Medical Sciences at McMaster
Not directly. At McMaster University you apply to Life Sciences Gateway, then choose medical sciences at the end of first year.
The program you actually apply to
Life Sciences Gateway
93–97%OUAC MLSCo-op available
Prerequisites
- English 4U
- 1 of Advanced Functions 4U, Calculus & Vectors 4U
- Biology 4U
- 1 of Advanced Functions 4U, Calculus & Vectors 4U, Chemistry 4U, Physics 4U
- Applicants without Calculus & Vectors 4U will be required to take an equivalent Calculus course in Level I.
When you choose medical sciences
At the end of first year.
What to watch for
McMaster has no undergraduate program called Medical Sciences — that is a Western/Queen's name. The equivalent pre-med route here is the Life Sciences Gateway, or Honours Health Sciences if you can get in. Two things not to mistake for it: 'Medicine' on McMaster's site is the MD program, which you cannot enter from Grade 12, and Honours Medical Radiation Sciences is a specific imaging and radiation therapy degree, not a general medical science route.
The same application also gets you to
Life Sciences Gateway is the entry point for 5 other majors at McMaster. You are not choosing between these at application time.
Medical Sciences at the other campuses
Compare the entry programs side by side →- Algomanot offered at Algoma
- BrockDirect entry73–77%
- Carletonvia Health Sciences (CHS)80–85%
- GuelphDirect entry85–91%
- Lakeheadvia Chemistry (includes Medical Sciences) (AF)70%
- LaurentianDirect entry70%
- Laurier (Waterloo)via Health Sciences (BSc) (UZK)80–83%
- Nipissingnot offered at Nipissing
- Ontario TechDirect entry70–73%
- Queen'svia Life Science & Biochemistry (QL)83–87%
- TMUDirect entry80–85%
- TrentDirect entry75%
- U of T (Mississauga)via Life Sciences80–87%
- U of T (Scarborough)via Life Sciences73–80%
- U of T (St. George)via Life Sciences (including Psychology)83–90%
- WaterlooDirect entry80–83%
- WesternDirect entry83–90%
- WindsorDirect entry70%
- YorkDirect entry80–87%
Entry routes were researched against each university’s own program pages in 2026-08-16, and this one is marked medium confidence. McMaster’s page. Faculties restructure — confirm before you apply.