A member wondered why a university (University of Regina) required a WES ECA for a study application, and whether they also needed to add a second university they were considering (University of Manitoba) as a WES report recipient.
What the thread clarified:- Some universities do require an ECA (WES or similar) as part of the admission process, not just for immigration/CRS points purposes — this varies by institution.
- WES allows you to add up to 5 institutions as report recipients on a single evaluation. You can add universities you're still just considering applying to, not only the one you've formally committed to.
- The WES report gets sent directly to whichever institutions you've listed as recipients, so make sure to include every school you might realistically apply to, since adding recipients after the fact may cost extra or take additional processing time.
- Universities may specifically want a course-by-course WES evaluation, which includes a detailed breakdown of credit points and GPA, rather than a simpler document-equivalency report — check which specific report type your target schools require.
The practical takeaway: you can add up to 5 institutions as WES report recipients, including ones you're only considering, so it's worth listing every school you might apply to upfront — and confirm whether your target universities specifically want a course-by-course evaluation (with credits and GPA) rather than a simpler ECA report.