EAD: Bridge to First Year Pre-Registration/Application & Fee 2026

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📣 Important 📣

By September 2026, will you have completed 4 or more consecutive years of high school/secondary school where English was the language of instruction?

⚠️ If yes, please first email the Admissions & Recruitment office to clarify if the EAD program is for you or if you might have an exemption from the English language proficiency test requirement and EAD. Do not use this form yet.📧 admissions@ocadu.ca

➡️ If no, please continue to use this form (below) to pre-register for the program and pay the pre-registration/application fee.

To pre-register, please submit this form and $125 (CAD) non-refundable pre-registration/application fee for the English for Art & Design (EAD): Bridge to First Year program. You must have received a conditional offer to OCAD University in order to be eligible for this program.

Please review your eligibility and the information about the program here.

Program Dates:
The program will be held online from July 6 - August 14, 2026.

If you have not already done so, please submit your English language proficiency test results to OCADU Admissions (by June 1, at the latest).
More information about English language proficiency requirements at OCAD U is available here.

After you submit this pre-registration form (and English language proficiency test scores), we will determine your eligibility for the program based on your language test scores. After your eligibility has been confirmed, and when we open registration in June, you will receive an email inviting you to complete registration and to pay the program fee in full.

The info you provide in this form will be used by program administrators and to guide the program (e.g., organization and instruction).
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Please complete the form (and payment) below.
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Tip: if you already have valid English Language Proficiency test results now, you will need to enter information (on this form) about your test score/subscores.

OCAD University ID Number

First Name

Last Name

Email Address (Please check for accuracy since the EAD program will send you information/instructions to your email address.)

Birthdate

Where will you be located (city and country) during the online EAD: Bridge program (July 6 to August 14, 2026)?

If you will be in Canada during the program, will you be residing in the province of Ontario during July 6 to August 14, 2026?

Yes, I will be in Ontario at that time.

No, I will not be in Ontario (but I will be in another province in Canada).

I am not sure.

No, I will not be in Canada at that time.

Do you currently have valid English Language Proficiency test results?

Yes

No (Then please submit your official language test scores to Admissions by June 1, 2026 at the latest).

If you already have valid language test results now, please indicate the type of language test used.

IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Academic

Duolingo English Test (DET)

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) iBT

PTE Academic (Pearson Test)

CAEL (Canadian Academic English Language Assessment)

COPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) and TOP (Test of Oral Proficiency)

Please carefully enter your language test scores (overall score and scores in individual skill areas).

*Please note that providing the scores here is only for preliminary program administration/organization purposes. Applicants still need to submit official language test results to OCAD U Admissions by following the admission application process.

Your Overall/Total score:

Your Listening skill area score:

Your Reading skill area score:

Your Speaking skill area score:

Your Writing skill area score:

Please carefully enter your Duolingo language test scores (overall score and integrated subscores).

*Please note that providing the scores here is only for preliminary program administration/organization purposes. Applicants still need to submit official language test results to OCAD U Admissions by following the admission application process.

Your Overall score:

Your Production subscore:

Your Literacy subscore:

Your Comprehension subscore:

Your Conversation subscore:

Please complete your pre-registration payment as the last step before submitting your completed online form.
Thank you.

⚠️ Note: the online system will timeout (session expires) after a long time of inactivity. After you've completed the form and entered the payment info, do submit the form. Keeping the form/tab open for an extended time (without submitting) will result in a complication in completing the payment transaction successfully.

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