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Admission Process for Canadian High School Students

Steps to apply

1) Complete and submit your online application for admission.

2) Send us your high school transcript.

Currently in Grade 12: Ask your high school to send us your interim transcript.  After you graduate, we'll ask you to send an official copy of your final transcript.

BC Students: Include your BC Personal Education Number (BC PEN) in the admissions application to allow TWU to access your final transcript electronically.

Already finished high school: Ask your high school to send us an official copy of your final high school transcript.

3) Your admissions counsellor will contact you with an admissions decision within 2 weeks of receiving your transcript.

Note: Transcripts are considered official if they are sealed and sent directly from your high school.

Priority Application Dates

Applying for the Fall (September) semester: March 15

Applying for the Spring (January) semester: October 15

Note: Applications received by the above dates will receive priority for scholarships and grants. 

Admission Requirements by Province

British Columbia
Alberta, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland & Labrador

 

British Columbia

Students are required to graduate from high school or equivalent with a university preparatory program. This must include English 12 plus three additional Grade 12 academic subjects at a minimum overall average of 67%. A minimum grade of 60% or better is expected on the provincial examination portion of English 12. 

Provincial Exams: TWU no longer requires optional provincial exams as an admissions requirement.  When a student elects to write an optional Grade 12 provincial exam, the higher of the school mark or the blended grade will be used to calculate their admission average.  Students must write provincial exams in any subject where it is mandatory in order to meet BC Graduation Program requirements.

Academic subjects include:

  • Advanced Placement courses (except art and music)
  • BC First Nations 12
  • Biology 12
  • Calculus 12
  • Chemistry 12
  • Comparative Civilization 12
  • English 12
  • English Literature 12
  • Foreign languages 12
  • French 12
  • Geography 12
  • Geology 12
  • History 12
  • International Baccalaureate courses (except art, business and music)
  • Physics 12
  • Principles of Mathematics 12

Alberta, Northwest Territories and Nunavut

Students are required to graduate from high school or equivalent with a university preparatory program. This must include English 30 plus three additional academic 30 level subjects with a minimum overall average of 65%.

Academic subjects include:

  • Aboriginal Studies 30
  • Advanced Placement courses (except art or music)
  • Algebra 30
  • Applied Math 30
  • Biology 30
  • Chemistry 30
  • English 30
  • Foreign languages at the 30 level
  • Math 30
  • Math 31
  • Physics 30
  • Pure Math 30
  • Science 30
  • Social Studies 30

Saskatchewan

Students are required to graduate from high school or equivalent with a university preparatory program. This must include English A30 plus three additional academic 30 level subjects with a minimum overall average of 65%.

Academic subjects include:

  • Algebra 30
  • Advanced Placement courses (except art and music)
  • Biology 30
  • Biology 30 CORE
  • Calculus 30
  • Chemistry 30
  • Cree 30
  • English A30
  • French 30
  • Geography 30
  • Geometry-Trigonometry 30
  • History 30
  • Math 30
  • Math A30
  • Math B30
  • Math C30
  • Native Studies 30
  • Physics 30
  • Social Studies 30

Manitoba

Students are required to graduate from high school or equivalent with a university preparatory program. This must include English 40S plus three additional academic 40 level subjects with a minimum overall average of 65%.

Academic subjects include:

  • Applied Math 40S
  • Advanced Placement courses (except art and music)
  • Biology 40S
  • Chemistry 40S
  • English 40S
  • French 40S
  • Geography 40S
  • History 40S
  • Math 40S
  • Physical Science 40S
  • Physics 40S
  • Pre-Calculus Math 40S
  • Western Civilization 40S
  • World Geography 40S
  • World Issues 40S

Ontario

Students are required to graduate with a successful completion of an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent with a university preparatory program. This must include Grade 12 U English plus five additional Grade 12 U or M courses with an overall minimum average of 65%. In addition to English, normally three courses must be from the following areas:

Geography:

  • Canadian and World Issues: A Geographic Analysis (CGW4U)
  • World Geography: Human Patterns and Interactions (CGU4U)
  • The Environment and Resource Management (CGR4M)
  • Geomatics: Geotechnologies in Action (CGO4M)

History:

  • Canada: History, Identity and Culture (CGI4U)
  • World History: The West and the World (CGY4U)

Politics:

  • Canadian and World Politics (CPW4U)

English:

  • English (ENG4U)
  • Studies in Literature (ETS4U)
  • The Writers Craft (EWC4U)

Languages:

  • Any foreign language at the U level

Math:

  • Geometry and Discrete Mathematics (MGA4U)
  • Advanced Functions and Introductory Calculus (MCB4U)
  • Mathematics and Data Management (MDM4U)

Native Studies:

  • Issues of Indigenous Peoples in a Global Context (NDG4M)
  • Aboriginal Governance: Emerging Directions (NDG4M)

Science:

  • Science 12 (SNC4M)
  • Biology (SBI4U)
  • Chemistry (SCH4U)
  • Earth and Space Science (SES4U)
  • Physics (SPH4U)

Philosophy:

  • Philosophy: Questions and Theories (HZT4U)

Quebec

Students are required to graduate with a successful completion of a CEGEP program including academic subjects with a 60% average. Students who have completed a two-year CEGEP program may be eligible for transfer credit up to a maximum of 30 semester hours (credits). A minimum grade of 65% must be achieved for a course to be considered for transfer credit.

New Brunswick

Students are required to graduate from high school or equivalent with a university preparatory program. This must include English 122 plus three additional academic 30 level subjects with an minimum overall average of 65%.

Academic subjects include:

  • Advanced Math 120
  • Advanced Math 122
  • American History 120
  • Advanced Placement courses (except art or music)
  • Biology 122
  • Calculus 120
  • Canadian Geography 120
  • Canadian History 121 or 122
  • English 122
  • Modern European History 120
  • Native Studies 120
  • Physics 122
  • Political Science 120
  • Twentieth Century Literature

Nova Scotia

Students are required to graduate from high school or equivalent with a university preparatory program. This must include English 12 plus three additional academic subjects with an overall minimum average of 65%.

Academic Subjects include:

  • Advanced Placement courses (except art and music)
  • Biology 12 (441, 541)
  • Canadian Literature 12
  • Canadian Geology 12
  • Chemistry 12 (441, 541)
  • English 12
  • Etude Plan. Geog 12
  • Foreign Languages 12
  • Geography 12
  • Global History 12
  • History 12
  • Math 12 (441, 541)
  • Math Pre-Calculus 12 (MPC)
  • Physics 12 (441, 541)
  • Political Science 12
  • Sociology 12

Prince Edward Island

Students are required to graduate from high school or equivalent with a university preparatory program. This must include English 621 plus three additional academic subjects with an overall minimum average of 65%.

Academic subjects include:

  • Advanced Placement courses (except art and music)
  • Biology 621
  • Chemistry 621
  • English 621
  • French 621
  • Geography 621
  • History 621
  • Mathematics 611 or 621
  • Oceanography 621
  • Physics 621

Newfoundland and Labrador

Students are required to graduate from high school or equivalent with a university preparatory program. This must include Language 3101 plus three additional academic 3000 level subjects with an overall minimum average of 65%.

Academic Subjects include:

  • Advanced Placement courses (except art and music)
  • Biology 3201
  • Biologie 3231
  • Chemistry 3202
  • Chimie 3252
  • French (core) 3201
  • French (accel) 3203
  • French (immer) 3202
  • Francais (1st lang) 3202
  • Geographie 3232
  • Global Issues 3205
  • History 3201
  • Histoire Mondiale 3231
  • Literary Heritage 3202
  • Thematic Literature 3201
  • Math (acad) 3200
  • Math (adv) 3201, 3204, 3205, or 3207
  • Physics 3204
  • Physique 3254
  • World Geography 3202

IB Diploma

Students who are in the process of completing the International Baccalaureate Diploma can be considered for admission to TWU based on their predicted grades. A minimum total score of 24 points, including the Extended Essay and Theory of Knowledge, will be required for general admission to the University. A higher score may be required for admission to the nursing or aviation programs, specifically in program pre-requisites. TWU requires that the student submit the following items, signed, stamped, and sealed by their high school counsellor:

  • The anticipated IB Grades Form 
  • An official high school transcript showing courses completed and grades attained for Grades 9 to 11
  • An official interim high school transcript that shows all other courses in progress (including IB courses)

In addition, upon completion of the IB Diploma, a final transcript will be required to complete the offer of admission and assessment of university credit for the IB Diploma courses.

Students completing the IB Diploma will also be considered for financial aid based on their predicted grades. Please refer to www.twu.ca/awards for further details.

IB Certificate Courses

Students completing one or more Certificate courses will be evaluated for admission based on their interim high school and IB Certificate grades. Predicted grades must be submitted in the same manner as those students completing the IB Diploma (see above). Students' predicted grades will be converted to a percentage based on the chart below (for Certificate courses only).