Country |
Minimum equivalent qualifications
(for admission to Master's program) |
Grade/Scale/Standing |
---|
Afghanistan |
Bachelor’s degree (Leicanc, Licence) — minimum 4 year program. |
B grade equivalent |
Albania |
Diplome Universitare — 4 years of study, accompanied by the award of a "Titull" (title). |
8/10 |
Algeria |
Licence (Licentiate) — minimum 4 year program;
Diplôme d’Études Superieures (DES) — minimum 4 year program;
Diplôme d’Ingénieur d’État — minimum 5 year program;
Diplôme — minimum 4 year program. |
14/20
Bien (Good) |
Argentina |
Licenciado/Licenciatura (Licentiate) — minimum 4 year program;
Titulo de (Professional Title) — minimum 5 year program;
Titulo de Ingenieur en (Title of Engineer in…) — minimum 5 year program. |
7/10
Bueno (Average) |
Armenia |
Bakalvavri Kochum; Special Diploma |
4/5
Good |
Australia |
Bachelor’s degree (Honours) — minimum 4 year program;
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program;
Graduate diploma — minimum 4 years of post-secondary studies. |
Distinction/Second Class, Upper Division |
Austria (Pre-Bologna) |
Magister (Master) — minimum 4 year program;
Diplom-Ingenieur (Graduate Engineer) — minimum 4 year program. |
2/5
Good (Gut) |
Austria (Post-Bologna) |
Bakkalaureaus/Bakkalaurea (Bachelor’s degree) — 180-240 ECTS credits. |
2/5
Good (Gut) |
Azerbaijan |
Diploma of Specialist — 4-year Bakalavr |
4/5
Good (Yaxşi) |
Bahrain |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program. |
3.33/4
Good |
Bangladesh |
4-5 year Bachelor’s
Master’s (awarded following a 3-year bachelor’s) |
B grade equivalent
First Division |
Barbados |
4-year Bachelor’s (Honours)
|
Upper Second Class Honours; CGPA 3.00-3,59/4.30 |
Belarus |
Bakalavr (4-5 year degree) |
Good |
Belgium (Pre-Bologna) |
Licence/Licentiaat (Licentiate) — minimum 4 years of post-secondary studies;
Ingénieur/Ingenieur (Engineer) — minimum 4 years of post-secondary studies. |
14/20
Distinction |
Belgium (Post-Bologna) |
Bachelor’s degree — 180-240 ECTS credits. |
Same as above |
Belize |
4-year Bachelor |
Second Class Upper Division
(B grade Equivalent) |
Benin |
Maitrise — minimum 4 years of study. |
13/20 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Diploma Visoko Obrazovanja (Advanced Diploma of Higher Education)
— normally requires 4-6 years of study |
4/5
8/10 |
Brazil |
Licenciado/Licenciatura (Licenciate/License) — minimum 4 year program;
Bacharel/Bacharelado (Bachelor’s) — minimum 4 year program;
Titulo Profissional (Professional Title) — minimum 4 year program. |
7.5/10
Good (Bom) |
Burundi |
Licence, Diplôme d’Ingénieur — minimum 4 years of study |
High Distinction |
Bulgaria (Pre-Bologna) |
Diploma za Zavarsheno Vishhe Obrazovanie (Diploma of Completed Higher Education) — minimum 4 year program |
4/6
Dobar (Good) |
Bulgaria (Post‑Bologna) |
Bakalavr (Bachelor) — minimum 4 year program. |
4/6
Dobar (Good) |
Cambodia |
4-year Licence |
8/10 |
Cameroon |
Pre 2008: 4 year Licence/Bachelor;
Post 2008: 3 year Licence/Bachelor |
13/20 |
Canada |
Applicants with a degree from Quebec
Bachelor’s degree between three or four years (90 – 120 credits) of full-time study, depending on academic background.
Applicants with a degree from Canada (outside of Quebec)
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program;
Ontario: Bachelor’s degree (honours) — minimum 4 year program
|
B grade equivalent |
Chad, Republic of |
Prior to 2010: DEUG/DEUS + Licence (3 years total)
2010 and later: 4-year Licence |
12/20
Assez Bien |
Chile |
Licenciado or Licenciatura — minimum 4 year program;
Licenciado en Educacion (Licentiate in Education) — minimum 4 year program;
Titulo Profesional (Professional Title) — minimum 4 year program. |
5.5/7
Bueno (Good) |
China |
Bachelor’s Degree Certificate — minimum 4 year program. |
80-89
Good |
Colombia |
Titulo de Licenciado/Licenciatura (Licentiate) — minimum 4 year program;
Titulo Professional (Professional title) — minimum 4 year program;
Titulo de Ingeniero — minimum 5 year program;
Titulo de Especialista (Title of Specialist) — minimum 4 years of post-secondary studies. |
3.7/5 |
Congo, the Democratic Republic |
Licence |
13/20 |
Congo, the Republic of |
Licence |
13/20 |
Costa Rica |
Bachiller, Bachillerato Universitario, Licenciado, Titutlo. |
80/100, 8/10, very good |
Côte d’Ivoire |
Licence — minimum 3 years post-secondary studies;
Matrise — minimum 4 years post-secondary studies. |
12/20
Assez Bien (Good) |
Croatia |
4-year Diploma |
4/5 |
Cuba |
Liceniado (4-years of study) |
4/5
80% |
Cyprus |
Lisan Diplomasi (Bachelor’s degree) — minimum 4 year program; |
15/20 |
Czech Republic
(Pre-Bologna) |
Bakalar (Bachelor) — minimum 3 year program;
Professional title — minimum 4 year program. |
Velmi Dobré (Very Good)
2/4 (reverse grading system) |
Denmark (Pre-Bologna) |
Candidatus/a philisophiae/cand.phil. (Candidate of Philosophy) — minimum 4 year post-secondary studies;
Candidatus (Candidate in…) — minimum 5 years post-secondary studies;
Civilingeniør (Engineer) — minimum 5 year program. |
9/13 |
Denmark
(Post-Bologna) |
Bachelorgrad/Bachelorgraden (Bachelor of Arts/ Science) — 180-240 ECTS credits;
Handelshojskolens Afgangsprove (Bachelor of Adminisration) — 180-240 ECTS credits. |
10/12 |
Dominican Republic |
Licenciatura (Licentiate) — minimum 4 year program;
Titulo professional — minimum 4 year program. |
85% |
Ecuador |
Grado de Licenciado — minimum 4 year program;
Titulo Profesional de…(i.e. Profesor, Ingeniero, ect.) — minimum 4 year program;
Titulo de Doctor (Title of Doctor) — minimum 4 year program. |
8/10
80% |
Egypt |
Bacclaureos (Bachelor’s degree) — minimum 4 year program;
Postgraduate diplomas — minimum 4 years post-secondary studies. |
Very Good |
El Salvador |
Licenciatura/Titulo de Licenciado (Title of Licentiate) — minimum 4 year program;
Titulo de (Title of professional) — minimum 4 year program. |
75%
7.5/10 |
Eritrea |
Bachelor (minimum 4 years) |
3/4 |
Estonia (Pre-Bologna) |
Bakalaureus (Bachelor’s degree) — minimum 4 year program. |
4/5
71/100
Good |
Estonia (Post-Bologna) |
Bakalaureus (Bachelor’s degree) — 180-240 ECTS credits. |
4/5
71/100
Good |
Ethiopia |
Bachelor’s degree (4-year of study). Qualifying Program may be required |
3/4
85% |
Finland (Pre-Bologna) |
Kandidaatti/Kandidat (Candidate) — minimum 4 year program;
Professional degree. |
3.5/5
Good
2/3
12/20
Cum laude approbatur |
Finland (Post-Bologna) |
Kandidaatti/Kandidat (Candidate) — 180-240 ECTS credits. |
3.5/5
Good
2/3
12/20
Cum laude approbatur |
France (Pre-Bologna) |
Maîtrise — minimum 4 years post-secondary studies;
Diplôme d’Ingénieur — minimum 5 years post-secondary studies;
Diplôme des Grandes Écoles (Diploma of Higher School of Professional Education) — minimum 5 years post-secondary studies. |
12/20
Assez Bien (Quite Good) |
France (Post-Bologna) |
Licence (Licentiate) — 180-240 ECTS credits; |
12/20
Assez Bien (Quite good) |
Gambia (The) |
4-Year Bachelor |
3.0/4.30 |
Germany (Pre-Bologna) |
Diplom — minimum 4 years of post-secondary studies;
Diplom (FH) — minimum 4 years of post-secondary studies;
Magister Artium — minimum 4 years of post-secondary studies;
Staatsexamen — minimum 4 years of post-secondary studies. |
2/6
Gut (Good) |
Germany
(Post-Bologna) |
Bakkalaureus — 180-240 ECTS credits; |
2/5
2.6-3.5/6.0
Gut |
Ghana |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program. |
Second Class Honours, Upper Division |
Greece (Pre-Bologna) |
Ptychio (Diploma) — minimum 4 year program. |
7.0/10
Very Good |
Greece (Post-Bologna) |
Bachelor’s degree — 180-240 ECTS credits. |
7.0/10
Very Good |
Guatemala |
Licenciado/Licenciatura, Professional Title — minimum 4 years |
Very Good |
Guyana |
Bachelor's degree — minimum 4 year program |
3.0/4.0 or B |
Haiti |
Diplome de Fin d’Etudes (Diploma of Completion of Studies) — minimum 3 year program;
Licence (Licentiate) — minimum 3 years program;
Diplôme d’ingenieur — minimum 4 year program. |
70/100 |
Honduras |
Licenciado — requiring four years of study |
Muy Bueno (Very Good)
80-89% |
Hong Kong |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 3 year program |
Second Class Honours, Upper Division |
Hungary (Pre-Bologna) |
Egyetemi Oklevél (University degree) — minimum 4 year program. |
4/5
Jó (Good) |
Hungary (Post-Bologna) |
Alapképzés/Alapfokozat (Bachelor’s degree) — 180-240 ECTS credits. |
4/5
Jó (Good) |
Iceland (Pre-Bologna) |
Baccalaureatus (Bachelor’s degree) — minimum 3 year program. |
7/10 |
Iceland (Post-Bologna) |
Bachelor’s degree comprising 180 — 240 ECTS credits. |
7/10 |
India |
Engineering and Computer Science: Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4-year program; or 3-year program plus 2-year Master’s degree;
Other programs: Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4-year program; or 3-year program if the issuing university has an NAAC rating of A.
|
B grade equivalent
(Verify your university’s grading scale)
First division
|
Indonesia |
Diploma IV (D4) — minimum 4 year program;
Sarjana Strata Satu/Sarjana Teknik — minimum 4 year program;
Sarjana; Sarjan Lengkap; Insinyur — minimum 4 year program. |
3/4
Good |
Iran |
Karshenasi/Lisans (Bachelor’s degree) — minimum 4 year program. |
14/20 |
Iraq |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program. |
80% in non-science degrees
75% in science degrees |
Ireland |
4-year Bachelor’s (Honours) |
Second Class Honours, Upper |
Israel |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 3 to 4 year program. |
B equivalent |
Italy (Pre-Bologna) |
Laurea Breve/Diploma Universitario (Bachelor’s degree) — minimum 3 year program;
Diploma di Licenza — minimum 4 year program. |
25/30 |
Italy (Post-Bologna) |
Laura di Livello 1 (Level 1 Degree) — 180-240 ECTS credits. |
25/30 |
Jamaica |
Bachelor’s Degree: awarded after 3 year program (with completion of CAPE) or 4 year program (with completion of CSEC). |
Second Class, Upper Division |
Japan |
Gakushi Shogo (Bachelor’s degree) — minimum 120 credits . |
70/100
Yu (Excellent) |
Jordan |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program;
Diploma of Higher Studies or Education Diploma — minimum 5 years post-secondary studies. |
80/100 |
Kazakhstan |
Diplom ob Okanchanii
Vysshego Uchebnogo
Zaredeniia (Diploma Specialist) |
Mid-B Equivalent |
Kenya |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program. |
60
Second Class Honours, Upper Division |
Korea (South) |
Bachelor’s degree |
80% |
Kuwait |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program; |
6/9
Very Good |
Kyrgyzstan |
Diplom Specialista, Bakalvr |
4/5 |
Latvia (Pre-Bologna) |
Bakalarus (Bachelor’s degree) — minimum 4 year program;
Diploms — minimum 4 year program. |
7/10
Labi (Good) |
Latvia (Post-Bologna) |
Bachelor’s degree — 180-240 ECTS credits. |
7/10
Labi (Good) |
Lebanon |
Licence — minimum 4 year program;
Diplôme d’Ingénieur — minimum 4 year program.
Bachelor degree — Minimum 4 years of study after high school |
80/100(Very Good)
12/20 (Assez Bien) |
Libya |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program. |
75/100
Good |
Lithuania |
Bakalauras requiring at least 4 years of study, Specialist Diploma |
7/10 |
Macau |
4-year Bachelor |
B grade equivalent |
Macedonia |
Diploma & Professional Title (4-years of study) |
8/10 |
Malaysia |
Sarjana Muda (Bachelor’s degree) — minimum 3 year program. |
Second class, upper division
Pass with High Credit |
Mauritius |
Bachelor’s degree (Honours) — minimum 3 years program. |
Second class, Upper Division |
Mexico |
Licentiatura (Licentiate)/Titulo de Licenciado/Titulo de Professional — minimum 4 year program. |
8/10
|
Moldovia |
Diploma de Licenta |
8/10 |
Mongolia |
At least five years of study |
B grade equivalent |
Montenegro |
Diploma Visokog Obrazovnaja |
8 or B equivalent |
Morocco |
Licence (Licientiate) — minimum 4 year program;
Diplome d’Ingénieur — minimum 4 year program; |
14/20
Bien (Good) |
Mozambique |
Liceniatura (minimum of 5-years of study) |
15/20 |
Nepal |
Completion of both Bachelor’s and Master’s degree or
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program. |
Mid B
First class/division |
Netherlands
(Pre-Bologna) |
Doctorandus (Doctoraal) — minimum 4 year program;
Ingenieur (ing.) — minimum 4 year program. |
7/10
Ruim Voldoende (Amply Satisfactory) |
Netherlands
(Post-Bologna) |
Bachelor’s degree — 180-240 ECTS credits. |
7/10
Ruim Voldoende (Amply Satisfactory) |
New Zealand |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program. |
Second class, Upper Division
B grade equivalent
|
Nicaragua |
Licenciado (requiring 4 years of study) |
80% |
Niger |
Bachelor’s Degree Equivalent: Maitrise, Diplome d’Agronomie approfondie/d’Ingenieur Agronome, Docteur en Medecine |
14/20 |
Nigeria |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program. |
4/5
Second Class Honours, Upper Division |
Norway (Pre-Bologna) |
Candidatus magisterii — minimum 3.5 year program. |
2.7/6.0 |
Norway (Post-Bologna) |
Bachelor’s degree — 180-240 ECTS credits. |
2.7/6.0 |
Oman |
Bachelor (minimum 4 years) |
3/4 |
Pakistan |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program;
Master degree — minimum 4 years of post-secondary studies. |
B grade equivalent |
Palestine |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program
|
B equivalent |
Panama |
Licenciado/Licenciatura (4 years) |
81% |
Peru |
Bachiller en (Bachelor in…) — minimum 5 year program;
Titulo — minimum 5 years of post-secondary studies. |
13/20 (Sciences and Engineering)
14/20 all other disciplines |
Philippines |
Completion of both Masters and Bachelor’s degree. |
1.75/5 (reverse scale)
85% |
Poland (Pre-Bologna) |
Dyplom Tytul Licencjat (Title of Licentiate) — minimum 4 year program;
Dyplom Tytul Inzynier (Title of Engineer) — minimum 4 year program. |
Dobry
Good
4/6 |
Poland (Post-Bologna) |
Magister |
Dobry
Good
4/6 |
Portugal (Pre-Bologna) |
Licenciado- minimum 4 years of study. |
15/20 |
Portugal
(Post-Bologna) |
Licenciado 180-240 ECTS credits |
15/20 |
Qatar |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program;
Bachelor’s degree (Engineering) — minimum 5 year program. |
3.3/4 |
Romania (Pre-Bologna) |
Diploma de Licenta (Licenciate Diploma) — minimum 4 year program;
Diploma de Inginer Engineer Diploma) — minimum 4 year program. |
7/10
Bun (Good) |
Romania
(Post-Bologna) |
Diploma de Licenta — 180-240 ECTS credits. |
7/10
Bun (Good) |
Russian Federation (Pre-Bologna) |
Diplom spetsialista (Diploma of Specialist) — minimum 5 year program;
Diplom magistra (Diploma of Magister) — minimum 5 years of post-secondary studies. |
4/5
Khorosho (Good) |
Russian Federation (Post-Bologna) |
Bakalavr — minimum 4 year program. |
4/5
Khorosho (Good) |
Rwanda |
Arts, Sciences & Law subject areas: 3-year bachelor with A-levels;
Engineering & Computer Science subject areas: 4-year bachelor degree. |
80%
B Grade Equivalent |
Saudi Arabia |
Baccaloreus (Bachelor’s degree) — minimum 4 year program. |
80/100
Very Good |
Senegal |
Bachelor’s Degree Equivalent — minimum 4 years |
14/20 |
Serbia |
Diploma Visoko Obrazovanja |
8/10 |
Sierra Leone |
Honours Bachelor’s degree |
Second Class Honours, Upper Division (60%) |
Singapore |
Bachelor’s degree (Honours) — minimum 4 years of post-secondary studies. |
Very Good
Second Class, Upper Division |
Slovakia (Pre-Bologna) |
Bakalar: minimum 4 year program;
Magister — minimum 4 year program;
Inzinier — minimum 5 year program. |
Dobrý
Good |
Slovakia (Post-Bologna) |
Bakalar — 180-240 ECTS credits. |
Dobrý
Good |
South Africa |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program;
Bachelor’s degree (Honours) — minimum 4 years of post-secondary studies. |
Second class, Upper Division |
Spain (Pre-Bologna) |
Título de Licenciado (Licentiate) — minimum 4 year program;
Título de Ingeniero (Title of Engineer) — minimum 5 year program; |
8/10
Bien (Good) |
Spain (Post-Bologna) |
Graduado en (Graduate in…): minimum 4 year program. |
8/10
Bien (Good) |
Sri Lanka |
Bachelor’s degree (Special degree) — minimum 4 year program. |
First Class |
Sudan |
Honours Bachelor’s Degree (minimum 5 years) |
Class II Upper Division Honours/
B grade equivalent |
Sweden |
Filosofie Kandidatexamen (Fil. Kand./FK) |
4 out of 5; Väl Godkänd (Distinction); B grade equivalent |
Switzerland
(Pre-Bologna) |
Lizentiat/Diplom/Licence/Licenza — minimum 4 year program. |
5/6
7/10
2/5 |
Switzerland
(Post-Bologna) |
Bachelor’s degree — 180-240 ECTS credits. |
5/6
7/10
2/5 |
Syria |
Licence (Bachelor’s degree) — minimum 4 year program. |
70% |
Taiwan |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program. |
70/100 |
Thailand |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program. |
Good |
Tajikistan |
Bakalavr (Bachelor’s Degree) — requiring at least 4-years of study;
Diploma of Specialist |
4/5 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Bachelor’s Degree (Honours) — Minimum 4 years of study |
Second Class, Upper Division |
Tunisia |
Diplôme National d’Ingénieur (National Engineer Diploma) — minimum 4 year program;
Maîtrise (Master) — minimum 4 year program;
Licence — minimum 4 year program. |
14/20
Bien (Good) |
Turkey (Pre-Bologna) |
Lisans Diplomasi (Bachelor’s degree) — minimum 4 year program. |
65/100
7/10
Iyi (Good) |
Turkey (Post-Bologna) |
Bachelor’s degree — 180-240 ECTS credits. |
65/100
3/4 7/10
Iyi (Good) |
Uganda |
Bachelor’s Degree Equivalent: Honours Bachelor’s requiring at least four years of study |
Class II Upper Division Honours/
B grade equivalent |
Ukraine (Pre-Bologna) |
Diploma of Specialist — minimum 5 year program;
Diploma of Master — minimum 5 year program. |
4/5
Good |
Ukraine (Post-Bologna) |
Bachelor’s degree — 180-240 ECTS credits. |
4/5
Good |
United Arab Emirates |
Bachelor’s degree — minimum 4 year program; |
80/100
3.5/4.0
Good |
United Kingdom |
Bachelor’s degree (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) — minimum 3 year program;
Bachelor’s of Arts, Honours (Scotland) — minimum 4 year program;
Master degree, Honours (Scotland) — minimum 4 year program. |
60/100
Second Class Honours, Upper Division |
United States of America |
4-year Bachelor’s degree |
3/4 |
Uruguay |
Licenciatura (Licenciado);
Professional Title — requiring at least 4 years of study |
5/6 or 8/12 |
Venezuela |
Licenciado en (Licentiate Degree) — minimum 5 year program;
Título de (Professsional Title of…) (i.e. Engineering, Accounting…) — minimum 5 year program. |
13/20 |
Vietnam |
Bằng Tốt Nghiệp Ðại Học (Diploma as Graduation as Bachelor) — minimum 4 years of post-secondary studies. |
7/10 |
Yemen |
Bachelor’s Degree Equivalent — minimum 4 years |
B grade Equivalent |
Zimbabwe |
Bachelor’s Degree (Honours) |
Second Class, Upper Division |