International Credential Equivalencies

In order to be eligible for admission to the Bachelor of Education program, a completed bachelor degree that is academically equivalent to a four-year, 120-credit UBC bachelor degree, conferred by an accredited post-secondary institution, is required. If you graduated from a recognized post-secondary institution outside of Canada, find your institution’s country below to see what may be equivalent to a four-year bachelor degree.

Please note, the information presented on this page is a general guide for the minimum qualifications required for admission consideration, and meeting minimum requirements or holding a credential listed from your respective country are not guarantees of admission. There may be exceptions to the information presented, and information is subject to change. Not all degrees listed are guaranteed equivalents. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure their degree meets UBC’s requirements.

If your institution’s country is not listed, or if you have any questions after carefully reviewing this resource, please contact the TEO.


International Credential Equivalencies

COUNTRYBACHELOR DEGREE EQUIVALENTYEARS OF POST-SECONDARY STUDY
Afghanistan• Bachelor degree


• Leicanc (Licence)
4 years


4 years
AlbaniaDiplome, usually accompanied by Titull (Professional Title)4 years (240 ECTS)
AlgeriaDiplome4 years
AndorraGrau de Licenciatura4 years (240 ECTS)
AngolaLicenciado5 years
Antigua & BarbudaBachelor degree4 years
Argentina• Licenciado(a)


• Professional Title
5 years


4 years
Armenia• Bakalavri Kochum


• Diplome
4 years


5 years
Australia• Bachelor degree


• Bachelor (Honours) degree
4 years


4 years
Austria• Bakkalaureus


• Diplom or Magister
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years
Azerbaijan• Bakalavr


• Specialist Diploma
4 years (240 ECTS)


5 years
BahamasBachelor degree4 years
BahrainBachelor degree4 years
Bangladesh• Bachelor degree


• Bachelor plus Master degrees
4 years

BarbadosBachelor degree4 years
Belarus• Bakalavr


• Specialist Diploma
4 years (240 ECTS)


5 years
Belgium• Bachelor


• Licentiaat (Licence)


• Professional Title
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years


4 years
BelizeBachelor degree4 years
BeninMaitrise4 years
BhutanHonours Bachelor degree4 years
Bolivia• Licenciado(a)


• Professional Title
4 years


4 years
Bosnia & HerzegovinaVisoko Obrazovanja (Advanced Diploma)4 years (240 ECTS)
BotswanaBachelor4 years
Brazil• Bacharel/Bacharelado (Bachelor)


• Titulo (Professional Title)
4 years


4 years
BruneiHonours Bachelor degree4 years
Bulgaria• Bakalavr


• Diploma za Zavarsheno Visshe Obrazovanie (Specialist Diploma)
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years
Burkina FasoMaitrise4 years
BurundiDiplome de Licence4 years
CambodiaLicence/Bachelor4 years
CameroonMaitrise4 years
Central African RepublicMaitrise4 years
ChadMaitrise4 years
Chile• Licenciatura


• Titulo (Professional Title)
4 years


4 years
ChinaBachelor degree4 years
Colombia • Licenciado(a)


• Titulo (Professional Title)
4 years


4 years
ComorosMaster degree
Congo, Republic of• Maitrise


• Diplome d'Etudes Superieures
4 years


5 years
Congo, Democratic Republic of• Licence


• Diplome d'Etudes Superieures
5 years


5 years
Costa Rica• Bachiller/Bachillerato Universitario


• Licenciatura/Titulo Profesional
4 years


5 years
Côte d'IvoireMaitrise4 years
CroatiaDiplomirani i Strucni Naziv (Graduate Diploma)4 years
Cuba• Licenciatura


• Titulo (Professional Title)
4 years


4 years
Cyprus• Pytchio


• Bachelor degree
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years (240 ECTS)
Czech Republic• Bakalar or Bakalar Umeni


• Magistr
4 years (240 ECTS)

Denmark• Bachelor


• Candidatus
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years
Dominican Republic• Licenciado(a)


• Professional Title
4 years


4 years
Ecuador• Licenciado(a) or


• Professional Title
4 years


5 years
Egypt• Baccalaureos (Bachelor)


• Lisans (Licence)
4 years


4 years
El Salvador• Licenciado(a)


• Professional Title

(Egresado not accepted.)
4 years


4 years
EritreaBachelor degree4 years
Estonia• Bakalaureuskraad


• Specialist Diploma
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years
EswatiniBachelor degree4 years
EthiopiaBachelor degree4 years
FijiBachelor degree4 years
Finland• Bachelor degree


• Kandidaatti/Kandidat
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years
France• Maitrise


• Licence + 60 ECTS


• Diplome de Grande Ecole
4 years


4 years (240 ECTS)


5 years
GabonMaitrise4 years
GambiaBachelor4 years
Georgia• Bakalavris Khariskhi


• Specialistis Diplomi
4 years


5 years
Germany• Bachelor degree


• Diplom


• Magister Artium
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years


4 years
GhanaBachelor degree4 years
Greece• Ptychio


• Diploma
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years (240 ECTS)
GrenadaHonours Bachelor degree4 years
Guatemala• Licenciado


• Titulo (Professional Title)
5 years


5 years
Guinea• Diplome d'Etude Superieures


• Maitrise
4 years


4 years
GuyanaBachelor degree4 years
Haiti• Licence


• Maitrise
4 years

Honduras• Licenciado


• Titulo (Professional Title)
5 years


5 years
Hong KongBachelor degree4 years
HungaryOklevel4 years
Iceland• Bacalaureatus


• Candidatus
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years
India• Bachelor


• Bachelor plus Master degrees
4 years


4 years+
IndonesiaSarjana Satu (S1)4 years
IranKarshenasi/Licence4 years
IraqBachelor degree4 years
IrelandHonours Bachelor degree4 years
IsraelBachelor degree4 years
ItalyLaurea4 years (240 ECTS)
JamaicaHonours Bachelor degree4 years
JapanGakushi Shogo (Bachelor)4 years
JordanBachelor degree4 years
Kazakhstan• Bakalavr


• Diplom ob Okanchanii Vysshego Uchebnogo Zaredeniia (Specialist Diploma)
4 years


5 years
KenyaBachelor degree4 years
Korea, Democratic People's Republic ofBachelor degree5 years
Korea, Republic ofHaksa (Bachelor)4 years
KuwaitBachelor degree4 years
KyrgyzstanDiplom Spetsialista (Specialist Diploma)5 years
LaosBachelor degree5 years
LatviaBakalaurs4 years
Lebanon• Bachelor


• Licence
4 years


4 years
LesothoBachelor degree4 years
LiberiaBachelor degree4 years
LibyaBakalurius (Bachelor)4 years
LithuaniaBakalauro (Bachelor)4 years
Macau• Bachelor degree


• Licenciatura
4 years


4 years
MacedoniaDiplomiran4 years
MadagascarMaitrise4 years
MalawiBachelor degree4 years
MalaysiaHonours Bachelor degree4 years
MaldivesHonours Bachelor degree4 years
MaliMaitrise4 years
MaltaHonours Bachelor degree4 years (240 ECTS)
MauritaniaMaitrise4 years
Mexico• Licenciado(a)


• Titulo (Professional Title)
4 years


4 years
Moldova• Diploma de Studii Superioare


• Diploma de Licenta
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years (240 ECTS)
MongoliaBachelor and Master degrees
MontenegroDiploma Visokog Obrazovanja4 years (240 ECTS)
MoroccoMaitrise


Licence
4 years


4 years
MozambiqueLicenciatura,4 years
MyanmarHonours Bachelor degree5 years
NamibiaBachelor degree4 years
Nepal• Bachelor degree


• Bachelor plus Master degrees
4 years

Netherlands• Bachelor degree


• Doctorandus/Doctoraal
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years
New Zealand• Bachelor degree


• Honours Bachelor degree
4 years


4 years
Nicaragua• Licenciado(a)


• Titulo (Professional Title)
4 years


5 years
NigerMaitrise4 years
NigeriaBachelor degree4 years
Norway• Bachelor degree


• Candidatus
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years
OmanBachelor degree4 years
Pakistan• Bachelor degree


• Bachelor plus Master degrees
4 years


4+ years
PalestineBachelor degree4 years
Panama• Licenciado


• Titulo (Professional Title)
4 years


4 years
Papua New GuineaHonours Bachelor degree5 years
Paraguay• Licenciado


• Titulo (Professional Title)
4 years


4 years
Peru• Bachiller


• Licenciado


• Titulo (Professional Title)
4 years


4 years


4 years
PhilippinesBachelor and Master degrees6 years
PolandLicencjat


Dyplom
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years
PortugalLicenciatura4 years (240 ECTS)
QatarBachelor degree4 years
RomaniaDiploma de Licenta4 years (240 ECTS)
RussiaDiplom Bakalavra4 years (240 ECTS)
Rwanda• Maitrise


• Licence


• Bachelor degree
4 years


4 years


4 years
Saudi ArabiaBachelor degree4 years
SenegalMaitrise4 years
SerbiaDiploma Visokog Obrazovanja4 years (240 ECTS)
Sierra LeoneHonours Bachelor degree4 years
Singapore• Bachelor degree


• Honours Bachelor degree
4 years


4 years
Slovakia• Bakalar


• Magister
4 years (240 ECTS)

SloveniaUniverzitetni Diplomirani4 years (240 ECTS)
Somalia• Bachelor degree


• Laurea
4 years


4 years
South Africa• Bachelor degree


• Honours Bachelor degree
4 years


4 years
Spain• Licenciado(a)


• Titulo de Graduado
• Titulo (Professional Title)
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years
Sri LankaBachelor (Special) degree4 years
SudanHonours Bachelor degree5 years
SurinameBachelor degree4 years
SwazilandBachelor degree4 years
Sweden• Bachelor degree


• Magisterexamen
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years (minimum 160 points)
Switzerland• Bachelor degree


• Lizentiat (Licence)


• Diplom
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years (240 ECTS)
Syria• Bachelor degree


• Licence
4 years


4 years
TaiwanBachelor degree4 years
TajikistanBakalavr4 years
TanzaniaBachelor degree4 years
ThailandBachelor degree4 years
TogoMaitrise4 years
Trinidad & TobagoHonours Bachelor degree4 years
TunisiaMaitrise4 years
Turkey• Bachelor degree


• Lisans Diplomasi
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years (240 ECTS)
TurkmenistanSpecialist Diploma5 years
UgandaHonours Bachelor degree4 years
UkraineDyplom Bakalavra (Bachelor)4 years (240 ECTS)
United Arab EmiratesBachelor degree4 years
United Kingdom• Bachelor degree


• Honours Bachelor degree
4 years (240 ECTS)


4 years (240 ECTS)
United States of AmericaBachelor degree4 years
Uruguay• Licenciado(a)


• Titulo (Professional Title)
4 years


4 years
Uzbekistan• Bakalavr


• Specialist Diploma
4 years


5 years
Venezuela• Licenciatura


• Titulo (Professional Title)
4 years


4 years
VietnamBằng Tốt Nghiệp Đại Học (Bachelor)4 years
YemenBachelor degree4 years
ZambiaBachelor degree4 years
ZimbabweHonours Bachelor degree4 years