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Zambia Admissions Requirements
Prerequisite Equivalencies
- Review the program pages or international viewbook.
- Find your program(s) of choice.
- Review the international admission requirements for the exact required courses for your program(s) of interest.
- Come back to this page to find more specific information on the required courses and how we calculate your average.
- Detailed course descriptions may be requested for these subjects to ensure the required content is covered to meet prerequisite requirements.
Minimum Requirements
- Six senior academic courses are required for admission.
- If you are currently in grade 12, include all in-progress or enrolled courses.
- Ensure transcripts covering grades 10-12 are included when you apply.
- Secondary schools (junior secondary education) will not be used for admission.
- To clear conditions, the final Zambian School Certificate Examination/General Certificate of Secondary Education sent directly from your school/or Education Council of Zambia will be required.
- If your first language is not English, you may need to meet our English proficiency requriement.
Zambia Grade Equivalency
| Canadian Equivalent | Grade | Scale | Zambia Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 95% | A | 1.00 | Distinction |
| 90% | A | 2.00 | Distinction |
| 85% | B | 3.00 | Merit |
| 80% | B | 4.00 | Merit |
| 75% | C | 5.00 | Credit |
| 70% | C | 6.00 | Credit |
| 65% | D | 7.00 | Satisfactory |
| 55% | D | 8.00 | Satisfactory |
| 49% | F | 9.00 | Unsatisfactory |
In acknowledgement of the various grading scales used throughout the Zambian curriculum, the grading scale on the transcript will be used. Grades are converted to reflect a 50% pass.