Do you need SPH4U for university in Ontario?
SPH4U is Physics, a Grade 12 science course.
425 of the 1,578 Ontario university programs whose prerequisites we could read require Physics — 27%. The other 1,153 do not.
Require it
425
Share of programs
27%
Campuses
25
What you can still apply to without it
1,153 programs do not ask for SPH4U, 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
- 93 Media and Communication Studies97% of that subject
- 92 Education Studies87% of that subject
- 88 Politics98% of that subject
- 87 Economics93% of that subject
- 83 Psychology79% of that subject
- 77 Computer Science58% of that subject
- 75 Others in Business & Administrative Studies95% of that subject
- 75 Sociology100% of that subject
- 72 Social Policy97% of that subject
Where it is required
The subjects that ask for SPH4U most often, and how much of each one does.
- 94General or Integrated Engineering90%
- 69Chemistry80%
- 63Biological Sciences70%
- 56Computer Science42%
- 54Human Biology64%
- 53Environmental Studies46%
- 50Physics89%
- 47Interdisciplinary Studies25%
- 42Electronic & Electrical Engineering100%
- 41Molecular Biology, Biochemistry87%
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.
- McMaster29 of 4762%
- RMC3 of 560%
- U of T (St. George)15 of 2658%
- Waterloo25 of 4753%
- Lakehead22 of 4351%
- Carleton22 of 4549%
- Queen's12 of 2646%
- York (Markham)4 of 944%
- Ontario Tech63 of 15341%
- Ottawa88 of 24835%
- Guelph16 of 4833%
- Western6 of 1833%
- Laurier (Milton)1 of 333%
- TMU20 of 6431%
- Windsor19 of 6629%
- York24 of 10423%
- Brock18 of 8621%
- Nipissing7 of 3321%
- U of T (Mississauga)2 of 1217%
- Laurentian8 of 6413%
- York (Glendon)2 of 1712%
- U of T (Scarborough)2 of 1811%
- Trent12 of 1598%
- Laurier (Waterloo)2 of 326%
- Algoma3 of 665%
Lowest ranges that require SPH4U
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)
- 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 Science
- 70%NipissingBachelor of Science (Liberal Science)
- 70%WindsorBachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Health Studies or Bachelor of Sport Management and Leadership
- 70%NipissingBachelor of Science/Bachelor of Commerce
- 70%WindsorBehaviour, Cognition and Neuroscience
- 70–75%WindsorBiochemistry
Other science courses
The calculator knows which of your six targets need SPH4U, 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.