International Student Services

Advising Centre

The main role of the Advising Centre (located in the Marvin Harvey building) is to advise international students when they arrive on campus and help them with any issues that may occur during the year. CBU’s International Student Advisors help international students with integration into the local community. They are responsible for orientation, non-academic advising, registration for medical coverage and coordination of special events for international students.

Our advisors — including a Certified Immigration Consultant — assist students with immigration concerns such as study permit applications and citizenship.

• Transition to life in Canada as a student and worker
• Apply for immigration documents like study and work permits
• Navigate the Canadian healthcare system and MSI
• Help students integrate into campus and local community

The International Student Advisor (ISA) Team is excited to now respond to Student Questions via the Compass Student Account. Students can log in to their Compass Student Account. and select the green “username” icon in the top right corner, then select “Student Questions” from the drop down options.

International Centre For English Academic Preparation

CBU is here to help you succeed, that is the reason we partnered with the Cape Breton Language Centre (CBLC).  It is designed to offer English Academic Preparation (EAP) courses to international students who want to go to CBU but have not yet achieved the required TOEFL/IELTS test scores.

CBLC allows students to familiarize themselves with the academic atmosphere of CBU, so they can quickly fit into campus life, make friends with other students and be better prepared for their academic studies while also taking the CBLC language enhancement program. Once the EAP program has been successfully completed, qualified students can enter the undergraduate or graduate programs to which they have been conditionally accepted to at CBU without writing a language test or needing to submit TOEFL/IELTS scores.

ALREADY APPLIED? CHECK THE STATUS OF YOUR APPLICATION REVIEW THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PRE-ARRIVAL CHECKLIST

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