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AEFE curriculum, admission in Quebec

The Quebec Supplements in Montreal: the courses that can change an admission

The complements quebecois are extra courses taken by some students of the French curriculum at College Stanislas and Lycee Marie de France in Montreal. Their purpose is precise: to make an AEFE file legible to Quebec universities and, in certain paths, to avoid a preparatory year. I work with these students course by course, first of all as a mathematics tutor in Montreal.

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Your child is in a French school in Quebec. Their diploma is French. The universities they are most likely to apply to are Quebec ones, and those universities read files in a different currency: coded courses, not specialites and marks out of 20. The supplements are the translation layer.

The consequence is concrete. At Polytechnique Montreal, a candidate with zero supplements faces a compulsory preparatory year. A candidate with all six is directly admissible to competitive programs, subject to their results. Same diploma, two years apart. And because most supplements require having kept a particular speciality, the decision is effectively taken in Seconde, three years before anyone applies.

01, definition

What the Quebec supplements are

The Quebec supplements are extra courses taken by some students of the French curriculum in Quebec. They do not replace the French Baccalaureate: they are added to the AEFE path to answer local expectations, above all when the student is aiming at a Quebec university.

The logic is not merely administrative. Quebec thinks in coded courses, often close to CEGEP courses, while the French Baccalaureate thinks in specialities and marks out of 20. The supplements are the bridge between those two readings of a file.

Type

Extra courses on top of the French curriculum, carrying Quebec codes.

Function

Making the file compatible with Quebec university prerequisites.

Logic

Adapting a French path to North American expectations: CEGEP, university, prerequisite courses.

02, admission

Why these courses become strategic

The Quebec supplements can open direct access to certain Quebec universities. They matter most when the student is aiming at a competitive program, in engineering or the sciences, or on a health track where every admission condition counts.

Without these courses, the university may impose a preparatory year or extra courses at the start of the program. With the supplements passed, direct admission becomes possible depending on results and on each university's own rules.

A concrete example

Polytechnique Montreal

See the exact equivalence with the preparatory courses →

0 supplements passed

Preparatory year compulsory.

6 supplements passed

Directly admissible to competitive programs, subject to results.

03, the official list

The six supplements to identify early

What families need to spot are the coded courses. The names look technical but they correspond to very concrete blocks: differential calculus, integral calculus, vector algebra, mechanics, electricity and magnetism, general chemistry. These Quebec course codes (NYA, NYB, NYC and so on) let a university identify at a glance what content has already been validated.

The minimum threshold usually required is 11 out of 20 per course. That threshold does not guarantee admission: it keeps the candidate from being blocked on the prerequisite. For a competitive program, the marks themselves remain a major factor.

Subject Code Course
Mathematics 201-NYA Differential calculus
201-NYB Integral calculus
201-NYC Vector algebra
Physics 203-SN1-RE Mechanics
203-SN2-RE / SN3-RE Electricity and magnetism
Chemistry 202-SF1-RE / 202-NYB General chemistry

One detail that confuses many families: the lycee does not always announce its supplements with these codes. College international Marie de France speaks of maths 105, 103 and 203, which are the older codes for the same courses. The correspondence is direct.

Important marker: a minimum of 11 out of 20 per course is often required. Universities may nonetheless apply their own rules, particularly for competitive programs. Always confirm the information when the application is being prepared.

Calculus and algebra (201-NYA, NYB, NYC)

The detail of CEGEP mathematics: differential calculus, integral calculus and vector algebra. Dedicated tutoring →

Physics (203-SN1-RE, SN2-RE, SN3-RE)

Mechanics, electricity and magnetism, at the level Quebec universities expect. Dedicated tutoring →

Official sources to check

These links let you verify the rules with the institutions directly. Conditions can change: always confirm when the application is being prepared.

04, the AEFE path

How the supplements are spread across the years

In the French lycees of Quebec, the supplements do not always appear as a separate, legible line in families' minds. They sit inside the Seconde, Premiere and Terminale timetable, sometimes with small weekly hours but large consequences.

The list below is the one published by College international Marie de France for 2026-2027. What matters is not the number of courses but the speciality condition: almost every scientific supplement is open only to students who chose, and then kept, the corresponding speciality. Dropping the mathematics speciality at the end of Premiere closes access to maths 103 and 203 in Terminale, and that course cannot be made up elsewhere.

One useful exception: maths 337 is aimed precisely at students without the mathematics speciality. It is the only mathematics supplement available in that case.

Seconde

No speciality condition

  • SN5 mathematics

    Secondary 5 SN mathematics, the Quebec level that lines up with Seconde.

  • History of Quebec and Canada

    The only non-scientific supplement on the list.

Seconde is for setting the first markers and not discovering the supplements at application time.

Premiere

The coded courses open

  • Physical sciences

    203-SN3-RE, 203-SN1-RE, 203-SN2-RE, 202-SF1-RE

    Physics-chemistry speciality required, 2 h 30 per week.

  • Mathematics 105 or 201-NYC

    Linear algebra and vector geometry, the course CEGEP codes 201-NYC. Mathematics speciality required, 3 h per week.

  • SVT: CB1 and CB2

    SVT speciality required, 1 h 30 per week.

  • Mathematics 337

    For students without the mathematics speciality, 1 h 30 per week.

This is the year the speciality choices start having visible consequences.

Terminale

Continuity required

  • Organic chemistry

    Physics-chemistry speciality kept in Terminale, or taken in Premiere, 1 h per week.

  • Physical sciences

    203-SN3-RE, 203-SN1-RE, 203-SN2-RE, 202-SF1-RE

    Physics-chemistry speciality kept and the corresponding course validated at the end of Premiere, 1 h 30 per week.

  • Mathematics 103 and 203

    Differential then integral calculus, that is 201-NYA and 201-NYB at CEGEP. Mathematics speciality kept, 2 h per week.

  • Mathematics 337

    Reserved for students who took maths 337 in Premiere.

  • SVT: CB1

    SVT speciality kept, 1 h 30 per week.

  • SVT: CB3

    SVT speciality in Premiere, with CB1 and CB2 validated, 2 h per week.

Terminale is for securing the remaining validations before the university file is read.

List and weekly hours taken from the lycee page of College international Marie de France, 2026-2027, checked on 3 September 2026. The offer at College Stanislas may differ, and enrolment in a supplement is decided with the school's guidance counsellor, in light of the study project and the admission conditions of the target university.

05, system logic

What the supplements change in an admission file

The French Baccalaureate remains the base of the AEFE path: specialities, examinations and marks out of 20. Quebec adds another way of reading the file, with coded courses corresponding to university prerequisites.

In that logic, the supplements can be understood as equivalents of CEGEP courses. They signal that the student has already covered certain content expected before entering university. The practical result is simple: depending on how many supplements are validated, the student faces limited access, imposed courses at university, or direct admissibility.

No supplements 1 to 5 supplements 6 supplements
Effect on admission More limited access depending on the program. Admission possible in some cases. Direct admissibility possible, subject to results.
What the university may require A preparatory year may be required. Extra courses may be imposed at the start of the program. Less catching up imposed on entry.
Competitive programs The file is generally weaker. Strategy depends on the program and the marks. Better fit with competitive programs.
In short To be avoided if the student is aiming at engineering, science or a health track. A situation to check university by university. The target for selective scientific paths.

The critical points not to miss

The supplements are not required for the French Baccalaureate: they are strategic for university entry.

The right choice depends on the study project, not only on current academic level.

Decisions have to be taken early, ideally from Seconde or Premiere.

Mathematics and physics are usually the most sensitive subjects.

A small weekly load does not mean small stakes: one missing course can change an admission.

The rules can vary by university and by target program.

06, decoding

The vocabulary to understand before choosing

Cote R
The Quebec ranking system used to compare files. For a family from the French system, the thing to retain is that selection is not read off a single average out of 20.
Programme contingente
A program with selection and a limited number of places. Files are compared more finely there, and prerequisites become decisive.
CEGEP
The stage between secondary school and university in Quebec. AEFE students can sometimes bypass it, and the supplements exist precisely to cover college-level prerequisites.
NYA / NYB / NYC
Quebec course codes. They let universities identify quickly what content has been validated: calculus, physics, chemistry or another prerequisite.
Understanding CEGEP mathematics (NYA, NYB, NYC) →

07, the path

A logical timeline, without waiting for admission season

  1. Seconde

    The start of orientation, the first supplements, and the first bearings on the Quebec system and what universities expect.

  2. Premiere

    The file specialises: the choices in mathematics, physics-chemistry or SVT become critical for everything after.

  3. Terminale

    Validating the remaining courses, securing the marks, checking that the supplements and the target programs actually match.

  4. University admission

    The file is read against the results, the validated supplements and the requirements specific to the program applied for.

How I help

My work starts by clarifying the file: which supplements are necessary, which are already covered by the path, which become priorities given the study project. Then it becomes very concrete. Students usually need targeted support in mathematics and physics, because those are the courses where the codes, the methods and the expected level create the widest gap.

  • ✓Help choosing the supplements according to the university project.
  • ✓Targeted preparation in mathematics, physics, chemistry or SVT.
  • ✓Long-term follow-up: coherence of the file, marks, calendar and workload.

Also useful

The supplements year by year

What students take in Seconde, Premiere and Terminale at Stanislas and Marie de France.

Polytechnique's preparatory courses

Each preparatory course in detail and its equivalence with the six supplements.

CEGEP: mathematics NYA, NYB, NYC

The detail of the calculus and algebra courses of the Quebec college system.

AEFE tutor in Montreal

The French curriculum at Lycee Marie de France and College Stanislas, across the scientific subjects.

The French Baccalaureate

Specialities, examinations and Baccalaureate preparation for Terminale students.

Quebec secondary school

To understand the other side of the Montreal school system.

Frequently asked questions

What are the Quebec supplements?

Extra courses taken by some students of the French curriculum in Quebec, notably at College Stanislas and Lycee Marie de France. They do not replace the French Baccalaureate: they are added to the AEFE path to make the file compatible with Quebec university prerequisites, with codes close to CEGEP such as 201-NYA.

What are the six to know?

In mathematics: 201-NYA, 201-NYB and 201-NYC. In physics: 203-SN1-RE and 203-SN2-RE or SN3-RE. In chemistry: 202-SF1-RE or 202-NYB. A minimum of 11 out of 20 per course is often required.

Are they compulsory?

No, they are not needed for the French Baccalaureate. They become strategic for university entry: without them, a Quebec university may impose a preparatory year or bridging courses. With all six passed, direct admission becomes possible, including into competitive programs.

At which level are they taken?

In Seconde, two with no condition: SN5 mathematics and the history of Quebec and Canada. In Premiere and Terminale, almost everything depends on which specialities the student chose and kept. The decisions are therefore made from Seconde onward.

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