Overview

Career Opportunities

The employment outlook for conference interpreters is extremely positive. The majority of interpreters working today belong to the baby boom generation, which means that they have reached or are reaching retirement age. Moreover, the demand for qualified conference interpreters is very high, and it is only expected to grow. Around the world, the bodies that employ in-house interpreters are taking special measures to recruit a new generation of professionals.

There are also ample opportunities for freelance interpreters. Many freelancers earn their living from government contracts—staff interpreters alone cannot keep up with demand—and there are also very lively parapublic and private sector markets in Canada. Any union, association, bank, insurance company or other corporation that has a national profile will need to hire freelance interpreters for the press conferences, internal meetings, conventions, webcasts and teleconferences that they organize.

Languages

The Conference Interpreting MCI program at York University is focused on Canada’s official languages, English and French. However, since interpreters who want to work abroad need a minimum of three working languages, the MCI also enables students to train with other language pairs as well. Language pairs include: English/Spanish; English/Portuguese; English/Mandarin.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Interpreting Studies

Conference Interpreting

Court Interpreting

Healthcare Interpreting

Documentation & Professional Practice

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-04-15 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

7.5

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PTE Academic

76

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TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Duolingo English Test

135

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Credits

60 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Toronto, Canada

Disciplines

Translation & Interpreting View 5 other Masters in Translation & Interpreting in Canada

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Academic requirements

GPA

B

English requirements

IELTS

7.5

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PTE Academic

76

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TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Duolingo English Test

135

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Other requirements

General requirements

We work with Arabic, English, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. You should be a native speaker of one of these languages, and you should have a near-native command of at least one of the others.

Resumé or CV

Statement of Interest

An entrance examination is required.

Student insurance

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Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
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Tuition Fee

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International

7341 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 7341 CAD per year during 24 months.
National

2187 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 2187 CAD per year during 24 months.

Living costs for Toronto

1502 - 2563 CAD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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