What IELTS score does St. Thomas University require?

With the higher scores you can take five regular academic courses, and you may still choose integrated and assisted courses. With the ESL-level scores, plus STU's academic requirements, you join the ESL program instead. STU also reserves the right to assess your English when you arrive and may require academic-credit English Language Support courses. Graduates of New Brunswick high schools with 70% or higher in English 122 or 121 may have the test waived.

Academically, STU's India entry asks for a 70% average on five academic courses on the CBSE Senior School Certificate or the CISCE certificate; Year 12 state board results with excellent marks are considered individually. STU publishes no Class 12 English waiver, so Indian applicants should plan on a test.

STU's scores decide admission only. IRCC sets no minimum English score for a study permit; any language condition is written into your letter of acceptance (see IELTS for a Canada study permit). The Post-Graduation Work Permit is a separate test again. IRCC's PGWP eligibility page asks for CLB 7 in all four skills if you graduate with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree, and CLB 7 too if you graduate from "any other university program", which must also be in an eligible field of study if you applied for your study permit on or after 1 November 2024. The lower CLB 5 applies only to college, polytechnic and other non-university programs. On IELTS General Training, CLB 7 is 6.0 in each skill (IRCC score table). The PGWP takes IELTS General Training, CELPIP-General or PTE Core, not IELTS Academic (see IELTS for the PGWP).