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Student Biologist

Pre-assessments or Reviews

The College does not do any assessments or reviews of applications or courses prior to an application submission. All assessments are conducted upon an application being completed. Click on this link to understand the application process and status.

Entry into the College as a student member requires the applicant to be enrolled in a minimum of 3 courses per semester at a post secondary institution in a program leading to education credentials suitable for meeting the admission requirements of the College.

All information regarding the requirements for the BIT and other registrant categories is in the College's Credentialing Standard and tutorials

If you cannot find the information you are looking for contact the Regulatory Officer.

**Please inform College staff if the name on your transcripts is different than the name on your application so we can ensure your transcripts are received and uploaded to your application. If not this will cause a delay in the processing of your application.**

Paper/hardcopy Electronic/digital transcripts Internationally educated applicants (outside Canada and the United States)*

To be mailed directly from all post-secondary institutions where you completed courses, including the institution(s) showing credentials granted to:

College of Applied Biologists
ATTN: Regulatory Officer
#210-852 Fort Street
Victoria, BC Canada V8W 1H8

Accepted only if they are:

  1. Accessed directly by the College of Applied Biologists' Regulatory Officer through a secure site offered directly by the granting institution not a thrid party. The College does not accept transcripts through My eQuals. 

OR

  1. Emailed directly to the Regulatory Officer by the granting institution.

Note: The College only accepts electronic/digital official transcripts issued directly from the institution(s) to the College. Digital transcripts issued via a third party (e.g., My eQuals, Mycreds etc.) are not accepted.

You must provide:

  1. A Credential evaluation directly from a recognized credentialing service such as WES, ICES, or IQAS; and
  2. A second set of official transcripts. If these are not in English, the College requires an English translation sent by a certified translator directly to the College's Regulatory Officer.

Note: The College only accepts electronic/digital official transcripts issued directly from the institution(s) to the College. Digital transcripts issued via a third party (e.g., My eQuals, Mycreds etc.) are not accepted.