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Credentials by country

This is a representative list of educational documents required for admission as a new freshman applicant or transfer applicant with fewer than 45 quarter hours of transferable credit. If your country does not appear here, you should submit the credential that shows completion of the level of education required for entrance to a university in your country. Undergraduate Admissions and First Year Experience may request additional credentials as needed.

 
Countries
   

ARGENTINA - Bachillerato

ARMENIA - Diploma from a Koledg

AUSTRALIA

  • Australian Capital Territory - Year 12 Certificate
  • New South Wales - Higher School Certificate
  • Queensland - Senior Certificate
  • South Australia - Certificate of Education
  • Tasmania - Certificate of Education
  • Western Australia - Certificate of Secondary Education

AUSTRIA - Reifezeugnis/Matura

BAHRAIN - Secondary School Certificate and tawjihi

BANGLADESH - Higher Secondary Certificate

BARBADOS - Secondary Education Certificate awarded by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) OR GCE A levels awarded by examining board (UCLES or U of London)

BERMUDA - Bermuda Secondary Certificate of Education or GCE

BOLIVIA - Bachiller en Humanidades

BOTSWANA - School Certificate

BRAZIL - Certificado de conclusao de Segundo Grau

BRITISH PATTERNED EDUCATION - Official Results of GCSE or GCE or IGCSE

CANADA

  • Ontario - Ontario Secondary School Diploma with OACs
  • Quebec - CEGEP
  • Other provinces - Secondary School Graduation Diploma

CHILE - Licencia de Educacion Media

CHINA - Senior Middle School Diploma

COLOMBIA - Bachiller

COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES (including Bahamas, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago) - Bahamas General Certificate of Education or GCE administered by the University of London

COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (including Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) - Attestat zrelosti or Diplom ob okonchanii

CYPRUS - Apolyterion from Lykion; Lise Diplomasi

CZECH REPUBLIC - Vysvedceni o maturitni Zkousce from Gymnasia

DENMARK - Studentereksamen; Hojere forberedelseseksamen

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Bachillerato

ECUADOR - Bachillerato or Titulo de Bachiller

EGYPT - Al-Azhar Secondary Certificate

EL SALVADOR - Bachiller

ETHIOPIA - Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate Examination (ESLCE)

FINLAND - Ylioppilastutkintodistus; Studentexamensbetyg

FRANCE - Diplome de Bachelier du Second Degre ou Bac

FRENCH PATTERNED EDUCATION - Diplome de Bachelier du Second Degre ou Bac

GERMANY - Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife or Fachhochschulreife (Abitur )

GREECE - Apolyterion awarded by a lyceum

HONG KONG - Hong Kong Certificate of Education (HKCEE)

ICELAND - Studentsprof

 

 

INDIA - Higher School/Intermediate/Standard 12 Certificate

INDONESIA - STTB from Sekolah Menengah Unum

ISRAEL - Teudat Bagrut

ITALY - Diploma di Maturita

JAPAN - Sotsugyo shosho from a kotogakko

JORDAN - General Secondary Education Certificate (Tawjihi)

KOREA REPUBLIC OF - Senior High School Diploma

LATVIA - Atestats par videjo izglitibu (Certificate of General Secondary Education)

LEBANON - Baccalaureat

MALAYSIA - SPM

MEXICO - Bachillerato

NETHERLANDS - HAVO/VWO Diploma

NIGERIA - Senior School Certificate

NORWAY - Vitnemal fra den videregaende skolen

OMAN - General Secondary Certificate

PAKISTAN - Intermediate or Higher Secondary Certificate

PALESTINE - General Secondary Education Certificate (Tawjihi )

PANAMA - Bachiller

PERU - Certificado Oficial de Estudios de Educacion Secundaria Comun

POLAND - Swiadectwo dojrzalosci (Maturity Certificate)

QATAR - General Secondary Certificate ( Thanawiyah aam Qatari )

RUSSIA - Attestat o srednem (polnom) obschchem obrazovanii

SAUDI ARABIA - General Secondary Certificate

SCOTLAND - Scottish Certificate of Education/SCE (Standard Grade) or SCE - H (Higher Grade)

SENEGAL - Baccalaureat de l'Enseignement du Second Degre (Baccalaureate Diploma of Secondary Education)

SINGAPORE - Singapore-Cambridge GCE ( Sijil am Pelajanan Sinapure-Cambridge )

SOUTH AFRICA - Senior Certificate with Matriculation Endorsement

SPAIN - Bachillerato

SRI LANKA - Sri Lankan GCE A Level Exams Certificate

SWEDEN - Avgangsbetyg from gymnasieskola

SWITZERLAND - Maturitatszeugnis; certificat de maturite federal ; attestato di maturita federale

TAIWAN - Senior High School Diploma

TANZANIA - National Form VI Certificate or Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education

THAILAND - Matayom VI Certificate

TURKEY - Lise Diplomasi

UKRAINE - Atectat

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) - Shahadat Althanawiyah or Secondary School Certificate

UNITED KINGDOM - Official Results of GCSE or GCE or IGCSE

VENEZUELA - Bachiller

ZIMBABWE - General Certificate of Education, Advanced Level


 
   
 

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