Climate and Environmental Change admission requirements for International Baccalaureate (IB) high school students

Program requirements

HL or SL English A, minimum 4, or HL English B, minimum 5. Mathematics: HL or SL Analysis and Approaches or HL Applications and Interpretations, minimum 4. One of HL or SL Chemistry or Physics. Total 27.

General requirements

• IB diploma required with six total IB courses; at least three must be HL.
• Total scores exclude diploma points. Subjects required for admission to specific programs should be HL whenever possible.
• For programs which require more than three subjects for admission, SL courses will be accepted.
• For programs requiring HL or SL English A, we will accept HL English B with minimum of 5.

Notes

You need to provide an English language test score if your four most recent years of full-time education have not been in an English language school system.

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