African Country Requirements

• Diplôme ďIngénieur (4-6 years)
• Maîtrise
• The Certificat ďAptitude au Professorat de ľEnseignement Secondaire/CAPES (Certificate of Professional Ability in Secondary School Teaching)

• Unofficial bulletins de notes, relevés de notes, academic transcripts containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list the date of grauduation, please upload a copy of your diploma and
• Authorized word-for-word English translation of all academic documents, (unless academic records and diplomas are routinely issued in English by the institution.)

• Official final transcripts will be required. 

Please Note:  Grades of 18 - 20 are rarely given. There is no grade of D in Benin. However, as with most countries that are patterned after the French educational system, grades of 8 and 9, which are normally failing grades, may be accepted as a "condoned pass" (U.S. grade of D) provided the overall grade average for the year (moyenne general) is 10.0/20, or higher. This is at the discretion of the institution's administrators, and, at the post-secondary level, students may be required to re-take, in a future term, the course for which they received a "condoned pass."

Please Note: The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records. 

• Official Language: French
• Language of Instruction in Higher Education: French

Accreditation Information

• The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MESRS) is the government ministry that is responsible for determining the policies and direction of the higher education system in Benin.

_{Revised: March 2023}

• Bachelor degree or Bachelor degree (Honours)*

• Unofficial Transcripts/academic records containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list the date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma.

Please note: Applicants who are in the final year of their bachelor’s degree can be considered for provisional admission.

• Official final transcripts will be required.

Grading Scale 2 

Award Classification

Please Note:  The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records.

• Official Languages: English
• Language of Instruction in Higher Education: English

Accreditation Information

• The Minister of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology (MoTE) provides and builds knowledge and innovation through the development and implementation of Botswana’s Higher Education policies.
• Botswana Qualifications Authority (BQA) was established to provide and maintain the National Credit and Qualifications Framework (NCQF) and to coordinate the education, training and skills development from early childhood to tertiary level (lifelong learning).
• Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) acts as the government’s advisor on human resource development. They coordinate the study of Botswana’s education and skills development mechanism.  The establishment of HRDC represents a clear acknowledgement by the Government of the need to drive effective HRD. 

_{Revised: April 2023}

• Diplôme de Licence (Diploma of Licentiate)
• Diplôme ďIngénieur Civil (Civil Engineering Diploma)
• Diplôme ďIngénieur Industriel (Industrial Engineer Diploma)
• Diplôme de Licencié Agrégé de ľEnseignement Secondaire (Aggregated Licentiate in Secondary Teaching)
• Baccalauréat (Baccalaureate)*

*Please note: Beginning in 2010-2011, in response to the Bologna Process in Europe, Burundi implemented the Baccalauréat-Mastère-Doctorat (BMD) education cycle). The Baccalauréat is a first cycle degree and awarded upon completion of three years of university study (180 ECTS credits). 

What to Submit into Your Online Application

• Unofficial relevés de notes/transcripts/academic records containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained, and
• Graduation certificates or diplomas (e.g. Diplôme, Licence), and
• Authorized word-for-word English translation of all academic documents, (unless academic records and diplomas are routinely issued in English by the institution). 

Please note: Applicants who are in the final year of their bachelor’s degree can be considered for provisional admission.

After Admission Decision

• Official graduation certificates and relevé de notes issued by the Ministry of Education or attested by the awarding institution.

Grading Scale 1

Grading Scale 2

Grading Scale 3

European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) Grading Scale*

Please Note:

• One academic year corresponds to 60 ECTS credits.
• The rough equivalent of 5 ECTS credits is 2.5 American credits. We therefore advise to transfer credits along a 2:1 ratio.

• Principal language of instruction is French. 
• Burundi has only one African language, Kirundi, which is studied through secondary school.
• Studies in English, as a second language, start in primary school 

Accreditation/Recognition

• Education in Burundi is overseen by the country's Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique.  

_{Created: September 2022}

• Diplome de Licence (Francophone)
• Diplôme ďIngénieur  (Francophone)
• 3 and 4-year bachelor's degrees (Anglophone)
• The Diplôme ďAptitude des Entreprises (Francophone)
• Certificat d'Aptitude au Professorat de l'Enseignement Secondaire (CAPES) (Francophone)

• Unofficial bulletins de notes/relevés de notes/transcripts containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual grades/marks obtained. If transcripts do not list the date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma and
• Authorized word-for-word English translation of all academic documents, (unless academic records and diplomas are routinely  issued in English by the institution.)

• Official final transcripts will be required. 

Please Note:  The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records.

• English
• French

_{Revised: May 2020}

• Maîtrise
• Bachelor's degree
• Diplôme ďIngénieur

• Unofficial diplômes/diplomas/attestations de réussite/bulletins de notes/relevés de notes/transcripts/academic records containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list the date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma and
• Authorized word-for-word English translation of all academic documents, (unless academic records and diplomas are routinely issued in English by the institution).

• Official final transcripts will be required.

*50% is the minimum passing grade

Please Note: The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records.

• French

_{Revised: May 2018}

• Bachelor's degree
• Diplôme ďIngénieur

• Unofficial diplômes/diplomas/attestations de réussite/bulletins de notes/relevés de notes/transcripts/academic records containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list the date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma and
• Authorized word-for-word English translation of all academic documents, (unless academic records and diplomas are routinely issued in English by the institution).

• Official final transcripts will be required.

Please Note: The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records.

• French

_{Revised: May 2018}

• Baccalaureos
• Bachelor's degree
• A Diploma from a higher institute
• Licence or Exceptional License

• Unofficial transcripts/academic records containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list the date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma and
• Authorized word-for-word English translation of all academic documents, (unless academic records and diplomas are routinely issued in English by the institution).

After Admission Decision

• Official final transcripts will be required. 

Please Note: The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records.

• Arabic

_{Revised: March 2020}

• Before 2003 - BA = 4 years, BS = 4 - 6 years
• After 2003 - BA = 3 years, BS = 3 - 6 years

• Unofficial transcripts issued in English containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual grades obtained. If transcripts do not list the date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma.

• Official final transcripts will be required.

Please Note: Most universities use the European ECTS credits.

Please Note: The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with academic records.

• English

_{Revised: March 2020}

• 4 year bachelor's degrees
• GCE A-levels plus 3 year bachelor's degrees*

• Unofficial transcripts containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks/grades obtained.
• If transcripts do not list the date of graduation, please upload a copy of your degree certificate.

• Official final transcripts sent directly by the institution attended.

• Official Language: English
• Language of Instruction in Higher Edcuation: English

Accreditation Information

• National Accreditation Board - Ghana (NAB) is the agency responsible for the regulation, supervision and accreditation of tertiary institutions in Ghana. It is an agency under the Ministry of Education.
• The Ministry of Education is responsible for all policies on education, including apprenticeships and wider skills acquisition in Ghana. We work to provide education that ensures equal opportunity for all, regardless of background or family circumstances.
• National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE, now GTEC, an amalgamation of NCTE and NAB) has the mandate to regulate tertiary education in all its forms in Ghana. It advises, coordinates, regulates, determines accreditation standards and any other function necessary to increase access and to enhance the knowledge base and the skill set of its population for economic transformation.
• The African Quality Assurance Network (AfriQAN) provides assistance to institutions concerned with Quality Assurance in higher education in Africa. They are committed to enhance the quality of higher education and also with collaboration with similar organizations on other continents.

_{Revised: December 2022}

• 4 year bachelor's degrees

• Unofficial transcripts/academic records containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list the date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma.

Please note: Applicants who are in the final year of their bachelor’s degree can be considered for provisional admission.

• Official final transcripts will be required.

Grading Scale 2

Please Note: The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records. 

Kenyan National Examinations Council

The information below is from the Kenyan National Examinations Council regarding the grading system at Technical colleges
The Kenyan National Examinations Council https://www.knec.ac.ke/ does have an alternative grading scale. We don't actually see it being used but we know it exists with vocational or technical qualifications.. Below is some more information on it:

KNEC grading system for colleges
When it comes to KNEC courses, candidates are awarded scores based on the KNEC grading system for colleges. Below we look at the KNEC grading system for colleges and how the results of examinations are classified.

KNEC grading system for colleges: How KNEC results for technical colleges are awarded
Now, for the whole examination, marks are issued in 5 classes while there are 8 different grades in the individual papers under the KNEC grading system for colleges.
Each candidate receives the results in terms of the class and grade depending on his/her performance in the final practical and theoretical tests and the continuous assessment tests (administered by the college being attended).

Here is the relationship between the various classes and grades according to the KNEC grading system.

You are referred if you score below 39 (essentially meaning you have failed) in a paper in the KNEC exams for colleges and you have to pass the specific failed papers before being awarded with the relevant certificate.

Of course, there is a fee for re-sitting KNEC examinations (charged on per paper basis) and you have to book for a resit via the KNEC online registration for technical exams portal (assisted by your college).

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• English

_{Revised: October 2021}

•  4-years bachelor's degree or bachelor's degree (Honours)*

• Unofficial transcripts/academic records containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list the date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma and
• Authorized word-for-word English translation of all academic documents, (unless academic records and diplomas are routinely issued in English by the institution).

• Official final transcripts will be required.

Please Note: The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records.

• Sotho and English

_{Revised: February 2020}

• 4-years bachelor's degree or bachelor's degree (Honours) *

• Unofficial transcripts/academic records containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list the date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma.

• Official final transcripts will be required.

• English

• License 
• Diplôme ďIngénieur
• Ingenieur Agronome

• Unofficial Bulletins de notes/relevés de notes/transcripts/academic records containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list the date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma and
• Authorized word-for-word English translation of all academic documents, (unless academic records and diplomas are routinely issued in English by the institution).

•  Official final transcripts will be required.

*Grades of 18 – 20 are rarely given. There is no grade of D in Madagascar. However, as with most countries that are patterned after the French educational system, grades of 8 and 9, which are normally failing grades, may be accepted as a “condoned pass” (U.S. grade of D) provided the overall grade average for the year (moyenne general) is 10.0 / 20, or higher. This is at the discretion of the institution’s administrators, and, at the post-secondary level, students may be required to re-take, in a future term, the course for which they received a “condoned pass.”*

Please Note: The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records_. 

• French

_{Revised: March 2022}

• 4 year bachelor's degrees  

• Unofficial transcripts/academic records containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list the date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma and
• Authorized word-for-word English translation of all academic documents, (unless academic records and diplomas are routinely issued in English by the institution).

Please note: Applicants who are in the final year of their bachelor’s degree can be considered for provisional admission.

• Official final transcripts will be required.

Please Note: The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records. 

• English and Chichewa

_{Revised: February 2022}

• Licence d’Etudes Fondamentales (post 2003)
• Licence Professionnelle (post 2003) - may enter a master’s program if they have relevant work experience on a case-by-case basis.
• Diplôme d’ingenieur d’Etat (pre-2003)

• Unofficial diploma supplement/relevés de notes or academic transcripts containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma and
• Authorized word-for-word English translation of all academic documents, (unless academic records and diplomas are routinely issued in English by the institution).

Please note: Applicants who are in the final year of their bachelor’s degree can be considered for provisional admission.

• Official final transcripts will be required.

Please Note: The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records.

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• French

_{Revised: May 2018}

• 3 years of Bacharelato (Baccalaureate) followed by 2 years of Licenciatura (Licentiate)

• Unofficial diploma supplement/relevés de notes or academic transcripts containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma and
• Authorized word-for-word English translation of all academic documents, (unless academic records and diplomas are routinely issued in English by the institution).

Please note: Applicants who are in the final year of their bachelor’s degree can be considered for provisional admission.

• Official final transcripts will be required.

• Portuguese

• 4 year bachelor's degree (Honours)
• GCE A Levels plus 3 year bachelor's degree      

• Unofficial transcripts/academic records containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list the date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma.

Please note: Applicants who are in the final year of their bachelor’s degree can be considered for provisional admission.

• Official final transcripts will be required.

• English

• 4-year bachelor's degrees

• Unofficial transcripts/academic records containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list the date of graduation, please upload a copy of your degree certificate.

• Official final transcripts will be required. 

Grading Scale - 5 Scale

Please Note: The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records. 

• The Postgraduate Diploma represents attainment of a level of education comparable to 1 year of undergraduate study in the United States. Credit may be recommended on a course-by-course basis.
• The Postgraduate Diploma, however, when awarded as an early exit option from a master's degree program, represents attainment of a level of education comparable to 1 year of graduate study in the United States.

• HND holders, who do not have a bachelor's degree, may pursue a postgraduate diploma to gain entry into a master's degree program.
• Bachelor's degree holders in a non-education field may subsequently pursue a Postgraduate Diploma in Education to become a teacher.
• Bachelor's degree holders, who seek entry into a master's degree program in a different field of study, on the basis of completing a postgraduate diploma in that new field.
• Bachelor's degree holders with a low "GPA", who seek entry into a master's degree program, on the basis of performing well in a postgraduate diploma program.

• Official Language: English
• Language of Instruction in Higher Education: English 

Accreditation information

• Federal Ministry of Education formulates and coordinates a national policy on education, collects and collates data for purposes of education planning and financing, prescribes and maintains uniform standards of education throughout the country, and controls and monitors the quality of education in the country.
• National Universities Commission (NUC) grants approval for all academic programmes run in Nigerian universities, grants approval for the establishment of all higher education institutions offering degree programmes in Nigerian universities,  and ensures quality assurance of all academic programmes offered in Nigerian universities and channels for all external support to the Nigerian universities.

_{Revised: December 2022}

• Bachelor's (Honours)
• Bachelor's (Ordinary)

• Unofficial diploma supplement or academic transcripts containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma and
• Authorized word-for-word English translation of all academic documents, (unless academic records and diplomas are routinely issued in English by the institution).

• Official final transcripts will be required.

OR

Please Note:  The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records. 

• English
• French
• Kinyarwanda

_{Revised: May 2022}

• 4-year bachelor’s degrees consisting of 480 credits (NQF level 8)
• 4-year Honors degrees (120 credits beyond 3-year bachelor’s degrees)
• Higher Diploma in Education (HDipEd)
• Postgraduate Diploma

• Unofficial diploma supplement or academic transcripts containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma and
• Authorized word-for-word English translation of all academic documents, (unless academic records and diplomas are routinely issued in English by the institution).

• Official final transcripts will be required.

Please Note: The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records.

• English

_{Revised: May 2019}

• 4-year bachelor's degrees

• Unofficial diploma supplement or academic transcripts containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma and
• Authorized word-for-word English translation of all academic documents, (unless academic records and diplomas are routinely issued in English by the institution).

• Official final transcripts will be required.

• English

• 3-year bachelor’s degrees (with advanced certificates)
• 4-year bachelor’s degrees  
• Advanced Diplomas
• Technical Bachelor degrees *

• Unofficial diploma supplement or academic transcripts containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list date of graduation, please upload a copy of your degree certificate.

• Official final transcripts will be required.

Please Note: The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records. 

• Language of Instruction in Higher Education: English

_{Revised: October 2023}

• Certificat de Licence 
• Certificat de Maitrise (Certificate of Master)
• Master Recherche (Research Master)
• Diplome d’Ingenieur (Diploma of Engineer)                                                        

• Unofficial bulletins de notes/relevés de notes/academic transcripts containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma and
• Diplômes/attestations de réussite/diplomas, and
• Authorized word-for-word English translation of all academic documents, (unless academic records and diplomas are routinely issued in English by the institution).

• Official final transcripts will be required.

Please Note:  The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records. 

• French

• 3-year bachelor's degrees (when students had A-levels or diplomas prior to entering bachelor's program)
• 4-year bachelor's degrees                 

• Unofficial academic transcripts containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma and
• Diplômes/attestations de réussite/diplomas.

• Official final transcripts will be required.

Diploma/Certificate Award Classification

• English

_{Revised: March 2022}

• 4-year bachelor’s degrees                                                                                     

• Unofficial academic transcripts containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma.

• Official final transcripts will be required.

Please Note: The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records. 

• English

_{Revised: May 2018}

• 4 year bachelor's degree (Honours)
• GCE A Levels plus 3 year bachelor's degree

• Unofficial academic transcripts containing a complete record of all courses taken and individual marks obtained. If transcripts do not list the date of graduation, please upload a copy of your diploma.

• Official final transcripts will be required.

Please Note:The information above is not complete, but rather represents the most common credentials and grading scales from this country. Check your transcripts for your institutional  grading scale and if different, please upload it with your academic records. 

• English

_{Revised: May 2018}