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"https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/2027/03921/meng-mechanical-engineering/", "policy_source": null, "verified_at": "2026-09-21" }, { "university": "ETH Zurich", "country": "Switzerland", "course_name": "All bachelor programmes (one rule for the whole school)", "degree_groups": [ "engineering", "physics", "mathematics", "computer-science" ], "entry_cycle": "Academic year 2025/26", "ib_total": "38 out of 42, without bonus points", "hl_requirement": "HL Mathematics, HL Physics or Chemistry or Biology, HL language A", "maths_requirement": "HL Mathematics, either course", "maths_aa_accepted": "yes", "maths_ai_hl_accepted": "yes", "maths_ai_note": "ETH's admission requirements list both maths courses at Higher Level. Applicants who do not meet the conditions sit the reduced entrance examination.", "physics_requirement": "not required if Chemistry or Biology is taken at HL", "admissions_test": "none if the conditions are met", "source": "https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/main/education/admission/bachelor/andere-qual/ETH-Zulassungsbedingungen-EN.pdf", "policy_source": null, "verified_at": "2026-09-21" }, { "university": "TU Delft", "country": "Netherlands", "course_name": "BSc Aerospace Engineering (taught in English)", "degree_groups": [ "engineering" ], "entry_cycle": null, "ib_total": null, "hl_requirement": "Mathematics AA HL and Physics HL", "maths_requirement": "HL Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches", "maths_aa_accepted": "yes", "maths_ai_hl_accepted": "no", "maths_ai_note": "TU Delft states that the only IB maths course it accepts is Analysis and Approaches at Higher Level.", "physics_requirement": "HL Physics", "admissions_test": null, "source": 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"admissions_test": null, "source": "https://www.uva.nl/en/programmes/bachelors/econometrics-and-data-science/application-and-admission/international-prior-education/entry-requirements.html", "policy_source": null, "verified_at": "2026-09-21" }, { "university": "Bocconi University", "country": "Italy", "course_name": "All bachelor programmes", "degree_groups": [ "economics" ], "entry_cycle": null, "ib_total": null, "hl_requirement": null, "maths_requirement": "No subject requirement", "maths_aa_accepted": "yes", "maths_ai_hl_accepted": "yes", "maths_ai_note": "Bocconi says it sets no requirement on subjects or tracks, and names both IB maths courses at SL and HL as an example.", "physics_requirement": "none", "admissions_test": null, "source": "https://www.unibocconi.it/en/applying-bocconi/bachelor-and-law-programs/application-and-admissions/gpa-and-high-school-curriculum", "policy_source": null, "verified_at": "2026-09-21" }, { "university": "NTU Singapore", "country": "Singapore", "course_name": "All programmes with a Mathematics prerequisite", "degree_groups": [ "engineering", "physics", "mathematics", "computer-science", "economics" ], "entry_cycle": null, "ib_total": null, "hl_requirement": null, "maths_requirement": "Mathematics where the programme requires it, either course", "maths_aa_accepted": "yes", "maths_ai_hl_accepted": "yes", "maths_ai_note": "NTU says that where a programme requires Mathematics both courses are acceptable.", "physics_requirement": null, "admissions_test": null, "source": "https://www.ntu.edu.sg/admissions/undergraduate/admission-guide/international-baccalaureate-diploma", "policy_source": null, "verified_at": "2026-09-21" }, { "university": "NUS", "country": "Singapore", "course_name": "Engineering", "degree_groups": [ "engineering" ], "entry_cycle": "Information accurate as of December 2025", "ib_total": null, "hl_requirement": null, "maths_requirement": "Pass in HL Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches", "maths_aa_accepted": "yes", "maths_ai_hl_accepted": "no", "maths_ai_note": "The prerequisite table lists HL Analysis and Approaches only for Engineering.", "physics_requirement": null, "admissions_test": null, "source": "https://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ibdp-sp.pdf", "policy_source": null, "verified_at": "2026-09-21" }, { "university": "NUS", "country": "Singapore", "course_name": "Common Computer Science Programmes", "degree_groups": [ "computer-science" ], "entry_cycle": "Information accurate as of December 2025", "ib_total": null, "hl_requirement": null, "maths_requirement": "Pass in HL Computer Science, HL Analysis and Approaches or HL Physics; or a good pass in SL Analysis and Approaches or HL Applications and Interpretation", "maths_aa_accepted": "yes", "maths_ai_hl_accepted": "yes", "maths_ai_note": "HL Applications and Interpretation counts, but needs a good pass, the same level asked of SL Analysis and Approaches.", "physics_requirement": null, "admissions_test": null, "source": "https://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ibdp-sp.pdf", "policy_source": null, "verified_at": "2026-09-21" }, { "university": "NUS", "country": "Singapore", "course_name": "Data Science and Economics", "degree_groups": [ "economics" ], "entry_cycle": "Information accurate as of December 2025", "ib_total": null, "hl_requirement": null, "maths_requirement": "Very good pass in HL Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches", "maths_aa_accepted": "yes", "maths_ai_hl_accepted": "no", "maths_ai_note": "The prerequisite table lists HL Analysis and Approaches only.", "physics_requirement": null, "admissions_test": null, "source": "https://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ibdp-sp.pdf", "policy_source": null, "verified_at": "2026-09-21" }, { "university": "University of Toronto", "country": "Canada", "course_name": "Science and business programmes (central admissions page)", "degree_groups": [ "physics", "mathematics", "computer-science", "economics" ], "entry_cycle": null, "ib_total": null, "hl_requirement": null, "maths_requirement": "Calculus and Advanced Functions prerequisites: AI HL, AA SL or AA HL", "maths_aa_accepted": "yes", "maths_ai_hl_accepted": "yes", "maths_ai_note": "AI HL, AA SL and AA HL all satisfy the calculus prerequisite. AI SL satisfies only the Advanced Functions prerequisite. Engineering is a separate faculty and was not read in this check.", "physics_requirement": null, "admissions_test": null, "source": "https://future.utoronto.ca/requirements-international-high-schools", "policy_source": null, "verified_at": "2026-09-21" }, { "university": "McGill University", "country": "Canada", "course_name": "Programmes with a mathematics prerequisite (central IB page)", "degree_groups": [ "engineering", "physics", "mathematics", "computer-science", "economics" ], "entry_cycle": null, "ib_total": null, "hl_requirement": null, "maths_requirement": "HL Analysis and Approaches, SL Analysis and Approaches or HL Applications and Interpretation", "maths_aa_accepted": "yes", "maths_ai_hl_accepted": "yes", "maths_ai_note": "AI HL is accepted as a maths prerequisite. AI SL is not.", "physics_requirement": null, "admissions_test": null, "source": "https://www.mcgill.ca/undergraduate-admissions/apply/requirements/international/ib", "policy_source": null, "verified_at": "2026-09-21" } ] }