QS #10 · 2026 United States

California Institute of Technology

加州理工学院

The California Institute of Technology is a small private research university in Pasadena, California with ~1,000 undergraduates and 1,300 graduate students. Caltech operates JPL with NASA.

Requirements differ by faculty / school — pick your faculty below. Each shows its own official admissions page.

1 Undergraduate (all majors, STEM-focused)

↗ Official page

Language

IELTS	7 overall
TOEFL iBT	100 overall

May be waived if 4+ years English-medium instruction.

Academic

GPA	No minimum; admitted students unweighted 4.0 / SAT 1530+
A-Level	AAA* incl. Maths + Further Maths + Phys
IB	42+ with 7,7,7 HL Math + HL Phys
AP	AP Calc BC 5 essentially required; AP Phys C 5 strongly encouraged
OSSD (Ontario)	95%+ across Calc + Adv Functions + Phys + Chem + ENG4U

Admissions tests

SAT or ACT required from 2025Math + Science teacher recommendations

Sources

↗ Official undergraduate ↗ Official graduate ↗ Common App

Last verified: 2026-05-17