Advanced Placement (AP) is a program of college level courses and examinations for high school students. AP is administrated by the College Entrance Examination Board, headquartered in New York City, New York with a Canadian office in Kelowna, British Columbia. Students who successfully complete examinations with a prescribed standing may, upon admission to a public postsecondary institution, be granted credit as outlined in the following table. For more information consult the appropriate institutional calendar or Registrar’s/Student Services Office.
| Sending Institution | Receiving Institution | |
| Advanced Placement Courses | Memorial University of Newfoundland | College of the North Atlantic |
| Biology | Biology 1001/1002 with AP standing of 4 or 5. Note: Students who have received a grade of 3 in AP Biology will have the requirement for Biology 1001/1002 waived and may replace those courses with higher level Biology courses. |
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| Chemistry | Chemistry 1050 and 1051 with AP standing of 5. Chemistry 1010 and 1011 for Grades 3 and 4. | |
| English Language and Composition | No credit recommended. | Communications CM1100, CM1400, CM2100, CM1401 with AP standing of 4 or more |
| English Literature and Composition | English 1080 with AP standing of 4 or 5. | |
| European History | History 2300 and 2310 with AP standing of 3 or more. | |
| Fine Arts (Art History) | Visual Arts 2700 and 2701 (Sir Wilfred Grenfell College) with AP standing of 3 or more. | |
| Fine Arts (Studio Art) | No credit recommended. | |
| French | Two unspecified French first -year credits with AP standing of 5. One unspecified French first-year credit with AP standing of 3 and 4. | |
| Calculus AB | Mathematics 1000 with AP standing of 4 or 5 | Mathematics MA1100 or MA1700 with AP standing of 5 |
| Calculus BC | Mathematics 1000 with AP standing of 3 or more | Mathematics MA1101with AP standing of 3 or more |
| Environmental Science | Environmental Science 1000 with AP standing of 3 or more. | |
| Music Theory | Music 1120 and 1121 with AP standing of 3 or more. Music 1121, 1107, and 1117 with AP standing of 4. Music 1107, 1108, 1117, and 1118 with AP standing of 5. | |
| Physics B | Physics 1020 and 1021 with AP standing of 3 or more. | Physics PH1101, PH1200, 1325 and 1327 |
| Psychology | Students with AP standing of 3 or more will be permitted to take advanced non-major courses in Psychology,however, credit for Psychology 1000 and 1001 will not be granted. | |
The following is of high schools in the Province which offer Advanced Placement:
- Amos Comenius Memorial (Hopedale)
- Ascension Collegiate (Bay Roberts)
- Bishops College (St. John’s)
- Booth Memorial High School (St. John’s)
- Brother Rice High School (St. John’s)
- Carbonear Integrated Collegiate
- Christ the King All Grade (Rushoon)
- Eugene Vaters Collegiate (St. John’s)
- Gander Collegiate
- Gonzaga Regional High School (St. John’s)
- Goose High School (Happy Valley-Goose Bay)
- Herdman Collegiate (Corner Brook)
- Holy Heart of Mary High School (St. John’s)
- Holy Name of Mary Academy (Lawn)
- Holy Spirit High School (St. John’s)
- J.R. Smallwood Collegiate (Wabush)
- John Burke Regional High School (Grand Bank)
- Marystown Central High School
- Menihek Integrated High School (Labrador City)
- Mount Pearl Senior High School
- Musgravetown Regional High School
- O’Donel High School (Mount Pearl)
- Our Lady of Labrador (West St. Modeste)
- Pearce Regional High School (Burin)
- Persalvic Central High School (Victoria)
- Prince of Wales Collegiate (St. John’s)
- Regina High School (Corner Brook)
- St. Bernard’s All Grade
- St. George’s Regional High
- St. James Regional High (Channel/Port-aux-Basques)
- St. Joseph’s Academy (Lamaline)
- St. Joseph’s All Grade (Croque)
- St. Lawrence Central High School
- St. Stephen’s High School (Stephenville)