St. Lawrence College

This guide is for Nepali students who want to study in Canada from Nepal and are applying to St. Lawrence College in eastern Ontario. It covers the acceptance rate, the grades and English scores you need, the documents to prepare in Nepal and each step from application to study permit. For campuses, fees and scholarships, see our St. Lawrence College profile, and for programs, intakes and PGWP status, our St. Lawrence programs guide.

What is St. Lawrence College’s acceptance rate?

St. Lawrence College doesn’t publish an acceptance rate. Percentages quoted on other websites are outside estimates, not official numbers.

What decides an offer is meeting your program’s admission and English requirements while seats are still open. St. Lawrence’s how-to-apply page says International Admissions decides your eligibility before it issues a letter of acceptance. Some programs are harder to enter: the Practical Nursing page calls itself highly competitive and says applications must be complete, with all transcripts.

What grades do you need from Nepal?

St. Lawrence publishes no Nepal-specific grade rule, so each program page sets its own requirements, written in Ontario school terms.

We found no NEB conversion on its site, so ask the Nepal office at nepal@sl.on.ca how your +2 subjects match. Examples from St. Lawrence’s program pages:

• Computer Programming and Analysis (advanced diploma): Grade 12 English and Grade 11 math.
• Practical Nursing (diploma): Grade 12 English, math and chemistry, plus Grade 11 or 12 biology.
• Bachelor of Commerce: Social Innovation (degree): a 65% average across six Grade 12 courses, including English, plus Grade 11 math.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (degree): a 75% average across six Grade 12 courses, including English, math, biology and chemistry.
• Cybersecurity (graduate certificate): a two or three year college diploma or a university degree.

St. Lawrence’s page on applying with your transcripts asks Canadian citizens and permanent residents educated abroad for an ICAS or WES assessment. Its how-to-apply page doesn’t ask international applicants for one. To see where your +2 grades stand, convert your NEB GPA to a percentage with our NEB GPA calculator.

What English scores does St. Lawrence College accept?

St. Lawrence asks for IELTS Academic 6.0 with no band under 5.5 for certificates, diplomas and advanced diplomas, and 6.5 with no band under 6.0 for fast-track programs, graduate certificates and degrees.

Tests must be under 2 years old, and CELPIP isn’t accepted. St. Lawrence calls Duolingo “temporarily accepted”, and CAEL (overall 60) and other tests are also listed. Nepal isn’t on its list of English-speaking countries, so plan on taking a test. All of this is on St. Lawrence’s English requirements page.

If your score is short, the same page lists English language partner schools whose higher levels can replace a test, such as Queen’s University School of English and ILAC. To compare scores across Canadian institutions, see our IELTS and PTE guide for Canada.

Which documents do you need from Nepal?

You need your passport, certified transcripts and certificates, and an English score report, all uploaded to the OCAS International Application Service portal.

• Original or certified secondary transcripts and your secondary diploma, with translated copies if they aren’t in English. Our guide explains how to get transcripts in Nepal from NEB, TU and other boards.
• For graduate certificates, your post-secondary transcripts and your diploma or degree, also original or certified.
• Your IELTS, PTE, TOEFL or Duolingo score report.
• A valid passport for the application and your study permit. If you don’t have one yet, see getting a Nepali passport for study abroad.

St. Lawrence asks you not to send documents directly to the college. Nepali certificates and bank documents often carry Bikram Sambat dates; our Nepali date converter helps you match them to the A.D. dates on your forms.

How do you apply to St. Lawrence College, step by step?

You apply through the OCAS International Application Service with a CAD 100 non-refundable fee, then pay the amount on your letter of acceptance and use it for your study permit.

1. Choose your program and check it’s open on St. Lawrence’s program list, which marks programs open for international students, then read the program page’s admission requirements.
2. Apply online. Create an account on the St. Lawrence application portal, pick your programs and upload your documents. Pay the CAD 100 fee through Flywire, then go back and click submit, or St. Lawrence won’t receive your application. The how-to-apply page shows each step.
3. Get your offer. Offer notices and your letter of acceptance appear in the portal, and the letter gives a deadline to accept and pay.
4. Accept and pay. Pay the amount stated on your letter through Flywire, as St. Lawrence advises, and upload the confirmation to the portal. St. Lawrence then sends you proof of payment for your visa file. To send tuition from a Nepali bank you need a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Ministry of Education; see how to apply for an NOC in Nepal.
5. Get your Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL). St. Lawrence’s how-to-apply page doesn’t say who requests your PAL, so ask the Nepal office right after you accept. Read what a PAL is and who needs one.
6. Apply for your study permit with your letter of acceptance, PAL, payment receipt and proof of funds. Add a statement of purpose explaining your study plan; see our SOP guide for a Canada student visa. Computer Programming and Analysis, which has a work placement, also needs a co-op work permit, so check your program page for the same note. When your permit arrives, upload the approval letter to the portal.

St. Lawrence doesn’t publish a fixed decision time, so check your email and portal regularly. Apply 9 to 12 months before your start date so there is time for the offer, the PAL and your study permit. For the visa stage, read our guides to Canada student visa requirements and proof of funds.

If a study permit is refused, our guide to Canada student visa refusal explains what to do next. Goreto’s counselors in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Chitwan, Itahari and Pokhara can check your file before you apply; contact your nearest Goreto branch.