Admission Requirements

• Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, including six Grade 12 U or M courses with a minimum overall average of 65%, or a mature applicant.
• Required courses with a minimum final grade of 65% in each:
  • English: Grade 12 ENG4U
  • Mathematics: any Grade 12 U 

English Language Requirements

All applicants to Seneca must be well prepared to study in English. If you are coming from a country where English is not the primary language, you must show one of the following:

1. Successful completion of a minimum of two years of full-time study in a school and country where English is the primary language
2. Successful completion of a minimum of one year of full-time study at the postsecondary level in an institution and country where English is the primary language
3. Successful completion of an intensive English program such as the English Language Institute
4. English proficiency test scores from one of the international English language testing bodies are listed below. Only tests taken in the last two years are considered valid

• IELTS Academic - Minimum 6.5 with no skill below 6.0
• PTE Academic - Minimum score of 60
• TOEFL iBT (including MyBest TOEFL and Home Edition) - Minimum 84 with no skill below 21
• Duolingo - Minimum score 115 to 120
• Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE, or C2 Proficiency/CPE) - Minimum 176 with no skill below 169

Indian Student Eligibility

Academic Requirements

• Minimum grades of 65% in all grade 12 subjects. Must have program-required subjects in the final year of high school

Supporting Documents

• Grade 12 and grade 10 certificates are awarded by CBSE or CISCE, with a transcript that indicates the grades in percentage. or
• Grade 12 predictive grades and grades 10 certificates, with a transcript that indicate the grades in percentage (for the conditional offer only)

Additional Notes

• Grade 10 math cannot be considered equivalent to grade 12 math
• Grade 10 science cannot be considered equivalent to grade 12 biology/chemistry