Level of education
11. (1) The points that are to be assigned for the level of education factor referred to paragraph 9(b) are the following:
(a) for a foreign national who has no accompanying spouse or common-law partner
(i) 0 points, if the foreign national has less than a secondary school credential,
(ii) 30 points, if the foreign national has a secondary school credential,
(iii) 90 points, if the foreign national has a one-year post-secondary program credential,
(iv) 98 points, if the foreign national has a two-year post-secondary program credential,
(v) 120 points, if the foreign national has a post-secondary program credential of three years or more,
(vi) 128 points, if the foreign national has two or more post-secondary program credentials and at least one of them was issued at the completion of a post-secondary program of three years or more,
(vii) 135 points, if the foreign national has a university-level credential at the master’s level or at the level of an entry-to-practice professional degree for an occupation listed in the National Occupational Classification matrix at Skill level A for which licensing by a provincial regulatory body is required, and
(viii) 150 points, if the foreign national has a university-level credential at the doctoral level; and
(b) for a foreign national who has an accompanying spouse or common-law partner
(i) 0 points, if the foreign national has less than a secondary school credential,
(ii) 28 points, if the foreign national has a secondary school credential,
(iii) 84 points, if the foreign national has a one-year post-secondary program credential,
(iv) 91 points, if the foreign national has a two-year post-secondary program credential,
(v) 112 points, if the foreign national has a post-secondary program credential of three years or more,
(vi) 119 points, if the foreign national has two or more post-secondary program credentials and at least one of them was issued at the completion of a post-secondary program of three years or more,
(vii) 126 points, if the foreign national has a university-level credential at the master’s level or an entry-to-practice professional degree for an occupation listed in the National Occupational Classification matrix at Skill level A for which licensing by a provincial regulatory body is require , and
(viii) 140 points, if the foreign national has a university-level credential at the doctoral level.