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Contextual offers may be made to students who meet our Widening USA
Participation criteria and are taking applicable qualifications. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
We will accept any of the following combinations:
IRISH LEAVING CERTIFICATE High School Diploma:
H2,H2,H3,H3,H3,H3 including Biology or Chemistry plus
another science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Maths). Graduate High School with at least three full-year Advanced
Placement examinations at grade 444 including two science
If not included in the above, O3 is required in a second natural subjects*. Please note you must be taking official AP exams,
science, English and Mathematics.
not just the classes.
CANADIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL DIPLOMA ACT Test
Dependent on province, applications are considered for the We will accept any of the following combinations:
Biological Sciences programmes if you meet, or are predicted 鈥� ACT score of 26 in English and Maths plus three full-year
to meet, the following requirements: Advanced Placement examinations at grade 444 including
two science subjects*. Please note you must be taking
鈥� 83% average across grade 12 in the Secondary School
Diploma/High School Graduation Diploma including official AP exams, not just the classes.
specific requirements for science subjects, please see our 鈥� ACT score of 26 in English and Maths plus three IB Higher
website for province specific requirements. Level certificates at Grade 5 including two science subjects*.
鈥� 73% in English and Maths in grade 11 or 12 SAT Test
鈥� SAT score of 570 in each of 鈥楨vidence-Based Reading and
FRENCH BACCALAUR脡AT Writing鈥� and 鈥楳ath鈥�, plus three full-year Advanced Placement
Pass the Baccalaur茅at g茅n茅ral with 12 overall. 13 required in examinations at grade 444 including two science subjects*.
Earth & Life Sciences and Physics-Chemistry, both of which Please note you must be taking official AP exams, not just
need to be one鈥檚 enseignements de sp茅cialit茅 and taken through the classes.
to terminale. Mathematics needs to be sat in the penultimate 鈥� SAT score of 570 in each of 鈥楨vidence-Based Reading and
year, and grade 12 achieved. [OIB/BFI Anglais: if 14 is achieved Writing鈥� and 鈥楳ath鈥�, plus three IB Higher Level certificates at
in English, no further English language qualification is required]. Grade 5 including two science subjects*.
For those graduating with the Baccalaur茅at g茅n茅ral from 2021: * Science subjects: Where 鈥渟cience subjects鈥� is specified
one鈥檚 enseignements de sp茅cialit茅 through to terminale will above, applicants are required to fulfil the requirements by
need to be two of Earth & Life Sciences, Physics-Chemistry offering either Biology or Chemistry plus one further science,
and Mathematics. If SVT/Physics-Chemistry are continued, which can be any of the following: Biology, Chemistry, Physics,
one鈥檚 Maths grade will be taken from the penultimate year. Calculus or Mathematics. The 黑料社鈥檚 institution code for College
Board to be used when sending your results is 7970.
SWISS MATURITY CERTIFICATE:
Pass the Federal Maturity Certificate or Federally Recognised APPLICATION DEADLINE
Cantonal Maturity Certificate with an overall average of 4.6
(on the 6-point scale) including 4.5 in Biology and Chemistry Application is via UCAS for which the deadline is 14 January 2026.
as the Schwerpunktfach/Option Sp茅cifique. A minimum of 4.0 in
Maths is also required. ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
HONG KONG IELTS (Academic) score of 7.0 or above with a minimum of
Obtain the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education 6.5 in each component or an alternate, acceptable English
(HKDSE) with grades 544 in Biology, Chemistry and one other language qualification.
elective subject, plus grade 4 in Maths and grade 5 in English For a list of accepted alternative English language qualifications
core subjects. We will consider Maths as an elective subject f www.rvc.uk.com/english-language
in place of either Biology or Chemistry, provided both the
compulsory and the extended modules are taken with grades
5* (compulsory part) and 5 (extended part).
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