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Your admissions updates and notifications will be sent to your NAIT student portal account. It's important to check it frequently throughout the application process. We recommend using the same email address for both NAIT and Apply Alberta so all updates are easily accessible from the same inbox.

NAIT will send you an email that will contain your NAIT Student ID Number. This number is yours for the entire time you are at NAIT. You will need it for future applications, ordering transcripts, etc. Keep this number safe.

To create your NAIT student portal account, you will need:

• NAIT student ID
• Email address

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Apply online

Post secondary students in Alberta must apply to NAIT through the provincial post secondary application website, called Apply Alberta (APAS). You will use APAS to submit your application online, including supporting documents, transcripts and application fees.

You will need:

• Alberta student number
• Email address
• Valid credit card (pay non-refundable application fee)

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Tips for applying

• Enter your name exactly as it appears on your passport and personal details into the relevant fields in the ‘Create Profile’ section. If you have only one name, enter the same name into the first and last name fields).
• Ensure your contact information, including your email address, is correct.
• At the ‘Alberta Student Number’ screen, click ‘Yes’ if you know your Alberta Student Number (this would be generated if you had submitted a previous application to NAIT OR you attended any school or post-secondary institute in Alberta or Lloydminster). Otherwise, click ‘No’.
• If you clicked ‘yes,’ the system will attempt to locate your existing Alberta Student Number and may request additional information to do so. If you made an error when entering your personal information, click ‘Edit Profile and Restart’; this will return you to an earlier place in the application process. If you click ‘No’, a new Alberta Student Number will be generated for you. Please keep this number for future reference.
• Click ‘Continue’ when the system locates the Alberta Student Number.
• When entering your country of citizenship, be sure to use your passport-issuing country. If you do not select Canada, you will be asked to provide some additional information to determine your residency status.
• If you enter your high school grades, please note that NAIT will still review your official transcripts to determine your actual grades in the document assessment.
• When selecting the term and program that you would like to apply for, please also select a second choice if applicable, as NAIT cannot add a second-choice application after the application is complete. You may apply for other programs for an additional $115 fee per application.

Submit documents

Document assessment fee

Document assessments at NAIT cost $75CAD and are non-refundable. This assessment fee needs to be paid before the deadline indicated on your MyNAIT Portal. In most cases, the assessment should be completed within 30 days from the date that you make this payment. Failure to pay by the deadline will result in cancellation of your application.

Translation requirements

NAIT requires a literal, word-for-word translation completed by a certified translator accompanied by official copies of your original language transcripts. NAIT does not provide translation services.

NAIT can accept only translations that were produced by a certified translator whose certification can be confirmed by a stamp or membership number of a professional translation association. Should the accuracy of the translation appear suspect, NAIT reserves the right to request a retranslation.

Pay Document Assessment Fee

Applicants submitting international documents and/or transcripts are required to have an analysis and comparison of their documents to provincial (Alberta) standards.

Third Party (non-NAIT) Document Assessment

Applicants are able to have their international documents and/or transcripts assessed by either of the following organizations prior to submitting your application. A fee is not charged by NAIT to review IQAS or WES assessments.

• International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS)
  In order to equate specific courses from an IQAS assessment, a course-by-course Education Assessment is required.
• World Education Services (WES)
  In order to equate specific courses from a WES assessment, a course-by-course Credential Evaluation and Authentication report is required.

NAIT Document Assessment

Applicants are also able to submit their official international documents or transcripts to NAIT after applying to have your international documents or transcripts assessed. NAIT international document assessments can only be used for admissions at NAIT.

1. Submit an application through APAS
2. Submit your international documents to NAIT for an assessment.
3. Pay the $75CAD international document assessment fee in-person, over the phone, or through your MyNAIT Portal.
4. NAIT Admissions will review your international documents and/or transcripts. Once completed, your assessment can be found on your MyNAIT Portal under ‘My Applications’ and then click ‘Upload & View Documents’.
5. Once your assessment is completed and uploaded to your MyNAIT Portal, your application will be reviewed. Your International Document Assessment will be used to evaluate your admissibility to the credit program(s) you have applied to.

Plan tuition and finances

Track your application

 Understanding your application status. You should receive confirmation in approximately this many weeks on the student portal.

Accept your offer

After receiving a letter with an offer of admission, you’ll need to pay the required tuition deposit by the deadline displayed on your MyNAIT Portal under “Make a Payment”. Tuition deposits must be paid by the deadline displayed in your MyNAIT Portal. In all cases, tuition deposits are non-refundable and non-transferable.

• If you are accepted into your first choice
  Pay the tuition deposit for your first choice program and cancel your second choice application through your MyNAIT Portal. If you are applying to a program that begins in Fall 2018 or later, your second choice application will be cancelled once you have been given an offer of admission to your first choice program. Please visit the Evaluating Program Choices on an Application for further details.
• If you are accepted into your second choice
  Pay the tuition deposit for your second choice program. This reserves your seat in this program. Your application to your first choice will not be cancelled by paying this deposit.
• If you paid the deposit on your second choice and then are accepted into your first choice
  You must pay the tuition deposit on your first choice, even if you've already paid the deposit on your second choice. Admission to your second choice program will automatically be cancelled when you pay this new deposit. Any deposits previously paid will be credited to your account and go towards your tuition.
• If you applied to 2 programs and are accepted into both at the same time
  Simply select the program you would like to attend and pay the tuition deposit. Email the Student Service Centre or visit the Student Service Centre in the Centre of Applied Technology on Main Campus to request to have your other applications cancelled.
• Alternate Offer of Admission
  After reviewing your application, if we determine that we are unable to offer you admission in both your first and your second choices, we may provide you an alternate offer of admission to a related NAIT program.

Enrol in classes

Apply for a Study Permit

Most international students will need a study permit to study at NAIT. Review the study permit processing times in your country.

Students will need a NAIT letter of acceptance to complete their study permit application. You will receive this letter by email and in your MyNAIT portal after you pay your tuition deposit. NAIT's designated learning institution number is O18713200642.

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