GLOBAL SECONDARY / HIGH SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS Applicants who have completed secondary / high school at an institution outside the U.S. with a non-U.S. curriculum are required to submit documentation to show the equivalence of a U.S. high school diploma. Materials must be submitted in English or with an official English translation. Applicants must submit one of the documents listed for their respective country in the chart below.

International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (O Level) The IGCSE and O Level qualifications described below meet both the high school graduation equivalency and English language proficiency requirements for international student admission to Contra Costa College, Diablo Valley College and Los Medanos College.

Applicants must submit final IGCSE or O Level results showing five subjects passed with grades of C or higher. One of the subjects must be English - First Language, English as a Second Language or English Language. Scanned copies of the final IGCSE and O Level results are accepted.

Contra Costa College, Diablo Valley College and Los Medanos College will not admit students based on preliminary results or students who take IGCSE and O Level exams as independent or private candidates.

General Educational Development Test (GED) Applicants who pass a U.S. equivalent GED meet the high school graduation equivalency requirement for international student admission to Contra Costa College, Diablo Valley College and Los Medanos College.

Country Credential(s) Equivalent to U.S. High School Afghanistan • Baccalauria (Baccalaureate) • 12th Grade Graduation Certificate Albania • Deftese Pjekurie (Maturity Certificate) • Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement Secondaire Algeria (Diploma of Baccalaureate of Secondary Education) • Baccalaureate Andorra • Batxillerat (Baccalaureate) • Habilitação Literárias (Literary Qualification) Angola • Secondary School Leaving Certificate • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Anguilla • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Antigua and Barbuda • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels Argentina • Bachiller (Upper Secondary School Graduate) • Attestat Mijnakarg (Lriv) Yndhanur Krtoutian Armenia (Certificate of Completed Secondary Education) • Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VMO) (Diploma of University Preparatory Education) Aruba • Hoger Algemeen Voortgezet Onderwijs (HAVO) (Diploma of Senior General Secondary Education Country Credential(s) Equivalent to U.S. High School • New South Wales (NSW) Higher School Certificate • Northern Territory Certificate of Education • Queensland Senior Certificate Australia • South Australia Certificate of Education • Tasmanian Certificate of Education • Victorian Certificate of Education • Western Australia Certificate of Education Austria • Reifeprüng / Matura (Maturity Certificate) Azerbaijan • Certificate of Complete Secondary Education • Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education Bahamas • General Certificate of Education O Levels • Shehaadat al-thaanawiya al-’aama Bahrain (General Certificate of Secondary Education) • Higher Secondary Certificate Bangladesh • Alim (Higher Secondary Certificate from a religious school) • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Barbados • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • Attestat ab agulnai sjarednaj Belarus (Certificate of General Secondary Education) • Getuigschrift van Hoger Secundair Onderwijs (Certificate of Higher Secondary Education) Belgium • Certificat d’Enseignement Secondaire Supérieur (Certificate of Higher Secondary Education) • Diploma van Secundair Onderwijs (Secondary Education Diploma) • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Belize • High School Diploma • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement Secondaire Benin (Diploma of Baccalaureate of Secondary Education) • Bermuda Secondary School Certificate • High School Diploma Bermuda • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) Bhutan • Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate Bolivia • Bachiller (Upper Secondary School Graduate) • Svjedočanstva o završenoj srednjoj školi Bosnia and Herzegovina (Diploma of Secondary Education) Botswana • Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education Brazil • Certificado de Ensino Médio (Diploma of Secondary Education) • High School Certificate British Virgin Islands • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • Brunei-Cambridge General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels Brunei • National Diploma • Svidetelstvo za zrelost (Maturity Certificate) Bulgaria • Diploma za Sredno Obrazovanie (Diploma of Completed Secondary Education) Burkina Faso • Baccalaureate • Diplôme d’Etat (State Diploma) Burundi • Diplôme des Humanités Complètes (Diploma of Complete Humanities) Country Credential(s) Equivalent to U.S. High School Cambodia • Baccalauréat (Baccalaureate) Cameroon • Cameroon General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • Alberta = Advanced High School Diploma or General High School Diploma • British Columbia = Secondary School Graduation Diploma • Manitoba = Manitoba High School Diploma • New Brunswick = New Brunswick High School Graduation Diploma • Newfoundland & Labrador = High School Graduation Diploma • Northwest Territories = High School Graduation Diploma • Nova Scotia = Nova Scotia High School Graduation Diploma Canada • Nunavut = High School Graduation Diploma • Ontario = Ontario Secondary School Diploma • Prince Edward Island = Senior Secondary School Diploma • Quebec = Diplôme d’Etudes Secondaires (DES) (Secondary School Diploma) • Saskatchewan = Record of Secondary Level Standing (Secondary School Diploma) • Yukon Territory = High School Diploma • Certificado da Habilitações Literárias Cape Verde (Certificate of Literary Qualifications) • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Cayman Islands • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • International General Certificate of Education (IGCSE) Central African Republic • Baccalauréat (Baccalaureate) Chad • Baccalauréat (Baccalaureate) Chile • Licencia de Educación Media (Diploma of Secondary Education) • (Senior Secondary School Certificate) China • 高中毕业证书 (General Higher Education chool) 普通高等学校 Colombia • Bachiller/Bachillerato (Secondary School Graduation Certificate) • Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement du Second Degré Comoros (Baccalaureate of Secondary Education) Congo • Baccalauréat (Baccalaureate) • Diploma de Conclusión de Estudios de Educación Diversificada Costa Rica (Diploma of Completion of Diversified Education) / Bachiller • Svjedodžba o Mature (Maturity Certificate) Croatia • Svjedodžba o završenom srednjem obrazovanju Certificate of Completed Secondary Education Cuba • Bachiller (Baccalaureate) • Lise Diploması (Upper Secondary School Diploma) Cyprus • Diploması (Diploma) Czechia (Czech Republic) • Vysvědčení o Maturitní Zkoušce (Maturity Certificate) Congo (Republic of) • Baccalauréat (Baccalaureate) • Studentereksamen (Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate) Denmark • Bevis for Højere Forberedelseseksamen (Higher Preparatory Certificate) • Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement Secondaire Djibouti • (Baccalaureate of Secondary Education) • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Dominica • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels Dominican Republic • Bachillerato (Baccalaureate) Ecuador • Bachiller (Baccalaureate) Country Credential(s) Equivalent to U.S. High School • Shehaadat al-thaanawiya al-’aama Egypt (General Certificate of Secondary Education) El Salvador • Bachillerato/Bachiller (Baccalaureate) Equatorial Guinea • Bachillerato (Baccalaureate) Eritrea • Eritrean Secondary Education Certificate Examination Estonia • Gümnaasiumi lõputunnistus (Secondary School Certificate) Eswatini • Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) (fmr."Swaziland") • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • Ethiopian General School Leaving Certificate Examination (EGSLCE) Ethiopia • Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination • Fiji School Leaving Certificate Fiji • Form 7 Certificate • Lukion päästötodistus / Dismissionsbetyg (Upper Secondary Completion Certificate) Finland • Ylioppilastutkintotodistus/ Studentexamensbetyg (Certificate of Matriculation) • Diplôme de Bachelier de l'Enseignement du Second Degré (Diploma of Bachelor of Secondary Education) • Certificat de fin ďÉtudes Secondaires (Certificate of Secondary Education) France • Diplôme du Baccalauréat Général (Diploma of General Baccalaureate) • Diplôme ďAccès aux Études Universitaires (High School Equivalency Diploma) Gabon • Baccalauréat (Baccalaureate) Gambia • West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Senior School Certificate • Sashualo Skolis Atestati (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) Georgia • Sashualo Ganatlebis Atestati (Certificate of Secondary School Education) • Zeugnis der allgemeinen Hochschulreife Certificate of General Maturity for Higher Education Germany • Zeugnis der Fachhochschulreife (Certificate of Maturity for Education at Univ. of Applied Sciences) • West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Senior School Certificate Ghana • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O-Level • Απολυτηριο of Λυκειο Greece (Upper Secondary School Certficate) • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Grenada • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels Guatemala • Bachiller en Ciencias y Letras (Baccalaureate in Sciences and Letters) Guinea • Baccalauréat (Baccalaureate) • Certificado de Conclusão do Ensino Secundário Guinea-Bissau (Certificate of Conclusion of Secondary Education) • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Guyana • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels Haiti • Baccalauréat (Baccalaureate) Honduras • Bachillerato (Baccalaureate) Country Credential(s) Equivalent to U.S. High School • Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Hong Kong • Hong Kong Certificate of Education Hungary • Érettségi Bizonyítvány (Maturity Certificate) Iceland • Stúdentspróf (Upper Secondary School Certificate) • Higher Secondary Certificate • Senior Secondary Certificate India • Indian School Certificate Examination • All India and Delhi Senior School Certificate • Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA), (Secondary School Diploma) • Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK), (Vocational HS Diploma) Indonesia • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) Iran • Diploma Metevaseth (National High School Diploma) Iraq • Certificate of Preparatory Education / Sixth Form Baccalaureate Ireland • Ardteistiméireacht (Leaving Certificate) Israel • Teudat Bagrut (Matriculation Certificate) • Diploma di Esame di Stato (State Examination Diploma) Italy • Diploma di Maturita (Matriculation Certificate) • Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement du Secondaire Ivory Coast (Diploma of Baccalaureate of Secondary Education) • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Jamaica • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • Kotogakko Sotsugyo Shosho Japan (Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate) • Shehaadat al-thaanawiya al-’aama Jordan (General Certificate of Secondary Education) • Орта білім туралы аттестат (Kazakh) / Аттестат о среднем Kazakhstan (полном) общем образовании (Russian) (Attestat or Certificate of Completed General Secondary Education) • Kenyan Certificate of Secondary Education Kenya • East African Certificate of Education (EACE) • Kiribati National Certificate Kiribati • Form 7 Certificate / Higher School Certificate • Pacific Senior Secondary Certificate • Diplomë për Kryerjen e Shkollës së Mesmet të Përgjithshme-Gjimnazin Kosovo (Diploma of Completion of General Secondary School – Gymnasium) • Shehaadat al-thaanawiya al-’aama Kuwait (General Certificate of Secondary Education) • Aттестат о среднем общем образовании Kyrgyzstan (Attestat or Certificate of General Secondary Education) Laos • Baccalauréat (Baccalaureate) • Atestats par visparejo videjo izglitibu Latvia • (Attestation/Certificate of General Secondary Education) • Libanaise Baccalauréat (Lebanese Baccalaureate) Lebanon • Shehaadat al-thaanawiya al-’aama (General Certificate of Secondary Education) • Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) Lesotho • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels Liberia • West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Senior School Certificate Country Credential(s) Equivalent to U.S. High School • Shehaadat al-thaanawiya al-’aama Libya (General Certificate of Secondary Education) Liechtenstein • Matura (Maturity Certificate) Lithuania • Brandos Atestatas (Certificate of Maturity) • Diplôme de Fin d’Etudes Secondaires Luxembourg (Secondary Education Completion Diploma) • Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) Macau • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • Senior Secondary Certificate • Svidetelstvo za zavreno sredno obrazovanie Macedonia (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) • Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement du Secondaire Madagascar (Baccalaureate of Secondary Education) Malawi • Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) • Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) (Malaysian Higher School Certificate) Malaysia • Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (Malaysia Certificate of Education) • United Examination Certificate • United Examination Cert. for Independent Chinese Schools in Mal. • Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) Maldives • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels / (IGCSE) Mali • Baccalauréat Malien (Malian Baccalaureate) • Secondary Education Certificate Malta • International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) • Diplôme de Bachelier de I’Enseignement du Secondaire Mauritania • (Diploma of Baccalaureate of Secondary Education) • Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) Mauritius • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels Mexico • Bachillerato (Baccalaureate) Moldova • Diplomă de Bacalaureat (Diploma of Baccalaureate) Monaco • Baccalauréat (Baccalaureate) Mongolia • Gerchilgee (School Leaving Certificate) • Diploma o završenoj srednjoj školi Montenegro (Diploma of Completed Secondary Education) • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Montserrat • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • Diplôme du Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement Secondaire Morocco (Diploma of Baccalaureate of Secondary Education) • Certificado da Habilitações Literárias Mozambique (Certificate of Literary Qualifications) Myanmar • Basic Education High School Examination • Namibian Senior Secondary Certificate Higher Level Namibia • Namibian Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary Level • Higher Secondary Certificate Nepal • School Leaving Certificate • Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VMO) • (Diploma of University Preparatory Education) Netherlands • Hoger Algemeen Voortgezet Onderwijs (HAVO) • (Diploma of Senior General Secondary Education Country Credential(s) Equivalent to U.S. High School • National Certificate in Educational Achievement Level 2 New Zealand • New Zealand University Entrance Certificate • Sixth Form Certificate Nicaragua • Bachiller/Bachillerato Niger • Baccalauréat (Baccalaureate) • West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Senior School Certificate Nigeria • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • Vitnemål fra den Videregående Skole Norway (Certificate of Upper Secondary Education) • Shehaadat al-thaanawiya al-’aama Oman (General Certificate of Secondary Education) • Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Pakistan Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) / Intermediate Certificate • Shehaadat al-thaanawiya al-’aama (State of) Palestine (General Certificate of Secondary Education) • Bachillerato (Baccalaureate) Panama • Diploma de Educación Media (Diploma of Secondary Education) Papua New Guinea • Higher School Certificate Paraguay • Bachiller/Bachillerato (Baccalaureate) • Certificado de Educación Secundaria Común Completa (Certificate of Completion of General Secondary Education) Peru • Bachiller en Estudios Generales (Academic Baccalaureate) • Katibayan or Katunayan (High School Diploma) Philippines • Sertipiko ng Pangalawang Edukasyon (High School Diploma) • Świadectwo ukończenia szkoły policealnej Poland (Certificate of Completion of Education in Post-Secondary School) • Świadectwo Dojrzałości (Maturity Certificate) Portugal • Diploma de Ensino Secundário (Diploma of Secondary Education) • Shehaadat al-thaanawiya al-’aama Qatar (General Certificate of Secondary Education) • Qatar Senior School Certificate Romania • Diplomă de Bacalaureat (Baccalaureate Diploma) • Аттестат о среднем (полном) общем образовании Russia (Certificate of (Complete) General Secondary Education) • Diplôme des Humanités Complètes Rwanda (Diploma of Completed Humanities) • Rwanda National Examination Council Advanced Levels • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Saint Kitts and Nevis • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Saint Lucia • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels Saint Vincent & the • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Grenadines • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • Pacific Senior Secondary Certificate Samoa • South Pacific Seventh Form Examination • Shehaadat al-thaanawiya al-’aama Saudi Arabia (General Secondary Education Certificate) Senegal • Baccalauréat (Baccalaureate) Country Credential(s) Equivalent to U.S. High School • Diploma o završenoj srednjoj školi Serbia (Diploma of Acquired Secondary Education) • Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) Seychelles • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) • West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Senior School Certificate Sierra Leone • Cambridge Overseas School Certificate COSC) / GCE O Levels Singapore • Singapore - Cambridge General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Level • Vysvedčenie o Maturitnej Skúške Slovakia (Certificate of Maturity Examination) Slovenia • Maturitetno spričevalo (Maturity Examination Certificate) • Pacific Senior Secondary Certificate Solomon Islands • Solomon Islands School Certificate • Shehaadat al-thaanawiya al-’aama Somalia (General Certificate of Secondary Education) South Africa • National Senior Certificate • (General High School Certificate of Education) South Korea • 인문계 고등학교 졸업장 (Vocational High School Cert. of Education) 실업계 고등학교 졸업장 • Bachiller (Baccalaureate) Spain • Bachillerato Unificado y Polyvalente (BUP) (Unified Secondary School Diploma) Sri Lanka • Sri Lankan General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels Sudan • Sudan Secondary School Certificate • Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO) (Diploma of University Preparatory Education) Suriname • Hoger Algemeen Voortgezet Onderwijs (HAVO) (Diploma of Senior General Secondary Education • Avgångsbetyg / Slutbetyg från Gymnasieskola Sweden (Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate) • Certificat de Maturité / Baccalauréat (Federal Maturity Certificate) Switzerland • *Various certificate for the (German, French, Italian) cantons • Shehaadat al-thaanawiya al-’aama Syria (General Certificate of Secondary Education) Taiwan • (Senior High School Diploma) 高中文凭 • Attestat o Srednem Obschchem Obrazonvanii Tajikistan (Certificate of Completed Secondary Education) • Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) Tanzania • East African General Certificate of Education O Level (EACE) Thailand • Matayom 6 (Certificate of Secondary Education) • Baccalauréat / Diplôme de Bachelier de l’Enseignement du Troisième Degré To g o (Senior Secondary School Baccalaureate) Tonga • Pacific Senior Secondary Examination / Certificate • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Trinidad & Tobago • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels Tunisia • Baccalauréat (Baccalaureate) Turkey • Lise Diploması (General Secondary School Diploma) Turkmenistan • Attestat (Certificate of Secondary Education) • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Turks & Caicos • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels Country Credential(s) Equivalent to U.S. High School Uganda • Uganda Certificate of Education • Атестат про повну загальну середню освіту (Atestat pro povnu Ukraine zagal’nu seredniu osvitu) • (Certificate of Complete General Secondary Education) United Arab Emirates • General Secondary Education Certificate • General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) United Kingdom • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O-Level • Bachiller (Baccalaureate) Uruguay • Bachiller Diversificado de Enseñanza Secundaria Baccalaureate in Diversified Upper Secondary Education • O’rta Ma’lumot To’g’risida Shahodatnoma Uzbekistan (Certificate of Secondary Education) Venezuela • Bachiller (Baccalaureate) • Bằng Tốt Nghiệp Trung Học Phổ Thông (Senior High School Certificate) Vietnam • Bằng Tốt Nghiệp Bổ Túc Văn Hoá (Non-formal High School Certificate) • Shehaadat al-thaanawiya al-’aama Yemen (General Certificate of Secondary Education) • Zambia School Certificate Examination Zambia • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O-Level • Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council O Levels Zimbabwe • General Certificate of Education (GCE) O Levels • International General Certificate of Secondary Ed