Do you need SCH4U for university in Ontario?
SCH4U is Chemistry, a Grade 12 science course.
500 of the 1,578 Ontario university programs whose prerequisites we could read require Chemistry — 32%. The other 1,078 do not.
Require it
500
Share of programs
32%
Campuses
26
What you can still apply to without it
1,078 programs do not ask for SCH4U, with published ranges starting at 65%. Biggest subject areas among them:
- 186 Business Studies95% of that subject
- 139 Interdisciplinary Studies75% of that subject
- 94 Law & Criminology97% of that subject
- 92 Media and Communication Studies96% of that subject
- 89 Education Studies84% of that subject
- 88 Politics98% of that subject
- 87 Economics93% of that subject
- 86 Computer Science65% of that subject
- 80 Psychology76% of that subject
- 75 Sociology100% of that subject
- 74 Others in Business & Administrative Studies94% of that subject
- 67 Social Policy91% of that subject
Where it is required
The subjects that ask for SCH4U most often, and how much of each one does.
- 94General or Integrated Engineering90%
- 76Chemistry88%
- 72Biological Sciences80%
- 69Others in Subjects Related to Medicine77%
- 68Human Biology80%
- 64Environmental Studies56%
- 50Physics89%
- 47Computer Science35%
- 47Interdisciplinary Studies25%
- 45Molecular Biology, Biochemistry96%
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.
- McMaster34 of 4772%
- RMC3 of 560%
- Queen's15 of 2658%
- U of T (St. George)15 of 2658%
- Waterloo25 of 4753%
- Lakehead23 of 4353%
- Western9 of 1850%
- Carleton22 of 4549%
- Guelph21 of 4844%
- York (Markham)4 of 944%
- TMU26 of 6441%
- Ontario Tech60 of 15339%
- Ottawa95 of 24838%
- Nipissing12 of 3336%
- U of T (Scarborough)6 of 1833%
- U of T (Mississauga)4 of 1233%
- Laurier (Milton)1 of 333%
- Laurentian20 of 6431%
- Brock23 of 8627%
- Windsor18 of 6627%
- York26 of 10425%
- Laurier (Waterloo)6 of 3219%
- Trent23 of 15914%
- York (Glendon)2 of 1712%
- Algoma6 of 669%
- Laurier (Brantford)1 of 128%
Lowest ranges that require SCH4U
If you have the course but not the marks, these publish the lowest ranges of anything that asks for it.
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science (BSc 3 year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science (BSc 4 year)
- 65%AlgomaEnvironmental Science (BSc 4 Year)
- 65–70%GuelphTurfgrass Management (Associate Diploma)
- 70%LakeheadAnthropology (Thunder Bay and Orillia)
- 70–73%Ontario TechApplied Biotechnology
- 70–73%Ontario TechApplied Biotechnology (Co-op)
- 70–75%LakeheadApplied Life Sciences (Thunder Bay and Orillia)
- 70–73%Ontario TechAstrophysics
- 70–73%Ontario TechAstrophysics (Co-op)
- 70%NipissingBachelor of Community Planning
- 70%NipissingBachelor of Physical and Health Education
- 70%NipissingBachelor of Science
- 70%NipissingBachelor of Science (Liberal Science)
- 70%WindsorBachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Health Studies or Bachelor of Sport Management and Leadership
Other science courses
The calculator knows which of your six targets need SCH4U, 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.