Do you need MHF4U for university in Ontario?
MHF4U is Advanced Functions, a Grade 12 mathematics course.
650 of the 1,578 Ontario university programs whose prerequisites we could read require Advanced Functions — 41%. The other 928 do not.
Require it
650
Share of programs
41%
Campuses
30
What you can still apply to without it
928 programs do not ask for MHF4U, with published ranges starting at 65%. Biggest subject areas among them:
- 119 Interdisciplinary Studies64% of that subject
- 99 Business Studies51% of that subject
- 91 Media and Communication Studies95% of that subject
- 89 Law & Criminology92% of that subject
- 88 Education Studies83% of that subject
- 81 Politics90% of that subject
- 71 Psychology68% of that subject
- 71 Sociology95% of that subject
- 68 Social Policy92% of that subject
- 62 English Studies90% of that subject
- 53 History90% of that subject
- 51 Environmental Studies44% of that subject
Where it is required
The subjects that ask for MHF4U most often, and how much of each one does.
- 100Computer Science75%
- 96Business Studies49%
- 89General or Integrated Engineering86%
- 78Mathematics86%
- 72Biological Sciences80%
- 69Chemistry80%
- 67Interdisciplinary Studies36%
- 64Environmental Studies56%
- 59Human Biology69%
- 57Others in Subjects Related to Medicine63%
By university
How much of each campus’s catalogue asks for it. Sorted by share, not raw count — a small campus where most programs need it matters more than a large one where few do.
- Carleton35 of 4578%
- Waterloo34 of 4772%
- Guelph33 of 4869%
- U of T (Scarborough)12 of 1867%
- U of T (Mississauga)8 of 1267%
- York (Markham)6 of 967%
- Huron2 of 367%
- Laurier (Milton)2 of 367%
- Lakehead27 of 4363%
- Ontario Tech95 of 15362%
- RMC3 of 560%
- Ottawa130 of 24852%
- Laurier (Waterloo)15 of 3247%
- U of T (St. George)12 of 2646%
- TMU29 of 6445%
- Western7 of 1839%
- Windsor25 of 6638%
- Queen's10 of 2638%
- York36 of 10435%
- York (Glendon)6 of 1735%
- Brock29 of 8634%
- Laurentian22 of 6434%
- UOF3 of 1030%
- McMaster13 of 4728%
- Algoma18 of 6627%
- Nipissing6 of 3318%
- Trent27 of 15917%
- King's1 of 813%
- Laurier (Brantford)1 of 128%
- Trent (Durham)3 of 516%
Lowest ranges that require MHF4U
If you have the course but not the marks, these publish the lowest ranges of anything that asks for it.
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science - Data Science and AI (BCOSC 4 Year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science - Data Science and AI (Brampton) (BCOSC 4 Year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science - Mobile Software Engineering (BCOSC 4 Year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science - Online (BCOSC 3 Year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science – Computer Games Technology (BCOSC 4 year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science – Computer Games Technology/Creative Arts (BCOSC 4 year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science (BCOSC 3 year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science (BCOSC 4 year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science (Brampton) (BCOSC 3 year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science (Brampton) (BCOSC 4 year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science (BSc 3 year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science (BSc 4 year)
- 65%AlgomaEnvironmental Science (BSc 4 Year)
- 70%LaurentianÉducation concurrente et Administration des affaires – moyen/intermédiare
- 70–73%Ontario TechAccounting
Other mathematics courses
The calculator knows which of your six targets need MHF4U, and builds your average the way universities do — required courses first, whether or not they are your best marks.
Counted across the 1,578 programs whose published prerequisite text names at least one Grade 12 course. 40 listings describe their requirements in prose we do not parse into codes and are left out of every number on this page rather than assumed either way. Always confirm a prerequisite with the university before you drop a course.