Country

Minimum credential (for master's studies)

Minimum required grades

Afghanistan

Bachelor/Licence

80%

Albania

Diplome Universitaire with Titullo

8/10

Algeria

Licence or Diplome

14/20

Angola

Licenciado

14/20

Antigua and Barbuda

No post-secondary degree level institutions

Argentina

Licenciado/Titulo

8/10 distinguido

Armenia

Bachelor's degree/specialist diploma

4/5.0

Australia

Honours bachelor

Distinction (70%)

Austria

Bachelor's degree, Diplomstudium/ Magister, Fachhochschuldiplom/ Diplom (FH)

2 “Gut”

Azerbaijan

Bachelor's degree, specialist diploma

4/5

Bahamas

Bachelor's degree

Class II upper division (60%)

Bahrain

Bachelor's degree

3.0/4.0

Bangladesh

BEng, BSc (Eng), BTech, BSc Agri (honours) or master’s

Upper 2nd class

Barbados

Bachelor's degree

Class II upper division (60%)

Belarus

Bakalavr, Diplom ob Okanchanii Vysshego Uchebnogo Zaredeniia (specialist diploma)

4/5

Belgium

Ingeneur, Licencie, Licenciaat or Kandidaat/Candidat

80%; “Grand Distinction”

Belize

Bachelor's degree

Second class upper division

Benin

Maitrise

14/20 or "Bien"

Bermuda

No post-secondary degree level studies

Bhutan

Bachelor's degree

Second Division (50%)

Bolivia

Licenciado/professional title

Disctinguido

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bachelor / Visoko Obrazovanja

4/5

Botswana

Bachelor's degree

Second Class First Division (B, 70%)

Brazil

Bacharel, Licenciado, Engenheiro, Mestrado

8/10

Brunei

Bachelor's degree

Second Class Upper division

Bulgaria

Diploma of specialist

4.5/6

Burkina Faso

Matrise/Diplome d’Ingenieur

14/20

Burundi

Diplome de Licence /Diplome d’Ingenieur

70% grande distinction

Cambodia

Licence/ Diplome d’Ingenieur

70%, B, 3.00, Good

Cameroon

Maitrise

14/20 or “bien”

Central African Republic

Maitrise/Diplome d’Ingenieur

14/20 or “bien”

Chad

Maitrise

14/20 or “bien”

Chile

Licenciado or professional title

5/7; “Good”

China

four year bachelor

80%; “B”

Colombia

Licenciado or titulo de (professional title)

3.5/5

Congo

Diplome des Etudes Superieures / Matrise

14/20 or “bien”

Costa Rica

Bachillerato, Bachiller, or Licenciatura

8/10

Croatia

Visoko Obrazovanja (2nd level degree of 4 years)

4/5

Cuba

Licenciado/Licenciatura

4/5 , Muy Bien or 80%

Cyprus

Greek -  Ptychion

Turkish - Lisans or Muhendis Diplomasi

Greek -7/10

Turkish - 3 /4,4/5, 7/10 or 75%

Czech Republic

Magistr or Absolvent Vysoke/professional title

2/5;”Velmi Dobri”

Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)

Licence

80%; “Grand Distinction”

Denmark

Candidatus

Bachelor or Diplomingenior

8/13

10/13

Djibouti

Maitrise

14/20 or “bien”

Dominica

No post-secondary degree level studies

Dominican Republic

licenciado or titulo (4 years)

80%

Ecuador

4 or 5 year licenciado or titulo

Beuno (8/10 or 80%)

Egypt

Bachelor or licence

75%; "Very Good"

El Salvador

Licenciado/Titulo

7/10 Bien

England

Bachelor's (honours) degree

Class II, Division 2 (Lower second)  (50%)

Eritrea

No credentials available are considered equivalent to a bachelors’ degree

B, 3/4

Estonia

Bakalaurusekraad/diplom (Bachelor's degree)

4/5; "Good"

Ethiopia

Bachelor

3.5/4; 85%

Fiji

three year bachelor

B+

Finland

Kandidat or Magistr

3.5/5;”Cum Laude Approbatur”

France

Bachelor (Maitrise old system)

12/20 or "Bien"

Gabon

Maitrise

bien

Gambia

No credentials available are considered equivalent to a Bachelor's degree

3.0/4.0

Georgia

Bakalavris Khariskhi/ Diplomirebuli Specialistis Diplomi

4/5, 70%, Kargi “good”

Germany

Bachelor, Diplom, Magister , Staatsexamen

"Gut," 2.49

Ghana

Honours Bachelor

Upper 2nd class

Gibraltar

No Post Secondary degree level institutions

Greece

Ptychion

7/10

Greenland

Candidatus;

Bachelor or Diplomingenior

8/13

10/13

Guatamala

Licenciado, Ingeniero

80%

Guinea

Diplome d'Etudes Superieures/ Matrise/ Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies

14/20 or “bien”

Guinea-Bissau

No credentials available are considered equivalent to a Bachelors’ degree

Guyana

Bachelor

Pass with Distinction

Haiti

Bachelor/ Diplome*/ Licence

70%

Holy See

Very specific Ecclisiatical education not normally recognized outside of those fields (Baccalaureate)

Honduras

Licenciado/Titulo

76% muy bueno

Hong Kong

Honours Bachelor

Upper 2nd class

Hungary

Egyetemi Okevel

3.5/5; “Cum Laude”

Iceland

Candidatus Mag.

7.5/10

India

B.Eng., B.Sc. (Eng.), B.Tech. or Master’s, 

2nd Class or Division  (min. 50%)

I.I.T.:8/10  or I.I.T.(Delhi):7/10

Indonesia

Sarjana S1) of 4 years

3/4

Iran

Karshenasi or Licence

80% or 15/20

Iraq

Bachelor

80% or “Very Good”

Ireland

Honours Bachelor

2nd Class

Israel

Bachelor

75% or “Good”

Italy

Laurea

25/30

Ivory Coast

Maitrise

14/20 or "Bien"

Jamiaca

Bachelors degree

Class II upper division

Japan

Bachelor

3/4; 75%

Jordan

Bachelor

80%

Kazakhstan

Bakalavr (since 1991) = Bachelor’s equivalent

Kandidat Nauk = Master’s equivalent

4/5 = B Second Class

Kenya

Honours Bachelor

Upper 2nd class

Kiribati

No Post Secondary degree level institutions

Kosovo

Baçelor / Baccalaureus

8/10

Korea

Bachelor

3/4.5 or 80%

Kuwait

Bachelor

3/4 or “B”

Kyrgyzstan

Bakalavr/ Specialist Diploma

4/5; "Good"

Laos

No credentials available are considered equivalent to a Bachelors’ degree

Latvia

Bakalaurs (2003+)/Dilpoms of professional qualification/ Magistrs (pre2001)

7/10

Lebanon

4-year bachelor (see France for French patterned U’s)

80%

Lesotho

Master’s degree/ Bachelor of Law

70%, B

Liberia

Master’s degree

80% B

Libya

Bachelor

75% or “Very Good”

Liechenstein

Bachelor's degree/ diplom (from Fachochschule)

5/6

Lithuania

Bakalaurus/ Auksjo Mokslo diploma

Good or 4/5 or 8/10

Luxembourg

Bachelor/ Diplome d'Ingenieur

40/60

Macao

Bachelor/Licenciatura

3.0/4.0

Macedonia

Bachelor/ Visoko Obrazovanja

8/10

Madagascar

Maitrise

14/20 or "Bien"

Malawi

Honours Bachelors

2nd Class = 70%, 5/6, Pass with Marginal Distinction

Malaysia

Honours Bachelor

Upper 2nd class

Maldives

Bachelor's degree

3.0/4.0

Mali

/Diplome de l’Ecole Normale Superior/ Diplome d’etudes Approfondies

14/20 or “bien”

Malta

4 yr/Honours Bachelors - (Bacillier … bl -Unuri)

second class (upper division)

Mauritania

Maitrise

14/20 or“Bien”

Mauritius

Bachelors degree

Class II, division ii

Mexico

Licenciado/ Licenciatura, Ingeniero

8/10

Moldova

Diploma de Licenta (since 1991)

8/10

Monaco

No higher education institutions

Mongolia

Bachelors degree

“B”  (3.0/4.0) 

Montenegro

Diploma primijenjenih osovnih studija/ Diploma/ Uvjerenje o završenim osnovnim akademskim studijama

4/5;8/10

Morocco

Licence

14/20 or“Bien”

Mozambique

Licenciatura

17/20

Myanmar

Honours Bachelor

2nd class (80%)

Namibia

Masters degree

B, Very good, 70%  3.0/4.0

Nepal

4 year B Eng, B Sc Forestry, B. Med or Masters degree

2nd Division  45%(or 1st Division Tribhuvan U - 60%) on

Netherlands

Doctoraal/Doctorandus, Ingenieur, Meester

7/10

New Zealand

Honours Bachelor

2nd class

Nicaragua

Licenciado/titulo

80%

Niger

Matrise

15 /20

Nigeria

Honours Bachelors

Upper 2nd class,  B, 3.0/5.0

Northern Ireland

Bachelors degree

2nd class (upper and lower) 50%

Norway

Bachelorgraden = Bachelor’s equivalent, Mastergraden = Master’s equivalent  (Candidatus Magisteri = pre 2002)

2.5 or "Laudabilis" Very good = “B” second class.

Oman

Bachelor’s

3.0/4 or “B” or Very Good

Pakistan

B.Eng., B.Sc.(Eng.), B.Tech., or Master’s

Upper 2nd class standing

Palestine National Authority

four year Bachelor

80%

Panama

Licenciado/titulo

Beuno 81%

Papua New Guinea

Bachelors degree

Class II division A

Paraguay

Titulo de Licenciado/ Titulo de (professional title)

4/5

Peru

Licenciado, Ingeniero

14/20 

Philippines

Master's

2.0; 85% 

Poland

Magister

4/5 or “Dobry”

Portugal

Licenciado/Licenciatura

14/20

Puerto Rico

four year Bachelor

3/4; "B"

Qatar

Bachelor

3/4;4/5 or “Very Good”

Romania

Diploma de Licenta

8/10

Russian Federation

Diploma Specialist

4/5; "Good"

Rwanda

No credentials available are considered equivalent to a Bachelors’ degree

Samoa

Bachelor's degree (from University of the South Pacific)

5, B,  65%

Saudi Arabia

Bachelor

80%;"Very Good" or 3/4, 4.0/5.0

Scotland

Bachelors (Honours) degree

Class II, Division 2 (Lower second)  (50%)

Senegal

Diplome d’Etudes Superieures/ Maitrise

14/20 or "Bien"

Serbia

Bachelor's degree/ Diplom Visokog Obrazovanja (second-level degree obtained on completion of a four to six-year course)

8/10

Seychelles

No Post Secondary degree level institutions

Sierra Leone

Bachelor

Upper 2nd class

Singapore

Bachelor

Upper 2nd class

Slovakia

Bakalar/ Absolvent Vysokej skoly/ Magister(pre 2003)

1,5,  B, vel' mi dobrý

Slovenia

Diplomant/Diplomirani/ Univerzitetni Diplomant/ Visoko Obrazovanji (pre 2000)

8/10, Prav Dobro

Solomon Islands

Bachelor's degree (from University of the South Pacific)

5, B,  65%

Somalia

Bachelor/ Laurea

80%, 25/30

South Africa

Honours Bachelor

Upper 2nd class

South Korea

Haksa

80, B, 3.0

Spain

Licenciado, Ingeniero, Arquitecto

7/10 or “Notable”

Sri Lanka

Bachelor (Special) or Honours

Upper 2nd class

St Kitts and Nevis

Bachelors degree (from University of the West Indies)

Credit with 70% (Upper Second)

St Lucia

Bachelors degree (from University of the West Indies)

Credit with 70% (Upper Second)

Sudan

Honours Bachelor

Upper Second Division

Surinam

Bachelor's degree (since 1983)/ Doctoraal Examen (until 1983)

Met Genoegen

Swaziland

Bachelor

70%, 2nd class first division

Sweden

Bachelor or Filosofie Kandidatexamen

3/4.5 (120 points)

Switzerland

Diplom/Licence

5/6; 8/10 or "Gut" or "Bien"

Syria

Bachelor/Licence

60%

Taiwan

Bachelor

3.3/4; 80%

Tajikistan

Bakalavr/Specialist Diploma

4/5

Tanzania

Bachelors degree

2nd class Honours (upper), B

Thailand

Bachelor

3.3/4

Togo

Diplôme d'Ingénieur/ Licence

14/20 or "Bien"

Tonga

Bachelor's degree (from the University of the South Pacific)

5, B,  65%

Trinidad & Tobago

Honours Bachelor (from the University of the West Indies)

Upper 2nd class, B+

Tunisia

Maitrise, Diplomed’Ingenieur

14/20

Turkey

Lisans or Muhendis Diplomasi

3 /4,4/5, 7/10 or 75%

Tukish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Lisans or Muhendis Diplomasi

3.0/4.0

Turkmenistan

Bakalavr/ Secialist diploma (Prior to 2001)

4/5; "Good"

Uganda

Honours Bachelor

Upper 2nd class

Ukraine

Dyplom Bakalavr/ Specialist Diploma (post 1990)

4/5

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor

3.3/4

United Kingdom

Honours Bachelor

2nd class (upper and lower) 50%

United States of America

Bachelors degree

3.0/4.0

Uruguay

Titulao de Licenciado

6/12

Uzbekistan

Bakalavr/ Specialist diploma

Yaxshi (71%)

Vanuatu

Bachelor's degree (from the University of the South Pacific)

5, B,  65%

Venezuela

4 year Licenciado or professional degree

3.3/5; 7/9; 13/20 (sciences) or 14/20

Vietnam

Tott Nghiep Dai HocSu Pham (Diploma)

7/10

Wales

Bachelor's degree

2nd class (upper and lower) 50%

West Bank and Gaza

Bachelor's degree

B, 3.0/4.0, Very Good

West Indies

Honours Bachelor

Upper 2nd class

Yemen

Bachelor's degree

78, Very Good

Yugoslavia

Visoko Obrazovanja (2nd level degree of 4 years)

4/5;8/10

Zambia

Bachelor

“B+” or “Meritorious”

Zimbabwe

Honours Bachelor

Upper 2nd class