You can earn selection points for your degrees or diplomas and the number of years you spent in full-time or full-time equivalent study. To earn points in a category, you must meet all the conditions.

Full-time studies - At least 15 hours of instruction per week during the academic year, including any period of training in the workplace that is part of your studies.

Full-time equivalent studies - The length of time that it would have taken to complete a program of study on a full-time basis, but was actually completed on a part-time or accelerated basis.

If you studied less than the number of years listed with your highest degree or diploma, you must award yourself the points that match your years of study.

• Example 1: If you have a master’s degree but have completed only 15 years of full-time study, you stand to get 22 points! (do not argue!!)
• Example 2: If you have a two, three, four, or five-year bachelor’s degree, and at least 14 years of education, you get 20 points!
• If you have a Bachelor in Medicine and a Bachelor in Surgery - you get 22 points
• If you have a MD degree - you stand to get 25 points.