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Brazil Admission Requirements

Brazil Admission Requirements

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Prerequisite Equivalencies

  1. Review the program pages or international viewbook.
  2. Find your program(s) of choice.
  3. Review the international admission requirements for the exact required courses for your program(s) of interest.
  4. Come back to this page to find more specific information on the required courses and how we calculate your average.
  5. 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.
  • To clear conditions, the following must be sent directly to Laurier:
    • Certificado de Conclusao de Ensino Médio (Certificate of Secondary School Completion/Diploma); and
    • Either the ENEM (Middle Education National Examination) issued by the Colegio or Ministério da Educação, or Vestibular (university entrance exam).
  • If your first language is not English, you may need to meet our English-Language Proficiency requirement.

Grade Scale

Grade Scale
Canadian Grade Brazilian Grade Alternative Grade Translation Letter Equivalent
80 - 100% 9.0/90 to 10.0/100 Ótimo/SS - Superior Superior Excellent A
70 - 79% 7.0/70 to 8.9/89 Muito Born/Born/MS - Média Superior Above Average B
60 - 69% Varies: 5.0 or 6.0 Regular/MM - Média Minima/ME - Médio Average C
50 - 59% Not applicable MI - Média Inferior Inferior Average D
49% or below Not applicable II - Inferior Inferior; SR- Sem Rendimento Fail F

In acknowledgement of the various grading scales used throughout Brazilian curriculum, the grading scale on the transcript will be used. Grades are converted to reflect a 50% pass.

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