Current Ontario High School Students
Current Ontario high school students must request their English Language Proficiency test results be sent directly by the test provider either electronically or by mail.
Not Current Ontario High School Students
Canadian high school students outside of Ontario will be required to upload relevant documents to the McMaster Applicant Portal. You can review your required documentation there.
Please ensure that documentation is submitted by the appropriate deadlines listed on the Dates & Deadlines page. Do not send any documentation outside of what is required.
Current Ontario High school Students
Current Ontario high school students must request that their English Language Proficiency test results be sent directly from the test provider either electronically or by mail.
Not Current Ontario High school Students
Documents uploaded to the applicant portal are deemed unofficial and will be used for the initial review and admission decision purposes. If you are granted a conditional offer of admission and decided to accept that offer, we will require final official transcripts at that time.
IELTS, TOEFL and other English Language proficiency results must be sent to McMaster directly from the testing center.
We recommend that official documents, including SAT/ACT and AP test results, be sent via courier or a method that has tracking capabilities. All documents are non-returnable.
Please mail official documents to:
McMaster University Admissions – GH 108 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8 Canada
Eligible documents may also be received electronically through the following service providers:
If you studied or are currently studying at a Chinese secondary school, please submit the following:
If you are currently enrolled at a Chinese secondary school, please also submit:
If you have completed Chinese secondary school, please also submit the following:
Note: Applicants who do not present GAOKAO must provide a letter stating the reason(s) for not sitting for GAOKAO. We require transcripts for the last three years of Upper Middle School, results of standardized tests (eg. SAT, ACT, IB, AP, GCE) and school profile.
An official transcript is a complete academic record of all individual courses and grades achieved at an educational institution. It must be signed by a presiding official and bear the seal or certified stamp of the issuing institution. The signature, seal and/or stamp should appear on all pages of the document. A transcript is considered official only if it is sent directly to McMaster from the issuing institution in a sealed envelope. If evidence of misrepresentation of fraudulent or falsified documentation is found, the penalty is severe. McMaster University reserves the right to rescind any offer of admission and/or scholarship.
Internationally educated applicants who are currently residing in Canada and are unable to request that their official transcripts be submitted to McMaster directly from their home institutions because they are no longer residing in that country must subsequently provide a credential evaluation with document authentication from World Evaluation Services Canada (WES). McMaster undergraduate programs require the WES ICAP Course-by-Course with GPA calculation assessment for colleges and universities. For High School Diplomas or Secondary Level Credentials, WES only provides the ICAP Basic Report. Please contact WES Canada directly to arrange for the appropriate evaluation. McMaster University may require students presenting documents that will form the basis of their admission to the university, from schools outside of North America, to have those documents authenticated via WES.
If your documents (transcripts, diplomas) are in a language other than English or French, you will need an official translation into English.
If McMaster concludes based on reasonable grounds that the applicant has falsified any information presented to the University as part of their application, without limiting any other rights of McMaster available at law, McMaster reserves the right to revoke the offer and, subject to applicable law and University policy, to terminate a student’s registration.