Foreign Students

We service students from all countries applying to US and European colleges. Foreign students in order to be accepted into college must comply with a certification of completing their high school in their respective countries. The high school transcript must be translated, duly apostilled, in order to be accepted in the USA.

Foreign High School Certification required to enter a US College

AFGHANISTAN:               Baccalauria/Baccalaureate

ALBANIA:                        Dëftesë Pjekurie (Maturity Certificate/Secondary School Leaving Certificate)

ALGERIA:                        Baccalaureat de l’Engseignement Secondaire

ANDORRA:                      Baccalaureat de l’Engseignement Secondaire Bachillerato

ANGOLA:                        Habilitaçoes Literarias

ANGUILLA:                      Five subjects on the GCE³, GCSE ³ or CXC⁴

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA:          Five subjects on the GCE³, GCSE ³ or CXC⁴

ARGENTINA:                   Bachillerato

ARMENIA:                       Mijnakarg Yndhanur Krtoutian Attestat (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)

AUSTRALIA:                     Australian Capital Territory – ACT Year 12 Certificate

New South Wales – Higher School Certificate

Northern Territory – Northern Territory Certificate of Education

Queensland – Senior Certificate

South Australia – South Australian Certificate of Education

Tasmania – Tasmanian Certificate of Education

Victoria – Victorian Certificate of Education or the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning

Western Australia – Western Australian Certificate of Education

AUSTRIA:                        Reifeprüfungszeugnis/Reifezeugnis/Matura

AZERBAIJAN:                   Certificate of General Education

BAHAMAS:                      Five subjects on the Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) ³

BAHRAIN:                       Tawjahiya (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)

BANGLADESH:                 Higher Secondary School Certificate Intermediate Certificate

BARBADOS:                    Five subjects on the GCE ³, GCSE ³ or CXC ⁴

BELARUS:                        Attestat o Srednem Obrazovanii (Certificate of Secondary Education)

BELGIUM:                       Certificat d’Enseignement Secondaire Supérieur , Abschlusszeugnis der Oberstufe des Sekudarunterriohts , Diploma van Secundair Onderwijs

BELIZE:                           Five subjects on the GCE ³, GCSE ³ or CXC⁴

BENIN:                           Baccalauréat

BERMUDA:                     Bermuda Secondary School Certificate

BHUTAN:                        Indian School Certificate

BOLIVIA:                         Bachillerato

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA:   Maturska Svjedodzba, Svjedocanstvo Svjedodzba o Zavrsnom Ispitu, Svjedocanstvo Svjedodzba o Zavrsenom Obrazovanju

BOTSWANA:                    Five subjects on the Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education ³

BRAZIL:                           Certificado de Conclusao de 2 Grau Certificado de Conclusao de Ensino Medio

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS:           Five subjects on the GCE ³, GCSE ³ or CXC⁴

BRUNEI:                         Five subjects on the Brunei-Cambridge General Certificate of Education ³

BULGARIA:                      Diplom za Zavrasheno Sredno Obrazovanie (Diploma of Completion of Secondary Education)

BURKINA FASO:           Baccalauréat

BURUNDI:                      Diplome d’Etat

CAMBODIA:                    Baccalauréat, Certificate of Upper Secondary Education

CAMEROON:                   Baccalauréat, Five subjects on the Cameroon GCE ³

CANADA:                        Alberta – Advanced High School Diploma, General High School Diploma

                                      British Columbia – Secondary School Graduation Diploma, Diplome de Fin D’Etudes Secondaires

                                      Manitoba – completion of grade 12

                                      New Brunswick – High School Diploma, Diplome De Fin d’Etudes, Graduation Certificate, Certificat de Fin d’Etudes Secondaires

                                      New Foundland – Provincial High School Graduation Certificate

                                      Northwest Territories – Advanced High School Diploma, General High School Diploma, or Senior Secondary Graduation Diploma

                                      Nova Scotia – High School Completion Certificate

                                      Ontario – Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Secondary School (Honours ) Graduation Diploma

                                      Prince Edward Island – High School Graduation Certificate

                                      Quebec – completion of 1st  year of a CEGEP program (12 academic courses)

                                      Saskatchewan – completion of grade 12

                                     Yukon Territory – Diploma awarded by a Senior Secondary School and transcript From the British Columbia Department of Education confirming completion of graduation requirements

CAPE VERDE:                Certificado de Habilitaçoes Literarias

CAYMAN ISLANDS:         Five subjects on the GCE ³, GCSE ³ or CXC⁴

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC:     Baccalauréat

CHAD:                            Baccalauréat

CHILE:                             Licencia de Educación Media

CHINA, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF:             Senior Middle School Graduation Certificate

COLOMBIA:                     Bachillerato

CONGO:                          Baccalauréat

COSTA RICA:                 Bachillerato Secundaria

CROATIA:                        Svjedodzba o Zavrsnom Ispitu, Medjunarodna Matura, Maturalna Svedodzba

CUBA:                             Bachillerato

CYPRUS:                          Apolytirion, Lise Bitirme Diplomasi

CZECH REPUBLIC:            Maturitní Vysvedcení (Maturity Certificate)

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO:               Diplome d’Etat d’Etudes, Secondaires du Cycle Long (State Diploma of Long Cycle Secondary Education)

DENMARK:                     Studentereksamen, Højere Forberedelseseksamen (HF) Højere Teknisk Eksamen (HTX) Højere Handelseksamen (HHX)

DJIBOUTI:                       Baccalaureat de l’Enseignement Secondaire

DOMINICA:                     Five subjects on the GCE ³, GCSE ³ or CXC⁴

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:  Bachillerato

ECUADOR:                      Bachillerato

EGYPT:                            Thanaweya Am’ma (General Secondary School Certificate)

EL SALVADOR:              Bachillerato

ERITREA:                         Eritrean Secondary Education Certificate Examination (ESECE)

ESTONIA:                        Gumnaasiumi Loputunnistus (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)

ETHIOPIA:                       Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination

FIJI:                                Fiji School Leaving Certificate Fiji Seventh Form Examination

FINLAND:                     Ylioppilastutkintotodistus Studentexamensbetyg (Matriculation Examination Certificate)

FRANCE:                         Baccalauréat/Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement du Second Degré ¹

FRENCH GUYANA:          Baccalauréat/Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement du Second Degré

FRENCH POLYNESIA:       Baccalauréat/Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement du Second Degré

GABON:                          Baccalauréat

GAMBIA:                        Five subjects on the West African Examinations Council Senior Secondary School Leaving Certificate ⁵

GEORGIA:                       Sashualo Skolis Atestati (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)

GERMANY:                      Zeugnis der Allgemeine Hochschulreife/Abitur (Certificate of Graduation from Secondary School Required to Enter a University)¹, Zeugnis der Fachhochschulreife  (Certificate of Graduation from Secondary School Required to Enter a Technical College)

GHANA:                          Five subjects on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Senior School Certificate (SSC)⁵ or GCE ³

GIBRALTAR:                    Five subjects on the GCE ³ or GCSE ³

GREECE:                          Apolytirio Lykeiou

GRENADA:                      Five subjects on the GCE ³ or GCSE ³

GUADELOUPE:                 Baccalauréat/Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement du Second Degré

GUATEMALA:                  Bachillerato

GUINEA:                         Baccalauréat Deuxieme Partie

GUYANA:                        Five subjects on the GCE ³, GCSE ³ or CXC⁴

HAITI:                             Baccalauréat Deuxième Partie Baccalauréat Première Partie ²

HONDURAS:                   Bachillerato

HONG KONG:               Five subjects on the Hong Kong Certificate of Education (grades A through E)

HUNGARY:                      Érettségi Bizonyítvány (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)

ICELAND:                        Stúdentspróf (Matriculation Examination)¹

INDIA:                            All India Senior School Certificate, Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSC/HSSLC), Indian School Certificate Intermediate Certificate, Pre-University/ Pre-Degree Intermediate Examination

INDONESIA:                    Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA), Sekolah Menengah Umum (SMU)

IRAN:                             Pre-University Certificate

IRAQ:                             Adadiyah (Sixth Form Baccalaureate)

IRELAND:                        Five passes on the Leaving Certificate/Ardteistmeireacht ⁶

ISRAEL:                           Teudat Bagrut

ITALY:                                             Esame di Stato ¹ Maturità ¹

IVORY COAST:               Baccalauréat

JAMAICA:                        Five subjects on the GCE ³, GCSE ³ or CXC ⁴

JAPAN:                            Kotogakko Sotsugyo Shomeisho (High School G Graduation Certificate)

JORDAN:                         Tawjihi (General Secondary Certificate of Education)

KAZAKHSTAN:                 Attestat o srednem obrazovanii (Certificate of Secondary Education)

KENYA:                           Five subjects on the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations (KCSE)

KOREA:                           High School Graduation

KUWAIT:                         Shahadat Al-Thanawiya-Al-A’ama (General Secondary Education Certificate)

KYRGYZSTAN:                  Attestat o Srednem Obrazovanii (Certificate of Secondary Education)

LAOS:                             Baccalaureat

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

LEBANON:                       Baccalauréat Libanais Shahaada Thaanawiya Amma (General Secondary Certificate)

LESOTHO:                       Five subjects on the GCE ³ or GCSE ³

LIBERIA:                          Senior High School Certificate Five subjects on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Senior School Certificate (SSC)⁵ or GCE ³

LIBYA:                             Secondary Education School Certificate

LIECHTENSTEIN:         Maturitazeugnis Berufsmaturitätszeugnis

LITHUANIA:                     Brandos Atestatas (Maturity Certificate)

LUXEMBOURG:               Diplome de Fin d’Etudes Secondaires, Diplome de Fin d’Etudes Secondaires Techniques

MACAU:                          Senior Secondary Certificate

MACEDONIA:                  Svidetelstvo za polo en maturski ispit (Certificate of Completion of Maturity Examination)

MADAGASCAR:                Baccalauréat

MALAWI:                        Five subjects on the Malawi School Certificate of Education Examinations (MSCE) ⁵ or the Cambridge Overseas School Certificate Examinations (COSC) ⁵

MALAYSIA:                      Five subjects on the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (Malaysian Certificate of Education) ⁵

MALI:                             Baccalauréat

MALTA:                           Five subjects on the Matriculation Certificate (MC) or GCE ³

MARTINIQUE:                 Baccalauréat/Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement du Second Degré

MAURITANIA:                 Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement du Second Degré

MAURITIUS:                    Five subjects on the Cambridge Overseas School Certificate ⁵ or GCE ³, General Certificate of Education Advanced Level, Higher School Certificate

MEXICO:                         Bachillerato

MOLDOVA:                     Diploma de Bacalaureat, Atestat de Maturitate (Maturity Certificate), Atestat de Studii Medii de Cultura (Certificate of General Secondary Education)

MONACO:                       Baccalauréat/Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement du Second Degré

MONGOLIA:                    Gerchilgee (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)

MOROCCO:                     Baccalauréat

MOZAMBIQUE:               Certificado de Habilitações Literárias

MYANMAR:                     Basic Education Standard X Examination – Matriculation (Grade 10) plus two years of undergraduate study

NAMIBIA:                       Five subjects on the International General Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations (IGCSE) ³

NEPAL:                            Proficiency Certificate Higher Secondary Certificate

NETHERLANDS:            Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs Certificate (VWO), Hoger Algemeen Voortgezet Onderwijs (HAVO) ²

NEW CALEDONIA:         Baccalauréat/Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement du Second Degré

NEW ZEALAND:         New Zealand University Entrance, Bursaries and Scholarships Qualification, Higher School Certificate, Four subjects on the Sixth Form Certificate ⁵

NICARAGUA:                   Bachillerato

NIGER:                           Baccalauréat

NIGERIA:                        Five subjects on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Senior School Certificate (SSC)⁵ or GCE ³

NORWAY:                        Vitnemål Fra Videregående Skole (Certificate from Upper Secondary School)

OMAN:                           Thanawiya Amma (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)

PAKISTAN:                      Higher Secondary Certificate Intermediate Certificate

PANAMA:                        Bachillerato

PAPUA NEW GUINEA:    Higher School Certificate

PARAGUAY:                     Bachillerato

PERU:                             Certificado Oficial de Estudios de Educacion Secundario Comun

PHILIPPINES:                   High School Diploma

POLAND:                         S´ wiadectwo Dojrzalos´ci

PORTUGAL:                     Diploma de Ensino Secundário, Certificado de Fim de Estudos Secundários, Certidao de Decimo Segundo Ano

QATAR:                           Al-Thanawiya Aama Qatari (Qatari General Secondary Education Certificate)

REUNION:                       Baccalauréat/Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement du Second Degré

ROMANIA:                      Diploma De Bacalaureat

RUSSIA:                          Attestat o Srednem (Polnom) Obshchem Obrazovanii (Certificate of Secondary [Complete] General Education)

RWANDA:                       Diplôme de Fin d’Etudes Secondaires

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS:   Five subjects on the GCE³, GCSE ³ or CXC⁴

ST. LUCIA:                     Five subjects on the GCE³, GCSE ³ or CXC⁴

ST. VINCENT:                Five subjects on the GCE³, GCSE ³ or CXC⁴

SAUDI ARABIA:             Tawjihiya (General Secondary Education Certificate)

SENEGAL:                        Baccalauréat

SEYCHELLES:                    Five subjects on the Cambridge Overseas School Certificate ⁵, GCE³ or GCSE³

SIERRA LEONE:             Senior School Certificate Examination, Five subjects on the West African School Certificate (WASC) ⁵, GCE ³ or Cambridge Overseas School Certificate ⁵

SINGAPORE:                    Five subjects of the Singapore-Cambridge GCE ³

SLOVAK REPUBLIC:         Maturitné Vysvedcenie  (Certificate of Maturity)

SLOVENIA:                      Maturitetno Spricevalo (Maturity Examination Certificate), Poklicna Matura/Spricevalo o poklicni Maturi (Vocational Maturity Certificate)

SOLOMON ISLANDS:      Pacific Senior Secondary Certificate

SOMALIA:                       Secondary School Leaving Certificate

SOUTH AFRICA:            Senior Certificate with Matriculation Exemption, Endorsement Senior Certificate ²

SPAIN:                            Curso de Orientacion Universitaria – COU (University Orientation Course), Bachillerato (since 1999)

SRI LANKA:                   Five Subjects Sri Lankan GCE (with grades of Distinction, Credit, or Pass)

SUDAN:                          Sudan School Certificate

SURINAM:                      Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs Certificate (VWO), Hoger Algemeen Voortgezet Onderwijs (HAVO) ²

SWAZILAND:                   Five subjects on the Cambridge Overseas School Certificate ⁵, GCE³ or GCSE³

SWEDEN:                        Slutbetyg Från Gymnasieskola (Secondary chool Leaving Certificate)

SWITZERLAND:            Eidgenössisches Maturitätszeugnis/Certificat de Maturité Fédérale/ Attestato di Maturitá Federale (Federal Maturity Certificate), Eidgenössisches Anerkanntes Kantonales Maturitätszeugnis/ Certificat de Maturité Cantonal Reconnu per la Confédération/ Attestato di Maturitá Cantonale Riconsciuto dalla Confederazione (Federally Recognized Cantonal Maturity Certificate), Kantonale Maturität/ Maturité Cantonal/ Baccalauréate/ Bachelier/ Maturitá Cantonale (Cantonal Maturity Certificate)

SYRIA:                            Al Shahâda Al Thânawiyya al-Âmma (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)

TAIWAN:                         Senior High School Leaving Certificate

TAJIKISTAN:                    Attestat o Srednem Obrazovanii (Certificate of Secondary Education)

TANZANIA:                      Five subjects on the National Form IV Examination/Certificate of Secondary Education ³ or Cambridge Overseas School Certificate ⁵

THAILAND:                      Mathayom Suksa VI (Higher Secondary School Certificate)

TOGO:                            Baccalauréat

TONGA:                          Pacific Senior Secondary Certificate Tonga National Form 7 Certificate

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO:            Five academic passes on the CXC ⁴, GCE³ or GCSE³

TUNISIA:                         Baccalauréat

TURKEY:                         Lise Diplomasi (Secondary School Diploma)

TURKMENISTAN:      State Examination for Secondary School Leaving Certificate

UGANDA:                       Five subjects on the Uganda Certificate of Education ⁵

UKRAINE:                       Atestat pro povnu zagalnu osvitu (Certificate of Complete General Secondary Education)

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:           Shahadat Al-Thanawiya Al-Amma (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)

UNITED KINGDOM:        Five subjects on the GCE ³, GCSE ³ or Scottish National Qualifications ³

URUGUAY:                      Bachillerato

UZBEKISTAN:                  Certificate of Completed Secondary Education

VANUATU:                      Five subjects on the International General Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations (IGCSE) ³

VENEZUELA:                    Bachillerato

VIETNAM:                       Bàng Tót Nghiêp Phó Thông Trung Hoc

WEST BANK AND GAZA:           Al Thanawiya (Egyptian, Jordanian or Palestinian General Certificate of Secondary Education)

YEMEN:                          Al Thanawiya (General Certificate of Education)

ZAMBIA:                         Five subjects on the Zambia School Certificate ⁵ or Cambridge Overseas School Certificate ⁵ or GCE ³

ZIMBABWE:                    Five subjects on the Cambridge Overseas School Certificate ⁵ or GCE ³

¹ This qualification may yield advanced standing.

² Denotes high school graduation, but not graduation from a college preparatory program.

³ Only subjects passed on the General Certificate of

Education (GCE) or General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) with grades of A, B or C should be counted. Subjects passed on the Advanced Level may yield advanced standing.

⁴ Only subjects on the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) with General Proficiency with grades of I or II should be counted prior to the June 1998 examination. With the June 1998 examinations, subjects with General Proficiency with grades I, II and III should be counted.

⁵ Only subjects passed on the school certificate with the grades of 1 through 6 should be counted.

⁶ Only subjects passed with grades of A, B, C, or D should be counted.

⁷ Only grades of A, B, C or 1, 2, 3 on the Ordinary/Standard Grade and A, B, C on the Higher Grade should be counted.