U.S. High School Diploma Equivalents

Before being accepted as an international student at Mesa Community College, we want to make sure that future F-1 students have reached the appropriate academic levels in their home countries. We do this by asking that students submit proof of a secondary school qualification or, in other words, the equivalent of a U.S. high school diploma for a review.

Education changes from country to country and we know that figuring out what the equivalent of finishing high school is in your country can be difficult, so we offer the following list of equivalents to make things easier.

List of High School Equivalents

Below, the left column lists countries in alphabetical order and in the right column the high school diploma equivalents.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | Y | Z

COUNTRYCERTIFICATE
A
AfghanistanBaccalauria
AlbaniaDeftese Pjekurie
ArgentinaBachillerato
ArmeniaMijnakarg Krtutyan Attestat
Australia by State/Territory
 Australian Capital Territory Year 12 Certificate/ACT
 New South Wales NSW Higher School Certificate
 Northern Territory Certificate of Education
 Queensland Senior Certificate
 South Australia Certificate of Education
 Tasmania Certificate of Education
 Victoria Higher School Certificate/VCE
 Western Australia Western Australia Certificate of Education
AzerbaijanSvidetel´stvo o Srednem Obrazovanii
B
BahamasBahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education
BahrainTawjahiya Secondary School Leaving Certificate
BangladeshHigher Secondary Certificate
BelgiumCertificat d’Enseignement Secondaire Superiéur/Getuigschrift van Hoger Secundair Onderwijs
BelizeCaribbean Secondary Education Certificate or Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination
BoliviaBachiller en Humanidades
BrazilCertificado de Conclusao de Segundo grau or Certificado de Ensino Médio
BulgariaDiploma za Zavurcheno Sredno Obrazovanie
C
CameroonBaccalaureat de L’Enseignement Secondaire du Deuxième Cycle
Canada by Province
 Alberta -Advanced High School Diploma
 British Columbia - Secondary School Graduation Diploma (Dogwood Diploma)
 Manitoba - Manitoba High School Diploma
 New Brunswick- New Brunswick High School Graduation Diploma
 Newfoundland and Labrador - Provincial High School Graduation Diploma
 Northwest Territories - High School Graduation Diploma
 Nova Scotia - Nova Scotia High School Graduation Diploma
 Ontario - Ontario Secondary School Diploma
 Prince Edward Island - Senior Secondary School Diploma
 Quebec - Diplome d'etudes secondaire (DES) and Diplome d'etudes collegiales (DEC) or Certificate of Graduation (DES plus Grade 12)
 -Saskatchewan - Secondary School Diploma
 Yukon - Yukon High School Diploma
ChileBachillerato en Ciencias/Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales
China, People's RepublicSenior (Upper / High) Middle School Graduation Certificate
ColombiaBachillerato
Costa RicaDiploma de Conclusion de estudios de educacion diversificado o Bachillerato
CyprusApolyterion or Lise Diplomasi
Czech RepublicVysvědčeni o maturitní zkoušce
D
DenmarkBevis for Studentereksamen, Hojere Forberedelseseksamen or Hojere Handelseksamen
E
EcuadorBachillerato en Humanidades/Ciencias
EgyptGeneral Secondary Education Certificate
El SalvadorBachiller Academico/General
EthiopiaGeneral Secondary School Certificate
F
FinlandYlioppilastutkintotodistus or Studentbexamensbetyg
FranceBaccalaurèat
G
GermanyAbitur, Fachhochschulreife or Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife
GhanaSenior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE)
GreeceApolyterion Eniaiou Lykeiou
GuatemalaBachiller en Ciencias y Letras
H
HondurasBachiller en Ciencias y Letras
Hong KongHong Kong Certificate of Education + Hong Kong Advanced Level Certificate or Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education
HungaryÉrettségi Bizonyítvány
I
IcelandStudentspróf
IndiaSenior School Certificate, Pre-University Certificate or Pre-Degree Certificate
IndonesiaSurat Tanda Tamat Belajar or Sekolah Menengah Unum Tingkat Atas
IranDiplom Metevaseth or Diplom and Peesh-daneshgahii
IraqBaccalaureate
IrelandArdteistiméireacht (Leaving Certificate)
IsraelTe'udat Bagrut
ItalyDiploma di Maturita / Diploma di Esame di Stato
J
JamaicaCaribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination
JapanUpper Secondary School Leaving Certificate
JordanTawjihi (General Secondary Education Certificate)
K
KenyaKenya Certificate of Secondary Education
KoreaKodung Hakkyo (Korean Senior Secondary School Certificate of Graduation)
KuwaitShahadat Al-Thanawia Al A'ama (General Secondary School Certificate)
L
Lebanon 
M
MalaysiaSTPM (Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia)/Advanced Level Exams
MéxicoBachillerato
MoldovaDiploma de absolvire a invatamintuni mediu general (Diploma of Completion of General Secondary Education)
MongoliaBuren Dund Bolovsroliin Ynemlekh, Gerchilgee
N
NepalProficiency Certificate
NetherlandsVoorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs Certificate or Hoger Algemeen Voortgezet Onderwijs
New ZealandNational Certificate of Educational Achievement Level 3
NicaraguaBachillerato en (specialization)
NigeriaWAEC Senior School Certificate
NorwayVitnemål fra Videregående Skole
O
OmanThanawiya Amma, General Secondary School Certificate
P
PakistanHigher Secondary Certificate
PanamáDiploma de Educación Media / Bachiller
ParaguayBachillerato (Bachiller en Humanidades y Ciencias)
PéruCertificado de Educación Secundaria Común Completa / Bachillerato Academico
Philippines12 Year Secondary School Graduation
PolandSwiadectwo Dojrzalosci
PortugalCertificado de Fim de Estudos Secundarios/Diploma de Ensino Secundario
Q
QatarCertificate of General Secondary Education
R
RomaniaMaturity Certificate or Diploma de Bacalaureat
Russian FederationAttestat/Certificate of (complete) General Secondary Education
S
Saudi ArabiaGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education (Tawjihiyah)
ScotlandScottish Qualifications Authority Certificate (SQA) or Scottish Certificate of Education at the Higher Level
SingaporeAdvanced Level Exams
South AfricaNational Senior Certificate
SpainBachillerato/Titulo de Bachiller
Sri LankaAdvanced Level Exam
SurinameVoorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs
SwedenAvgangsbetyg fran Gymnasieskola
SwitzerlandMaturity Certificate
SyriaSecondary School Leaving Certificate
T
Taiwan (Rep. of China)Senior High School Leaving Diploma
ThailandCertificate of Secondary Education (Matayom VI)
TurkeyLise Diplomasi
TurkmenistanAttestat o Srednem Obrazovanii [Attestation of Completed Secondary Education] or Diplom o Srednem Professionalnom Obrazovanii [Diploma of Vocational Secondary Education]
U
United Arab EmiratesSecondary School Certificate
United KingdomAdvanced Level Exams
UruguayBachiller Diversificado de Enseñanza Secundaria
V
VenezuelaBachillerato en Ciencias, Humanidades o Artes
VietnamSenior High School Certificate
Y
Yemen(Al Thanawiya) General Secondary Education Certificate/Secondary School Final Examination Result 
Z
ZimbabweCambridge Overseas School Certificate