Certificate of Maturity/Secondary School Leaving Certificate
UNDERGRADUATE
Australian Year 10
Australian Capital Territory: Year 10 Certificate New South Wales: Year 10 Certificate Northern Territory: Junior Secondary Studies
FOUNDATION
Certificate (Year 10) (Issued by the Northern Territory Board of Studies) (awarded until 1999) Queensland: Year 10 Certificate (previously Junior Certificate) Tasmanian: Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE){replaced School Certificate year 10 (until 1990)} Australian Year 12
Australian Capital Territory Year 12 Certificate New South Wales: Higher School Certificate (HSC) Northern Territory Certificate of Education (NTCE){replaced South Australian Certificate of Education (year 12) in 1995} Queensland Senior Certificate 3
AUSTRALIA
South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE)(replacing year 12 Certificate of Achievement in 1993) Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE) (replaced Higher School Certificate year 12 in 1990) Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) (replaced HSC in 1992) Western Australia Certificate of Education (WACE) from 1997 South Australian Matriculation (SAM)
UNDERGRADUATE
Tertiary Entrance Education (TEE)
The School Certificate Part A & B issued by the Board of Studies, New South Wales, International School Malaysia
Result Notification for University Entrance, Bursaries & Scholarships Examination
AQF Certificate IV* (Based on info from The Australian Government International Education Network, Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur
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BAHRAIN
Tawjahiya (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) Secondary School Certificate (SSC) / Dhakil (from Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board)
Matura/Svjedodzba o Zavrzenoj Srednjoj Skoli (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)
UNDERGRADUATE
Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (BGCSE)
UNDERGRADUATE
Certificado de Ensino Medio
FOUNDATION
Cambridge GCE O Level
FOUNDATION
Cambridge GCE A Level 10
BRUNEI
Matriculation Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Ugama (STPU)
UNDERGRADUATE
BDTVEC Higher National Diploma 11
BULGARIA
Diploma za Sredno Obrazovanie (Diploma of Completed Secondary Education)
UNDERGRADUATE
12
CAMBODIA
Diploma of Upper Secondary Education (Grade 12)
UNDERGRADUATE
13
CAMEROON
Cameroon GCE O level
FOUNDATION
Cameroon GCE A level
UNDERGRADUATE
Canadian Grade 11
Alberta: Grade 11 of Secondary School Diplomas Internal
British Columbia: Completion of Grade 11 of Secondary School Manitoba: Grade 11 of Secondary School Diplomas New Brunswick: Grade 11 of Secondary School Diplomas Newfoundland: Grade 11 of Secondary School Diplomas North West Territories: Grade 11 of Secondary School Diplomas
FOUNDATION
Nova Scotia: Grade 11 of Secondary School Diplomas Ontario: Grade 11 of Secondary School Diploma (general level) Prince Edward Island: Grade 11 of Secondary School Diplomas Quebec: Diplôme d'Etudes Secondaires (DES) (Secondary School Diploma) Saskatchewan: Grade 11 of Secondary School Diplomas Yukon Territory: Grade 11 of Secondary School Diplomas Canadian Grade 12 14
CANADA Alberta: General High School Diploma British Columbia: Senior Secondary Graduation Diploma Manitoba: High School Graduation Diploma New Brunswick: High School Graduation Diploma Newfoundland: High School Graduation Diploma North West Territories: General High School Diploma Nova Scotia: High School Completion Certificate
UNDERGRADUATE
Ontario: Ontario Academic Courses (OACs) Ontario: Ontario Secondary School Diploma Prince Edward Island: High School Graduation Diploma Quebec: Diplôme d'Etudes Collègiales (DEC) Saskatchewan: Completion Grade 12 Standing/ Division IV Standing (Secondary School Diploma) Yukon Territory: Senior Secondary Graduation Diploma Canadian Pre-University (CPU) 15
CHINA
16
CROATIA
Senior Secondary School Graduation Certificate
UNDERGRADUATE
Svjedodzba o Maturi (Certificate of Maturi)
UNDERGRADUATE
Bevis for Studentereksamen 17
DENMARK
18
DJIBOUTI
Bevis for Højere Forberedelseseksamen (HF) Baccalaureat de I'Enseignement Secondaire
UNDERGRADUATE UNDERGRADUATE
Thanaweya A’ama (Certificate of General Secondary Education) 19
Higher Education Entrance Qualification Certificate - after 2003
UNDERGRADUATE
Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate - prior 2003
UNDERGRADUATE
Fiji School Leaving Certificate 22
FIJI
23
FRANCE GAMBIA
25
GERMANY
UNDERGRADUATE
Baccalaureát + Grandes Ecoles (entrance examination)
UNDERGRADUATE
GHANA
UNDERGRADUATE
Zeugnis der Reife / Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife / Abitur
UNDERGRADUATE
Apolytirio of Lykeio Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE)
28
HONG KONG
FOUNDATION
West African Higher School Certificate / GCE A Level Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (since 1993)
27 GREECE
FOUNDATION
WAEC GCE A Level
West African School Certificate / GCE O Level 26
FOUNDATION
Fiji Seventh Form Certificate Examination
WAEC O Level/Senior Secondary School Leaving Certificate 24
UNDERGRADUATE
Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE)
UNDERGRADUATE UNDERGRADUATE FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE
Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (awarded on completion of Standard X) Internal
FOUNDATION
Secondary School Certificates – Matriculation Certificate / Secondary School Certificate – (awarded on completion of Standard X)
FOUNDATION
All India Secondary School Certificate (awarded by Central Board of Secondary Education) Indian School Certificate (awarded on completion of Standard XII) All India Senior School Certificate (awarded by Central Board of Secondary Education) Higher Secondary Course Certificate / Higher Secondary School Certificates / Higher Secondary Certificate / Higher School Certificate (awarded on completion of Standard XII) 29
INDIA
Pre-University Examination from Mahatma Gandhi University Certificate of Second Year Pre-University Examination issued by Education Department of the Government of Karnataka Intermediate Public Examination Year conducted by the Board of Intermediate Education, Hyderabad, India
UNDERGRADUATE
Higher Secondary Examination (Class XII) Certificate, Government of Kerala, Board of Higher Secondary Examination Intermediate Pass Certificate (cum Memorandum of Marks), Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh Marks Sheet, Bihar Intermediate Education Council, Patna Senior Secondary School Examination, National Institute of Open Schooling (formerly known as National Open School) 30
INDONESIA
Ijazah Sekolah Menengah Umum (SMU) 3 / Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) / Madrasah Aliyah (formerly known as Surat Tanda Tamat Belajar SMU3 / SMA / Madrasah Aliyah) High School Diploma
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IRAN
32
IRAQ IRELAND
34
ITALY
FOUNDATION
High School Diploma and Pre-University Certificate (Peeshdaneshgahe) - after 1992
UNDERGRADUATE
Sixth Form Baccalauréat / Certificate of Preparatory Education
UNDERGRADUATE
Leaving Certificate at Ordinary / Standard Level Grades A-C 33
UNDERGRADUATE
Leaving Certificate passed at Higher / Honours Level Grades A-C
FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE
Diploma di Maturità (Classica/Scientifica/Tecnica/ Linguistica/Professionale/Magistrale/Artistica) (up until 1999)
35
JAPAN
36
JORDAN
Esame di Stato (from 1999) Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Kotogakko Sotsugyo Shomeisho)
UNDERGRADUATE
Tawjihi (General Secondary Education Certificate)
UNDERGRADUATE
Certificate of Completed Secondary Education (11 years under old curiculum) 37
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
FOUNDATION
Certificate of Completed Secondary Education ( 12 years under new curiculum)
UNDERGRADUATE
Diploma of Specialised Secondary Education (12 or 13 years)
UNDERGRADUATE
East African Certificate of Education (EACE) / Kenya Certificate of Education (KCE) (up to 1988) 38
UNDERGRADUATE
FOUNDATION
East African Advanced Certificate of Education (EAACE) / Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education (KACE) (up to 1988) Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Shahadat-al-thanawia-al-a’ama (General Secondary School Certificate)
UNDERGRADUATE
39
KUWAIT
40
KYRGYZSTAN
41
LAOS
42
LEBANON
Baccalaureat General (previously known as Baccalaureat II before 1991)
UNDERGRADUATE
43
LESOTHO
Cambridge Overseas School Certificate
UNDERGRADUATE
44
LIBERIA
Senior High School Certificate
UNDERGRADUATE
45
LIBYA
Secondary School Certificate / Secondary Education Certificate
UNDERGRADUATE
Certificate of Completed Secondary Education) (11 years school) Baccalauréat (Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate)
Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) / GCE O Level 46
MACAO
MACEDONIA
Matura/Secondary School Leaving Diploma UCLES O Level/Secondary School Certificate (SSC)
48
MALDIVES
49
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE UNDERGRADUATE FOUNDATION
UCLES A Level/Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC)
UNDERGRADUATE
Diploma de Bacheliar de I'Enseignement du Second Degre (Baccalaureat)
UNDERGRADUATE
Diploma d'Etudes Universitaires Generales (DEUG)
UNDERGRADUATE
Cambridge Overseas School Certificate / GCE O Level 50
Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate / GCE A Level
UNDERGRADUATE
Bachillerato
UNDERGRADUATE
Secondary School Leaving Certificate/Matura
UNDERGRADUATE UNDERGRADUATE
51
MEXICO
52
MONTENEGRO
53
MOROCCO
Diplôme du Baccalaureat
54
MYANMAR
Basic Education High School Examination / Matriculation
FOUNDATION
IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) FOUNDATION Internal 55
NAMIBIA
Cambridge School Certificate (CSC) / Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) / GCE O Level 55
NAMIBIA
HIGCSE (Higher International General Certificate of Secondary Education) Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate (COHSC) / GCE A Level School Leaving Certificate Examination
56
NEPAL
57
NETHERLANDS
58
NEW ZEALAND
Higher Secondary Education Certificate (HSEC) Senior General Secondary Education / Hoger Algemeen Voortgezet Onderwijs (HAVO) Diplomas Pre-University Education / University Preparatory Education / Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO) Diplomas National Certificate in Educational Achievement Level 2 (NCEA)
NICARAGUA
60
NIGER
61
NIGERIA
Bachillerato Baccalauréat / Diplôme de Bachelier de I’Enseignement du Second Degré West African School Certificate / GCE O Level (up to 1989)
International Baccalaureatte Middle Years Programme Certificate NON-COUNTRY SPECIFIC
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OMAN
64
PAKISTAN
65
PALESTINE
FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE FOUNDATION
West African GCE A Level (up to 1989) West African Examinations Council Senior School Certificate (WAEC Senior School Certificate) / NECO (Nigerian Examination Council) (since 1989)
62
UNDERGRADUATE
National Certificate in Educational Achievement Level 3 (NCEA) New Zealand Scholarship (until 1990)
59
FOUNDATION
International Baccalaurette Diploma
UNDERGRADUATE FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE
Thanawiya amma (Secondary School Leaving Certificate / General Secondary School Certificate) One year Certificate / Foundation Year
UNDERGRADUATE
Secondary School Certificate (SSC) / Matriculation
FOUNDATION
Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) / Intermediate
UNDERGRADUATE
Tawjihi (Certificate of General Secondary Education Examination)
UNDERGRADUATE
Bachillerato 66
PANAMA
67
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
68
PHILIPPINES
69
POLAND
Swiadectwo Dojrzalości / Matura
UNDERGRADUATE
70
QATAR
Al-Thanawaya Al-Amah (General Secondary School Certificate)
UNDERGRADUATE
71
RUSSIA
Attestat (Certificate of Secondary Education at Grade 11)
UNDERGRADUATE
Advanced General Certificate of Secondary Education
UNDERGRADUATE
Diplome des HumanitesCompletes (Diplome de Fin d'Etudes Secondaires prior 1994)
West African School Certificate (WASC) / GCE O level / Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) 76
FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
West African Higher School Certificate (WAHSC) / GCE A level / Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate (COHSC) Senior School Certificate Singapore / Cambridge GCE O level
UNDERGRADUATE FOUNDATION
Singapore / Cambridge GCE A level 77
SINGAPORE
Pra U2
UNDERGRADUATE
Diploma from Polytehnics, Singapore 78
SRI LANKA
79
SOUTH AFRICA
80
SOUTH KOREA
81
SOMALIA
Sri Lankan General Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level)
FOUNDATION
Sri Lankan General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level)
High School Diploma/High School Graduation Equivalency Examination
UNDERGRADUATE
Secondary School Leaving Certificate
UNDERGRADUATE
Bachillerato Unificado y Polivalente (BUP) / Graduado en Educación Secundaria 82
SPAIN
FOUNDATION
Selectividad
UNDERGRADUATE
Sudan School Certificate (previously known as Secondary School Certificate or Higher Secondary School Certificate)
UNDERGRADUATE
Avgangsbetyg / Slutbetyg fran Gymnasieskola (previously Studentexamen) (Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate)
UNDERGRADUATE
Certificat de Maturite/Certificat de Maturite Cantonal reconnu par la Confederation, Federal Seconday School Leaving Certificate
UNDERGRADUATE
General Secondary Certificate - also referred to al Shahada-al-Thanawiyya al-cAmma or Baccalaureat
UNDERGRADUATE
Senior High School Leaving Certificate
UNDERGRADUATE
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SUDAN
84
SWEDEN
85
SWITZERLAND
86
SYRIA
87
TAIWAN
88
TAJIKISTAN
Certificate of Completed Secondary Education (11 years school)
89
TANZANIA
National Form VI Examination/ Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education (ACSE)
90
THAILAND
91
TURKEY
92
TURKMENISTAN
FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE
Maw 6 with a score of 50% or above / Upper Secondary School Certificate Islamic Study Upper Secondary School Devlet Lise Diplomasi (State High School Diploma)
UNDERGRADUATE
Lise Bitirme Diplomasi (Private High School Finishing Diploma)
UNDERGRADUATE
Sahadatnama orta blim hakynda (Certificate of Complete Secondary Education) (11 years school) Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE)/Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC)/East African Certificate of Education
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UGANDA
94
UKRAINE
95
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
96
UNITED KINGDOM
97
UNITED STATES
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE)/Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate (COSC)/East African Advanced Certificate of Education Certificate of Complete General Secondary Education Tawjihiyya (General and Religious) General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) / General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary Level General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level
UZBEKISTAN
99
VIETNAM
100 101
Internal
FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE FOUNDATION
O'rta Ma'lumot To'g'risida Shahodatnoma (Diploma of Specialised Secondary Education)-after 1998
FOUNDATION FOUNDATION
Diploma of Professional College
UNDERGRADUATE
Diploma of Academic Lyceum
UNDERGRADUATE
Secondary School Graduation / National University Entrance Examination with a score of 5.0 or above / Upper Secondary (Grade 12)
