High School Requirements

UVM Admissions Criteria

Applicants for all majors at UVM are expected to have met the following minimum requirements by the end of their senior year:

• 4 years of English
• 3 years of mathematics (Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II or equivalent courses)
• 3 years of social science
• 2 years of natural or physical science
• 2 years of the same foreign language

Coursework not completed at the high school level may be fulfilled by equivalent college-level academic work.

In general, one semester of college work is considered the equivalent of one year of high school study.

Any exceptions to these requirements are made on a case-by-case basis.

CEMS Admissions Criteria

Applicants to all majors in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS) are expected to have met the following minimum requirements by the end of their senior year:

• 4 years of English
• 4 years of mathematics including Trigonometry
• 3 years of social science
• 1 year of physics
• 1 year of chemistry
• 2 years of the same foreign language

Students with strong performance in a college preparatory program, including chemistry, physics and calculus, with combined New SAT scores of 1800, are well-positioned to succeed in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences.

For More Information

Please visit the UVM Admissions webpages for more information.