Required Secondary Education Documents
Required Secondary Education Documents
The tables below will also provide information regarding how to submit official
records in an acceptable format. It is critical that your records remain in a sealed
envelope from the appropriate authority listed in the table. Official records can
be submitted via post or hand-delivered so long as they remain sealed. Official
records are only required after the final admission decision has been made. You
may submit electronic copies of your secondary credentials for evaluation
purposes.
International Examinations
Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate Official, aested results Cerficate High School, or
(CSEC) Caribbean
Examinaons Council
General Cerficate of Educaon (GCE): Advanced Official results Cerficate (IGCSE Examinaon
Subsidiary & Advanced (AS&A) results or country-specific, lower- Authority*
secondary records must also be
submied with this credenal)
General Cerficate of Secondary Educaon Official, aested results Cerficate High School, or
Examinaon
Authority
Internaonal General Cerficate of Secondary Official, aested results Cerficate High School, or
Educaon (IGCSE) Examinaon
Authority
Afghanistan Official, aested School Leaving Cerficate, Baccaluaria, or School, Ministry of Educaon,
Baccalaureate or Exam Authority
Albania Official, aested transcript and De[ese Pjekurie (Maturity School, Ministry of Educaon
Cerficate) and Science, or State Exam
Authority
Andorra Official, aested Graduat en Segona Ensenyanca and School, Ministry of Educaon
Batxillerat (Baccalaureate) or Exam Authority
Angua and Official Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate (CSEC) Caribbean Examinaons
Barbuda and and, if taken, Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinaons Council
Anguilla (CAPE) Cerficate
— OR —
Armenia Official, aested Mijnakarg Krtutyan Aestat (Cerficate of School, Ministry of Educaon
Full Secondary Educaon) or Hasunuan Vkaiakan (Cerficate and Science, or Exam
of Maturity) Authority
— OR —
Bahrain Official, aested Tawjihi (General Cerficate of Secondary School, Ministry of Educaon, or
Educaon) Exam Authority
Bangladesh Official, aested Secondary School Cerficate (SSC) and School, Ministry of Educaon, or
Higher Secondary Cerficate (HSC) Exam Authority
— OR —
Barbados Official Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate (CSEC) Caribbean Examinaons Council
and, if taken, Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinaons
(CAPE) Cerficate
— OR —
— OR —
Belize Official Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate (CSEC) Caribbean Examinaons Council
and, if taken, Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinaons
(CAPE) Cerficate
— OR —
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Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Examinaon Authority
Cerficate
Bhutan Official, aested Bhutan Cerficate of Secondary Educaon School, Ministry of Educaon, or
(Standard X) and Bhutan Higher Secondary Educaon Bhutan Council for School
Cerficate (Standard XII) Examinaons and Assessment
— OR —
Official, aested Indian School Cerficate (Standard X) and School, Ministry of Educaon, or
Indian Higher School Cerficate (Standard XII) State Exam Authority
— OR —
Botswana Official, aested Botswana General Cerficate of Secondary School or Examinaons council
Educaon
Brish Virgin Official Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate (CSEC) Caribbean Examinaons Council
Islands and, if taken, Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinaons
(CAPE) Cerficate
— OR —
Brunei Official IGSCE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Examinaon Authority
Cerficate
Bulgaria Official, aested Diplom za Sredno Obrazovanie (Diploma of School, Ministry of Educaon and
Secondary Educaon) Science, or Exam Authority
Cameroon: Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Examinaon Authority
Anglophone Cerficate
Canada Official transcript and Provincial Diploma or Secondary School, Ministry of Educaon, or
School Cerficate Provincial Exam Authority
Cape Verde Official, aested Cerficado da Habilitações Literárias School or Exams Council
Cayman Islands Official Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate (CSEC) Caribbean Examinaons Council
and, if taken, Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinaons
(CAPE) Cerficate
— OR —
Chile Official, aested Licencia de Educacion Media (Academic) School, Ministry of Educaon, or
Exam Authority
China Original transcript from Junior Secondary School year 3 (9th School or Ministry of Educaon
grade) and original transcript from Higher Secondary School
with Graduaon Cerficate
Comoros Official, aested Brevet ďEtudes du Premier Cycle (BEPC) School, Ministry of Educaon, or
and Baccalauréat de ľEnseignement du Second Degré Exam Authority
Costa Rica Official, aested Diploma de Conclusion de Educacion School, Ministry of Public
Diversificada/Bachillerato Educaon, or Exam Authority
Croaa Official, aested Svjedožba Mature (Maturity Cerficate) or School, Ministry of Science,
Cerficate of Final Examinaon Educaon and Sport, or Exam
Authority
Cuba Official, aested Diploma de Secundaria Básica and School, Ministry of Higher
Bachillerato/ Bachiller Educaon, or Exam Authority
— OR —
Czech Republic Official,aested Maturitni Vysvedceni (Maturity Cerficate) School; Ministry of Educaon,
Youth, and Sports; or Exam
Authority
Countries: D-F
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Djibou Official, aested Baccalauréat de ľEnseignement Secondaire School; State Secretariat for
Higher Educaon, Science, and
Technology; Naonal Council for
Higher Educaon; or State Exam
Authority
Dominica Official Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate (CSEC) and, Caribbean Examinaons Council
if taken, Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinaons (CAPE)
Cerficate
— OR —
Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Cerficate Examinaon Authority
Dominican Official, aested transcript and Bachillerato en Ciencias y Letras School, Ministry of Educaon, or
Republic Exam Authority
Egypt Official, aested Thanawaya a' Amma (General Secondary School or Ministry of Educaon
Educaon Cerficate)
El Salvador Official, aested transcript and Diploma de Educación Media/ School, Ministry of Educaon, or
Titulo de Bachiller en... Exam Authority
Eritrea Official Eritrean Secondary Educaon Examinaon Cerficate School, Ministry of Educaon, or
from a general senior secondary school program Exam Authority
Estonia Official, aested Gumnaasiumi Loputunnistus (Secondary School School, Ministry of Educaon
Leaving Cerficate) and Research, or Exam Authority
Ethiopia Official, aested Ethiopian General Secondary Educaon School, Ministry of Educaon, or
Cerficate Examinaon (EGSECE) and Ethiopian Higher Exam Authority
Educaon Entrance Examinaon
Fiji Official New Zealand School Cerficate School, Ministry for Educaon, or
Exam Authority
— OR —
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Official Fiji Junior Cerficate Examinaon and Fiji School Leaving School, Ministry for Educaon, or
Cerficate Exam Authority
Gambia Official West African School Cerficate issued by Exam Examinaon Authority
Authority (please send WAEC scratch card)
— OR —
Georgia Official, aested Sashualo Skolis Ates, or Sashualo Specialuri School, Ministry of Educaon and
Sastsavieblis Diplome Sciences, or State Exam Authority
Ghana Official West African School Cerficate issued by Exam Examinaon Authority
Authority (please send WAEC scratch card)
— OR —
Greece Original, aested Apolyrio Eniaiou Lykeiou (Upper School, Ministry of Naonal
Secondary School Cerficate) Educaon and Religious Affairs, or
Exam Authority
Grenada Official Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate (CSEC) Caribbean Examinaons Council
and, if taken, Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinaons
(CAPE) Cerficate
— OR —
Guinea Official, aested Brevet ďEtudes du Premier Cycle (BEPC) and School, Ministry of Higher
Baccalaureat Deuxieme Pare Educaon and Scienfic Research,
or Exam Authority
Guinea- Official, aested Cerdao (de 3o ano) Doze Anos de School, Ministry of Educaon, or
Bissau Escolaridade Exam Authority
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Guyana Official Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate (CSEC) Caribbean Examinaons Council
and, if taken, Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinaons
(CAPE) Cerficate
— OR —
Honduras Official, aested Bachiller: Leers and Sciences School, Ministry of Educaon, or Exam
Authority
— OR —
Hungary Official, aested Eresegi Bizonyitvany (Maturity School, Ministry of Educaon, or Exam
Cerficate) Authority
India Official, aested Indian Secondary School Cerficate School or State Board of Secondary &
(Standard X) and Higher Secondary Cerficate (Standard Higher Secondary Educaon
XII)
— OR —
Indonesia Official, aested Surat Tanda Tamat Belajar/Sekolah School, Ministry of Educaon, or Exam
Menegah Tingkat Atas (STTB/SMA) Authority
Iran Official, aested High School Diplom and Peesh- School; Ministry of Science, Research,
daneshgahii (Pre-University Cerficate) and Technology; or Exam Authority
Iraq Official, aested Adadiyah (Sixth Form/Preparatory School, Ministry of Higher Educaon, or
Baccalaureate) Exam Authority
Italy Official, aested Diploma di Maturita (Secondary School School; Ministry of Educaon,
Diploma) University, and Research; or Exam
Authority
Countries: J-L
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Jamaica Official Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate (CSEC) Caribbean Examinaons Council
and, if taken, Caribbean Advanced Proficiency
Examinaons (CAPE) Cerficate
— OR —
Jordan Official, aested Tawjihi (General Secondary Educaon School; Ministry of Educaon, Higher
Cerficate) Educaon, and Scienfic Research; or
Exam Authority
— OR —
Kiriba Official, aested Kiriba Naonal Cerficate or Pacific School, Ministry of Educaon, or
Senior Secondary Cerficate Exam Authority
— OR —
Latvia Official, aested Atestats par visparejo videjo izgibu School, Ministry of Educaon and
(Cerficate of General Secondary Educaon) Science, or Exam Authority
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Lebanon Original Baccalaureat Libanais School, Ministry of Educaon and
Higher Educaon, or Exam Authority
— OR —
Lesotho Official Junior Cerficate, IGSCE Cerficate, and, if taken, School or Examinaons Council
GCE A Level Cerficate
Liberia Official West African School Cerficate issued by Exam Examinaon Authority
Authority (please send WAEC scratch card)
— OR —
Lithuania Official, aested Brandos Atestatas (Maturity Cerficate) School, Ministry of Educaon and
Science, or Exam Authority
Luxembourg Official Diplome de Fin d'Etudes Secondaires School; Ministry of Culture, Higher
Educaon, and Research; or Exam
Authority
Countries: M 16
Macedonia Official, aested Svidetelstvo za Zavreno Sredno School, Ministry of Educaon and
Obrazovanie (Secondary School Leaving Cerficate) Science, or Exam Authority
Madagascar Official Brevet ďEtudes du Premier Cycle (BEPC) and School, Ministry of Higher Educaon
Baccalaureat and Scienfic Research, or Exam
Authority
Malawi Official Malawi School Cerficate of Educaon School, Ministry of Educaon and
(MSCE)/Malawi General Cerficate of Educaon (MGCE) Human Resources, or Exam Authority
Maldives Official, aested Higher Secondary School Cerficate School, Ministry of Educaon, or
Exam Authority
— OR —
Marshall Official transcript and high school diploma School or Ministry of Educaon
Islands
Maurius Official, aested Higher School Cerficate School, Ministry of Educaon and
Scienfic Research, or Exam
Authority
— OR —
Montenegro Official, aested Diploma o zavrsenoj srednjoj skoli School, Ministry of Educaon, or
(Diploma of Acquired Secondary Educaon) Exam Authority
Montserrat Official Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate (CSEC) Caribbean Examinaons Council
and, if taken, Caribbean Advanced Proficiency
Examinaons (CAPE) Cerficate
— OR —
Mozambique Official, aested Cerficado de Habilitacao es Literarias School, Ministry of Higher Educaon,
(Cerficate of Learning Competence) Science and Technology, or Exam
Authority
Myanmar Official, aested Basic Educaon Standard X Examinaon School, Ministry of Educaon, or
Diploma A Exam Authority
Countries: N-R 18
Namibia Official,aested Namibian Junior Secondary Cerficate and School or Examinaons council
Namibian Secondary School Cerficate
— OR —
Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Cerficate Exam Authority
Nepal Official,aested Secondary School Leaving Cerficate and School, Ministry of Educaon,
Higher Secondary Cerficate (or Proficiency Cerficate - or Exam Authority
Tribhuvan University, Intermediate Exam - Kathmandu, Uar
Madhyama Exams - Mahendra Sanskrit University)
— OR —
Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Cerficate Examinaon Authority
Netherlands Official, aested Hoger Algemeen Voortgezet Onderwijs School; Ministry of Educaon,
(HAVO) or Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO) Culture, and Science; or Exam
Authority
New Zealand Official Naonal Cerficate of Educaonal Achievement (Levels School, Ministry of Educaon,
2 or 3) or Exam Authority
Nicaragua Official, aested transcript and Bachillerato en Ciencias or School; Ministry of Educaon,
Bachillerato en Humanidades Culture, and Sports; or Exam
Authority
Nigeria Official West African School Cerficate or Naonal Examinaon Exam Authority (please send
Council Cerficate WAEC or NECO scratch card)
— OR —
Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Cerficate Examinaon Authority
Norway Official, aested Vitnemal fra Grunnskolen (Basic School School, Ministry of Educaon
Cerficate) and Vitnemal fra Vidergaende Skole (Cerficate of and Research, or Exam
Upper Secondary Educaon) Authority
Oman Official,aested Thanawiya amma (Secondary School Leaving School, Ministry of Higher
Cerficate) Educaon, or Exam Authority
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Pakistan Official, aested Higher Secondary Cerficate or Intermediate School, Ministry of Educaon,
Cerficate or Examinaons Council
— OR —
Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Cerficate Examinaon Authority
Palesnian Official, aested General Secondary Educaon Cerficate School, Ministry of Educaon
Territory and Higher Educaon, or Exam
Authority
Peru Official,aested transcript and Bachillerato Academico, Diploma School or Ministry of Educaon
de Aptud Profesional, Bachiller Profesional, or Cerficada de
Educacion Secundaria Comun Completa
Philippines Official, aested transcript and High School Diploma School or Ministry of Educaon
Poland Official, aested Swiadectwo Dojrzalosci Liceum (Maturity School or Ministry of Naonal
Cerficate) Educaon and Sport
Portugal Official, aested transcript and Diploma de Ensino Secundario School; Ministry of Science,
(Diploma of Secondary Educaon) Technology, and Higher
Educaon; or Exam Authority
Qatar Official, aested Al-Thanawiya Aama Qatari (General Secondary School, Ministry of Educaon,
Educaon Cerficate) or Exam Authority
Russia Official, aested transcript and Aestat o Srednem (Polnom) School or Ministry of Educaon
Obshchem Obrazova Nil (Cerficate of Secondary Complete
General Educaon)
Rwanda Official, aested Secondary Educaon Advanced Level School, Ministry of Educaon
Examinaon Cerficate and Diplome de Fin ďEtudes and Science, or Exam Authority
Secondaires (End of Secondary Studies Diploma)
Countries: S 20
Saint Kis and Official Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate (CSEC) and, if Caribbean Examinaons
Nevis taken, Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinaons (CAPE) Council
Cerficate
— OR —
Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Cerficate Examinaon Authority
Saint Lucia Official Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate (CSEC) and, if Caribbean Examinaons
taken, Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinaons (CAPE) Council
Cerficate
— OR —
Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Cerficate Examinaon Authority
Saint Vincent Official Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate (CSEC) and, if Caribbean Examinaons
and the taken, Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinaons (CAPE) Council
Grenadines Cerficate
— OR —
Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Cerficate Examinaon Authority
Saudi Arabia Official, aested General Secondary Educaon Cerficate, General School, Ministry of Higher
Secondary School Transcript, or Credit System in English and Arabic Educaon
Serbia Official, aested transcript and Diploma srednje skole (Diploma of School, Ministry of
acquired secondary educaon) Educaon, or Exam
Authority
Seychelles Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Cerficate Exam Authority
Sierra Leone Official West African School Cerficate Exam Authority (please
send WAEC scratch card)
— OR —
Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Cerficate Examinaon Authority
Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Cerficate Examinaon Authority
Slovenia Official, aested Maturitetno Spričevalo (Secondary School Leaving School; Ministry of Higher
Cerficate) Educaon, Science, and
Technology; or Exam
Authority
Solomon Official, aested Secondary School Cerficate, Pacific Senior School, Ministry of
Islands Secondary Cerficate, or Solomon Islands School Cerficate Educaon, or Exam
Authority
— OR —
Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Cerficate Examinaon Authority
Somalia Official, aested Shahaadada Dugsiga Sare or Somaliland Secondary School, Ministry of Higher
School Leaving Cerficate Educaon, or Exam
Authority
South Korea Official transcript and Inmungye Kodung Hakkyo or Diploma School
Spain Official, aested transcript and Titulo de Bachillerato and, if taken, School, Ministry of
Curso de Orientacion Universitaria Educaon and Science, or
Exam Authority
Sri Lanka Official, aested Sri Lankan O Level Cerficate School or Examinaons
council
— OR —
Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Cerficate Examinaon Authority
Sudan Official, aested Sudan Secondary School Cerficate School, Ministry of Higher
Educaon and Scienfic
Research, or Exam
Authority
Suriname Official, aested Hoger Algemeen Voortgezet Onderwijs (HAVO) or School, Ministry of
Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO) Educaon and
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Community Development,
or Exam Authority
Swaziland Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Cerficate Exam Authority
Taiwan Original transcript from Junior Secondary School year 3 (9th School or Ministry of Educaon
grade) and original transcript from Higher Secondary School
with Graduaon Cerficate
Tajikistan Official, aested Aestat Dar Borai Malima Miyona School, Ministry of Educaon, or
(Cerficate of Complete Secondary Educaon) Exam Authority
Tanzania Official, aested East Africa General Cerficate of School, Ministry of Educaon, or
Educaon Ordinary Level Examinaons council
— OR —
Trinidad and Official Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate (CSEC) Caribbean Examinaons Council
Tobago and, if taken, Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinaons
(CAPE) Cerficate
— OR —
Turkey Official Lise Diplomasi (Secondary School Diploma) School, Ministry of Naonal
Educaon, or Exam Authority
Turkmenistan Official, aested Aestat (State Examinaon for School Ministry of Educaon or State
Leaving Cerficate) Exam Authority
Turks & Caicos Official Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate (CSEC) Caribbean Examinaons Council
Islands and, if taken, Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinaons
(CAPE) Cerficate
— OR —
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Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Examinaon Authority
Cerficate
Uganda Official, aested Uganda Cerficate of Educaon and School, Ministry of Educaon, or
Uganda Advanced Cerficate of Educaon Exam Authority
United Arab Official, aested Shahadat Al-Thanawiya Al-Amma School, Ministry of Higher
Emirates (Secondary School Leaving Cerficate) Educaon and Scienfic
Research, or Exam Authority
— OR —
Uzbekistan Official, aested transcript and Aestat/O’rta Ma’lumot School, Ministry of Educaon, or
To’g’risia Shahodtnoma (Cerficate of Completed Upper Exam Authority
Secondary Educaon)
Vietnam Official, aested transcript and Bang Tot Nghiep Trung Hoc School or Ministry of Educaon
Pho Thong (Diploma of Graduaon from General Secondary
Educaon)
Virgin Islands Official Caribbean Secondary Educaon Cerficate (CSEC) Caribbean Examinaons Council
(Brish) and, if taken, Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinaons
(CAPE) Cerficate
— OR —
Zimbabwe Official IGCSE Cerficate and, if taken, GCE A Level Examinaons Authority
Cerficate