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Brazil Admission Requirements
Minimum Requirements
- Certificado de Conclusao de Ensino Médio (Certificate of Secondary School Completion/Diploma); and
- Either the ENEM (Middle Education National Examination) issued by the Colegio or Ministério da Educação, or Vestibular (university entrance exam).
- Six senior academic courses are required for admission.
- If your first language is not English, you may need to meet our English-Language Proficiency requirement.
Prerequisite Equivalencies
Detailed program information, including required courses, can be found on our program pages.
| Ontario Required Courses | Brazilian Curriculum |
| English 12 (ENG4U) | Senior/grade 12 English or Foreign Language |
| Advanced Function 12 (MHF4U) | A senior/grade 12 Mathematics covering algebra, trigonomety and functions* |
| Calculus & Vectors 12 (MCV4U) | A senior/grade 12 Mathematics covering calculus* |
| Data Management 12 (MDM4U) | A senior/grade 12 Mathematics covering statistics* |
| Biology 12 (SBI4U) | Senior/grade 12 Biology |
| Chemistry 12 (SCH4U) | Senior/grade 12 Chemistry |
| Physics 12 (SPH4U) | Senior/grade 12 Physics |
*Detailed course descriptions may be requested for these subjects to ensure the require content is covered to meet prerequisite requirements.
Brazilian Grade Scale
| Ontario | Most Common | Alternate | Translation | Equivalent |
| 80 - 100% | 9.0/90 to 10.0/100 | Ótimo/SS - Superior Superior | Excellent | A |
| 70 - 79% | 7.0/70 to 8.9/89 | Muito Born/Born/MS - Média Superior | Above Average | B |
| 60 - 69% | Varies: 5.0 or 6.0 | Regular/MM - Média Minima/ME - Médio | Average | C |
| 50 - 59% | Not applicable | MI - Média Inferior | Inferior Average | D |
| 49% or below | Not applicable | II - Inferior Inferior; SR- Sem Rendimento | Fail | F |
In acknowledgement of the various grading scales used throughout Brazilian curriculum, the grading scale on the transcript will be used. Grades are converted to reflect a 50% pass.