Our tradition in the Graduate Program in English at YorkU has always been to challenge the idea of tradition itself to seek out the limits of established ideas and to attend to new ones We are proud of our reputation for adventurous interdisciplinary and innovative approaches to literature Trail-blazing into the new creating valuable knowledge and assessing significance in every field of literary history criticism and theory requires truly comprehensive knowledge skilful research and thought-provoking writing Our program is carefully and supportively designed to help students develop into the next generation of important scholars Our faculty and courses represent a compelling range of theoretical historical and critical approaches to literature across the historical sweep of English-language literatures in all genres from their very beginnings to today s global spectrum of voices and expressive forms Study with prize-winning graduate faculty in American British Canadian Postcolonial Diasporic and World Literatures Study in depth the periods of Medieval and Renaissance 18th-century and Romantics Victorianism and Modernism the 20th-century and the truly contemporary with an array of disciplinary theories that will energize and change how you read and think

Our faculty and courses represent a compelling range of theoretical, historical and critical approaches to literature across the historical sweep of English-language literatures in all genres from their very beginnings to today’s global spectrum of voices and expressive forms.  Study with prize-winning graduate faculty in American, British, Canadian, Postcolonial, Diasporic, and World Literatures. Study in depth the periods of Medieval and Renaissance, 18th-century and Romantics, Victorianism and Modernism, the 20th-century and the truly contemporary with an array of disciplinary theories that will energize and change how you read and think.

• Choose a program of choice, view the mandatory requirements, and apply online at the official website.
• Submit the official academic transcripts.
• Provide TOEFL/IELTS or equivalent test scores.
• Submit Citizenship and Immigration Documents.
• Letter of Recommendation (LOR) for Canada
• Mature Students (20 years of age or older) must also provide other mandatory documents including postsecondary transcripts, resume, personal letter (one-two pages), documents for any previous academic performance, among others.
• Submit the completed applications and track them via MyFile. 

Minimum TOEFL (Paper-based)600

Minimum TOEFL (Internet-based)100

IELTS (Academic Module)7.5

YUELIAcademic Program Level 9 with Distinction

YUELI Graduate Studies Preparation Program (GSPP)Graduate with distinction

CAELOverall score of 70, no component score less than 60

Minimum CPE ScoreC

Minimum CAE ScoreB

Duolingo125

PTE Academic76

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