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National Exam Types NATIONAL EXAM TYPES NATIONAL EXAMS AND HIGH COUNTRY MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS SCHOOL DIPLOMAS KANKOR (Nationwide University Afghanistan A minimum average of 80% (C) exam score Entrance Exam of Afghanistan) Diplomë e Maturës Shtetërore (Maturity A minimum average of 7 out of 10 diploma Albania Certificate) score Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement A minimum average of 12 out of 20 diploma Algeria Secondaire score Upper Secondary Education, Catalan or Andorra A minimum average of 70% diploma score French System Certificado de Habilitação Literária Angola A minimum average of 70% diploma score (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) Antigua and CXC Caribbean Advanced Placement A minimum average of 70% exam score Barbuda Examination (CAPE) Título de Bachiller (Baccalaureate) A minimum average of 7 out of 10 or B+ Argentina Upper-Secondary (Polimodal) diploma score դիպլոմ (Diploma) / Վկայական միջնակարգ լրիվ ընդհանուր A minimum average of 13 out of 20, 4 out of 5 Armenia կրթության (Certificate of Complete or 7 out of 10 diploma score Secondary Education) / հասունություն Վկայական (Certificate of Maturity) Australia Secondary School Graduation Certificate A minimum average of 70% diploma score A minimum average of 2 out of 1 diploma Austria Reifeprüfung/Matura score A minimum average of 4 out of 5 diploma Azerbaijan ATTESTAT/National Test (TQDK) score or 490 out of 700 exam score Tawjihi (General Secondary A minimum grade of “B” or average of 80% Bahrain Education Certificate) diploma score Higher Secondary School A minimum grade of “A” or average of 4 out Bangladesh Certificate (HSSC) of 5 diploma score Caribbean Advanced Proficiency A minimum grade of “III” or average of 70% Barbados Examination (CAPE) exam score A minimum average of 420 out of 600 exam Belarus ATTESTAT / Belarussian Central Testing score or 4 out of 5 diploma score Diploma Van Hoger Secundair A minimum average of 13 out of 20 Belgium Onderwijs / Certificat d’Enseignment diploma score Secondair Superieur CSEC (Caribbean Secondary Education A minimum grade of “B” or 2 out of 1 exam Belize Certificate) Examinations score Benin Baccalaureat Examination A minimum grade of “B+” or 13 out of 20 Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Bhutan A minimum average of 80% diploma score Certificate A minimum average of 5 out of 7 diploma Bolivia Secondary School Leaving Certificate score Bosnia and A minimum average of 3.5 out of 5 diploma Matura (Svjedozba o Maturi) Herzegovina score Botswana General Certificate of Botswana A minimum average of 70% exam score Secondary Examination (BGCSE) ENEM (Exame Nacional do Brazil Ensino Médio; English: High School A minimum average of 70% exam score National Exam) General Certificate of Education A minimum grade of “B” from (G.C.E. ‘O’ Brunei Examination (GCE ‘O’ Level) / Brunei- Level) or “III” from (G.C.E. ‘A’ Level) Cambridge G.C.E. ‘A’ Level Examinations Matura (DZI) / Gimnazii – Diploma za A minimum average of 4.5 out of 6 diploma Bulgaria Zavurcheno Sredno Obrazovanie score (Diploma of Completed Secondary Education) A minimum average of 12 out of 20 diploma Burkina Faso Baccalaureate score Burundi Diplôme Etat (State Diploma) A minimum average of 80% diploma score Baccalauréatď de Enseignement Secondaire (French System) / General A minimum diploma grade of “A-” or 12 out Cameroon ľ Certificate of Education Advanced Level of 20 (English System) All Provincial High School A minimum diploma grade of “B-” or 70 out Canada Graduation Diplomas of 100 Second Cycle Secondary (Three-year A minimum grade of “B”=13 out of 20 Cape Verde general track followed by two-year pre- diploma score university preparation) Central African A minimum average of 12 out of 20 diploma Baccalauréat Republic score Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement A minimum average of 12 out of 20 diploma Chad Secondaire score Prueba de Seleccion Universitaria (PSU) / Bachiller en Ciencias / Bachiller en A minimum average of 650 out of 850 exam Chile Humanindades y Ciencias Sociales score or 5.5 out of 7 diploma score Baccalaureate in Sciences / Baccalaureate in Humanities and Social Sciences National University Entrance Examination (GAOKA) & Senior Secondary School Certificate & Hong A minimum average of 80% diploma score or China Kong Certificate of Education Certificate 600 out of 750 exam score (HKCE) & Hong Kong Advanced Level Certificate Subjects (HKALE) Colombia ICFES Examination A minimum exam score of 70 out of 100 Congo Diplôme Etat (d’etudes Secondaires du A minimum average of 70 out of 100 diploma (Democratic Cycle Long) State Diploma (of Long Cycle ď score Republic of the) Studies) Congo (Republic Baccalauréat / Senior School Higher A minimum average of 12 out of 20 diploma of the) Certificate score Bachillerato (Baccalaureate) / Bachillerato Costa Rica por Madurez (Secondary Graduate by A minimum diploma grade of “N”=8 out of 10 Maturity) A minimum grade of “B” or average of 12 out Côte d’Ivoire Baccalauréat of 20 diploma score Svjedodžba o Zavrsnom Ispitu (Certificate of Final Examination) Croatia Secondary- Gimnazija A minimum diploma score of 3.5 out of 5 Certificate/diploma awarded: Svjedodžba o maturi A minimum average of 4 out of 5 or “MB”=80 Cuba Bachillerato (Baccalaureate) out of 100 diploma score Certificate/diploma granted: Apolytirion Cyprus – Greek-Cypriot System / Lise Diploması A minimum diploma score of 70 out of 100 Turkish-Cypriot System Leaving Credential: Vysv d ení o A minimum average of 3 out of 5 diploma Czech Republic maturitní zkoušce (Certificate of Maturity ě č score Examination) Studentereksamen (Student Examination), Højere Forberedelseseksamen (Higher Preparatory Examination), A minimum average of 7 out of 12 diploma Denmark Højere Handelseksamen (Higher score Commercial Examination); Hojere teknisk eksamen (Higher Technical Examination) Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement A minimum average of 12 out of 20 diploma Djibouti Secondaire score CSEC (Caribbean Secondary Education A minimum grade of “B+” or average of Dominica Certificate) Examinations 80% exam score Dominican Southern Association of Colleges and A minimum grade of “B-” or average of Republic Schools (SACS) / Bachillerato 80% exam score Bachillerato / Ciclo Diversificado A minimum average of 7.5 out of 10 or 12 out Ecuador (Secondary Baccalaureate / Diversified of 20 diploma score Cycle) Al-Shahada-Al Thanawiyya Al-Amma A minimum average of 80 out of 100 diploma Egypt (General Secondary School Leaving score Certificate) Bachiller (Baccalaureate) / Título de Bachillerato Pedagógico (Baccalaureate in A minimum average of 12 out of 20 diploma El Salvador Teaching) / Título de socre or grade “MB” Bachillerato/Bachiller (Title of High School Graduate) Diploma / Eritrean Secondary Education A minimum grade of “B” or average of Eritrea Certificate Examination 65% exam score Gümnaasiumi Lõputunnistus A minimum average of 3.5 out of 5 diploma Estonia (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) score General Certificate of Education Ordinary A minimum average of 80 out of 100 diploma Eswatini Level score Higher Education Entrance A minimum average of 80% exam and Ethiopia Examination (EHEEE) / Ethiopian diploma score General Secondary Education Certificate Fiji School Leaving Certificate / Certificates or Diplomas / Diploma in A minimum grade of “B” or average of 65% Fiji Education / Diploma in Secondary diploma score Education Lukion päättötodistus – Avgångsbetyg A minimum grade of “HT”=3 out of 5 or Finland (General Upper Secondary School “C”=4 out of 7 or 8 out of 10 Certificate) / Ylioppilastutkintotodistus – Studentsexamensbetyg (Matriculation Examination Certificate) A minimum grade of AB=12 out of 20 diploma France French Baccalauréat score A minimum average 12 out of 20 diploma Gabon Baccalauréat score West African Examination Council (WAEC) / West African Senior Gambia A minimum grade of “B3” (in each 3 subjects) School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) ATTESTAT / Sashualo Profesiuli A minimum average of 80% or 6 out of 7 Georgia Sastsavleblis Diplomi diploma score A minimum average of 3 out of 1 diploma Germany Berufliches Gymnasium/Fachgymnasium score West African Examination Council (WAEC) / West African Senior Ghana A minimum grade of “B3” (in each 3 subjects) School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) π (Upper A minimum average of 15 out of 20 diploma Greece Secondary School Certificate) score Α ολυτηριο Ενιαιου Λυκειου CSEC (Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate) Examinations / CAPE A minimum grade of “B” or average 80% Grenada (Caribbean Advanced Proficiency exam score Examination) Ciclo Diversificado (Diversified A minimum average of 70 out of 100 diploma Guatemala Secondary) / Bachillerato (Diploma) score Baccalauréat Deuxième Partie A minimum average 12 out of 20 diploma Guinea (Baccalaureate Second Part) score Certificado de Conclusao do Ensino A minimum average 12 out of 20 diploma Guinea-Bissau Secundrio (Certificate of Conclusion of score Secondary Education) CSEC (Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate) Examinations / CXC A minimum grade of “C” or average 80% Guyana Caribbean Advanced Placement exam score Examination (CAPE) Baccalaureat for Secondary (Reform System) Haiti A minimum diploma score of 70 out of 100 Baccalaureat II for Secondary (Traditional System) Bachillerato (Academic Secondary Honduras A minimum diploma score of 3.5 out of 5 Education) Érettségi Bizonyítvány (Maturity A minimum average of 3.5 out of 5 diploma Hungary Certificate) score Stúdentspróf (Upper Secondary School Iceland Certificate) / Prófskírteini eða Vottorð A minimum diploma socre of 7 out of 10 (Diploma
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