>”The Immigration Department has finally revealed the fields of study that international students must be enrolled in to qualify for work permits in Canada upon graduation.
>The 966 eligible academic programs fall into five categories: agriculture and agri-food; health care; science, technology, engineering and mathematics; and trade and transportation.”
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>However, effective Nov. 1, all post-graduation work permit applicants from both colleges and universities must pass language tests — level 5 for college grads and level 7 for university grads — under the standard Canadian Language Benchmarks that are less than two years old.
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>According to immigration department data analyzed by ApplyBoard, an online student recruitment platform, 105,030 post-graduation work permits were approved in the first six months of this year, with 64 per cent of them going to international graduates from colleges.
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>**Over the same period, graduates in business studies made up 42 per cent of the work permit recipients** while 37 per cent were in STEM and 16 per cent in computing and IT. **However, just one per cent studied trades.**
Probably rounded up to get 1%.
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“science” seems like a pretty broad category. make way for hospitality sciences diplomas.
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>”The Immigration Department has finally revealed the fields of study that international students must be enrolled in to qualify for work permits in Canada upon graduation.
>The 966 eligible academic programs fall into five categories: agriculture and agri-food; health care; science, technology, engineering and mathematics; and trade and transportation.”
. . .
>However, effective Nov. 1, all post-graduation work permit applicants from both colleges and universities must pass language tests — level 5 for college grads and level 7 for university grads — under the standard Canadian Language Benchmarks that are less than two years old.
>
>According to immigration department data analyzed by ApplyBoard, an online student recruitment platform, 105,030 post-graduation work permits were approved in the first six months of this year, with 64 per cent of them going to international graduates from colleges.
>
>**Over the same period, graduates in business studies made up 42 per cent of the work permit recipients** while 37 per cent were in STEM and 16 per cent in computing and IT. **However, just one per cent studied trades.**
Probably rounded up to get 1%.
“science” seems like a pretty broad category. make way for hospitality sciences diplomas.