How are international transcripts evaluated?
As an international student, you must have met (or will meet) the requirements to graduate from secondary school/high school in your native country. This diploma must be considered equivalent to a United States high school diploma. The list of credentials that are considered equivalent to the U.S. diploma can be found below. Note that some credentials like the IB or A levels may be considered for advanced standing/transfer credit.
If your transcripts, diploma, or any other academic documents are not in English, you MUST include an official English translation. Be sure to include all exam scores such as IB, AP, CAPE/CSEC, IGCSE/A levels, WAEC, Class X and Class XII Board examinations.
If your scores (ex: WAEC) can be verified online but require a PIN or scratch card number, please include this with your transcript.
How can transcripts be sent?
Institutions vary how they send official transcripts. We do accept electronic transcripts through verified servers (i.e. National Clearinghouse, eScript, Parchment, Credential Solutions, NJ Transfer). Transcripts received from a student will not be considered as official, so they will need to be requested from the Registrar’s Office of the previous institution unless another process is in place for the transcript to be sent on the student’s behalf. We do not request transcripts on a student’s behalf, and they are not automatically sent once the courses conclude.
Official transcripts may be sent electronically to msuadm@montclair.edu or via mail to:
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Montclair State University
1 Normal Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07043
When are credits posted?
Students who have taken courses at the university level or who have taken secondary school examinations that might be eligible for advanced standing (i.e. IB, AP, A levels) may have transferable credit. Credits are posted to a student’s degree audit once a deposit has been submitted. We encourage students to send their official transcripts and verified exam scores to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions as soon as possible so that first-year schedules can consider those credits when being created.
If you are a transfer student from another international college or university, you will need to have your transcripts evaluated by a NACES organization, such as WES.org, and provide a course-by-course evaluation of your foreign transcript in order to receive a decision. This evaluation will help us assess all equivalent courses once you are accepted and we begin the credit evaluation process.
Secondary School Equivalency Charts
US/UK/Australia System
Country/System | Credential |
GCE (A or AS Level) | General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level or Advanced Level |
I/GCSE (O Level) | International/ General Certificate of Secondary Education |
US | High School Diploma |
International Baccalaureate | Diploma Certificate |
Australia | Year 12 Certificate/Leaving Certificate |
Africa
Country/System | Credential |
Algeria | Baccalauréat de ľEnseignement Secondaire |
Benin | Baccalauréat de ľEnseignement de Secondaire |
Cameroon | Baccalauréat/ Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement Secondaire |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Diplôme d’État d’Études Secondaires du Cycle Long |
Congo, Republic of the | Baccalauréat |
Egypt | Certificate of General Secondary Education-Thanawiya Amma |
Ethiopia | Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination (EHEEE) or Ethiopian University Entrance Examination Certificate (EUEEC) |
Gambia | Senior School Certificate (WAEC) + Scratch Card (for verification) |
Ghana | Senior School Certificate (WAEC) + Scratch Card (for verification) |
Guinea | Baccalauréat |
Kenya | Certificate of Secondary Education |
Liberia | Senior School Certificate (WAEC) + Scratch Card (for verification) |
Libya | Shehaadat al-thaanawiya al-‘aama (General Certificate of Secondary Education) |
Morocco | Baccalauréat |
Nigeria | Senior School Certificate (WAEC) + Scratch Card (for verification) |
Sierra Leone | Senior School Certificate (WAEC) + Scratch Card (for verification) |
South Africa | National Senior Certificate |
Tunisia | Diplôme du Baccalauréat/Baccalaureat de l’Enseignement Secondaire |
Uganda | Ugandan Certificate of Education/ Ugandan O-Level |
Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe GCE O-Level |
Asia
Country/System | Credential |
Afghanistan | Baccaluria/Baccalaureate |
Azerbaijan | Attestat (School Leaving Certificate) |
Bahrain | Secondary School General Certificate |
Bangladesh | Secondary School Certificate & Higher Secondary School Certificate |
Brunei | Brunei – Cambridge GCE O-Level |
Cambodia | Certificate of Upper Secondary Education/Baccalauréat |
China | Senior High School Graduation Certificate or Upper Middle School Graduation Certificate |
Georgia | Skolis atestati(General Education Diploma) |
Hong Kong, SAR | Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) |
India | Secondary School Certificate & Higher Secondary School Certificate |
Indonesia | Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) 12/ Paket C completion |
Iran | Peesh-daneshgahii (Pre-University Certificate) |
Iraq | Adadiyah Baccalaureate Examination Certificate |
Israel | Teudat Bagrut |
Japan | Upper Secondary School Graduation Certificate |
Jordan | Tawajhi (General Secondary Education Certificate) |
Kazakhstan | Attestat o srednem obrazovanii (Attestation of Secondary Education Completion) |
Korea, Republic of (South) | Graduation Certificate/ General Equivalency Diploma (GED) |
Kuwait | Shahadat Al-Thanawyia Al-A’ama |
Kyrgystan | Attestat o srednem obrazovanii (Certificate of Secondary Education Completion) |
Lebanon | Baccalaurèat/General Secondary Education Certificate |
Macau | Senior Secondary School Certificate–Based on education system the school follows |
Malaysia | Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM)/ Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM)/Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) |
Mongolia | Бурэн дунд боловсролын унэмлэх (Secondary Education Completion) |
Myanmar | Basic Education Standard X Examination Diploma A |
Nepal | Higher Secondary Education Board Certificate (HSEB) |
Oman | Thanawiya Amma (General Secondary School Certificate) |
Pakistan | Secondary School Certificate & Higher Secondary School Certificate |
Philippines | Graduation Certificate/Diploma |
Qatar | Al-Thanawiya Aama Qatari |
Russia | Attestat o Srednem (Polnom) Obshchem Obrazovanii |
Saudi Arabia | Shahadat Al-Marhalat Al-Thanawiyyat |
Singapore | Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level |
Sri Lanka | Sri Lankan GCE A-Level |
Taiwan | Graduation Certificate/Diploma |
Tajikistan | Аттестат дар бораи тахсилоти миёнаи умуми / General secondary education certificate |
Thailand | Certificate of Secondary Education/Matayom VI |
Turkey | Lise Diplomasi |
United Arab Emirates | Tawjihiyya |
Uzbekistan | O’rta Ma’lumot To’g’risida Shahodatnoma |
Vietnam | Bằng Tốt Nghiệp Trung Học Phổ Thông |
Europe
Country/System | Credential |
Albania | Deftese Pjekurie (Certificate of Maturity) or Diplomë e Maturës Shtetërore (Diploma of State Matura) |
Armenia | Mijnakarg Krtoutian Vkayakan (Secondary School General Certificate) |
Belarus | Attestat |
Belgium | Certificat d’Enseignement Secondaire Superieur/Diploma van Hoger Secundair Onderwijs |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | Diploma o Zavrsenoj Gimnaziji/Svjedocanstvo Svjedodzba o Zavrsnom Ispitu (IV Stepen)/Svjedodzba o Zavrsenom Obrazovanju (IV Stepen) |
Bulgaria | Diploma za Sredno Obrazovanie |
Cyprus | Απολντηριο Λυκειο/Apolyterion Lykion (Certificate of Completion from Upper Secondary School) or Lise Diplomasi (Secondary School Diploma) |
Czech Republic | Vysvedceni o Maturitni Zkousce |
Denmark | Studentereksamensbevis/Højere Forberedelseksamensbevis |
France | Baccalauréat de ľEnseignement de Secondaire/Baccalauréat Général, |
Germany | Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife/ Zeugnis der Fachhochschulreife/Abschlusszeugnis der Realschule/Abschlusszeugnis der Hauptschule |
Italy | Diploma di Maturità/Diploma (Certifica) di Esmae di Stato |
Moldova | Diploma de Baccalauréat/Atestat de Studi Medii de Cultura Generala/Atestat de Maturitate |
Netherlands | HAVO (hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs) diploma/ Higher General Secondary Education Diploma or VWO (voorbereindend wetenschappelijk onderwijs) diploma/ University Preparatory Education Diploma |
Norway | Vitnemål fra den Videregående Skolen |
Poland | S´wiadectwo D´ojrzalosci/S´wiadectwo Ukon´czenia Liceum Ogólnoksztalcacego |
Portugal | Diploma de Ensino Secundário |
Romania | Diploma de Bacalaureat |
Switzerland | Maturitätszeugnis/Certificat de Maturité/Attestato di Maturita |
Ukraine | Atestat |
North America
Country/System | Credential |
Bahamas | Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education |
Belize | Caribbean Examinations Council (Secondary Education Certificate or Advanced Proficiency Exam) |
Canada | High School Diploma |
Costa Rica | Diploma de conclusión de estudios de educación diversificada (Certificate of Conclusion of Diversified Education Studies) or Bachillerato |
Cuba | Bachillerato |
Dominican Republic | Bachiller/Bachillerato |
El Salvador | Bachiller/Bachillerato or Diploma de Educación Media |
Guatemala | Bachiller/Bachillerato |
Haiti | Baccalauréat II, Diplôme d’Enseignement Secondaire (Diploma of Secondary Instruction) or Diplôme de Fin d’Études Secondaires (Diploma of Completion of Secondary Studies) |
Honduras | Bachiller/Bachillerato |
Jamaica | Caribbean Examinations Council (Secondary Education Certificate or Advanced Proficiency Exam) |
Mexico | Bachillerato/Bachiller |
Panama | Diploma de Educación Media/Upper Secondary School Diploma or Diploma de Bachiller/ Baccalaureate Diploma |
Trinidad and Tobago | Caribbean Examinations Council (Secondary Education Certificate or Advanced Proficiency Exam) |
South America
Country/System | Credential |
Argentina | Bachiller |
Brazil | Certificado de Segundo Grau/Certificado de Conclusao do Ensino Medio |
Chile | Licencia de Educacion Media |
Colombia | Bachiller |
Ecuador | Bachiller |
Peru | Certificado de Educación Secundaria Común Completa/ Certificate of Completion of General Secondary Education) or Bachillerato Académic/ Academic Baccalaureate |
Venezuela | Bachiller or Título de Educación Media General/ Title of Upper Secondary Education |