African Country Requirements

• Certificado de Habilitação Literária  (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)
• Professor de Ensino Básico (Elementary Education Teacher)
• Básico or Técnico Médio (Middle Level Technician)

• Copias de Histórico escolar/certificados de estudios/certificados de notas/certificados containing a record of all courses taken and individual grades received
• Copias de Certificados/Secondary School Certificate
• Authorized word-for-word English translation of all academic documents

Please note: Applicants who are in their final year of secondary school can be considered for admission based on their partial grade reports/transcripts.

• Official Certificado de Habilitação Literária
• Official Certificado de Habilitação Literária, Professor de Ensino Básico or Técnico Médio.

• A Bacharelato is considered 3 years towards a US Bachelor’s. Credit may be awarded on a course-by-course basis.

• Portuguese

^{Revised: May 2020}

• Baccalauréat de ľEnseignement Secondaire - Secondary Education Baccalaureate
• The Baccalauréat de ľEnseignement Secondaire Technique - Technical Education Baccalaureate
• The Diplôme de Technicien Industriel/DTI - Industrial Technician Diploma

• Copies of bulletins de notes, relevés de notes, academic transcripts containing a record of all courses taken and individual grades received
• Copies of Baccalauréat de ľEnseignement Secondaire
• Copies of Authorized word-for-word English translation

Please note: Applicants who are in their final year of secondary school can be considered for admission based on their partial grade reports/transcripts.

• Official Baccalauréat de ľEnseignement Secondaire
• Official bulletins de notes, relevés de notes

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. 

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

• French

^{Revised: May 2020}

• Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE)

• Five passes (at a minimum of Grade C) including English Language and Mathematics

• Copies of BGCSE Certificate(s), OR
• Copies of BGCSE Result Slip(s)

• Official BGCSE Certificate(s) Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD)

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

• English

^{Revised: June 2020}

• Cameroon General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (GCE O-levels) 
• Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement Secondaire (Secondary Education Baccalaureate) (13 years)

• Up to 8 credits will be awarded for each Advanced Level result equivalent to a C or higher grade. See Equivalency Table: https://www.andrews.edu/services/registrar/students/prior_learning/a-level.html

• Up to 32 credits of post-secondary credit may be awarded, as the Baccalauréat grants access to British-based post-secondary programs that typically require A-levels.

• English
• French

• Diplôme d’Etat d’Etudes Secondaires du Cycle Long - State Diploma of the Long Cycle of Secondary Studies
• Brevet d’Instituteur (Primary School Teacher Certificate)
• Certificat d'Aptitude Professionnelle / Brevet d'Aptitude Professionnelle (Certificate of Professional Ability)

Please note: 

• It takes up to 3 years for the final diploma to be issued by the government. Applicants can be considered for admissions with the Certificat de Reussite + 6 years of Releve de Notes (6 years of high school transcripts).
• Grades of 18 – 20 are rarely given. There is no grade of D in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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."

• French

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

^{Revised: August 2021}

• Baccalauréat de l'Enseignement de Second Degré, Enseignement Général

Please note: Grades of 18 – 20 are rarely given. There is no grade of D in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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."

• French

^{Revised: November 2019}

• Thanaweya a`Amma (General Secondary Education Certificate)
• Shehadet Thanawiya Zeraiya (Technical Secondary Education Certificate)

• Copies of examination results issued in English and/or transcripts containing a record of all courses taken and individual grades received
• Copies graduation certificate/diploma issued in English. For example: General Secondary Education Certificate, Technical Secondary Education Certificate

Please note: Applicants who are in their final year of secondary school/high school can be considered for admission based on their partial examination results/grade reports/transcripts.

• Official certificates/transcripts showing date of graduation

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

• Advanced Technical Diploma - Awarded after completion of 5 years at a technical secondary school. Comparable up to one year of advanced standing credit if the technical/vocational subject matter is deemed acceptable.

• Arabic

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• Ethiopian General Secondary Education Certificate (EGSEC)/Ethiopian General School Leaving Certificate Examination (EGSCE) (Year 10) PLUS.
• Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination (EHEE) or Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination (EUEEC) (Year 12) (Awarded since 2003).
• Awarded through the year 2000 - The Ethiopian General School Leaving Certificate Examination (EGSLCE) / Ethiopian Secondary Leaving Certificate Examination (ESLCE), which was awarded through the year 2000, represents attainment of a level of education comparable to completion of senior high school in the United States.
• 10+3 or level 4 certificate from a recognized institution and passing of the national COC examination for TVET (vocational).

Basis of Admission

• Applicants must successfully complete 10+2 preparatory school education or 10+3 TVET.
• Ethiopian General School Leaving Certificate Examination (EGSLCE) AND Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Certificate Examination (EHEECE) or Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination (EUEE).

Secondary School / High School Grading Scale

Ethiopia General Secondary Education Certificate (EGSEC, Grade 10) Grading Scale

Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Certificate Examination (EHEECE)  (Year 12) -2017 Secondary School Leaving Examination - from 2017

Ethiopia University Entrance Examination (EUEE)

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

• English

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• West African Senior School Certificate (WASSCE)

Secondary School/ High School Grading Scale

WAEC/WASSCE

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

^{Revised: June 2019}

• West African School Certificate, General Certificate of Education (WASSCE) administered by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) - (since 2006)
• Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) - (until 2006)

• WASSSCE holders - Five subjects passed grades A1-E8, including English and Math, with an average at or above 2.50 GPA.
• SSSCE holders - Five subjects passed grades A-D, including English and Math, with an average at or above 2.50 GPA.

• Copies of WASSCE, SSSC or O-level Result slips
• Copies of WASSCE, SSSC or O-level Certificates

• Official WASSCE, SSSC or O-level Certificates issued directly by WAEC

• General Certificate of Education Advanced Level Examination (A-levels). Up to 8 credits will be awarded for each Advanced Level result equivalent to a C or higher grade. See Equivalency Table here.

• Ghanaian universities are developing transfer policies for the admission of HND graduates into Bachelor's degree programs. HND graduates who obtained first or second class honors can be admitted into level 200 (second year) or level 300 (third year), depending on the relevance of their HND to the university major.
• HNDs are not the equivalent of Bachelor's degree holders and should not be considered for graduate admission, but can be considered for transfer undergraduate admission.

Higher National Diploma (HND) Grading Scale

• English

^{Revised: November 2022}

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) (Since 1988)
• Kenya Certificate of Education (KCE) (Prior to 1988)
• East African Certificate of Education (EACE) (Prior to 1980)

Basis of Admission

• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) with a minimum grade of C+
• Cambridge General Certificate of Education (GCE) at Ordinary Level (O-level), showing at least five subjects passed with a grade of C or better
• East African Certificate of Education or School Certificate, showing at least five subjects passed at Ordinary Level (0-level) with a grade of C or better (prior to 1980)

Secondary School / High School Grading Scale

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)

ADVANCED STANDING TRANSFER CREDIT

Kenyan National Examinations Council (KNEC)

KNEC has an alternative grading scale.

KNEC grading system for colleges - When it comes to KNEC courses, candidates are awarded scores based on the “KNEC grading system for colleges.” The grade scales below applies to both certificate (artisan and craft levels) and the diploma grading system in Kenya for KNEC exams including most KNEC higher diploma courses.

KNEC grading system for colleges for exams - Scale 1

KNEC grading system for colleges for awards - Scale 2

Ghana Education Service (GES)
GES also has another grading scale.

Ghana Education Service is a government agency under the Ministry of Education responsible for implementing government policies that ensure that Ghanaians of school-going age irrespective of their ethnicity, gender, disability, religious and political dispositions receive quality formal education.

The Technical and Vocational Education Division (TVED) is one of the Ten (10) Divisions of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Headquarters responsible for implementing pre-tertiary Technical and Vocational Education under the Ministry of Education (MoE).

TVED Grading Scale (for Diplomas)

Teachers' Colleges Grading Scale

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

Official Language and/or Language of Instuction

• English

_{Revised: October 2021}

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• Cambridge Overseas School Certificate
• General Certificate of Education O Levels

During the application process, applicants must upload the following documents into their online application

• Copies of transcripts containing a record of all courses taken and individual grades received

• Copies of diplomas if graduation date is not listed on the transcript

Please note: Applicants who are in their final year of secondary school/high school can be considered for admission based on their partial grade reports/transcripts.

Prior to registering for classes, applicants must provide

• Official transcripts showing date of graduation.

Grading Scales

Lesotho General Certificate of Education (LGCSE)

General Secondary School Grading Scale

Cambridge Overseas Certificate (COSC)

Advanced Standing

• Coming Soon!

Transfer Credit

• Coming Soon!

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• Sotho and English

^{Created: April 2021}

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• West African Examination Council (WAEC) Certificate

During the application process, applicants must upload the following documents into their online application

• Copies of transcripts containing a record of all courses taken and individual grades received
• Copies of diplomas if graduation date is not listed on the transcript

Please note: Applicants who are in their final year of secondary school/high school can be considered for admission based on their partial grade reports/transcripts.

Prior to registering for classes, applicants must provide

• Official transcripts showing date of graduation.

General Secondary School Grading Scale

Used with West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Senior School Certificate (SSC)

General Secondary (Internal) Grading Scale

Advanced Standing

• Coming Soon!

Transfer Credit

• Coming Soon!

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• English

^{Created: April 2021}

• Baccalauréat de ľEnseignement Secondaire (Secondary Education Baccalaureate)
• Baccalauréat de ľEnseignement Technique (Technical Education Baccalaureate) 

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

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• Malawi General Certificate of Education / Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE)

Secondary School/High School Grading Scale

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (GCE "O" Levels). Students obtain School Certificate.

Secondary School/ High School Grading Scale

GCSE- Prior to 2017

GSCE- New Scale (Began in 2017)

Advanced Standing

• General Certificate of Education Advanced Level Examination (A-levels). Students receive a Higher School Certificate.

Please Note: Up to 8 credits will be awarded for each Advanced Level result equivalent to a C or higher grade. See Equivalency Table here.  

A-Levels Grading Scale

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

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• French
   

^{Revised: June 2019}

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• Baccalauréat, Baccalauréat Technique, Baccalauréat Lettres Originales

Secondary School/High School Grading Scale

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

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• French

^{Revised: June 2019}

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• Ensino Secundário Geral 11a classe (General Secondary Education 11th class) (Prior to 1996)
• Certificado de Habilitação es Literarias (Certificate of Learning Competence) (Since 1997)

Secondary School/High School Grading Scale

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

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• Portuguese

^{Revised: June 2019}

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary Level (NSSCO) through International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE)  or
• Secondary Certificate Higher Level (NSSCH) Higher International General Certificate of Secondary Education (HIGCSE)

Secondary School/High School Grading Scale

National Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary Level (NSSC-O)/International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE)

Higher International General Certificate of Secondary Education (HIGCSE)/National Senior Secondary Certificate Higher Level (NSSCH)

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

Advanced Standing

Each Higher Level (HL) grade equals 1 AS or 4 advanced standing credits.

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• English

^{Revised: June 2019}

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• Students sit for the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and are awarded the Senior School Certificate (SSC)

Note: The SSC is offered by two examination boards: The West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO) 

Basis of Admission

• Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Ordinary Level (O-level) five subjects passed with grade 8 or better.

Secondary School/ High School Grading Scale

WAEC/WAASCE/NECO

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

Advanced Standing

• General Certificate of Education Advanced Level Examination (A-levels). Students receive a Higher School Certificate.

*Up to 8 credits will be awarded for each Advanced Level result equivalent to a C or higher grade. See Equivalency Table: https://www.andrews.edu/services/registrar/students/prior_learning/a-level.html

A-Levels Grading Scale

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• English
   

^{Revised: November 2019}

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• Advanced General Certificate of Secondary Education (3 years)
• Advanced Certificate of Technical Secondary Education (3 years)
• Diplôme de Fin d'Études Secondaires (3 years)

Basis of Admission

• Advanced General Certificate of Secondary Education issued by the Rwanda Education Board with a minimum of 2 principal passes with a C or above and a "Pass" in the General Paper. 
• Please see specific notes about Rwanda's education system and grading at the end of this document.

Secondary Advanced Level Examination Certificate (2011)

(Secondary School Equivalent)

Rwanda Advanced Level Examination Certificate - After 2011

(Secondary School Equivalent)

*Note: The General Paper is typically graded with a single passing grade of S (subsidiary).

Rwanda Certificate of Education O-Level

(Less than secondary school)

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• English
• French
• Kinyarwanda
• Swahili

^{Revised: April 2022}

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (GCE "O" Level)
• Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) 

Secondary School/High School Grading Scale

Advanced Standing

Up to 8 credits will be awarded for each Advanced Level result equivalent to a C or higher grade. See Equivalency Table: https://www.andrews.edu/services/registrar/students/prior_learning/a-level.html

A-Levels Grading Scale

General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (GCE "A" Level) 

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

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• English

^{Revised: September 2019}

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• Senior School Certificate

Secondary School/High School Grading Scale

West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Senior School Certificate (SSC)

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

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• English

^{Revised: June 2019}

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• The National Senior Certificate (NSC) (which replaced the Senior Certificate)
• Senior Certificate with Matriculation Endorsement/Exemption

Secondary School/High School Grading Scale

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

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• English

^{Revised: June 2019}

• Coming Soon!

• Sudan Secondary School Certificate/SSSC

• Coming Soon!

Prior to registering for classes, applicants must provide

• Coming Soon!

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: -}

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE)
• The East Africa General Certificate of Education O-Level

Secondary School/High School Grading Scale

Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE)

Advanced Standing

Up to 8 credits will be awarded for each Advanced Level result equivalent to a C or higher grade. See Equivalency Table here.

Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education (ACSE) Grading scale

*Insufficient for a pass at ACSE level, but adequate for a pass at CSE level.

Advanced Standing - The National Examinations Council of Tanzania Full Technician Certificate

The certificate is comparable to one year of university study. Credit may be awarded on a course-by-course (with subjects with grade D or higher).

National Technical Examinations Full Technician Certificate Grading Scale

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

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• English

^{Revised: February 2020}

• Baccalauréat de l'Enseignement Secondaire (2ème partie) - Secondary Education 
• Bacclaurate 2nd part

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

• French

^{Revised: June 2019}

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• Baccalauréat (Baccalaureate)

Secondary School/High School Grading Scale

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• Ugandan Certificate of Education (UCE) - O-levels

Secondary School/High School Grading Scale

Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE)

Advanced Standing

Up to 8 credits will be awarded for each Advanced Level result equivalent to a C or higher grade. See Equivalency Table here.

Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education Grading Scale

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

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• English

^{Revised: June 2019}

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• The Zambian School Certificate Examination
• General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (GCE “O” levels)

Secondary School/High School Grading Scale

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

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• English

^{Revised: June 2019}

U.S. High School Diploma Equivalent

• Zimbabwe General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (O-levels) (set and marked by Zimbabwe Examinations Council (ZIMSEC))

Secondary School/High School Grading Scale

Advanced Standing

• Zimbabwe General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (A-level)
• Cambridge Higher Certificate = 8 credits Advanced Standing per A-Level

Please Note: Up to 8 credits will be awarded for each Advanced Level result equivalent to a C or higher grade. See Equivalency Table here.

A level Grading Scale

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

Official Language and/or Language of Instruction

• English

^{Revised: June 2019}