When Can International Students Safely Take A Break From Their Studies?

[StealthyCelery]

Lets say you're an international college student in Canada, and you have to acquire a certain number of credits to get your diploma. Your college operates throughout the year. It has 3 semesters in one year. Jan - May, May - Sep, Sep - Jan.

Now the question is, are you expected to study throughout the year in all semesters continuously or can you take a break in one semester? How long can your break be? When can you take a break?

Will your break affect your chances of being eligible for PGWP?

 

[canuck78]

Lets say you're an international college student in Canada, and you have to acquire a certain number of credits to get your diploma. Your college operates throughout the year. It has 3 semesters in one year. Jan - May, May - Sep, Sep - Jan.

Now the question is, are you expected to study throughout the year in all semesters continuously or can you take a break in one semester? How long can your break be? When can you take a break?

Will your break affect your chances of being eligible for PGWP?

You can only take a break if it a scheduled break so other students would also be on a break.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Lets say you're an international college student in Canada, and you have to acquire a certain number of credits to get your diploma. Your college operates throughout the year. It has 3 semesters in one year. Jan - May, May - Sep, Sep - Jan.

Now the question is, are you expected to study throughout the year in all semesters continuously or can you take a break in one semester? How long can your break be? When can you take a break?

Will your break affect your chances of being eligible for PGWP?

Pretty much all colleges operate year-round. Most programs run Sept-Apr, with May-Aug being a scheduled break. However, that isn't universal. You need to look at the specific program that you are taking and what the scheduled breaks are for that program.

 

[StealthyCelery]

You can only take a break if it a scheduled break so other students would also be on a break.

The scheduled breaks we have last for usually a week or 2. So that's the maximum amount of time a student can take off?

 

[selvakk]

The scheduled breaks we have last for usually a week or 2. So that's the maximum amount of time a student can take off?

depends on what do you mean by take off ? if your program operates in the summer, then you will have to study in the summer, you cannot skip a semester.

 

[StealthyCelery]

depends on what do you mean by take off ? if your program operates in the summer, then you will have to study in the summer, you cannot skip a semester.

My program simply states that you have to acquire a certain number of credits to get your diploma. And the approximate completion time is 2 years. It doesn't mention anything about it operating only in the summer. You can start the program at any semester.

By take off, I was referring to what you usually see in universities and high schools - the summer break. In a 3-4 year university program, students get a 3 month summer break every year. So I'm just wondering if colleges in Canada operate that way too or if there's no break.

 

[canuck78]

My program simply states that you have to acquire a certain number of credits to get your diploma. And the approximate completion time is 2 years. It doesn't mention anything about it operating only in the summer. You can start the program at any semester.

By take off, I was referring to what you usually see in universities and high schools - the summer break. In a 3-4 year university program, students get a 3 month summer break every year. So I'm just wondering if colleges in Canada operate that way too or if there's no break.

Depends on the program. Many don’t have summers off like most university courses.

 

[selvakk]

My program simply states that you have to acquire a certain number of credits to get your diploma. And the approximate completion time is 2 years. It doesn't mention anything about it operating only in the summer. You can start the program at any semester.

By take off, I was referring to what you usually see in universities and high schools - the summer break. In a 3-4 year university program, students get a 3 month summer break every year. So I'm just wondering if colleges in Canada operate that way too or if there's no break.

As @canuck78 mentioned, it's dependent on the program. For example, I have two friends doing GBM, one of them chose International Business Management(IBM) and the other Chose Human Resource Management(HRM) for their second year. IBM has a summer intake while HRM doesn't, therefore the person who chose IBM has to start in the summer without a break while the one doing HRM gets the summer off.