Section 78 — Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations: Education (25 points)

Points shall be awarded, to a maximum of 25, for a skilled worker’s Canadian educational credential or equivalency assessment submitted in support of an application, as follows: 5 points for a secondary school credential; 15 points for a one-year post-secondary program credential; 19 points for a two-year post-secondary program credential; 21 points for a post-secondary program credential of three years or longer; 22 points for two or more post-secondary program credentials, one of which must be a credential issued on completion of a post-secondary program of three years or longer; 23 points for a university-level credential at the master’s level or an entry-to-practice professional degree for an occupation listed in TEER Category 1 of the National Occupational Classification for which licensing by a provincial regulatory body is required; and 25 points for a university-level credential at the doctoral level. For the purposes of subsection (1), points except as set out in paragraph (1)(e), shall not be awarded cumulatively on the basis of more than one educational credential; and shall be awarded on the basis of the Canadian educational credentials or equivalency assessments submitted in support of an application for a permanent resident visa that result in the highest number of points.