Queen's admission requirements
100% of Queen's's 26 programs require ENG4U, 73% require MCV4U. Published ranges run from 80% to 93%, with 3 programs at 90 or above. 5 programs want more than marks.
Counted across every Queen's program listed on OUInfo for September 2027 entry. Each program’s own page has its exact wording; this page is the shape of the whole university.
The courses Queen's asks for
How many of Queen's’s 26 programs name each course as required. A required course is forced into your admission average — it counts even if it is not one of your best six.
What you need, by set of courses
Queen's’s programs grouped by the exact courses they require, most common set first, with the span of their published ranges. If your timetable matches a set, every program in it is open to you on courses.
- ENG4U + MCV4U + MHF4U + SCH4U + SPH4U8 programs · 83–90%
Smith Engineering - Direct Entry Mining Engineering 83–87%, Smith Engineering - Direct Entry Chemical Engineering 87–90%, Smith Engineering - Direct Entry Civil Engineering 87–90%, Smith Engineering - Direct Entry Electrical Engineering 87–93%, Smith Engineering - Direct Entry Mechanical Engineering 87–93%, Smith Engineering – Common First Year programs 87–90% and 2 more
- ENG4U6 programs · 80–87%
Music 80%, Arts 83–87%, Concurrent Education/Arts - French 83–87%, Concurrent Education/Music 83–87%, Economics 83–87%, Concurrent Education/Arts 87–90%
- ENG4U + MCV4U + SBI4U + SCH4U + SPH4U3 programs · 80–83%
Biological and Cognitive Sciences Pathway 80–87%, Earth and Environmental Science Pathway 80–87%, Concurrent Education/Science 83–87%
- ENG4U + MCV4U2 programs · 80–87%
Mathematics and Data Sciences Pathway 80–87%, Commerce 87%
- ENG4U + MCV4U + SBI4U2 programs · 83–87%
Kinesiology 83–87%, Concurrent Education/Kinesiology 87–90%
- ENG4U + SBI4U + SCH4U1 program · 87%
Nursing 87–90%
- ENG4U + MCV4U + MHF4U1 program · 83%
Computing 83–87%
- ENG4U + MCV4U + SBI4U + SCH4U1 program · 83%
- ENG4U + MCV4U + SCH4U + SPH4U1 program · 80%
- ENG4U + MCV4U + MHF4U + SBI4U + SCH4U1 program · 93%
Health Sciences 93–97%
Where the published ranges sit
Every Queen's program with a published range, by the bottom of that range. A range is what the university says it will consider, not what it admits at — read the guide to what a range means.
- under 700
- 70–740
- 75–790
- 80–8414Arts, Computing, Concurrent Education/Arts - French and 11 more
- 85–899Commerce, Concurrent Education/Arts, Concurrent Education/Kinesiology and 6 more
- 90 and up3Health Sciences, Smith Engineering - Direct Entry Computer Engineering, Smith Engineering - Direct Entry Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering
Beyond marks
- 5 programs need a supplementary application
- A portfolio, audition, questionnaire, video or form, due on Queen's’s own date, usually before OUAC closes. Which ones, and what each asks for.
How Queen's reads your transcript
In Queen's’s own words to guidance counsellors, from the OUAC resource guide (September 2026 entry). Each links to the page comparing every university’s answer.
- If you repeat a course
We use the grade from the most recent attempt to calculate the admission average.
- Summer school, night school, e-learning and private school
We accept all courses completed at Ministry-inspected and -approved schools.
- Your Grade 11 marks
We will consider Grade 11 grades if grades in required Grade 12 courses are unavailable.
- AP and IB
AP: We may grant transfer credit for AP exams completed to a maximum of 18.0 units.
IB: Applicants completing the full IB diploma are eligible for admission based on their Ontario percentage grades or IB predicted scores. We will consider all IB applicants, including those completing certificates, for transfer credit for Higher Level courses, to a maximum of 18.0 units. www.queensu.ca/admission/applying/transfer-credits
- English proficiency
Applicants who attended a school where English was the primary language of instruction for 3 consecutive years immediately prior to their attendance at Queen's are generally not required to submit a test of English proficiency.
Students required to submit standardized English-language test scores may submit: o CAEL (70 overall with no band below 60) o Cambridge English (minimum 175 with no component below 170) o Duolingo English Test (120 overall) o IELTS (6.5 overall with no band below 6.0) o LanguageCert Academic (minimum band score of 70 with no individual score below 65) o PTE (60 overall) o TOEFL (88 overall, 20 writing, 20 speaking, 20 reading, 20 listening)
Alternatively, students who earn a final grade of A- or higher in the 12-week English for Academic Purposes program offered by the Queen's School of English will receive an English proficiency exam waiver. www.queensu.ca/admission/applicants/english-proficiency
- Transfer credit
First-year students who have taken courses during high school that may be eligible for transfer credit must apply for credit no later than the end of the fall term of their first year.
Students who complete AP or IB courses will automatically be assessed during the summer for transfer credit if they authorize for their official results to be released to Queen's.