Effective November 1, 2024, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has implemented new requirements for Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) applications.
Graduates must meet the new requirements by completing a program in one of the following five broad categories:
The Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) is used to categorize eligible fields of study in Canada. For a detailed list of CIP codes associated with these fields of study and examples of qualifying program names, please see the table below.
Field of study | CIP 2021 Code | CIP 2021 Title | Examples | Exclusions |
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