U of T computer science admission requirements, campus by campus

Sources: U of T Future Students, Computer Science (Ontario requirements, all three campuses), U of T Mississauga, Computer Science and U of T Scarborough, Computer Science, read 22 October 2026. The central page states no admission year, so we give the date we read it. We have no affiliation with the University of Toronto.

Sources: U of T Future Students, Computer Science, U of T Dates and Deadlines, U of T Supplemental Applications and U of T Mississauga, Computer Science, read 22 October 2026.

1. Model one requirement as a set. The English line becomes the set of ENG4U and EAE4U; the calculus line becomes a set with one member, MCV4U.
2. Model a campus as a list of those sets. St. George has two; Mississauga and Scarborough have three each.
3. Model a student’s plan as a set of course codes. Order does not matter, and a course appears once.
4. A requirement is covered if the two sets overlap. In Python, alts & plan is the intersection; an empty intersection means nothing in the plan satisfies that line.
5. Collect what is not covered, rather than returning true or false. A list of missing lines is more useful to a student than a yes or no.
6. Test a plan built to fail. A plan that breaks one rule on purpose proves the checker can see the gap.

# Which listed U of T CS prerequisites does a course plan cover? (ours)
# Each requirement is a set of alternatives: any one course in the set satisfies it.
# Lists copied from future.utoronto.ca, Ontario requirements, read 22 October 2026.

CAMPUSES = {
    "St. George (TAD)":  [{"ENG4U", "EAE4U"}, {"MCV4U"}],
    "Mississauga (TMX)": [{"ENG4U", "EAE4U"}, {"MHF4U"}, {"MCV4U"}],
    "Scarborough (TXC)": [{"ENG4U", "EAE4U"}, {"MCV4U"}, {"MHF4U"}],
}

def uncovered(plan, requirements):
    """Return the requirements that no course in the plan satisfies."""
    return [" / ".join(sorted(alts)) for alts in requirements if not (alts & plan)]

plans = {
    "Plan A": {"EAE4U", "MHF4U", "MCV4U", "ICS4U", "SPH4U", "MDM4U"},
    "Plan B": {"ENG4C", "MHF4U", "MCV4U", "ICS4U", "SPH4U", "SCH4U"},
    "Test C": {"ENG4U", "MCV4U", "ICS4U", "SPH4U", "SCH4U", "MDM4U"},
}
for name, plan in plans.items():
    print(name)
    for campus, reqs in CAMPUSES.items():
        gaps = uncovered(plan, reqs)
        print("  " + campus + ":", "all listed courses in plan" if not gaps else "not in plan: " + ", ".join(gaps))

1. Does my Grade 12 plan cover every listed line on every campus I will apply to? Run the checker above, or do it by hand, then confirm on each campus page.
2. Which supplementary items will I owe? Read each page, then trust the portal checklist once it appears.
3. Do I want co-op or work-integrated learning? All three list a work-integrated learning option; the campus pages describe how it works.
4. Which stream or specialization interests me? Scarborough lists five streams; read the program descriptions rather than the names alone.
5. Where would I live and study for four years? The three campuses are in different parts of the Toronto area, and that changes daily life more than any course list.
6. Am I ready for first-year math? Every campus lists Calculus and Vectors. If MCV4U feels shaky in October of Grade 12, that is the most useful thing to fix.

For the Ontario Grade 11 course that many future computer science students take first, see our ICS3U help page. For the contest some students try alongside Grade 12, see CCC preparation.