South American Country Requirements

• Título Profesional
• Bachiller superior (Higher bachelor)
• Licenciado/Licenciatura (4 year bachelor’s degree)

• Copias de Certificado de Notas/Calificaciones (unofficial academic transcripts) and 
• Títulos/Graduation 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.

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

Accreditation Information

• The Ministry of Education transferred the voluntary masters and doctorates program accreditation procedures to the Comision Nacional de Evaluacion y Acreditacion Universitaria (CONEAU). CONEAU ensures and improves the quality of post-secondary education institutions operating in the Argentine university system.
• International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) does the research regarding educational systems in Latin America, which allows decision makers to get the most updated and contextualized view for the planning, management, and evaluation of educational policies.

_{Revised: March 2023}

• Licenciado
• Licenciatura (4-5 ½ years)
• Diploma de Grado Académico

• Copias de Certificado de Notas/Calificaciones (unofficial academic transcripts) and
• Títulos/Graduation 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. 

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

Accreditation Information

• The Ministry of Education of Bolivia is the government ministry that is responsible for determining the policies and direction of the higher education system in Bolivia.
• The Executive Committee of the Bolivian University (CEUB) plans and programs the activities that are carried out by Bolivian Universities. It is responsible for preparation, editing and publication of books, documents, brochures, statistics, inventories, gazettes, bulletins, articles and other documents related to higher education issues.

_{Revised: March 2023}

• Título Profissional (4-5 year program)
• Título de Licenciatura (4-5 year program)
• Título or Grau de Bacharel (4-5 year program)

• Unofficial histórico escolar/certificados de estudios/certificados de notas /certificados de calificaciónes/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 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.

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

Accreditation Information

• The Ministry of Education (MEC) is the government ministry that is responsible for determining the policies and direction of the education system in Brazil.
• The National Council on Education (CNE) is responsible for formulating and evaluating the national education policy, ensuring the quality of education, and ensuring the compliance with the educational legislation.
• Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais (INEP) is a federal agency linked to the Ministry of Education, responsible for evaluations and examinations, statistics and indicators, and for the management of knowledge and educational studies.
• Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) is a foundation within the ministry of education to improve the quality of Brazil’s faculty and staff in higher education through grant programs. CAPES is particularly concerned with the training of Doctoral candidates, Pre-doctoral short-term researchers, and Postdoctoral Scholars.

_{Revised: April 2023}

• Título Profesional
• Licenciatura (4-5 ½ years)

• Copias de Certificado de Notas/Calificaciones (unofficial academic transcripts) and 
• Títulos/Graduation 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.

• Spanish

_{Revised: March 2020}

• Título Profesional
• Titulo de Ingeniero
• Licenciado / Licenciatura (4-5 ½ years)

• Copias de Certificado de Notas/Calificaciones (unofficial academic transcripts) and
• Títulos/Graduation 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.

5-Point Grading Scale

10-Point Grading 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. 

• Spanish

_{Revised: March 2020}

Admission Requirements for Master's Degrees

• Licenciatura (4-5 ½ years)
• Título de Ingeniero (Professional Title of Engineer) (8 semesters or more)
• Diplomado

What to Submit into Your Online Application

• Copias de Certificado de Notas/Calificaciones (unofficial academic transcripts) and
• Títulos/Graduation 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.

Grading Scale 

Grading Scale 1

Grading Scale 2

Grading Scale 3

Grading scales vary. Please refer to grading scale on transcript.

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

• Spanish

_{Revised: March 2020}

• Licenciado/Licenciatura (4-5 ½ years)
• Titulo de (Title of)

• Copias de Certificado de Notas/Calificaciones (unofficial academic transcripts) and
• Títulos/Graduation 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.

^{*Only in cases of cheating}

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. 

• Spanish

_{Revised: May 2018}

• Bachiller
• Licenciatura (4-5 ½ years)
• Profesor de Educación
• Título Profesional

• Copias de Certificado de Notas/Calificaciones (unofficial academic transcripts) and
• Títulos/Graduation 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.

^{*10 is the minimum passing grade at the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería.}

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. 

• Spanish

_{Revised: April 2021}

• 2-5 years of bachelor's degree

• 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 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.

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. 

• English

_{Revised: May 2018}

• Bachiller (4 or more years)
• Licenciado/Licenciatura (4-5 ½ years)
• Título Profesional

• Copias de Certificado de Notas/Calificaciones (unofficial academic transcripts) and
• Títulos/Graduation 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.