Biomedical Engineering admission requirements for Alberta high school students

Admission average

Required courses

  • Mathematics 30-1 -- A minimum grade of 70 is required
  • Mathematics 31 -- A minimum grade of 70 is required
  • Chemistry 30 -- A minimum grade of 70 is required
  • English Language Arts 30-1 -- A minimum grade of 70 is required
  • Physics 30 -- A minimum grade of 70 is required

General requirements

  • High school diploma with five academic courses at the 30 or 31 level.
  • If you write a provincial exam for any subject except for English Language Arts 30-1, we'll use the higher grade of either your in-class school grade or your final grade (blended school and exam mark) for admission and scholarship decisions. For English Language Arts 30-1, we'll use only the final blended grade.
  • Physical Education 30 and Career and Technology Studies courses are not accepted as academic courses.
  • For admission purposes, two 3-credit 30-level academic courses may be considered equivalent to one 5-credit 30-level academic course.

Program notes

  • An Admission Information Form is required for admission to this program. We'll email you detailed instructions once we receive your application.
  • If your first language is not English, you may need to meet our English language requirements.
  • Required courses that are more than two or three years old may need to be updated. Email the admissions office for more information.
  • Repeated courses may be taken into consideration when we review applications for admission.
  • Are you an Ontario student taking IB courses? Admission to Waterloo is based on your Ontario Grade 12 U and M courses. If you're taking IB Math, your school will convert this course to MCV4U, MHF4U, and/or MDM4U. You can take any IB Math course and be eligible for admission as long as you receive Ontario credits for both MCV4U and MHF4U. Learn about possible transfer credit.

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