International High School
If you’re currently studying outside Canada – or if your most recent academic experience was outside Canada – find the relevant country or educational system in the International Admission Requirements section below to determine your minimum admission requirements. All applicants are required to present a senior level/Grade 12 English course for admission consideration. Other prerequisite courses must be presented at the senior/Grade 12-equivalent level. Use the Program Finder to see if there are additional, program-specific requirements for your intended program of study.
Find requirements to common curricula:
Conditional offers of admission will be made based on your previous year grades and your in-term/mid-term results, if available. If you do not qualify on the basis of your interim results, it is unlikely that we will be able to reassess your application when final grades are received; however, if space is available in the program of your choice, we may reconsider your application. You must submit all required documents by the published document deadline for your program(s) of interest.
If you are a home-schooled student currently completing your secondary school studies, you can find specific admission information here.
Language Requirements
If your first language is not English, find out more about English Language Requirements.
Application Status
If you have already applied and received an email acknowledgement from us, please check the status of your application at join.utoronto.ca or the Engineering Applicant Portal for a complete list of documents required to complete your application.
International Admission Requirements
Afghanistan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauria
Albania
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificate of Maturity
Algeria
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat d’Enseignement Secondaire
Angola
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Ensino Geral Certificado de Habilitações (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)
Anguilla
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned, CAPE
Antigua and Barbuda
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned, CAPE
Argentina
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato/Bachiller and University Entrance Exam (if written)
Armenia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificate of Complete General Secondary Education and Certificate of Unified Examination
Australia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
- ACT: Year 12 Certificate and ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank)/Tertiary Entrance Statement/UAI (Universities Admission Index).
- NSW: Higher School Certificate and ATAR/T.E. rank/UAI.
- NT: Certificate of Education and ATAR/university aggregate/SACE and TER.
- QLD: Senior Certificate and QTAC Selection Rank/T.E. Statement showing OP (Overall Position) and FP (Field Position).
- SA: Certificate of Education and ATAR/TER.
- TAS: Certificate of Education and ATAR/T.E. score.
- VIC: Certificate of Education and ATAR/ENTER and study score.
- WA: Certificate of Secondary Education and ATAR/T.E. scores and rank
Austria
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Reifeprufungzeugnis (“Matura”)/Reifezeugnis
Azerbaijan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificate of Complete Secondary Education (Tam Orta Təhsil Haqqında Attestat)
Bahamas
Minimum Admission Requirements:
High School (Grade 12) Diploma with IGCSE/BGCSE and SAT Reasoning/ACT/AP examinations or First Year completed at the University of the Bahamas.
See British-Patterned, International BaccalaureateBahrain
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Secondary school education/leaving certificate
Bangladesh
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Higher Secondary Certificate
Barbados
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned, CAPE
Belarus
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Attestat o Srednem (Polnom) Obshchem Obrazovanii
Belgium
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificat d’Enseignement Secondaire Supérieur/Diploma Secundair Onderwijs/Abschlusszeugnis der Oberstufe des Sekundarunterrichts
Belize
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned, CAPE
Benin
Bermuda
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Freshman Year at Bermuda College; or CSEC/GCSE/IGCSE/O Levels with SAT/AP examinations
See British-Patterned, International Baccalaureate, USA-PatternedBhutan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate
Bolivia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato/Bachiller + University Entrance Exam (if written)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Matura/Secondary School Leaving Certificate
Botswana
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university. Individual consideration is also given to applicants with excellent results in secondary school graduation qualifications.
See British-PatternedBrazil
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificado de Conclusao de Ensino Medio and ENEM (Middle Education National Examination)/Vestibular (university entrance exam).
British Virgin Islands
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned, CAPE
Brunei
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned
Bulgaria
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diploma Za Zavarsheno Sredno Obrazovanie
Burkina Faso
Minimum Admission Requirements: See French-Patterned
Burundi
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diploma d’Etat (with Homologation)/Certificat des Humanités Completes (with Homologation)
Cambodia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Upper Secondary School Certificate of Completion (after 12 years of schooling)
Cameroon
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat OR Cameroon GCE Ordinary and Advanced Level (three subjects at Advanced Level)
Cayman Islands
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned, CAPE
Central African Republic
Minimum Admission Requirements: See French-Patterned
Chad
Minimum Admission Requirements: See French-Patterned
Chile
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Licencia de Educacion Media and Prueba de Seleccion Universitaria (PSU)
China
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Senior High School (Upper Middle School) Graduation Diploma and Academic Proficiency Test/Upper Middle School Graduation (Hui Kao) Exam and Chinese National University Entrance Examinations (Gao Kao). Applicants not intending to write the Gao Kao must present the ACT or SAT as an alternative. Students applying for Fall 2021 admission who cannot or choose not to submit ACT or SAT results will not be disadvantaged in the admissions process; however, students who have written the SAT or ACT are encouraged to submit their scores. Applicants who have written AP exams or SAT Subject tests are encouraged to submit their results. Prospective students aiming for admission in Fall 2022 should visit this page in September 2021 for updated information about admission requirements. Refer to the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering for further information about studying Engineering at U of T.
Colombia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university. Individual consideration is also given to applicants with excellent results in secondary school graduation qualifications.
Comoros
Minimum Admission Requirements: See French-Patterned
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diplome d’Etat d’Etudes Secondaires du Cycle Long
Congo, Republic of
Minimum Admission Requirements: See French-Patterned
Costa Rica
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Croatia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Matura/Secondary School Leaving Certificate
Cuba
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato/Pre-university course and national competitive exam
Cyprus
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Apolytirio Eniaiou of Lykeiou/Devlet Lise Diplomasi/Lise Bitirme Diplomasi
Czech Republic
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Vysvedceni o Maturitni Zkouska/Maturita
Denmark
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Studentereksamen/Hojere Forberedelseseksamen/Hojere Handelseksamen/Hojere Teknisk Eksamen
Djibouti
Minimum Admission Requirements: See French-Patterned
Dominica
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned, CAPE
Dominican Republic
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato/Bachiller and University Entrance Exam (if written)
East Timor
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Ensino Secundario Diploma
Ecuador
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato/Bachiller and University Entrance Exam (if written).
Egypt
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Secondary Education Certificate (Thanaweya A’ama)
El Salvador
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato/Bachiller and University Entrance Exam (if written)
England
Minimum Admission Requirements:
At least five different GCSE academic subjects and four different Advanced Subsidiary (AS) academic subjects OR three different Advanced Level (A Level) academic subjects. English GCSE/AS/A Level is required for all programs. Other prerequisites should be presented at AS or A Level. Some programs may consider excellent GCSE results for fulfilling a prerequisite. Applied Advanced Level subjects are not an ideal preparation for our programs. General Paper, General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Key Skills, and AS Global Perspectives and Research are not acceptable.
Eritrea
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Estonia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Secondary School Leaving Certificate
Ethiopia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Education Certificate Examination and Ethiopian Higher Education (University) Entrance Examination
European Baccalaureate
Minimum Admission Requirements:
The completed European Baccalaureate Diploma. Prerequisite courses should be presented in the final year.
Fiji
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Year 13 Certificate (5 subjects)/University of the South Pacific Foundation Year
Finland
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Ylioppilastutkintotodistus/Studentexamensbetyg
France
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat Genéral. Transfer credit may be awarded for your French Baccalaureate subjects. See: Transfer Credit Information .
French Guiana
Minimum Admission Requirements: See French-Patterned
Gabon
Minimum Admission Requirements: See French-Patterned
Gambia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
West African Examinations Council Senior School Certificate Examination. For admission requirements to the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, refer to Engineering.
Georgia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Sashualo Skolis Atestati
Germany
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife/Abitur/Reifezeugnis
Ghana
Minimum Admission Requirements:
West African Examinations Council Senior School Certificate Examination. For admission requirements to the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, refer to Engineering.
Gibraltar
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned
Greece
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Apolytirio Geniko Lykeio
Grenada
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned, CAPE
Guatemala
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Guinea
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat Unique
Guyana
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned, CAPE
Haiti
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat 2e partie/Diplôme d’Enseignement Sécondaire
See French-PatternedHonduras
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Hong Kong
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE): the completed diploma, including at least 2 elective subjects from Categories A and/or C. Subjects should include prerequisites for intended programs. Mathematics Module 1 (Calculus and Statistics) or Module 2 (Algebra and Calculus) is required for programs with the Calculus prerequisite. Applicants who are not completing Module 1 or 2 may present Advanced Level Mathematics, AP Calculus, or SAT subject test Mathematics II as an alternative. For admission requirements to the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, refer to Engineering.
Hungary
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Gimnaziumi Erettsegi Bizonyitvany (Matura)
Iceland
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Studentsprof from gymnazium
India
Minimum Admission Requirements:
All India Senior School Certificate (awarded by CBSE) or Indian School Certificate (awarded by CISCE). Year 12 State Board Exams with excellent results will also be considered on an individual basis.
CBSE students interested in programs that require Calculus for admission, such as business, engineering, and science programs, must present Class XII Standard Mathematics for admission consideration.
For admission requirements to the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, refer to Engineering.
Indonesia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Ijazah Sekolah Menegah Atas (Diploma awarded by Upper Secondary School) including Ujian Nasional (National Exam) results
International Baccalaureate (IB)
Minimum Admission Requirements: See International Baccalaureate
Iran
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificate of Dore Dovom Motavasete. Prior to 2019: Pre-university Year Certificate and Diploma Metevaseth. For admission requirements to the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, refer to Engineering.
Iraq
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Sixth Form Baccalaureate
Ireland, Northern
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned
Ireland (Republic of)
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Leaving Certificate
Israel
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bagrut/Mechina
Italy
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diploma di Superamento Dell’Esame di Stato
Ivory Coast/Côte d’Ivoire
Jamaica
Minimum Admission Requirements: See CAPE
Japan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Kotogakko Sotsugyo Shomeisho
Jordan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Secondary school education/leaving certificate
Kazakhstan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Attestat o Srednem (Polnom) Obshchem Obrazovanii
Kenya
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificate of Secondary Education
Korea, North
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Korea, South
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Immumgye Kodung Hakkyo Choeupchang (Academic Upper Secondary School Certificate) + College Scholastic Ability Test
Kuwait
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Secondary School Certificate/Leaving Certificate
Kyrgyzstan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Attestat o Srednem (Polnom) Obshchem Obrazovanii
Laos
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Latvia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Atestats par visparejo videjo izglitibu
Lebanon
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Secondary Education Certificate
Lesotho
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university. Individual consideration is also given to applicants with excellent results in secondary school graduation qualifications.
Liberia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
West African Examinations Council Senior School Certificate. For admission requirements to the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, refer to Engineering.
Libya
Minimum Admission Requirements:
High School Leaving Certificate
Liechtenstein
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Matura
Lithuania
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Brandos Atestatas
Luxembourg
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diplôme de Fin d’Etudes Secondaires
Macao
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Senior Secondary Certificate (Form 6/Senior Three)
See USA-Patterned, British-PatternedMacedonia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Secondary School Leaving Diploma and State Matura
Madagascar
Minimum Admission Requirements: See French-Patterned
Malawi
Minimum Admission Requirements:
School Certificate of Education
Malaysia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysa/Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia or MICSS Unified Examination Certificate (UEC – Senior Middle Level)
Mali
Minimum Admission Requirements: See French-Patterned
Malta
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Matriculation Certificate
Mauritania
Minimum Admission Requirements: See French-Patterned
Mauritius
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned
Mexico
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato
Moldova
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diploma de Bacalaureat
Mongolia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificate of Complete Secondary Education
Montenegro
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Matura/Secondary School Leaving Certificate
Morocco
Minimum Admission Requirements: See French-Patterned
Mozambique
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificado de Habilitacoes Literarias
Myanmar
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Namibia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Higher Namibian Senior Secondary Certificate from the National Examination Assessment and Certification Board
See British-PatternedNepal
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Higher Secondary Certificate at Grade 12 Level
Netherlands
Minimum Admission Requirements:
VWO Certificate
New Zealand
Minimum Admission Requirements:
National Certificate of Educational Achievement Level 3 and University Entrance Standard
Nicaragua
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Niger
Minimum Admission Requirements: See French-Patterned
Nigeria
Minimum Admission Requirements:
West African Examinations Council Senior School Certificate. For admission requirements to the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, refer to Engineering.
Norway
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Vitnemal Videregaende Opplaering
Oman
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Education Diploma
Pakistan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Intermediate/Higher Secondary School Certificate
Panama
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato/Bachiller and University Entrance Exam (if written)
Papua New Guinea
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Higher School Certificate
Paraguay
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato/Bachiller and University Entrance Exam (if written)
Peru
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Philippines
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Senior High School (K-12 system) Diploma. Before 2017-2018: Second Year completed at a recognized university
Poland
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Swiadectwo Dojrzalosci/Matura
Portugal
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diploma Nivel Secundario de Educacao/Diploma de 12 ano de escolaridad (Year 12 school certificate)/Certificado de fim de Estudos Secundarios
Puerto Rico
Minimum Admission Requirements: See USA-Patterned
Qatar
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Secondary Education Certificate/Senior School Certificate
Romania
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Diploma de Bacalaureat
Russia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Attestat o Srednem (Polnom) Obshchem Obrazovanii. For admission requirements to the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, refer to Engineering.
Rwanda
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Certificat du Cycle Supérieur de l’Enseignement Secondaire/Advanced General Certificate of Secondary Education
Samoa
Minimum Admission Requirements:
National University of Samoa preparatory year/University of the South Pacific Foundation Year
Saudi Arabia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Secondary Education Certificate
Scotland
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Scottish Qualifications Certificate with 4 Highers
See British-PatternedSenegal
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Baccalauréat/Baccalauréat Genéral/Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement du Second Degré/Option Internationale du Baccalauréat
See French-PatternedSerbia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Matura/Secondary School Leaving Certificate
Sierra Leone
Minimum Admission Requirements:
West African Examinations Council Senior School Certificate. For admission requirements to the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, refer to Engineering.
Singapore
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Examinations (Advanced Level) with three H2 Level examinations (excluding Knowledge & Inquiry). Transfer credit may be awarded for your Advanced Level/H2 subjects. See: Transfer Credit Information
Slovak Republic
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Maturitnej Skuske/Maturita
Slovenia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Matura/Secondary School Leaving Certificate
Solomon Islands
Minimum Admission Requirements:
University of the South Pacific Foundation Year
Somalia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university. Individual consideration is also given to applicants with excellent results in secondary school graduation qualifications.
South Africa
Minimum Admission Requirements:
National Senior Certificate with matriculation endorsement
Spain
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Titulo de Bachiller and PAU
Sri Lanka
St. Kitts and Nevis
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned, CAPE
St. Lucia
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned, CAPE
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned, CAPE
Sudan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Suriname
Minimum Admission Requirements:
VWO Certificate
Swaziland
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Sweden
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Fullstandigt Slutbetyg from Gymnasieskolan
Switzerland
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Eidgenossisches Maturitat/Maturité Fedéral Baccalauréat/Maturita Fedérale/Baccalauréat Genéral/Federally recognized Cantonal Maturity Certificates
Syria
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Secondary school education/leaving certificate
Taiwan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Senior High School Certificate of Graduation and GSAT (or Designated Subject Examination).
Tajikistan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Attestat o Srednem (Polnom) Obshchem Obrazovanii
Tanzania
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education and Certificate of Secondary Education
Thailand
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Mathayom 6 including graduation test (O-NET), and University Entrance Exam (if written)
Togo
Tonga
Minimum Admission Requirements:
National Form 7 or University of the South Pacific Foundation Year
Trinidad and Tobago
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned, CAPE
Tunisia
Turkey
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Lise Bitirme Diplomasi. For admission requirements to the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, refer to Engineering.
Turkmenistan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First year completed at a recognized university
Turks and Caicos Islands
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned, CAPE
Uganda
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Advanced Certificate of Education and Certificate of Education
Ukraine
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Atestat pro Povnu Zagal’nu Seredniu Osvitu
United Arab Emirates
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Secondary Education Certificate
United Kingdom
Minimum Admission Requirements: See British-Patterned
United States of America
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Senior Year/Grade12 in an accredited high school with a high grade point average and high scores in SAT Reasoning or Redesigned SAT (including Essay) or ACT (including Writing Test) exams and two SAT Subject Tests or AP or IB courses (or a combination of these options covering two different subjects).
Prerequisite subjects, including English, should be presented at Senior Year/Grade 12 level or as SAT Subject Tests or AP/IB.
Uruguay
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bachillerato/Bachiller
Uzbekistan
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Akademik Litsey Diplomi (Diploma of Academic Lyceum)
Vanuatu
Minimum Admission Requirements:
University of the South Pacific Foundation Year; also see Fiji and New Zealand
Venezuela
Minimum Admission Requirements:
First Year completed at a recognized university
Vietnam
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Bang Tot Nghiep Trung Hoc Pho Thong
West African Examinations Council (WAEC)
Minimum Admission Requirements:
West African Examinations Council Senior School Certificate Examination. For admission requirements to the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, refer to Engineering.
West Bank and Gaza
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Tawjihi or First Year completed at a recognized university
Yemen
Minimum Admission Requirements:
General Secondary Education Certificate
Zambia
Minimum Admission Requirements:
School Certificate
Zimbabwe
Minimum Admission Requirements:
Zimbabwe Certificate of Secondary Education Advanced Level
See British-Patterned
