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United Arab Emirates Admissions Requirements
Minimum Requirements
- General Secondary Education Transcript and Secondary School Learning Certificate / Shahadat Al-ThanawiYa Al-Amma
- Six senior academic courses are required for admission.
- If your first language is not English, you may need to meet our English-Language Proficiency requriement.
Prerequisite Equivalencies
Programs and required prerequisites can be found on our program pages.
| Ontario Required Courses | UAE National Curriculum |
|---|---|
| English 12 (ENG4U) | Senior/Grade 12 English Language |
| Advanced Function 12 (MHF4U) |
Advanced Stream Mathematics, or |
| Calculus & Vectors 12 (MCV4U) | Advanced Stream Mathematics, or A senior/Grade 12 Mathematics covering Calculus* |
| Data Management 12 (MDM4U | GAdvanced Stream Mathematics, or A senior/Grade 12 Mathematics covering Statistics* |
| Biology 12 (SBI4U) | Advanced Stream Grade 12 Biology |
| Chemistry 12 (SCH4U) | Advanced Stream Grade 12 Chemistry |
| Physics (SPH4U) | Advanced Stream Grade 12 Physics |
*Detailed course descriptions may be requested for General Stream subjects to ensure the required content is covered to meet prerequisite requirements.
- All prerequisite courses can be met with Advanced Stream courses.
- General Stream courses will need to be reviewed. If you are in the General Stream, please include detailed course descriptions with your transcript when you apply.
UAE Grade Equivalency
In acknowledgement of the various grading scales used throughout the UAE, the grading scale on the transcript will be used. Grades are converted to reflect a 50% pass.
| UAE Range | UAE Grade |
|---|---|
| 90 - 100% | A |
| 85 - 89% | B+ |
| 80 - 84% | B |
| 75 - 79% | C+ |
| 70 - 74% | C |
| 65 - 69% | D+ |
| 60 - 64% | D |
| 0 - 59% | F |
Notes
- To clear conditions, a final official high school transcript including proof of graduation sent driectly from the Ministry of Education will be required.
- If not in English, all documents must be translated into English and include a copy of the original version.
- See the Commom Curriculums page for requirements for:
- Advanced Placement (AP) exams
- American Curriculum
- British Patterned Education: General Certificate for Education (GCE)
- International Baccalaureate (IB)