High School Requirements/Equivalency Country Equivalency/Requirements Afghanistan Equivalency: Baccaluaria/Baccalaureate Official School Leaving Certificate/Baccalaureate from Ministry of Higher Afghanistan Requirements: Education or State Exam Authority Albania Equivalency: Deftese Pjekurie (Maturity Certificate) Official Maturity Certificate from Ministry of Education and Science or State Albania Requirements: Exam Authority Algeria Equivalency: Baccalaureat Official Baccalaureate in French from Ministry of Higher Education and Algeria Requirements: Scientific Research or State Exam Authority Andorra Equivalency: Please contact International Admissions Andorra Requirements: Please contact International Admissions Angola Equivalency: Habilitacoes Literarias Official Habilitacoes Literarias, Diploma, or Bacharelato in Portuguese from Angola Requirements: Ministry of Education and Culture & English translation or State Exam Authority Caribbean Examinations Council Secondary Education Certificate (CXC)/ Antigua and Barbuda Equivalency: GCE O-Levels: 5 college level subjects with grade 'C' or higher Antigua and Barbuda Requirements: Official CXC or GCE O Levels from Examinations council Argentina Equivalency: Bachillerato Official transcripts/courses and grades and Bachillerato in Spanish from Argentina Requirements: Ministry of Education, Science and Technology/State Exam Authority & English translation or State Exam Authority Mijnakarg/Yndhanur Krytutyan Atestat (Certificate of Full Secondary Armenia Equivalency: Education) Official Certificate of Secondary Education or Diploma from technical school Armenia Requirements: and Russian/Armenian from Ministry of Education and Science or State Exam Authority & English translation Australia Equivalency: 12th year Certificate from any state Official Certificate of Education/12th Year Certificate from Department of Australia Requirements: Education, Science, and Training or State Exam Authority Country Equivalency/Requirements Austria Equivalency: Reifeprufung/ Reifezeugnis/ Matura (Maturity Certificate) Official Maturity Certificate in German from Federal Ministry of Education, Austria Requirements: Science and Culture or State Exam Authority & English translation Azerbaijan Equivalency: Certificate of General Education Official Certificate of General Education from Ministry of Education/State Azerbaijan Requirements: Exam Authority Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE)/ GCE O- Bahamas Equivalency: Levels: 5 college level subjects with grade 'C' or higher Bahamas Requirements: Official GCSE/GCE O levels or CXC results from Examinations council Bahrain Equivalency: Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Tawjihi): 'C' average or higher Official Secondary School Leaving Certificate from secondary school Bahrain Requirements: Ministry of Education/State Exam Authority or Official GCSE from Examinations counci Intermediate Arts, Science, or Commerce Exams/ 3 year diploma from a Bangladesh Equivalency: polytechnic/ Higher Secondary Certificate. NOTE: Students submitting GCE scores must have the results attested by the local British Council office. Official Higher Secondary School Certificate from Ministry of Education/State Bangladesh Requirements: Exam Authority or Official GCE scores from British counci Caribbean Examinations Council Secondary Education Certificate (CXC) / Barbados Equivalency: GCE O-Levels: 5 college level subjects with grade 'C' or higher Official GCSE/GCE O levels or CXC results from Caribbean Examinations Barbados Requirements: council Belarus Equivalency: Attestat O Srednemobrazovanii Official Certificate/Diploma of Secondary Education (Attestat) in Russian Belarus Requirements: from Ministry of Education/State Exam Authority & English translation Certificat d'Enseignment Secondaire Superieru/ Getuigschrift van Hoger Belgium Equivalency: Secundair Onderwijs/ Abschluzeugnis der Oberstufe des Sekundarunterrichts (Certificate of Higher Secondary Education) Official Certificate of Higher Secondary Education in native language from Belgium Requirements: Education Department, Ministry of Flemish/French Community/State Exam Authority & English translation Caribbean Examinations Council Secondary Education Certificate (CXC)/ Belize Equivalency: GCE O-Levels: 5 college level subjects with grade 'C' or higher Belize Requirements: Official CXC or GCE O Levels from Examinations council Country Equivalency/Requirements Benin Equivalency: Baccalaureat Official Baccalaureate in French from Ministry of Higher Education and Benin Requirements: Scientific Research & English translation Bhutan Equivalency: Indian School Certificate (12th standard) Official Indian School Certificate (12th standard) from Ministry of Education Bhutan Requirements: or State Exam Authority Bolivia Equivalency: Bachillerato/Bachiller en Humanidades Official Bachiller in Spanish from Ministry of Education, Culture and Bolivia Requirements: Sports/State Exam Authority & English translation Bosnia and Equivalency: Matura Herzegovina Official Matura or Diploma in native language from Federal Ministry of Bosnia and Requirements: Education and Science/Ministry of Education and Culture & English Herzegovina translation Botswana Equivalency: Botswana General Certificate of Education Botswana Requirements: Official Botswana School Certificate from Examinations council Certificado de Conclusao de 2 Grau/ Diploma de Professor do Encino de 1 Brazil Equivalency: Grau (4 year program)/ Diploma de Professor de Grau (4 year program): 6/10 or 3.5/5 average Official Certificado or Diploma in Portuguese from Ministry of Brazil Requirements: Education/State Exam Authority & English translation Caribbean Examinations Council Secondary Education Certificate (CXC): 5 British Virgin Islands Equivalency: subjects with grades of I of II at General Proficiency Level; GCE O-Level: 5 college level subjects with grade C or higher British Virgin Islands Requirements: Brunei/ Cambrige GCE O-Levels: 5 college level subjects with grade 'C' or Brunei Equivalency: higher Brunei Requirements: Official GCE O Levels from Examinations council Bulgaria Equivalency: Diplom za Zavarcheno Sredno Obrazovanie Official Diploma of Completed Secondary Education in Bulgarian from Bulgaria Requirements: Ministry of Education and Science or State Exam Authority & English translation Burkina Faso Equivalency: Baccalaureat Official Baccalaureat in French from Ministry of Secondary and Higher Burkina Faso Requirements: Education and Scientific Research/State Exam Authority & English translation Country Equivalency/Requirements Burundi Equivalency: Diplome des Humanites Completes Official Diplome in French from Ministry of National Education & English Burundi Requirements: translation Cambodia Equivalency: Certificate of Completion/ Baccalaureat Official Certificate of Completion/Baccalaureat from Ministry of Education, Cambodia Requirements: Youth, and Sports or State Exam Authority Baccalaureat/ GCE O-Levels: 5 college level subjects with grade 'C' or Cameroon Equivalency: higher. NOTE: GCE scores must be sent directly from the examinations council Official Baccalaureate from Ministry of Higher Education or GCE O Levels Cameroon Requirements: from Examinations council Alberta: High School Diploma British Colombia: Dogwood Diploma Manitoba: Secondary School Diploma New Brunswick: High School Graduation Diploma Newfoundland: High School Graduation Diploma Northwest Territories: 1. High School Graduation Diploma 2. School Leaving Certificate (Individualized Education Plan - IEP) Nova Scotia High School Completion Certificate Canada Equivalency: Nunavut: 1. High School Graduation Diploma 2. School Leaving Certificate (Individualized Education Plan - IEP) Ontario Ontario Secondary School Diploma Prince Edward Island: High School Graduation Diploma Quebec: Grade Xi Secondary V Certificate/ Diplome d'Etudes Secondaires (DES) Saskatchewan Record of Secondary Level Standing (Secondary School Diploma) Yukon: Dogwood Diploma Official provincial Diploma/ Secondary School Certificate from Ministry of Education/Provincial Exam Authority. From French-speaking Quebec, official Canada Requirements: Diploma in French from Ministry of Education/Provincial Exam Authority & English translation. Curso Complementar do Ensino Secundario (Secondary Education Cape Verde Equivalency: Completion) Country Equivalency/Requirements Cape Verde Requirements: Official Secondary Education Completion Certificate from Exams Council Central African Equivalency: Baccalaureat/ Diplome de Bachelier l'Enseignement du Second Degre Republic Central African Official Baccalaureat/Diplome de Bachelier in French from Ministry of Requirements: Republic National and Higher Education & English translation Chad Equivalency: Baccalaureat Official Baccalaureat in French from Min. of Higher Education, Research, Chad Requirements: Vocational Training & English translation Chile Equivalency: Licencia de Educacion Media (Intermediate Education Certificate) Official Licencia de Educacion Media in Spanish from Ministry of Chile Requirements: Education/State Exam Authority & English translation China Equivalency: Senior Middle School Diploma: 2.5 or 75% and higher Official, attested transcript transcript & diploma in English & Chinese from China Requirements: high school principal Colombia Equivalency: Bachillerato: 7.5 average or higher Official Bachillerato in Spanish from Ministry of National Education/State Colombia Requirements: Exam Authority & English translation Comoros Equivalency: