International Admission Conditions

Currently, following two degrees are available in this PAID internship-based program:

• Bachelor's Degree in International Business
• Bachelor's Degree in Intercultural Studies

Students must meet the following admission credentials for unconditional admission:

1) Have a recognized equivalent of a high school diploma.

2) Able to obtain official transcripts from all secondary and post-secondary schools attended, with a certified English translation of each foreign language document.

3) Have sufficient financial ability from family or other sponsorship

4) Evidence of English language proficiency, which could be one of the following: 

• TOEFL – 500 (paper), 175 (computer),

• IELTS 5.5, if you have 5.0, you can be accepted, but you may need to take some English courses in school without extra tuition cost toward your degree.

• Official results of academic entrance examinations such as the SAT or ACT if the secondary school is in the American, Canadian, or international school system.

• Level 5 from North America ESL School ( www.naesl.com ) in China.

• At least two years secondary school study experience where English is the primal instruction language in India, Africa, Europe or other areas.

If you do not fully meet above conditions, please send an E-mail to us at go2usa@telus.net to see if you can be accepted as conditional admission. We cannot tell you at this time if you can be accepted as conditional admission or not until after we have evaluated your situation, decision will be made on case-by-case base.

Is there a deadline for applying?  

TLHU uses rolling admission, and students have five times to enter a program year around, so there is no deadline for applying. Please keep in mind that it takes approximately two months to process an application.

One semester has two terms, each term is eight weeks. The enter time date may change slightly in different calendar years, but will be at following approximate times.

Spring Semester: Jan.____   March ____   

Summer Term:  June____ 

Fall Semester: Aug. ____   Oct. _____

Steps in Applying For the "Work-Study" Program

STEP 1:   SEND IN APPLICATION MATERIALS.  Visit the Apply for Program page where you will find a list of the required documents that you will need to send to us.  After we receive your package you will be notified within several weeks whether or not you have been accepted into the program. Please note NEEI's office in Canada is exclusively responsible for all preparatory details, pre-screening and visa advising for all the international students from outside the USA. TLHU makes all decisions regarding admissions and issuing of the I-20.  

To save time, please send your materials to 

Please send your materials only when you have a complete application package. Remember to send two copies of each document.

STEP 3:  PREPARE FOR VISA INTERVIEW & APPLY FOR VISA.  When your I-20 form is ready to be sent out, we will send you extensive information on ideas and “tips” you can use to help you prepare for your interview with the U.S. visa office.  Because we have an immigration lawyer on our staff, we can answer most of the questions you may have regarding U.S. Immigration law and procedures.