Does Trent count night school, summer school and online courses?
We will accept credits from any institution that is accredited by the Ontario Ministry of Education.
Students who are completing courses outside of their regular day school must notify the Admissions Office using the Intention to Upgrade Form on their myTrent portal.
Trent University, quoted from the OUAC guide for guidance counsellors, September 2026 entry.
How that compares
Trent accepts them as equal, provided the school is Ministry-inspected — the same as 13 of the 23 Ontario universities that answer this.
7 universities accept them but enforce a hard cut-off date
Lakehead, McMaster, Nipissing, OCAD, TMU, Western, Laurier (Waterloo)
1 university accepts them but reserves the right to ask questions
Waterloo
This is what Trent tells Ontario guidance counsellors; it is not published on their student pages. Rules like this change rarely, but confirm anything you are about to act on.