Eligibility Criteria
Minimum Admission Requirements for Applicants from Ontario Secondary Schools
Applicants must be eligible to receive the Ontario Secondary School Diploma, present six Grade 12 U or M courses or six OAC courses including ENG4U/EAE4U or OAC English 1/anglais, and meet any prerequisites for their intended program of study. Appropriate combinations of OAC and Grade 12 courses will also be considered.
Minimum Admission Requirements for Applicants from Outside Ontario Secondary Schools
The Faculty of Arts and Science is home to a rich and varied student body. Although most of our students are from Southern Ontario, we have students from every province of Canada and from over 90 foreign countries. We encourage application by qualified students from outside Ontario. Applicants must present a satisfactory academic record from recognized academic institutions and meet the requirements listed in the International Undergraduate Admissions Bulletin, available for download from the Admissions and Awards web site at www.adm.utoronto.ca. The specific average or standing required for admission varies from year to year.
Canadian Students
Applicants from the Province of Quebec must present twelve academic C.E.G.E.P. courses. Applicants from all other provinces and territories in Canada must present grade 12 matriculation. For detailed information, check the Admissions and Awards web site at www.adm.utoronto.ca.
American Students
Applicants from the United States must present Grade 12 matriculation and results from two College Entrance Examination Board Scholastic Aptitude Tests and three Achievement Tests (American College Testing scores are also accepted). For detailed information, check the Admissions and Awards web site at www.adm.utoronto.ca.
Other Applicants
Information on admission requirements for applicants from overseas is contained in the International Undergraduate Admission Bulletin available for download from the Admissions and Awards web site at www.adm.utoronto.ca.
All Applicants from Outside the Ontario School System
In addition to meeting the Faculty of Arts and Science admission requirements, students intending to enrol in Commerce, Economics or Science programs must have completed, or must take, a full credit secondary school course or equivalent in Calculus which covers the geometric notion of a limit, the differentiation and integration of elementary functions and provides them with a geometric grasp of differentiation and integration in place of OAC Calculus.
Please note that Commerce and Computer Science require a second math.
For further information on acceptable mathematics courses or equivalents, please contact the Department offering the program in which you intend to enrol.
The Faculty of Arts and Science offers a special first-year calculus course entitled MAT 136Y – Calculus and its Foundations, limited to students from outside of Ontario interested in the biological, physical, commerce or computer sciences and commerce and whose high school mathematics preparation is strong but does not include calculus. For more information, consult the Mathematics listing starting on page 287 of this Calendar for a full course description as well as the Registration Timetable and Handbook.