A guide to entry scores for Taiwan Senior High School Diploma / Senior High School Graduation Certificate (高級中學畢業證書)

Taiwan Senior High School Diploma students can meet the requirements for direct entry by:

  1. Graduating from the Taiwan Senior High School Diploma, achieving the indicative GPA and meeting indicative Taiwan GSAT score OR
  2. Graduating from the Taiwan Senior High School Diploma, achieving the indicative GPA and meeting indicative GPA and achieve the required SAT/ACT or AP aggregate score OR
  3. Completing the Trinity College Foundations Studies pathway program and meeting the minimum entry score.

All applicants must have completed any course prerequisite subjects and meet English language requirements.

Course name

Indicative Minimum Final GPA#

Indicative Minimum Taiwan GSAT~

Indicative Minimum SAT/ACT scores

Indicative AP aggregate score- AP Exams

Prerequisites

Bachelor of Agriculture

71

33

SAT: 1090 or ACT: 20

AP aggregate: 9 (from minimum of 3 and maximum of 4 AP examinations)

English and Mathematics

Bachelor of Arts

81

36

SAT: 1120 or ACT: 21

AP exam aggregate score 13 (from minimum of 3 and maximum of 4 AP examinations)

English (and Mathematics if Economics major

Bachelor of Biomedicine

89

44

SAT: 1260 or ACT: 26

AP exam aggregate score 17 (from 4 AP examinations)

English, Mathematics, and Chemistry

Bachelor of Commerce

90

45

SAT: 1270 or ACT: 27

AP exam aggregate score 17 (from 4 AP examinations)

English and Mathematics

Bachelor of Design

84

38

SAT: 1170 or ACT: 23

AP exam aggregate score 13 (from minimum of 3 and maximum of 4 AP examinations)

English (and Mathematics for select majors#)

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Successful completion of the senior HS diploma

N/A

N/A

N/A

English

Bachelor of Music

Successful completion of the senior HS diplomaa

Successful completion of GSAT (No minimum score required)

Completion of SAT or ACT (No minimum score required)

Completion of minimum 3 AP examinations

English

Bachelor of Oral Health

95

48

SAT: 1330 or ACT: 30

AP aggregate: 18 (from 4 (only) AP examinations)

English, and Biology or Chemistry

Bachelor of Science

86

41

SAT: 1210 or ACT: 25

AP exam aggregate score 13 (from minimum of 3 and maximum of 4 AP examinations)

English, Mathematics, and one of Biology, Chemistry or Physics

OR

English, and double mathematics entry^

~GSAT score to be calculated as combination/total of the best four subjects (out of the five or six subjects students may sit). One of the four subjects included in the calculation must include English for admission to all UG programs. Total score must include Mathematics for admission to the Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Biomedicine, and Bachelor of Science.

# Final grade to be calculated using average of the best four final year (year 12) subjects, excluding non-academic subjects

SAT scores are for the composite score from Evidence-based Reading and Writing, and Mathematics. ACT scores are for the composite score of the English, mathematics, reading, and science sections. The ACT writing section is not considered. The University does not accept super score SAT and ACT test results. Admission is based on the highest composite score. SAT and ACT test results are valid for two years.

PREREQUISITES

English language requirement: 

The University’s English language requirement can be met by:

  • Achieving the required score in an English language test approved by the University, or
  • Achieving a score of 3 or higher in the:
  • AP English Language and Composition, or
  • AP English Literature and Composition
  • Other ways to meet the English language requirement can be found here.

Mathematics prerequisite: 

Mathematics prerequisite can be met by:

  • Successfully completing Year 12 Maths A subject to meet Maths prerequisite for the Bachelor of Agriculture, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Commerce, or Bachelor of Biomedicine, or
  • Successfully completing Year 12 Maths B subject to meet Maths prerequisite for the Bachelor of Agriculture, or
  • Achieving a score of 50% or higher in the Calculus and Probability Online course, or
  • Achieving a score of 3 or higher in the:
  • AP Calculus AB, or
  • AP Calculus BC
  • Other ways to meet the Mathematics prerequisite can be found here.

Lab science prerequisite: 

Lab science prerequisite can be met by:

  • Achieving a score of 3 or higher in the:
  • AP Chemistry, or
  • AP Biology, or
  • AP Physics 1 and 2, or AP Physics 1 and AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, or AP Physics C: Mechanics and AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
  • Other ways to meet the lab science prerequisite can be found here.

^Double Mathematics prerequisite for admissions to the Bachelor of Science can be met with completion of both AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

#Bachelor of Design majors that require Mathematics prerequisite: 

Civil Engineering Systems, Computing, Construction, Mechanical Engineering Systems, Property, and Digital Infrastructure Engineering Systems