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Niagara College International

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Explore your academic and career options while improving your English!

Niagara College’s Gap Year Program offers a full year of customizable experiential learning during students’ break between high school/secondary school and postsecondary education. Participants discover their potential through the English for Academic Preparation (EAP) program, sample a variety of college program areas, or combine EAP with exploring college programs.  

Email the Global Customized Training and Consulting (GCTC) team at [email protected] for more information and program fees.

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Description: Three people sit in a lounge area talking; one uses a laptop and a magazine is on the table. A "DREAM BIG" mural is behind them.
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Description: Six Niagara College students pose and smile outside near a campus building on a sunny day.

Through NC’s Gap Year Program, you will…

  • Customize your program by choosing from: 
    • EAP: 1 or 2 semesters (4 or 8 months)* 
    • College program exploration: 1 or 2 semesters 
    • EAP plus college program exploration: combine 1 or 2 semesters of EAP with 1 or 2 semesters of college programs* 
  • Reflect on your skills, abilities and aptitudes to make an informed choice about your future. 
  • Explore career options available to you in many program areas through the program’s customizable options to reflect your interests while enhancing your English language skills.

*Language proficiency requirements apply