School of Rehabilitation Sciences admissions test

Applicants to the Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology, Occupational Therapy, and Physiotherapy Master’s degree programs must be able to express themselves in both English and French, in writing and speaking.

About the test

Important information

  • To access the tests, candidates must have a uOttawa student number. 

  • For candidates who are applying to the University of Ottawa through ORPAS for the first time and have never previously studied at the university, your student number will be sent to you by email starting in late November.

    To receive your student number:

    • Your ORPAS application must be fully completed and submitted.
    • Your Payment of the application fee must be confirmed.

    Once both steps are finalized, you can expect to receive your student number by email within a few days.

  • The dates for completing the language tests differ from the deadlines for submitting the ORPAS application. Candidates may complete the language tests after the ORPAS application deadline, provided the language test deadlines are met (see deadlines section below).
  • Test results will be sent directly to the admissions committee at the School of Rehabilitation Sciences. Candidates are not required to submit test results as part of their ORPAS application.
  • Re-applicants must retake the language test and pay the associated fee. Results from previous applications will not be accepted.
  • No other tests are accepted in lieu of the language requirements listed above.

Audiology, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech-Language Pathology

If you are applying to the Audiology, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy or Speech-Language Pathology program, you must pass a language proficiency test in the official language other than the language of instruction in your undergraduate program:

  • If English was the language of instruction in your undergraduate program, you will need to take a French proficiency test.
  • If French was the language of instruction in your undergraduate program, you will need to take an English proficiency test.
  • If the language of instruction in your undergraduate program was neither English nor French, you will have to take both language proficiency tests (English and French).
  • If you have completed multiple university degrees, including at least one in French and one in English, you can request an exemption from the language proficiency test by emailing [email protected].

Please note that the language test requirement will remain unless you receive confirmation of this exemption.

Note: Candidates applying to more than one program need to complete the required test only once.

Your test results will be communicated to all programs in the School of Rehabilitation Sciences to which you have applied.

These language proficiency tests are administered exclusively online. Both tests include the same three sections:

  1. Listening and Reading Comprehension which includes:
    • Two listening passages which consist of a recorded conversation or lecture and multiple-choice questions related to the recording.
    • Two reading passages which consist of a text which you must read and multiple-choice questions related to the text.
    • One fill-in the-blank activity which consists of a passage in which words have been deleted. You must choose, from the multiple-choice options, the words that best fit the blanks.
  2. Written Expression: you will type a written response to a topic.
  3. Spoken Expression: you will record spoken responses to a variety of questions.

The test lasts approximately two hours. Please note that the test must be completed in one sitting. If you exit the test before completing it, you will not be able to return to the same test.