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South Korea Admissions Requirements
Minimum Requirements
- Academic Upper Secondary School Certificate (inmungye Kodung Hakkyo)
- Five advanced or enriched senior academic courses are required for admission.
- If your first language is not English, you may need to meet our English-Language Proficiency requriement.
Prerequisite Equivalencies
Programs and required prerequisites can be found on our program pages.
| Ontario Required Courses | Korean Academic Curriculum |
|---|---|
| English 12 (ENG4U) | Advanced Subject English I or English II |
| Advanced Function 12 (MHF4U) | Advanced Subject Mathematics II |
| Calculus & Vectors 12 (MCV4U) | Advanced Subject Mathematics: Differential & Integral Calculus |
| Data Management 12 (MDM4U | Advanced Subject Mathematics: Probability & Statistics |
| Biology 12 (SBI4U) | Advanced Subject Biology II |
| Chemistry 12 (SCH4U) | Advanced Subject Chemistry II |
| Physics (SPH4U) | Advanced Subject Physics II |
- Advanced subjects are sometimes referred to as Enriched subjects.
- Detailed course descriptions may be requested for subjects required for admission.
Korea Grade Equivalency
| Ontario* | Korean Range (2006 onwards) |
Range | Korea (before 2006) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97% | 1 | 95 - 100% | Su |
| 90% | 2 | 90 - 94% | |
| 84% | 3 | 85 - 89% | Wu |
| 77% | 4 | 80 - 84% | |
| 71% | 5 | 75 - 79% | Mi |
| 65% | 6 | 70 - 74% | |
| 58% | 7 | 65 - 69% | Yang |
| 52% | 8 | 60 - 64% | |
| 49% | 9 | 0 - 59% | Ga |
*Grades converted to reflect 50% pass.