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Having been one of the world’s emerging global leaders, Canada produces a large number of engineering graduates every year. International students studying engineering in Canada take the best opportunities to pursue in colleges that are recognised by the ABET – Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. The wide range of engineering streams and structured education curriculum encourages international students to take up part-time jobs during their undergraduate and postgraduate studies and to stay in Canada for work opportunities soon after graduation.

Considering the country’s quality of education, lifestyle, and cost of living, 3 cities (Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver) in Canada are ranked amongst the best cities in the world for international students pursuing engineering in Canada. Mentioned below are some of the reasons for / benefits of studying engineering in Canada.

1. Range of Engineering Courses in Canada

Whether you want to pursue a core engineering course or non-core engineering course, Canadian Institutions have a lot of offer you. One significant aspect is that international students receive scholarships from most universities, and the Canadian Government is focused on providing opportunities to deserving students year after year.

Right from Aerospace to Biomedical, Chemical and Materials, Civil, Electrical, Electronic and Automotive, you have many options to choose from, study and get exposed to domain-specific organisations through internships.

Did you know? Over 700,000 international students are studying in Canada from worldwide.

2. Advancement & Innovations

Aeronautical and Electronic engineering courses are now steadily emerging in Canada. Did you know? Canada was the forerunner to link its libraries and schools to the internet via its innovative program (SchoolNet). Besides, the country’s 90% of households are now connected to the internet. As a result of advancement in wireless technology, Canada proudly ranks second in the world for the average number of minutes spent online by each individual for a month.

Engineering institutions in Canada also encourage international students to experiment and innovate. As a result, a vast number of electronic innovations have been sprouting every year, including the immersive movie experience – IMAX.

3. High Remuneration

The average salary for engineers in Canada is rising year after year, and the take-home salary has increased to 10% – which is roughly between $110,000 and 130,000. Due to the shortage of skills in the engineering sector, employers are keen to hire international students graduating from Canadian Institutions.

When you opt for an in-demand engineering course in Canada, chances are enormous to land on a high paying job soon after completing the course. Especially, design-oriented technical studies such as Automobile, Mechanical and Aerospace are the most sought-after courses by international students studying engineering in Canada.

4. Research Hub

Canadian Universities are known for their top-notch research activities. Engineering programs such as Mechanical, Electrical, and Electronics involves curriculum to do many pieces of research, and international students get an opportunity to put their hands in fascinating projects and experiments. With innovation and research, students get a 360-degree study experience in Canada.

Some significant research works performed by Canadian research works have led to distinguished discoveries and new theories. A couple of notable inventions include the device to efficiently detect cancer, new technologies to preserve and protect the oceans, sustained and effective and treatment of HIV/AIDS.

Did you know? Students from a Canadian University in Toronto discovered insulin.

5. Safe And Friendly Environment

Canada is a bilingual nation where English and French are the official languages of the country. The addition of the English language is a constructive step taken by the Canadian Government to make each international student feel safer to live in Canada.

Adding to this, Canada has a democratically opted government where the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms safeguards the people living in Canada (including international students).

In 2016, the Institute of Economics and Peace ranked Canada as the 8th most peaceful country in the world. This is because the Canadian laws ensure its citizens, irrespective of circumstances, are protected from all forms of discrimination (gender, age, colour, religion, and physical disabilities). This means you can wear any religious outfits inside the country and in educational institutions.

Out of all reasons, when you look at the ‘work while you study’ aspect, you are eligible to work up to 20 hours a week with a minimum wage 18$/hour. During summer vacation and scheduled breaks, you can even work full-time up to 30 hours a week, without a work permit.

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While the world is slowly but surely recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, international students’ dreams of studying abroad have put on halt due to circumstantial delay in submitting the mandatory documents to universities, such as English Language Test scores, Medical Certificates, and a few others.

For students who have been dreaming of fulfilling their study abroad goals, the IELTS and TOEFL have initiated a special test that allows students to attend English test exams from the comfort of their home.

And guess what?

You can receive your test results within 10 to 15 days itself! As an aspiring student, one can opt from any of the two tests to crack admission into the desired university seamlessly.

So, are you pumped up to know about these tests and the process?

Here you go! Grab a cup of hot tea or coffee and read on.

TOEFL ibt Test

To help students in this unprecedented time, TOEFL iBT has innovated a unique online test model to help students take up relaxed tests from the comfort of their homes. Here is the detailed information about the TOEFL online tests.

Internet-based TOEFL exam sections:

The TOEFL iBT online exam comprises four sections; reading, listening, speaking, and writing.

TOEFL iBT Reading Section

The objective of this task is to assess a student’s reading skills. It involves reading comprehension on various topics including Psychology, Arts, Science, and History, etc. Every passage has around 14 questions. Most Universities accept international students who have scored a minimum of 20 marks in the reading section.

Time limit: 60-80 minutes
Questions: 36-56 questions

TOEFL iBT Listening Section

In the listening section of TOEFL iBT, each lecture has a time limit of 5 minutes with 6 questions to be answered. The conversation section is around 3 minutes, followed by 5 questions that are to be answered. Most universities accept a listening score of anything over 21.

Note: Audio clips will be played only once for each question.

Time limit: 60-90 minutes
Questions: 34-51 questions

TOEFL iBT Speaking Section

The TOEFL iBT speaking section comprises six tasks under 2 categories, i.e. Independent tasks (Task 1 & 2) and Integrated tasks (Task 3 to 6). During the admission process, universities consider students who have scored over 22 marks in the verbal/speaking section.

Independent Speaking Task

Under the speaking test, students will be asked to perform tasks 1 and 2 (a combination of reading, writing, and listening). For both tasks, students get 15 seconds to prepare and 45 seconds to answer.

Integrated Speaking Tasks

For tasks 3 and 4, the following steps are involved:

Step 1 – 45 seconds to skim through a passage.
Step 2 – One minute to listen to an audio clip.
Step 3 – Half a minute to prepare.
Step 4 – One minute to answer the questions raised by the proctor.
For tasks 5 and 6, students will listen to an audio clip (around 2 minutes). Soon after hearing the audio clip, the proctor will initiate a 20-second timer where students will have to recollect the audio clip to answer the questions.

Note: The proctor will begin a timer of 60 seconds as soon as the students start to respond to the questions.

TOEFL iBT Writing Section

The TOEFL iBT test’s final section is the writing section, where students will be asked to draft a couple of essays. One is integrated, and the other is an independent essay. The total duration of this task is around an hour.

TOEFL iBT Integrated Writing

Students will be provided with three minutes to read a passage of around 300 words under integrated writing. Following that, the proctor will play a lecture. Based on the lecture and the passage’s input, students must frame an essay of around 220 words.

TOEFL iBT Independent Writing

Independent writing allows students to write their own thoughts and opinions. As a part of the task, students will be asked to write a 300-word essay in 30 minutes.

IELTS Online Test

Over 30 years, the IELTS paper-based module has been one of the prominent English language tests that help students achieve their dream of studying abroad. With the advancements in technology, students can now take the IELTS test online via computers and receive their results quickly within 7 days. Students need to complete reading, writing and listening in one sitting. Besides, the speaking test has to be taken before the listening test or after taking the other 3 tests.

IELTS Test Process

IELTS Listening Test (30 minutes)

Students will listen to 4 texts or conversations between native speakers, and they are asked to produce answers based on the conversation they heard. These questions will analyse students’ ability to understand ideas, factual information, opinions, and the purpose of conversation. The listening test comprises 3 stages.

1st part – A casual conversation between two humans.

2nd part – A detailed speech.

3rd part – A conversation between people of different hierarchies (employer and employee)

IELTS Reading Test (60 minutes)

The Reading test in IETS consists of forty questions. During the test, a variety of questions will be put forth to test students’ reading skills. The reading materials include 3 lengthy texts in the academic version, either factual, analytical, or descriptive. The texts are usually derived from journals, magazines, and newspapers.

IELTS Writing Test (60 minutes)

The Writing test of the IELTS Academic version consists of 2 tasks. All the chosen topics are suitable for students from all walks of life entering undergraduate or postgraduate courses.

Task 1: Students will receive a diagram/chart/table and are asked to summarise the context in their own words (formal tone).

Task 2: Students must write an essay based on an argument or problem statement during the test.

IELTS Speaking Test (11 to 14 minutes)

The Speaking test consists of 3 parts in IELTS. Each assesses a student’s spoken English. Altogether it takes between 11 to 14 minutes to finish 3 parts of the speaking test. As a part of the practice, all speaking tests will be recorded by the proctor.

Stage 1 – Students will be asked to speak about themselves and for similar questions such as their family, studies, and interests. Ideally, this part consumes up to 4 to 5 minutes.
Stage 2 – In the next part, students will be given a topic prior to 2 minutes of stage 2 process. Here, the proctor gives students 60 seconds to think and answer one or two questions from the given topic.
Stage 3 – Here, students will be provided with an opportunity to converse some abstract ideas and thoughts. The time taken for this part is around 5 minutes.

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And the second best in Scandinavia. U21 Rankings has released their 2019 report ranking 50 countries on resources, environment, connectivity and output Denmark has the fifth best higher education system in the world
Universitas 21 is the leading global network of research-intensive universities, working together to foster global citizenship and institutional innovation through research-inspired teaching and learning. Each year Universitas 21 creates a U21 Ranking of National Higher Education Systems report.

The 50 national systems of higher education are evaluated across 24 indicators grouped into four modules: Resources, Environment, Connectivity and Output examining a number of institutions within a nation. An overall ranking is obtained by summing the module scores out of 100 using weights of 40 per cent on Output and 20 per cent on each of the other three modules.

This year the Danish higher education system is the second best in Scandinavia only surpassed by Sweden, and on a global scale it is the fifth best. The competition in the top of the ranking is very close – since Sweden only scored 0,4% better than Denmark.

Denmark reclaims rank in top 5
Denmark has reclaimed its spot from 2018, ranked at number 5 overall, in the new 2019 rankings.

Denmark is ranked fifth overall, which combines ranks of 4 for Resources, 22 for Environment, 5 for Connectivity and 5 for Output. Within the Resources category, it is ranked fifth for government expenditure as a share of GDP and 17th for total expenditure (public plus private) per student. Denmark is ranked first for spending on research and development by tertiary institutions (as a share of GDP) and second for the number of national researchers per head of population. In the Connectivity module, Denmark is ranked fourth by business for knowledge transfer, fifth for joint publications with industry, and seventh for joint publications with international authors. In Output it is ranked first for publications per head of population and third for their average impact. Denmark is ranked third for the overall quality of its universities.

Denmark maintains its overall ranking of fifth when adjustment is made for different levels of GDP per capita. Its score is well above that expected at its level of income.