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International Graduate Admissions Requirements By Country

Refer to the table below for country-specific minimum degree and English proficiency requirements for international applicants.

Country English Test Required Minimum Degree
Afghanistan Yes 4-year bachelor
Albania Yes 4-year bachelor/another degree, or 3 years 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2003
Algeria Yes 4-year first degree
American Samoa Yes No higher education available in the country
Andorra Yes 4-year first degree, or 3 year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2003
Angola Yes 4-year Licenciatura or first degree
Anguilla No No higher education available in the country
Antigua and Barbuda No Bachelor from the University of the West Indies
Argentina Yes 4-year bachelor/Licenciatura or professional degree
Armenia Yes 4-year first degree, or 3 year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2005
Aruba Yes 3 year WO bachelor (180 ECTS) or higher degree (Dutch system)
Ascension No No higher education available in the country
Australia No 4-year bachelor or honors degree
Austria Yes 4-year bachelor, Diplom-Ingenieur, or magister, or 3 years 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Azerbaijan Yes 4-year bachelor degree or diploma, or 3 year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2005
Bahamas, The No 4-year bachelor
Bahrain Yes 4-year bachelor
Bangladesh Yes 4-year bachelor
Barbados No Bachelor from the University of the West Indies
Belarus Yes 4-year specialist diploma/magistr, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2015
Belgium Yes 4-year degree/licentiat, licence, maitrise or professional title, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Belize No 3-year bachelor's is insufficient
Benin Yes 4-year first degree or maitrise
Bermuda No No higher education available in the country
Bhutan Yes 3-year bachelor + a post-grad diploma; 1-2 year Master of Education after bachelor
Bolivia Yes 4-year licenciado, experto, maestria
Bosnia & Herzegovina Yes 4-year diploma
Botswana No 4-year bachelor degree or bachelor + post-grad diploma to = 4 years
Brazil Yes 4 year bacharel, licenciado, or titulo
British Virgin Islands No No higher education available in the country
Brunei Darussalam Yes 4-year bachelor
Bulgaria Yes 4-year specialist diploma, bachelor, or magister (first degree), or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Burkina Faso Yes 4-year maitrise, engineering diploma, or university credential (licence insufficient)
Burma (Myanmar) Yes 4-year bachelor of honors
Burundi Yes 4 year licence, diplome, or Iingenieur agronome
Cambodia Yes 4-year licence/bachelor
Cameroon Yes 3-4 year licence/diplome
Canada (except for Quebec) No 4-year bachelor, honors bachelor or specialized bachelor; Quebec - 3-year bachelor
Cape Verde Yes No higher education available in the country
Cayman Islands No 4-year bachelor
Central African Republic Yes 4-year degree; a maitrise, specialized diploma or professional title
Chad Yes maitrise or 4-year first degree/diplome (licence is insufficient)
Channel Islands Yes 3-year degree from an accredited university in England
Chile Yes 4-year Licenciatura or professional qualification
China Yes 4-year bachelor
Christmas Island Yes No higher education available in the country
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Yes No higher education available in the country
Colombia Yes 4-year Licenciado or first degree
Comoros Yes No higher education available in the country
Congo, Democratic Republic Yes 4-year 1st degree (Graduate of 2-3 yrs + Licence or professional title of 2-3 yrs)
Congo, Republic of Yes 4-year of higher education, a diplome or specialized professional qualification
Cook Islands Yes 4-year bachelor from The University of the South Pacific
Costa Rica Yes 4-year bachiller universitario or licenciado
Cote d'Ivoire Yes 4-year maitrise or diplom
Croatia Yes 4-year diploma, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2001
Cuba Yes 4-year professional title, licenciatura/licenciado, doctor/doctorado
Curacao Yes 3-year WO bachelor (180 ECTS) or higher degree
Cyprus Yes 4-year lisans diplomasi/bachelor, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2001
Czech Republic Yes 4 year degree of absolvent, ucitel, or inzenyr, or 3 year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Denmark Yes 4-year degree, candidatus, or civelingenior,or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Djibouti, Republic of Yes maitrise or other 4-year postsecondary credentials from universities or grandes ecoles; licence + M1 (French system)
Dominica No No higher education available in the country
Dominican Republic Yes Licenciatura or 4-year degree
Ecuador Yes 4-year licenciado, doctorado, maestro, magister, or professional title
Egypt Yes 4-year bachelor
El Salvador Yes 4-year Licenciado or a professional degree
England (UK) No 3-year first degree, or 3 year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Equatorial Guinea Yes 4-year first degree
Eritrea Yes 4-year bachelor
Estonia Yes 4-year degree, a bachelor or professional qualification
Ethiopia Yes 4-year first degree
Falkland Islands No No higher education available in the country
Faroe Islands Yes 4-year degree, candidatus, or civelingenior (Danish system)
Fiji No 4-year bachelor from The University of the South Pacific
Finland Yes 4-year or more first degree, or 3 year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
France Yes 4-year licence, maitrese, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
French Polynesia Yes maitrise or other 4-year postsecondary credentials from universities or grandes ecoles; licence + M1 (French system)
Gabon Yes 4-year licence, maitrise, diplome d'ingenieur, doctorat en medecine
Gambia, The No 4-year bachelor
Gaza Strip Yes 4-year bachelor
Georgia Yes 4-year first degree, bachelor or diploma, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2005
Germany Yes 3-year Bologna degree (180 ECTS) or Vordiplom w/ additional year (90 SWS)
Ghana No 4-year bachelor
Gibraltar No No higher education available in the country
Greece Yes 4-year ptychion, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Greenland Yes 4-year degree, candidatus, or civelingenior (Danish system)
Grenada No No higher education available in the country
Guam Yes 4-year bachelor
Guatemala Yes 4-year Licenciado, baccalaureatus in scientiis, baccalaureatus in artibus
Guinea Yes 4-year university degree
Guinea-Bissau Yes 4-year Licenciatura
Guyana No Bachelor's degree (Education, Arts, Science, Social Science, Engineering), 4-year Diploma in Education
Haiti Yes 4-year diplome or licence
Holy See (Vatican City) Yes 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2003
Honduras Yes 4-year bachiller, licenciado degree
Hong Kong Yes 4-year bachelor or diploma
Hungary Yes 4-year diploma/degree, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Iceland Yes 3-year (90 ch) - 4.5-year (4 yr - 120 ch) bachelor, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Independent State of Samoa No 4-year bachelor from The University of the South Pacific
India Yes 4-year bachelor; 3-year bachelor + master or 3-year bachelor + post-grad diploma
Indonesia Yes 4-year degree, a sarjana or professional title
Iran Yes 4-year bachelor, karshenasi
Iraq Yes 4-year bachelor degree
Ireland (Eire) No 3-year honours degree; 3-year pass degree + postgraduate diploma; 4-year bachelor, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Isle of Man No No higher education available in the country
Israel Yes 4-year bachelor, master's degree
Italy Yes 4-year laurea, bachelor, diplome, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Jamaica No 4-year bachelor
Jan Maye Yes No higher education available in the country
Japan Yes 4-year gakushi (bachelor)
Jordan Yes 4-year bachelor
Kazakhstan Yes 4-year first degree, a bachelor or diploma, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2010
Kenya No 4-year bachelor
Kiribati Yes 4-year bachelor from The University of the South Pacific
Kuwait Yes 4-year bachelor
Kyrgyzstan Yes 4-year first degree, a bachelor's or diploma
Laos Yes 5-year bachelor/diplome
Latvia Yes 4-year first degree, a bachelor or diploma, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Lebanon Yes Bachelor degree, 4-year licence; maitrise, Diplome d'Ingenieur, Diplome de Beaux Arts, or Diplome d'Architecture
Lesotho No 4-year bachelor
Liberia No 4-year bachelor
Libya Yes 4-year bachelor
Liechtenstein Yes 3-year Bologna degree (180 ECTS) or Vordiplom w/ additional year (90 SWS)
Lithuania Yes 4-year bachelor, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Luxembourg Yes 1-2 year certificats and diplomes are not sufficient; 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Macau Yes 4-year bachelor
Macedonia Yes 4-year diploma, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2003
Madagascar Yes 4-year degree, a maitrise or specialized professional qualification
Malawi Yes 4-year bachelor
Malaysia Yes 4-year bachelor
Maldives Yes 4-year first degree
Mali Yes 4-year bachelor
Malta Yes 4-year bachelor or master's degree, or 3 year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Marshall Islands, Republic of Yes 4-year bachelor from The University of the South Pacific
Martinique Yes Maitrise or other 4-year postsecondary credentials from universities or grandes ecoles; licence + M1 (French system)
Mauritania Yes 4-year maitrise or specialized diplome
Mauritius No 4-year bachelor degree
Mayotte Yes

No higher education is available in the country

Mexico Yes 4-year licenciatura or professional title
Micronesia, Federated States Yes No higher education available in the country
Moldova Yes 4-year first degree, a bachelor or diploma, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2005
Monaco Yes 4-year bachelor
Mongolia Yes 4-year bachelor
Montenegro Yes 4-year bachelor, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2003 as Serbia-Montenegro and 2007 as Montenegro
Montserrat No No higher education available in the country
Morocco Yes 4-year licence, diplome d'Ingenieur, diplome d'Etudes Superieures
Mozambique Yes 5-year licenciatura or professional title
Namibia No 4-year bachelor
Nauru Yes 4-year bachelor from The University of the South Pacific
Nepal Yes 4-year bachelor or 3-year bachelor + master
Netherlands Yes 3-year WO bachelor (180 ECTS) or higher degree
New Caledonia Yes No higher education available in the country
New Zealand No 4-year bachelor or 3-year bachelor + master
Nicaragua Yes 4-year Licenciatura or professional qualification
Niger Yes 4-years of higher education, a maitrise or specialized diplome
Nigeria No 4-year first degree, a bachelor or professional title
Niue Yes 4-year bachelor from The University of the South Pacific
Norfolk Island Yes No higher education available in the country
North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) Yes 4-year bachelor
Northern Ireland (UK) No 3-year first degree (British system), or 3 year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Northern Mariana Isle (Commonwealth of) Yes No higher education available in the country
Norway Yes 3-year bachelor (180 ECTS)
Oman Yes 4-year bachelor
Pakistan Yes 4-year bachelor or 3-year bachelor + master
Palau Yes No higher education available in the country
Palestine Yes see Gaza Strip & West Bank
Panama Yes 4-year Licenciatura or professional qualification
Papua New Guinea No 4-year bachelor
Paraguay Yes 4-year licenciado, notario, ingeniero, arquitecto, abogado, Profesor de Ensenanza Secoundaria
Peru Yes 4-year bachiller, licenciado, or another professional title
Philippines, The Yes 4-year bachelor's degree
Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands No higher education available in the country
Poland Yes 4-year inzynier, magister, or magister inzynier, or 3 year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Portugal Yes 4-year licenciado/bachelor, or 3 year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Puerto Rico No 4-year bachelor
Qatar Yes 4-year bachelor
Reunion Yes 4-years of higher education, a maitrise or specialized diplome
Romania Yes 3-year Diploma de Stat, 4 to 5 year Examen de Stat/Licentiat + dissertation, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Russian Federation Yes 4-year first degree, a bachelor or diploma, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2003
Rwanda Yes 4-years of higher education, a licence, maitrise or professional title
Samoa Yes 4-year bachelor/diploma
San Marino, Republic of Yes 4-year laurea, bachelor, diplome (Italian system)
Sao Tome & Principe, Democratic Republic of Yes 4-year bachelor
Saudi Arabia Yes 4-year bachelor
Scotland (UK) No 4-year first degree, or 3 year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Senegal Yes 4-years of higher education; a maitrise, specialized diploma, or professional title
Serbia Yes 4-year first degree, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2003
Seychelles No 3-year first degree (British system)
Sierra Leone No 4-year bechel or honours bachelor's degree
Singapore No 4-year honours bachelor, or an ordinary degree + postgraduate diploma
Sint Maarten Yes 4-year degree
Slovakia Yes 4-year bakalár, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Slovenia Yes 4-year degree, a diploma with a professional title including the field of study, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Solomon Islands No 4-year bachelor from The University of the South Pacific
Somalia Yes 4-year laurea or bachelor
South Africa No 4-year bachelor or honours bachelor
South Korea (Republic of) Yes 4-year bachelor
South Sudan Yes 4-year bachelor
Spain Yes 4-year bachelor, Licenciado or professional title, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Sri Lanka Yes 4-year bachelor
St Barthelemy (Territorial Collectivity of) Yes No higher education available in the country
St Christopher (Kitts) & Nevis (Federation of) No Bachelor from the University of the West Indies
St Helena Yes No higher education available in the country
St Lucia No Bachelor from the University of the West Indies
St Pierre & Miquelon Yes No higher education available in the country
St Vincent & the Grenadines No Bachelor from the University of the West Indies
Sudan Yes 4-year bachelor
Suriname Yes 4-year bachelor
Svalbard Yes 3-year bachelor (180 ECTS) (Norwegian system)
Swaziland No 4-year bachelor; Diploma in Education
Sweden Yes 4-year university degree, filosofie kandidat examen, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Switzerland Yes 3-5 year university degree (3-year higher college diploma is insufficient), or 3 year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Syria Yes 4-year licence or bachelor
Taiwan Yes 4-year bachelor/diploma
Tajikistan Yes 4-year first degree, a bachelor's or diploma
Tanzania, United Republic No 4-year bachelor
Thailand Yes 4-year bachelor
Timor-Leste (Democratic Republic of) Yes 4-year bachelor
Togo Yes 4-year degree, a maitrise or specialized diplome
Tokelau Yes 4-year bachelor from The University of the South Pacific
Tonga Yes 4-year bachelor from The University of the South Pacific
Trinidad & Tobago No 4-year bachelor
Tunisia Yes 4-year bachelor, licence, maitrise, or diploma
Turkey Yes 4-year lisans diplomasi/bachelor, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2001
Turkmenistan Yes 4-year first degree
Turks & Caicos Islands No No higher education available in the country
Tuvalu Yes 4-year bachelor from The University of the South Pacific
Uganda No 4-year bachelor
Ukraine Yes 4-year bakalavr; specialist diploma, or 3 year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2005
United Arab Emirates Yes 4-year or more bachelor/licentiate
United States No 4-year bachelor from a Regionally accredited institution
United States Virgin Islands No 4-year bachelor
Uruguay Yes 4-year Licenciatura or professional qualification
Uzbekistan Yes 5-year first degree/diploma
Vanuatu Yes 4-year bachelor from The University of the South Pacific
Venezuela Yes 4-year licenciatura or titulo profesional
Vietnam Yes 4-year licence, bachelors, ounhan, or Graduate Diploma
Wales (UK) No 3-year first degree, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 1999
Wallis and Futuna (Territory of) Yes No higher education available in the country
West Bank Yes 4-year bachelor
Western Sahara Yes No higher education available in the country
Yemen Yes 4-year bachelor
Yugoslavia (former) Yes 4-year first degree, or 3-year 180 ECTS Bologna degree after 2003
Zaire (former) Yes 4-year 1st degree (Graduate of 2-3 yrs + Licence or professional title of 2-3 yrs)
Zambia No 4-year bachelor
Zimbabwe No 4-year bachelor
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