Engineering
BEng · 4 yrs
A required Supplementary Application of three video answers and one written answer.
Engineering
Hamilton, Ontario · Canada · Research university
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario university with 45 direct-entry undergraduate programs, known for problem-based, self-directed learning in health and science.
- In English
- All 45 degrees
- City
- Hamilton, Ontario
- Apply via
- OUAC
- Next deadline
- 26 Nov 2026
Deadlines
What you could study here
All 45 of its undergraduate degrees are taught in English. What it is known for:
Honours Health Sciences
BHSc · 4 yrs
A required Supplementary Application, read with your grades.
Health
6 faculties: what each looks for
- Faculty of Engineering: A video-based Supplementary Application is required for Engineering, Computer Science, iBioMed and Technology.
- Faculty of Health Sciences: Honours Health Sciences and Nursing add a supplementary application or CASPer test to your grades.
- Faculty of Science: Most programs are grade-based; Arts & Science and Honours Integrated Science add a supplementary application.
- DeGroote School of Business: Business takes an optional supplementary submission alongside your grades.
- Faculty of Humanities: Mostly grade-based; Integrated Business and Humanities and Wilson College add a supplementary application.
- Faculty of Social Sciences: No supplementary application is listed for Social Sciences entry programs; check each program's requirements.
What it asks of IB students
IB Diploma with six subjects, three HL and three SL, plus TOK and EE; bonus points count in a total out of 45. A minimum 80% average is needed to apply; each program sets its own minimum.
Where it says so
Worth knowing
McMaster publishes IB requirements through an Admission Requirements tool you filter by program, not as a page of IB scores; its dates are a Dates and Deadlines tool.
All 3 notes
- McMaster publishes IB requirements through an Admission Requirements tool you filter by program, not as a page of IB scores; its dates are a Dates and Deadlines tool.
- IB Maths AI SL is treated as Pre-Calculus plus Statistics, with no Calculus credit; Maths AA SL and AI HL count as Pre-Calculus and Calculus.
- HL courses with a final 5 or higher may earn advanced credit at the faculty's discretion.
Sources
- McMaster — Common international admission requirements (IB) — checked 2026-10-07
- McMaster — How to apply — checked 2026-10-07
- McMaster — Supplementary applications — checked 2026-10-07
- McMaster — Programs — checked 2026-10-07
- McMaster Engineering — Supplementary application — checked 2026-10-07
- McMaster — Engineering — checked 2026-10-07
- McMaster — Honours Health Sciences — checked 2026-10-07