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entry requirements degree classification for overseas students

Cozzie 2008/7/2 17:43

This should be of use to a lot people. I found it on the University of Abertay website but it comes from the NARIC guidelines which are used by all universities in Britain and are the official guidelines of the UK government.

If you can't find what you're looking for here check this post: UK degree classifications overseas requirements for my country

Comparison with other EU HE Qualifications

Comparison with non-EU HE Qualifications

*Country*	*UK 2ii Honours standard*	*UK 2i Honours standard*	*UK Masters standard*
Australia	Bachelor's Honours:2.2 / 2B / Credit 60%-69% Bachelor's Ordinary: 2.1 / 2A / Distinction 70%-79%	Bachelor's Honours:2.1 / 2A / Distinction 70%-79% Bachelor's Ordinary: 1st Class / High Distinction 80%-100%	Master's degree
Argentina	Licenciado / Professional title (4-year course): 7.5	Licenciado / Professional title (4-year course): 8.5	Maestria / Magister
Brazil	Bacharel / Licenciado / Professional title (4 years or more) - Courses Rated A or B: 7.5 Bacharel / Licenciado / Professional title (4 years or more) - Courses Rated C or D: 8.5	Bacharel / Licenciado / Professional title (4 years or more) - Courses Rated A or B: 8.5 Bacharel / Licenciado / Professional title (4 years or more) - Courses Rated C or D: 9.5	Mestrado (rating 4 -5)
Canada	Bachelor's Honours 5.5 on 9pt. scale 68% where pass mark 60% 62% where pass mark 50% C+ GPA 2.5	Bachelor's Honours 6.5 on 9pt. scale 75% where pass mark 60% 70% where pass mark 50% B GPA 3.0	Master's degree/Maîtrise
Chile	Licenciatura/Professional Degree: 5.0	Licenciatura/Professional Degree: 5.7	Magister (when awarded on basis of research and thesis)
P.R. China	Xueshi (4-year Bachelor's degree) Prestigious Universities: final average 70% National Universities: final average 80%	Xueshi (4-year Bachelor's degree) Prestigious Universities: final average 75% National Universities: final average 85%	Shoshi (Master's degree)
Ghana	Bachelor's 2ii Honours/GPA 2.5	Bachelor's 2i Honours/GPA 3.0	2-year Master's degree with thesis or MPhil
India	Bachelor of Science (Engineering)/Engineering/Technology when awarded from a central university, a recognised state university, or a regional Engineering college: II Class (50%) Bachelor of Engineering / Technology (when awarded from an institute of national importance, centre of advanced study, or an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) or the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore): II Class (50%) Bachelor degree in professional subjects (when awarded from a central university, recognised state university or a centre of advanced study): II Class (50%) Bachelor of Arts / Science (Honours/Special degree) when awarded from a central university, a recognised state university: II Class (50%) Bachelor of Education (4 year integrated programme): II Class (50%) Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from a law college approved by the India Bar Council: I Class (58%) Bachelor of Arts / Science / Commerce (3-year programmes)(when awarded from a central university, recognised state university or a centre of advanced study): I Class (58%)	Bachelor of Science (Engineering)/Engineering/Technology when awarded from a central university, a recognised state university, or a regional Engineering college: II Class (58%) Bachelor of Engineering / Technology (when awarded from an institute of national importance, centre of advanced study, or an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) or the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore): II Class (58%) Bachelor degree in professional subjects (when awarded from a central university, recognised state university or a centre of advanced study): II Class (58%) Bachelor of Arts / Science (Honours/Special degree) when awarded from a central university, a recognised state university: II Class (58%) Bachelor of Education (4 year integrated programme): II Class (58%) Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from a law college approved by the India Bar Council: I Class (65%) Bachelor of Arts / Science / Commerce (3-year programmes)(when awarded from a central university, recognised state university or a centre of advanced study): I Class (65%)	MA/MSc/MCom MPhil = UK MPhil but individual assessment may be required Master of Engineering / Technology (when awarded from an Engineering college, an Institute of national importance, centre for advanced study, an Indian Institute of Technology, or the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore)
Jamaica	Bachelor's degree: 2ii	Bachelor's degree: 2i	2-year's Master's degree = UK taught Master's degree MPhil = UK MPhil
Japan	Bachelor degree (Gakushi): Average 67% or at least C grades in 90% of the courses	Bachelor degree (Gakushi): Average 75% or at least B grades in 90% of the courses	Master's degree (Shushi)
Jordan	Bachelor's degree: GPA 2.5 / Grade C	Bachelor's degree: GPA 3.0 / Grade B	Master's degree (by examination) Master's degree (by thesis work)
Kenya	Bachelor's degree: 2ii	Bachelor's degree: 2i	Master's degree
Libya	Bachelor's degree (from a university) Percentage System: 70% GPA: 2.5	Bachelor's degree (from a university) Percentage System: 80% GPA: 3.0	PhD = UK taught Master's degree
Malawi	Master's degree: Pass with Credit (60% to 69%	Master's degree: Pass with marginal Distinction (70% to 74%	No direct comparison with UK taught Master's degree
Malaysia	Bachelor's 2ii Honours	Bachelor's 2i Honours	Masters
Mexico	Licenciado / Professional title (when awarded after 4 years): 8 (bien)	Licenciado / Professional title (when awarded after 4 years): 9 (muy bien)	Maestría
New Zealand	Bachelor's Honours degree: e.g. B- Bachelor's degree: e.g. B+	Bachelor's Honours degree: e.g. B+ Bachelor's degree: e.g. A	Master's degree
Nigeria	(after 1991) Bachelor's 2i Honours (before 1991) Bachelor's 2ii Honours	(after 1991) Bachelor's I Honours (before 1991) Bachelor's 2i Honours	Master's degree
Norway	Bachelor's degree (from 2003) Candidatus Magisterii Sivilingeniør (siv. ing.) Siviløkonom (siv. øk.) (before 2002) final average between 3.2 and 2.6 (from 2002) at least D grades in all subjects	Bachelor's degree (from 2003) Candidatus Magisterii Sivilingeniør (siv. ing.) Siviløkonom (siv. øk.) (before 2002) final average between 2.5 and 1.6 (1st Class: 1.0 and 1.5) (from 2002) B grades in at least 50% of subjects and at least C grades for the remainder	Candidatus Realium / Candidatus Philologiae = UK taught Masters Magister Artium (mag. art.) = UK MPhil Master's degree from 2003 = UK taught Masters
Pakistan	Bachelor degree (4-year) in generally professional fields (e.g. LLB) (excluding Bachelor of Education): II (55%) Bachelor of Engineering / Science in Engineering: II (45%) Master's degree: II (55%) Master's degree (2-year) in Professional fields: II (45%) Master of Philosophy degree: II (45%)	Bachelor degree (4-year) in generally professional fields (e.g. LLB) (excluding Bachelor of Education): I (60%) Bachelor of Engineering / Science in Engineering: II (55%) Master's degree: I (60%) Master's degree (2-year) in Professional fields: II (55%) Master of Philosophy degree: II (55%)	Master of Engineering / Science in Engineering = UK taught MSc PhD = UK MPhil
Russia	Bakalavr (since 1991) Specialist Diploma (completed after 1991) Specialist Diploma (before 1991) Magistr Overall average at least 4.0 or 4	Bakalavr (since 1991) Specialist Diploma (completed after 1991) Specialist Diploma (before 1991) Magistr Overall average at least 4.5 or 4+	No direct comparison with UK taught Master's degree
Saudi Arabia	Bachelor's degree: GPA 3.0 / 70%	Bachelor's degree: GPA 4.0 / 85%	Master's degree
South Africa	Bachelor's Honours: 2ii / 60% Bachelor's Ordinary: 2i / 70%	Bachelor's Honours: 2i / 70% Bachelor's Ordinary: I / 75% / Distinction	Taught Master's degree = UK taught Master's degree MPhil = UK MPhil
South Korea	Bachelor (Haksa) degree GPA 3.0	Bachelor (Haksa) degree GPA 3.5	Suksa (Master's degree)
Sri Lanka	Bachelor's Special degree: 2ii (55%) Bachelor's General degree: 2i (60%)	Bachelor's Special degree: 2i (60%) Bachelor's General degree: I (70%)	MPhil = UK MPhil Master's degree (taught) = UK taught Master's degree Master's degree (Research) = UK Masters (approx. MRes)
Syria	Bachelor Degree (in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine, Architecture, Engineering) 70% all other subjects: Master's degree/ al-Mâjistîr 75%	Bachelor Degree (in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine, Architecture, Engineering) 80% all other subjects: Master's degree/ al-Mâjistîr 85%	PhD / al-Duktûrâh = generally comparable to a UK taught Master's degree but may be assessed on an individual basis
Taiwan	Bachelor's degree from National Universities: 70% Bachelor's degree from other universities: 75%	Bachelor's degree from National Universities: 75% Bachelor's degree from other universities: 80%	Master's degree
Thailand	Bachelor's GPA 3.0	Bachelor's GPA 3.5	Thai PhD = UK MPhil (No direct comparison with taught Master's degree )
Turkey	Lisans Diplomasi GPA 2.5	Lisans Diplomasi GPA 3.0	Yüksek Lisans Diplomasi (with thesis) GPA 3.0
Uganda	Bachelor's 2ii Honours/GPA 2.7	Bachelor's 2i Honours/GPA 3.6	Masters
United Arab Emirates	Bachelor's GPA 2.5	Bachelor's GPA 3.0	Master's degree
United States of America	Bachelor's GPA 2.5	Bachelor's GPA 3.0	Master's degree (taught) = UK taught Master's degree if in same subject as Bachelor's degree MA/MS (Research) = UK taught Master's degree

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Paul 2008/7/3 10:19

Wow! That's great, thanks a lot cozzie

newbee 2008/7/5 13:24

Excuse me, if my country is not on the list does this mean my country's degree is not accepted by British universities?

Thank you

Cozzie 2008/7/7 12:24

No definitely not

The list contains the countries for which UK universities receive a good number of applications

But if your country is not listed it does not mean you are not eligible

Which country are you from?

newbee 2008/7/8 8:43

Thank you Cozzie! I am from Vietnam

Paul 2008/7/10 17:21

Hi newbee

Vietnam equivalent to a British 2.1 is '8 points'

I don't know what that is but hopefully it makes sense to you

kawes 2008/11/18 10:41

Hi every body,I appreciate if some body tell what is the my rubish country's (IRAQ) equeveliant degree to uk.I got 60.8%

Cozzie 2008/11/19 17:28

Hi Kawes, wow! i think you must be our first poster from Iraq so let me say welcome to How2UK

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I'll bet not may UK universities get applicants from Iraq so they may not have very definite requirements for your country. But I think that is good news for you, you'll be more likely to get an offer.

I think the important question is how good a score is 60.8% in Iraq (like what percentage of students in your class would get that score or better)? And also what's your major?

latro 2009/4/29 20:02

hello! thank u for the useful information!! i just wanted to ask if these standards are used by all the british universities.
for example, i'm from greece and i supposedly hold a degree with a mark of 7 out of 10 (i've not finished yet) in pharmacy and i wanna apply for an Mphil in pharmacology in the university of Manchester (where 2i is required). Do i have any chance of being accepted given that i also have additional experience (eg. i've worked in a lab or hold an additional MsC)? Or am i automatically excluded because i have a degree lower than 7.68?
and what's the source of this information?

Paul 2009/5/1 13:48

Hi latro

the table comes from NARIC which is a UK government agency and it is a guideline for British universities who want to know how to rate foreign qualifications but it is a guideline only and nowadays most UK universities have so much experience of accepting international students that they have their own specific requirements which although related to naric's can differ.

So for Manchester University their requirements for Greek students are:

Greek university degrees with a percentage point score of 6.5 or above are generally accepted for entry on to masters programmes. Candidates with qualifications gained from Technical Training Institutes are generally required to follow a pre-MSc course before advancing to regular masters programmes.

If you already have an msc plus work experience I would say you will be accepeted

diabolicalzz 2009/5/16 3:50

hey guys..well im from india the university of bombay..i got a conditional letter from warwick university which asks for a uk 2:2 thats it..so i would like to know being from a central unversity what will the required percentage be????

Paul 2009/5/18 10:09

An 2.2 from a central university in India equals 50% for an honours degree but you should confirm with the university by writing them an email.

Princess 2009/9/14 16:21

hey, thx for the post

SALIL 2009/9/21 3:43

HELLO COZZIE

HOWS U DEAR

I WANT TO KNOW WAT PERCENT IS NEEDED TO GET ADMISSION IN POST GRADUATE COURSE IN CAMBREDGE UNIVERITY
THEY R ASKING MINIMUM FOR 2i houners degree

SO PLZ TELL ME WAT WILL BE ITS EQUIVELENT IN INDIA

Cozzie 2009/9/23 18:23

I'm afraid for Cambridge it is not so simple as a required grade, it also depends on your previous university, your references and your statement but you can see what a 2.1 is equal to in India above

sonalpawar17 2009/9/23 20:45

Hi everyone
grt post man
can u plz tell me wht is equivalent of Aggregate:55.6%
and In BE(Computers):65.6% from India.
Quote:

Cozzie wrote:
I'm afraid for Cambridge it is not so simple as a required grade, it also depends on your previous university, your references and your statement but you can see what a 2.1 is equal to in India above

amgad 2009/11/4 1:48

hi cozzie
i am totally lost..i have graduated from Cairo university faculty of engineering which is the top univ at Egypt,,but with only 58.5% which is only fair or pass and i can not find egypt at the lest u previously provided and i want to join the imperial collage to continue my study i wanted a master in civil engineering but i do not think my grads will get accepted so i was thinking in joining the imperial collage to achieve a diploma in civil engineer first to increase my level degree and then continue to study master ;so any help?
PS
u can contact me by e-mail if u want
thank u for taking the time to read my post
regards

ORi 2/23 0:28

Hello! Does anybody know the equivalent degrees between the University of Athens and UK universities in the subject of Mathematics?

chechu 4/27 9:21

Hi there,
I was checking the entry requirements degree classification. But I still have some doubts. hopefully you can help me. I'm interested in the MA mkt communications, this MA requires to hold a first degree from a recognised institution (minimum Lower Second Class Honours)and I have 4 years degree with a score 7.72 (from 1 to 10). Did I reach the "second class honours"? Txs!!

Mystery 6/15 4:06

Can anyone help me with degrees from Ukraine? I have 4.8 out of 5. I hope t's enough, but I still don't get the main idea

yvie 7/1 9:00

I have a licenciada en Ciencas Farmaceuticas degree title from the Universidad Central de Las Villas, Santa Clara Cuba with an average of 4.61 (scale 1-5, 5 being the highest)the course is a 5 year course. What is my degree equivalent in the USA, Canada and the UK?

shubhsoni 7/9 13:28

Am currently pursuing Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Delhi University, New Delhi,India. I scored 57.45 % in my first year and am currently awaiting the result of my second year exams. How much do i need to score for MA in Economics at Manchester or Warwick ? would a 60 % be enough ? Thanks a lot.