Having the necessary documents ready and available helps to streamline your application process to SEMO. Look for your country to find the list of documents you'll need to successfully apply.

If your country is not listed below, please contact the Office of International Admissions for instructions

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Country Academic Level Name of Final Diploma/Certificate
Australia Undergraduate
  • ACT (Australian Capital Territory) Senior Secondary Certificate (since 2015)
  • ACT (Australian Capital Territory) Year 12 Certificate (before 2015)
  • NSW (New South Wales) Higher School Certificate
  • Northern Territory Certificate of Education
  • Queensland Senior Certificate
  • South Australian Certificate of Education
  • Tasmanian Certificate of Education
  • Victorian Certificate of Education
  • Western Australian Certificate of Education
Graduate
  • Bachelor's Degree (4-year)
  • Honours Bachelor's degree/Bachelor's degree with Honours
Bangladesh Undergraduate
  • Secondary School Certificate (SSC)
  • Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC
Graduate
  • Bachelor's Degree (4 Year)
Benin Undergraduate
  • Baccalauréat de ľEnseignement Secondaire (Secondary Education Baccalaureate)
Graduate
  • Brevet d'Aptitude au Professorat de l'Enseignement Secondaire (BAPES)
  • Maîtrise
Brazil Undergraduate
  • Diploma/Certificado de Ensino Médio (Certificate of Secondary Education)
Graduate
  • Título de Bacharel/Grau de Bacharel (4-year)
Cameroon Undergraduate
  • Cameroon General Certificate of Education Ordinary Levels [GCE “O” Level]
  • Cameroon General Certificate of Education Advanced Levels [GCE “A” Level]
  • Baccalauréat de ľEnseignement Secondaire
  • Baccalauréat 
Graduate
  • Bachelor's degree
Canada Undergraduate
  • Alberta: General High School Diploma, Advanced High School Diploma
  • British Columbia: Secondary School Graduation Diploma
  • Manitoba: Manitoba High School Diploma
  • New Brunswick: New Brunswick High School Graduation Diploma
  • Newfoundland and Labrador: High School Graduation Diploma
  • Northwest Territories: High School Graduation Diploma, School Leaving Certificate
  • Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia High School Graduation Diploma
  • Nunavut: High School Graduation Diploma
  • Ontario: Secondary School Graduation Diploma (SSGD), Secondary School Honours Graduation Diploma (SSHGD), Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)
    Prince Edward Island: Senior Secondary School Diploma (High School Graduation Certificate)
  • Quebec: Certificate of Graduation (Secondary School Diploma/Diplôme d'Études Secondaires (SSD/DES)
  • Saskatchewan: Record of Secondary Level Standing (Secondary School Diploma)
  • Yukon: High School Diploma
Graduate
  • Bachelor’s Degree (4-year)/(Honours)
  • Master's Degree
China Undergraduate
  • Upper Middle School Graduation Certificate or High School Graduate Diploma
Graduate
  • Bachelor's Degree Certificate
  • Master's Degree Certificate 
Colombia Undergraduate
  • Título de Bachiller Académico (Academic Baccalaureate)
Graduate
  • Título de Licenciatura
Cote d’Ivoire Undergraduate
  • Baccalauréat/Diplôme de Bachelier de ľEnseignement du Second Degré/Baccalauréat Technique
Graduate
  • Maîtrise
Ecuador Undergraduate
  • Bachiller
Graduate
  • Licenciado
Egypt Undergraduate
  • Certificate of Nile International Secondary Education (CNISE),
  • Thanawiya a'Amma (General Secondary Education Certificate)
Graduate
  • Baccalaureos
  • Lisans/Licence
  • Diploma from a higher institute
  • Diploma of Specialization
Ethiopia Undergraduate
  • Ethiopian General School Leaving Certificate Examination (EGSLCE)/Ethiopian Secondary Leaving Certificate Examination (ESLCE)
  • Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination / Ethiopian University Entrance Examination Certificate 
Graduate
  • Bachelor's Degree (4-year)
Ghana Undergraduate
  • Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE)
  • West African Senior School Certificate Examination GCE O-Level & GCE A- Level (WASSCE) overseen by the West African Examinations Council Senior School Certificate (WAEC)
Graduate Bachelor's Degree
India Undergraduate
  • Central Board of Secondary and Senior Examination (CBSE)
  • All India and Delhi Senior School Certificate
  • Standard XII Diploma / Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)/Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC)
  • Indian School Certificate Examination (2 years)
  • Intermediate Examination (2 years)
Graduate
  • Bachelor's degree (4-year)
  • Bachelor's degree (3-year) with a lateral entry
  • Master of Science (Honours) (3+1 BSc and MSc pathway, 3+2 BSc and MSc pathway)

* NOTE: 3-year Indian bachelor’s degrees are typically not accepted for admission to Southeast unless it is a lateral entry. Exceptions to this rule are those who also possess a 1 or 2-year master’s degree preceded by a 3-year bachelor’s degree. We also accept external evaluation from any AICE or NACES-endorsed organization verifying that the 3-year bachelor’s program is comparable to a U.S. bachelor’s degree.

Documents required for admission: Individual semester transcripts, consolidated marksheet (CMM), provisional certificate (PC) / bona fide letter indicating ongoing enrollment for VII and/or VIII semesters.

Indonesia Undergraduate
  • Surat Tanda Tanat Belajar (STTB) from Sekolah Menengah Unum Tingkat Atas (SMA)
Graduate
  • Diploma IV (D4)
  • Sarjana Strata Satu
Iran Undergraduate
  • Diplom (pre-Reform Act of 1990)
  • Diploma (Post-Reform Act of 2013)
  • Peesh-daneshgahii (Pre-University Year)
  • Diplom Fanni va Herfe-ii (Technical and Vocational Diploma) [post-Reform Act of 2013/2014]
  • Diplom Kar Va Danesh (Vocational Diploma) [post-Reform Act of 2013/2014]
Graduate
  • Karshenasi/ Licence / Bachelor's Degree
Japan Undergraduate
  • Kotogakko Sotsugyo Shosho (Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate–Academic)
Graduate
  • Bachelor of Education
  • Master's Degree
Kazakhstan Undergraduate
  • Attestat (Certificate of Completed Secondary Education)
Graduate
  • Bakalavr 
Kyrgyz Republick Undergraduate 
  • Attestat (Certificate of Completed Secondary Education)
Graduate
  • Diplom bakalavra 
Malaysia Undergraduate
  • Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM)
  • Sijil Tinggi Pelarajan Malaysia (STPM) (Malaysian Higher School Certificate)
  • United Examination Certificate for Independent Chinese Schools in Malaysia (UEC)
Graduate
  • Baccalaureate degree (4-year)
Mexico Undergraduate
  • Certificado de Bachillerato (Baccalaureate Certificate)
  • De Bachillerato Tecnológico (Technological Baccalaureate Certificate)
  • Título de Bachiller (Title of Baccalaureate)
  • Certificado de Preparatoria (School Certificate)
Graduate
  • Licenciatura / Título de Licenciado(a) / Título de (4-year)
Mongolia Undergraduate
  • The Buren Dund Bolovsrolun Unemlekh (Certificate of Complete Secondary Education; currently awarded after 12 years of education)
  • Gerchilgee School Leaving Certificate
Graduate
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Master's Degree
Nepal Undergraduate
  • School Leaving Certificate Examination (SLCE; should not be confused with the former [Grade 10] School Leaving Certificate)
  • Higher Secondary Certificate (replaced in 2016 by the SLCE)
  • Proficiency Certificate (Tribhuvan University), Intermediate Certificate, Uttar Madhyama Examination Certificate
Graduate
  • Bachelor’s degree (4-year)
  • Master's degree
Nigeria Undergraduate
  • West African Examinations Council Senior School Certificate (WASSCE awarded by the West African Examinations Council [WEAC])
  • National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate
  • West African School Certificate
  • General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level ("GCE O-levels")
Graduate
  • Bachelor’s degree
Pakistan Undergraduate
  • Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC)
  • Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)
Graduate
  • Bachelor's degree (4-year)
Panama Undergraduate
  • Diploma de Bachiller (Upper Secondary School Diploma/Baccalaureate), The Diploma de Educación Media (Baccalaureate Diploma)
Graduate
  • Licenciatura
Russia Undergraduate
  • Attestat o srednem (polnom) obschem obrazovanii (Certificate of Complete General Secondary Education/Аттестат о среднем (полном) общем образовании)
Graduate
  • Diploma of Bakalavr/Диплом бакалавра
Saudi Arabia Undergraduate
  • Shahadat Al-Marhalat Al-Thanawiyyat (General Secondary Education Certificate)
Graduate Bachelor's degree
Baccaloreous Al-'uluum Al-'Bahriyya/Al-'askariyyah/Al-Tayraan (Bachelor of Naval Science/ Military Science/ Air Force and Aviation Technology [3-year])
Korea, Republic of (South Korea) Undergraduate
  • Inmungye Kodung Hakkyo (High School Certificate)
Graduate
  • Haksa
Sri Lanka Undergraduate
Graduate
  • Bachelor's (Special)/(Honours) 
United Arab Emirates Undergraduate
  • Shahadat Al-Thanawiya Al-Amma (Secondary School Leaving Certificate)
Graduate
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Master's Degree
United Kingdom Undergraduate
  • General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (GCE O-Level), International General Certificate of Education (IGCSE)
Graduate
  • Bachelor's degree (3-year/ 4-year)
Uzbekistan Undergraduate
  • O'rta Ma'lumot To'g'risida Shahodatnoma (Certificate of Secondary Education)
  • Umumiy O’rta Ta’lim To’g’risida (Certificate of General Secondary Education)
  • Akademik Litsey Diplomi
  • Kasb-hunar Kolleji 
Graduate
  • Bakalavr Diplomi (Bachelor Diploma) or Bakalavr Diplomi Imtiyozli (with Honours) (4-year)
Vietnam Undergraduate
  • Bằng Tốt Nghiệp Trung Học Phổ Thông (Senior High School Certificate)
Graduate
  • Bằng Tốt Nghiệp Ðại Học (Bachelor's degree)
  • Bằng Thạc Sĩ (Master's Degree)
Zimbabwe Undergraduate
  • General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level,
  • Cambridge Higher School Certificate (HSC)/General Certificate of Education Advanced Level
Graduate
  • Bachelor's degree (4-year)
  • Master of Philosophy
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