Every country has its own postsecondary education system. To help you understand how your degree compares to a bachelor’s degree awarded in the United States, we’ve assembled the following list of requirements, by country, that are the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor’s degree.
If you have any questions about where your educational background fits, please contact us.
- Australia
Completion of a four-year Honours bachelor’s degree or bachelor’s degree with Honours (including a one-year Honours program following a three-year ordinary or pass bachelor’s degree), or the first year of a master’s degree following a three-year bachelor’s
- Bangladesh
Completion of a four-year bachelor’s degree, or a two-year bachelor’s degree followed by a two-year master’s degree, or a three-year bachelor’s degree followed by a one-year master’s degree
Required documentation: Must submit official statement of marks for each year of study plus a degree certificate
- Belarus
Completion of the Дыплом аб Вышзйшай адукацыі (Diploma of Higher Education) or the Дыплом бакалўра (Diploma of Baccalaureate)
Required documentation: Must submit Dyplom certificate and Dadatak da diploma/vypiska z zalikovaj knizhki
- Brazil
Completion of a four- to five-year Licenciado, or any Bacharelado or Titulo Profissional degree
Required documentation: Must submit historic escolar and degree certificates in Portuguese
- Bulgaria
Completion of a Bachelor / Bakalavr (Бакалавър)
Required documentation: Must submit diploma certificate and Prilozhenie km diplom
- Canada
Alberta: Honours bachelor’s degree or general bachelor’s degree plus one year of a master’s program
British Columbia: Four- or five-year bachelor’s degree (sometimes called Honours or Advanced)
Manitoba: Honours bachelor’s degree, Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Law LLB
New Brunswick: Honours bachelor’s degree or a bachelor of law, or bachelor’s degree + one year in a master’s program
Newfoundland and Labrador: Bachelor’s degree
Northwest Territory: No accredited universities
Nova Scotia: Four-year bachelor/baccalaureat
Nunavut: No accredited universities that issue bachelor’s equivalent work
Ontario: Four-year bachelor’s degree or Honours bachelor’s degree
Prince Edward Island: Bachelor’s degree (pass or honours)
Quebec: Baccalarium, Baccalaureat, Bachelier, Bacheliere, or bachelor’s degree
Saskatchewan: Four-year or Honours bachelor’s degree
Yukon Territory: No accredited universities that issue bachelor’s equivalent work
- China
Completion of a bachelor’s degree from a college or university
- Estonia
Completion of a four-year Diplom (b) or a Bakalaureuskraad / bachelor’s degree
Required documentation: Official copy of the marks received and diploma/certificate for each program
- France
Completion of a maitrise, or select four-year licence programs
Required documentation: Final and official relevé de notes and degree certificate
- Georgia Republic
Completion of a Bakalavris Kharishki (bachelor’s degree), Specialistis Diplomi (Specialist Diploma), Datskebiti Skolis Mastsavlebeli (Primary School Teacher) or Sashualo Skolis Mastsavlebeli (Secondary School Teacher)
- Germany
Completion of a Bakkalaureus (bachelor’s), a Diploma from a Fachhochschule (university of applied sciences), an Akademiebrief (certificate of completion) from a Kunsthochschule (art college) or a Musikhochschule (music college), or completion of the Erste Staatsprüfung (First State Examination) for teachers
Required documentation: Diplom certificate and Scheine (certificates) for each course completed
- Haiti
Completion of the Diploma de Fin d’Etudes (Diploma of Completion of Studies), a Licence, or a Diplôme in various fields such as engineering, architecture, and pharmacy
Required documentation: Final, official copies of the French and English versions of all relevé de notes and degree certificates
- Hong Kong
Completion of a four-year bachelor’s degree or the first year of a master’s degree following a three-year bachelor’s degree
- India
Completion of a four-year bachelor’s degree, the Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) following a three-year bachelor’s degree, or the first year of a master’s degree following a three-year bachelor’s degree.
Required documentation: In most cases, we require individual mark sheets plus a degree certificate. Provisional degree certificates and consolidated mark sheets (transcripts) may be considered under special circumstances.
- Indonesia
Completion of the Sarjana (Sarjana Strata Satu)
- Israel
Completion of a four-year bachelor’s degree, or the first year of a master’s degree following a three-year bachelor’s
- Japan
Completion of a Gakushi Shogo (bachelor’s degree) from a college (Daigaku) or university (Daigakuen)
- Kyrgyzstan
Completion of the Diplom Bakalavra (bachelor’s degree) / диплом бакалавра (Russian) / бакалавр дипломy (Kyrgyz)
Required documentation: Official copies of the diploma booklets for the diplom bakalavra, spetsialista, or magistra and the prilozhenie k diploma along with English translations
- Latvia
Completion of a four-year Bakalaurs (bachelor’s degree) or Diploms (diploma) from a university
Required documentation: Diploms certificate and Izraksts no studiju kartes for each completed university degree
- Lithuania
Completion of a four-year Aukstesniojo Mokslo (Diploma of Higher Education) or Bakalauro Diplomas (Baccalaureate Diploma)
Required documentation: Bakalauro Diplomas certificate and Priedas prie diploma for each university degree
- Moldova
Completion of a Diplomă de Studii Superiorare (Diploma of Higher Education) or a Diplomă de Licentă (Diploma of Licentiate)
Required documentation: Diploma certificate and certifcat academic for each completed university degree (in either Moldovan or in Russian)
- Myanmar (Burma)
Completion of four-year bachelor’s degree, or the first year of a master’s degree following a three-year bachelor’s
- Nepal
Completion of a four-year bachelor’s degree, or the first year of a master’s degree following a three-year bachelor’s
Required documentation: Mark sheets and degree certificate
- Pakistan
Completion of a four-year bachelor’s degree, or the first year of a master’s degree following a three-year bachelor’s
Required documentation: Statements of marks and degree certificate
- Peru
Completion of a four-year Bachiller degree or Licenciado
- Philippines
Completion of a bachelor’s degree
- Poland
Completion of The Dyplom ukończenia wyższych studiów zawodowych (Diploma of Completion of Higher Professional Studies) or the Dyplom Tytuł Magister
Required documentation: Dyplom certificate and a copy of all pages from the Indeks (each page of the Indeks should have five lines)
- Romania
Completion of a Diploma de licenta (Licentiate diploma) or other postsecondary level diploma of at least four years of study
Required documentation: Diploma certificate and Foaie Matricola
- Russia
Completion of a Диплом бакалавра (Diploma of Bakalavr)
Required documentation: Diplom certificate and Prilozhenie k diplomu
- Saudi Arabia
Completion of a bachelor’s degree
- Scotland
Completion of bachelor’s Honours degree from a university or a master’s Honours degree from an ancient university
- Singapore
Completion of a four-year bachelor’s degree or the first year of a master’s degree following a three-year bachelor’s degree
- South Korea
Completion of a Haksa (four-year bachelor’s degree) from a college or university
- Spain
Completion of a Título de Licenciado (Licenciate), Título de Ingeniero (Title of Engineer), or Título de Arquitecto (Title of Architect)
Required documentation: Certificacion Academica Oficial (CAO) or the Certificacion Academica Personal and degree certificates
- Sri Lanka
Completion of a bachelor’s Special degree, or the first year of a master’s degree following a three-year bachelor’s
- Taiwan
Completion of a four-year bachelor’s degree
- Thailand
Completion of a four-year bachelor’s degree or a Higher Diploma/Degree.
- Turkey
Completion of the Lisans Derecesi / Diplomasi (Licentiate Diploma)
- Ukraine
Completion of the Dyplom Bakalayra (Diploma of Bachelor)
Required documentation: Diplom certificate and Dodatok do diploma
- United Kingdom (except Scotland)
Completion of a four-year bachelor’s degree or the first year of a master’s degree following a three-year bachelor’s degree
Required documentation: Submit an official transcript (the Diploma Supplement may be considered under special circumstances).