and family science
• Child and youth study
• Education: curriculum studies, educational foundations, educational psychology, elementary and middle school, literacy, school psychology, lifelong learning
• Natural sciences
• Public relations and communication studies
• Women and gender studies
• Graduate TESOL certificates
• Doctorates: PhD in Educational Studies and Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

International undergraduate applicants must meet the academic requirements and, if English is not their first language, the English test requirements. Most study permit applications for undergraduate programmes also need a Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL) from Nova Scotia. Graduate programmes have their own requirements; the Graduate Admissions Office ([email protected]) gives details.

Applicants whose first language is not English submit an official test score:

• IELTS: 6.5 (no band below 6.0) for undergraduate and BEd; 7.0 (no band below 6.5) for graduate studies
• TOEFL iBT: 86 (no section below 21) undergraduate; 93 (no section below 23) graduate
• Duolingo: 115 (no subscore below 95), undergraduate only
• CAEL: 60 undergraduate; 70 graduate
• PTE: 59 undergraduate; 61 graduate (no band below 54)

Applicants below the minimum may receive conditional admission and complete an English programme at a pathway partner school.