What is considered full-time or full-time-equivalent study??
 

Hi to all these people who give (unpaid) advice here!

I´m just curious what counts as full-time study.
In about four years i will have completed my studies with a german
Engineers Diploma (comparable to a Master´s degree) and as i know i want
to get into Canada, i´m digging out the facts which will help me getting
there. As schooling systems are kind of different, i want to know if for
study only studies at University will count or some of the education got
before starting at university. i will only have five or six years at
university, but counted from elementary school i will have 18 or 19
years of education (depending on how much time i need to complete
studies and get the degree).

Any comments appreciated...
Yours, Florian

Re: What is considered full-time or full-time-equivalent study??
 

In the Education factor you count all years of education since the
elementary school. It doesn't matter how many years you needed to complete
your education - what counts is the number of years particular education
program requires to complete if taken on standard full time basis. For
example your engineering degree took you let's say 6 years to complete for
some reason, regardless that it is a standard 4-years program - thus you
count 4 years for it.

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Andrew Miller
Immigration Consultant
Vancouver, British Columbia
email: [email protected]
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"Florian Teply" wrote in message
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    > Hi to all these people who give (unpaid) advice here!
    > I´m just curious what counts as full-time study.
    > In about four years i will have completed my studies with a german
    > Engineers Diploma (comparable to a Master´s degree) and as i know i want
    > to get into Canada, i´m digging out the facts which will help me getting
    > there. As schooling systems are kind of different, i want to know if for
    > study only studies at University will count or some of the education got
    > before starting at university. i will only have five or six years at
    > university, but counted from elementary school i will have 18 or 19
    > years of education (depending on how much time i need to complete
    > studies and get the degree).
    > Any comments appreciated...
    > Yours, Florian

Re: What is considered full-time or full-time-equivalent study??
 

Andrew Miller wrote:
    > In the Education factor you count all years of education since the
    > elementary school. It doesn't matter how many years you needed to complete
    > your education - what counts is the number of years particular education
    > program requires to complete if taken on standard full time basis. For
    > example your engineering degree took you let's say 6 years to complete for
    > some reason, regardless that it is a standard 4-years program - thus you
    > count 4 years for it.
    >
So let me see, elementary school doesn´t count is that right?
So my "timeline" is (as it counts here in germany)
4 years of elementary school
9 years of secondary school
and a 5-year program at university...
This translates to a total of 14 years post-elementary education, right?
On the other hand, if elementary school years are included, i´ll get a
total of 18 years, but i interprete your "since the elementary school"
being a "elementary school doesn´t count.

So thanks for your information, and please correct me if i understood
you wrong...

Yours, Florian

Re: What is considered full-time or full-time-equivalent study??
 

Wrong - elementary school counts. I didn't say "since the end of elementary
school" - I said "since the elementary school", thus such counts, but
kindergarten or pre-school won't.

So, if you have 4 years of elementary school, 9 years of secondary and
5-years university degree then yes, you have 18 years of education.

--

../..

Andrew Miller
Immigration Consultant
Vancouver, British Columbia
email: [email protected]
(delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email)
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"Florian Teply" wrote in message
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    > So let me see, elementary school doesn´t count is that right?
    > So my "timeline" is (as it counts here in germany)
    > 4 years of elementary school
    > 9 years of secondary school
    > and a 5-year program at university...
    > This translates to a total of 14 years post-elementary education, right?
    > On the other hand, if elementary school years are included, i´ll get a
    > total of 18 years, but i interprete your "since the elementary school"
    > being a "elementary school doesn´t count.
    > So thanks for your information, and please correct me if i understood
    > you wrong...
    > Yours, Florian


    > Andrew Miller wrote:
    > > In the Education factor you count all years of education since the
    > > elementary school. It doesn't matter how many years you needed to
complete
    > > your education - what counts is the number of years particular education
    > > program requires to complete if taken on standard full time basis. For
    > > example your engineering degree took you let's say 6 years to complete
for
    > > some reason, regardless that it is a standard 4-years program - thus you
    > > count 4 years for it.
    > >

Re: What is considered full-time or full-time-equivalent study??
 

Andrew Miller wrote:
    > Wrong - elementary school counts. I didn't say "since the end of elementary
    > school" - I said "since the elementary school", thus such counts, but
    > kindergarten or pre-school won't.
    >
    > So, if you have 4 years of elementary school, 9 years of secondary and
    > 5-years university degree then yes, you have 18 years of education.
    >
Thanks for the correction, so i could theoretically award me 25 points for
education when i finished studying...
this improves my score to some 50 points without work experience and job
offer ;-))
I´ll have to write this down for my application after getting the degree
(assuming nothing changes until then)...

Again thanks a lot for your clarification

Yours, Florian

Re: What is considered full-time or full-time-equivalent study??
 

I think you can only get 25 points for education if you have a degree at Masters or PhD level plus the required number of years of education. 20 points if you only have a Bachelors degree, regardless of how many years' education you have.

Suze

Re: What is considered full-time or full-time-equivalent study??
 

Suzey wrote:
    > I think you can only get 25 points for education if you have a degree at
    > Masters or PhD level plus the required number of years of education. 20
    > points if you only have a Bachelors degree, regardless of how many
    > years' education you have.

I think so too, but since my degree will be at Masters level, i really
don´t care ;-))

    >
    > Suze
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