Follow these simple steps to enrol in FLS or ESL courses:
- Determine if you will take a course for academic units or an intensive course with no academic units. A placement test may be required.
- Choose your course
- Enrol!
Open the class search tool to find the FLS and ESL courses offered in the next academic year.
Learn more about our intensive program to learn English or French.
Follow this link to know more about our intensive program to learn English or French.
Prior to registering to most FLS or ESL courses, you are required to complete the online Placement Test.
Follow this link to choose your intensive program to learn English or French
Based on your test result, or if you have previously taken ESL or FLS courses with OLBI, follow these links to familiarize with the course levels and available sequences and identify the courses you are eligible to register for.
Choose your next French course (PDF, 64.8KB)
Choose your next English course (PDF, 70.5KB)
Check the schedule for intensive FLS and ESL programs
Follow this link for session dates and fees for intensive FLS and ESL programs.
Register to intensive FLS and ESL programs
To register for FLS and ESL intensive programs in courses at the University of Ottawa, apply now through the Centre for Language Learning website.
Check the schedule
To view the schedule for an ESL or FLS courses with units (credits), visit the University’s timetable page. The courses of interest to you may not be offered every semester.
Enrol with uOZone
To enrol in courses at the University of Ottawa, go to uoZone (under Applications, click Enrol).
Contact your Faculty to register in the course. uoCampus on uOZone will not allow you to enrol online.
OR
Visit OLBI's reception located in room 130 at Hamelin Hall to register in person
For graduate students, make sure you have the approval of your program or Thesis Director. It is usually the case that the final grades in these courses do not count in a graduate student’s grade point average. It is important to confirm this detail with the Office of Graduate Studies in one’s Faculty.
In order to help you better understand how enrolment works at uOttawa, we have a number of resources available for you on the Enrolment support page. For further assistance, book an appointment with the OLBI Secretariate.
ESL and FLS programs and course descriptions on this page will help you familiarize with available options.
Choose your intensive program to learn English or French
English as a Second Language (ESL): Major, Minor or Microprogram
French as a second language (FLS): Major, Minor or Microprogram
English as a Second Language (ESL)
French as a Second Language (FLS)
Choose your next French course (PDF, 64.8KB)
Choose your next English course (PDF, 70.5KB)
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