International equivalents
If you have previously studied outside the UK, the list below provides a guide to the international qualifications that meet our entry requirements for students beginning the Leeds MBA in 2025. This is intended as a guide only, as transcripts vary between universities in certain countries.
If English is not your first language, you should also check that you meet our English language requirements. Please also see the university international equivalents.
If your country or qualification does not appear in this list or you have any questions, please contact our MBA Admissions Office for further information.
Location | Qualification |
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Location Afghanistan | Qualification Masters degree with an overall grade of at least 80% |
Location Albania | Qualification 3 - 4 year First Level Diploma with an overall grade of at least 8 |
Location Algeria | Qualification Licence (minimum 3 years) with an average of at least 14 out of 20 |
Location Andorra | Qualification Bàtxelor - 3 punts |
Location Angola | Qualification Grau de Licenciado with an overall grade of at least 14 |
Location Argentina | Qualification 4 - 6 year Título / Grado de Licenciado with an overall grade of at least 7 |
Location Armenia | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Australia | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Austria | Qualification Bachelor degree with an overall grade of at least 2 |
Location Azerbaijan | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Bahamas | Qualification 3-4 year Bachelor degree from The University of The West Indies with 2.1 classification, GPA 3.0 or Grade B overall |
Location Bahrain | Qualification 4 year Bachelor degree with a GPA of at least 3 |
Location Bangladesh | Qualification 4 year Bachelor degree with an overall average of at least 70% or a GPA of at least 3.2 - if Bachelor is less than 4 years we require a 1-2 year Masters degree with an overall average of at least 70% or a GPA of at least 3.0 |
Location Barbados | Qualification 3 - 4 year Bachelor degree with a 2.1 or at least a grade of B or a GPA of at least 3.0 |
Location Belarus | Qualification 4 - 8 year Bachelor degree with an overall grade of at least 4 out of 5 or 7 out of 10 |
Location Belgium | Qualification Bachelor or Licentiaat/Licencie (3 years minimum) with an overall grade at least 70% or 14/20 |
Location Belize | Qualification 3 year Bachelor degree from The University of the West Indies or Galen University - validated by the University of Indianapolis - with 2.1, an overall GPA of at least 3.7, an overall grade of at least A- or 75% |
Location Benin | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Bhutan | Qualification 1 - 2 year Masters degree with an overall grade of at least 60% |
Location Bolivia | Qualification 4 - 5 year Licenciado/Título De Bachiller Universitario with an average of at least 70% |
Location Bosnia & Herzegovina | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Botswana | Qualification Bachelor and Master degree with an overall average of 70% or a 2:1 from University of Botswana if studied 5 years |
Location Brazil | Qualification Título/Grau/Diploma de Bacharel or Diploma de Licenciado (minimum 3 years) with a grade of at least 8 |
Location British Virgin Islands | Qualification 3 - 4 year Bachelor degree with a 2.1, grade of B or a GPA of at least 3.0 |
Location Brunei | Qualification 4 - 6 year Bachelor degree with a 2.1 or a GPA of at least 3.5, Grade B or an overall average of at least 70% |
Location Bulgaria | Qualification 3 - 5 year Bachelor degree with a GPA of at least 5 (Mnogo dobur) |
Location Burkina Faso | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Burundi | Qualification Diplôme d'Ingénieur or Diplôme d’Études Approfondies with an overall average of at least 80% |
Location Cambodia | Qualification Bachelor Degree (minimum 4 years) with overall average of 80% |
Location Cameroon | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Canada | Qualification 3 year Baccalaureat or 4 year Bachelor degree with a GPA of 3.1 out of 4.0, an overall score of at least 7 out of 9 or 9 out of 12, an overall grade of at least 73% (when pass mark is 50) or 78% (when pass mark is 60) |
Location Cape Verde | Qualification From 4 - 5 year Licenciatura with a overall score of at least 16 |
Location Cayman Islands | Qualification Bachelor Degree (minimum 4 years) with grade of B, 2:1, 75% OR 3.25 GPA |
Location Central African Republic | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Chad | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Chile | Qualification 4 year Grado de Licenciado or Título with a GPA of at least 5.5 |
Location China | Qualification 4 year Bachelor degree with an overall grade of at least 80% |
Location Colombia | Qualification 3 - 7 year Degrees: Licenciado/ Titulo de/ Profesional en/ Maestro en [subject area] with a GPA of at least 4 |
Location Congo | Qualification Diplôme des Etudes Supérieures Maîtrise (minimum 5 years) with an overall average of at least 14 |
Location Costa Rica | Qualification 4 - 5 year Bachiller, Licenciado or Bachillerato Universitario with an overall grade of at least 8 |
Location Croatia | Qualification 3 - 4 year Baccalaureus/Baccalaurea with an overall GPA of at least 4.0 |
Location Cuba | Qualification 5 - 6 year Título de: Licenciado/ Arquitecto/ Doctor/ Ingeniero/ Maestro Primario with an overall grade of at least 4 (Muy Bien) |
Location Cyprus | Qualification Bachelor/Pytchio degree (minimum 4 years) with an overall GPA of at least 7 (Greek) or 3.0 (Turkish) |
Location Czech Republic | Qualification 3 - 4 year Bakalar with an overall average of at least 1.5, B or Velmi dobre |
Location Democratic Republic of Congo | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Denmark | Qualification Bachelor degree with a GPA of at least 10 |
Location Djibouti | Qualification 2 year Maîtrise with an overall grade of 14 |
Location Dominica | Qualification 3 year Bachelor degree with a 2.1 |
Location Dominican Republic | Qualification 4 year Licenciado/Título with a GPA of at least 3.5 or an overall grade of at least 85% |
Location Ecuador | Qualification 4 - 6 year Título de Licenciado/ Titulo de [subject area] with an overall average of at least 8 |
Location Egypt | Qualification 4 - 6 year Bachelor Degree with an overall grade of 75% or a Very Good |
Location El Salvador | Qualification 4 -7 year Licenciado/ Título de [subject area] or Título de Maestro/Maestría with an overall average of at least 8 |
Location Eritrea | Qualification 1 - 2 year Masters with an overall GPA of at least 3.0 |
Location Estonia | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Ethiopia | Qualification Masters degree (minimum 2 years) with a GPA of at least 3.0, a Grade B or a Very Good |
Location Faroe Islands | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Fiji | Qualification 3 year Bachelor degree with a 2.1 |
Location Finland | Qualification 3 year Kandidaati with an overall grade of 2 out of 3 or 3.5 out of 5 |
Location France | Qualification 3 - 4 year Diplôme d'Ingénieur or Licence/ Grade de Licence with an average of at least 14 out of 20 |
Location Gabon | Qualification 4 year Diplôme d'Ingénieur, 5 year Maîtrise or 6 year Doctorat en Médicine with an overall average of at least 14 |
Location Gambia | Qualification Masters degree (minimum 2 years) with an overall GPA of at least 3.3 |
Location Georgia | Qualification 3 - 4 year Bachelor (Bakalavris Diplomi) with an overall average of at least 4/5, or 80% |
Location Germany | Qualification Bachelor degree with a minimum average of 2.4 |
Location Ghana | Qualification 3 - 4 year Bachelor degree with a 2.1 |
Location Greece | Qualification 4 - 6 year Ptychio with an overall average of at least 7 |
Location Greenland | Qualification 3 year Bachelor degree with an overall average of at least 10 |
Location Guatemala | Qualification 4 - 6 year Licenciado or Título de [subject area], with an overall average of at least 8 or 80% |
Location Guinea | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Guyana | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Honduras | Qualification From 4 year: Título de Licenciado/a, Grado Académico de Licenciatura with a grade of 8 or 80% |
Location Hong Kong | Qualification Please contact the admissions office as grading systems vary between Universities |
Location Hungary | Qualification 3 - 6 year Alapfokozat or Egyetemi Oklevél with an overall GPA of at least 3.5-4 |
Location Iceland | Qualification Baccalaurreatus (minimum 5 years) with an overall grade of at least 7.5 |
Location India | Qualification Grading systems vary between Indian institutions. We therefore ask you to supply an official grading scale from your awarding institution with your application when you apply. We typically require a 3-4 year bachelor degree with First Class. |
Location Indonesia | Qualification 4 year Sarjana (S1) Bachelor degree with an overall GPA of at least 3.0 out of 4.0 |
Location Iran | Qualification 4 - 6 year Bachelor degree, Licence or Professional Doctorate with at least 14 from a private University or 13 from a state University |
Location Iraq | Qualification 4 year Bachelor degree with an overall average of at least 75% |
Location Ireland (Republic of) | Qualification 4 year Bachelor degree or 1 year Higher Diploma with a 2.1 |
Location Israel | Qualification 3 - 6 year Bachelor degree with an overall average of at least 80% |
Location Italy | Qualification 3 - 5 year Licenza or Diploma with an overall average of at least 96 |
Location Ivory Coast | Qualification From 5 - 7 year: Diplôme d'Ingenieur/ DEA, DES, DESS/ Doctorat en Medicine or Maîtrise with a grade of 14 |
Location Jamaica | Qualification 3 year Bachelor degree with a 2.1 |
Location Japan | Qualification 4 year Gakushi (Bachelor) or Kuodo Senmon Shi (Advanced Diploma) with an overall average of at least 80% or a GPA of at least 3.0 out of 4 |
Location Jordan | Qualification 4 - 6 year Bachelor degree with an overall grade of at least 75% or a GPA of 3 |
Location Kazakhstan | Qualification 4 - 6 year Bachelor Degree with an overall average of 85%, a GPA of 3.4 out of 4.0 or 4.25 out of 5 |
Location Kenya | Qualification 4 - 6 year Bachelor Degree with a 2.1 or an overall average of 60% or above |
Location Kosovo | Qualification From 3 - 4 year: Baçelor or Baccalaureus with overall grade of 9 |
Location Kuwait | Qualification 4 - 7 year Bachelor degree with an overall of GPA of at least 3 |
Location Kyrgyzstan | Qualification Bakalavr (minimum 4 years) or 5 - 6 year Specialist Diploma with an overall GPA of at least 4 |
Location Laos | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Latvia | Qualification 3 - 6 year Bakalaura Diploms, Profesionālā Bakalaura Diploms or Profesionālās augstākās izglītības diploms with an overall grade of at least 8, a grade B or a Very Good |
Location Lebanon | Qualification 3 - 5 year Bachelor's degree / Licence or Maîtrise with an overall grade of a least 80% |
Location Lesotho | Qualification Masters degree (minimum 2 years) or LLB with a 2.1 or an overall grade of at least 70% |
Location Liberia | Qualification 1 year Masters degree with an overall grade of at least 85% or a GPA of at least 3.5 |
Location Libya | Qualification 4 - 7 year Bachelor degree with an overall grade of at least 75% or a GPA of 3.3 |
Location Liechtenstein | Qualification (minimum 4 years) Dipl Ing (FH) or Dipl Arch (FH), Bachelor, Magister Philosophiae (Mag Phil) with an overall grade of at least 5 |
Location Lithuania | Qualification 4 - 5 year Bakalauro Diplomas or Profesinis Bakalauras with an overall grade of at least 82% or 8 out of 10 |
Location Luxembourg | Qualification Bachelor Degree (minimum 4 years) with an overall grade of at least 45 or 14 out of 20 |
Location Macao | Qualification Bachelor degree (minimum 4 years) or Licenciatura with a 2.1 or an overall GPA of at least 3.2 |
Location Macedonia | Qualification 4 - 6 year Bachelor or Visoko Obrazovanja with a an overall grade of at least 8 |
Location Madagascar | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Malawi | Qualification 1 - 2 year Masters degree with an overall average of at least 70% |
Location Malaysia | Qualification 3 - 4 year Bachelor degree with an overall GPA of at least 3.0 |
Location Maldives | Qualification 2.1 Bachelor degree |
Location Mali | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Malta | Qualification 3 - 4 year Bachelor degree with a 2.1 |
Location Mauritania | Qualification From 4 year Maîtrise Or Master with grade of at least 14 |
Location Mauritius | Qualification 3 - 4 year Bachelor degree with a 2.1 |
Location Mexico | Qualification Título de Licenciado, Título (Profesional) de [subject area] (minimum 4 years) with an overall grade of at least 8 |
Location Moldova | Qualification 3 - 6 year Diplomă de Licență, Diploma de Studii Superioare (Diploma of University Higher Studies) with an overall grade of at least 8 |
Location Mongolia | Qualification Specialist Diploma or Masters degree with an overall grade of at least 80% or a GPA of at least 3.5 |
Location Montenegro | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Morocco | Qualification 3 - 7 year Licence with an overall average of at least 14 |
Location Mozambique | Qualification From 3 - 5 year Licenciatura with grade of at least 14 |
Location Myanmar | Qualification 2 year Masters degree or 6 year Engineering and Medicine Bachelor degree with an overall grade of at least 75% |
Location Namibia | Qualification 4 year Bachelor Honours / Professional Bachelor (awarded 2009 onwards) or 2 year Masters degree with an overall grade of at least 80% |
Location Nepal | Qualification A 4-year Bachelor degree with at least 60% or a 3.0 GPA or a 3-year Bachelor degree accompanied by a 1 year Masters degree with at least 60% or a 3.0 GPA |
Location Netherlands | Qualification 3 - 6 year Bachelor degree with an overall average of at least 7.0 (after 2015) or 7.5 (before 2015) |
Location New Zealand | Qualification 3 - 6 year Bachelor degree with a 2.1 |
Location Nicaragua | Qualification 4 - 5 year Licenciado, Título de [subject area] with an overall grade of at least 80% |
Location Niger | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Nigeria | Qualification 3 - 6 year Bachelor degree with a 2.1 |
Location Norway | Qualification 3 - 6 year Bachelor degree or 5 year Sivilingeniør/Siviløkonom with an overall average grade of B (post-2002) or 1.6 to 2.5 (pre-2002) |
Location Oman | Qualification Bachelor degree (minimum 4 years) with an overall GPA of 3 out of 4 |
Location Pakistan | Qualification Please contact the admissions office as grading systems vary between Universities |
Location Palestine | Qualification 4 - 6 year Bachelor degree with an overall grade of at least 80% or a GPA of at least 3 |
Location Panama | Qualification 4 - 5 year Licenciado or Título de [subject area] with an overall grade of at least 80% |
Location Papua New Guinea | Qualification 4 - 5 year Bachelor degree graded 2A or IIA |
Location Paraguay | Qualification 4 - 6 year Título de Licenciado, Título de [professional title] with an overall grade of at least 80% or a GPA of at least 4 |
Location Peru | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Philippines | Qualification 4 year Bachelor Degree from a Centre of Excellence or a 2-year Master Degree graded 1.75/5 or 3.0/4.0 |
Location Poland | Qualification 3 - 4 year Licencjat / Inżynier or 5 year Magister with an overall grade of at least 4-4.5 |
Location Portugal | Qualification 3 - 6 year Diploma de Estudos Superiores Especializados – DESE Licenciado with an overall grade of at least 16 |
Location Puerto Rico | Qualification 4 - 6 year Grato de Bachillerato with an overall GPA of at least 3.0 |
Location Qatar | Qualification Bachelor Degree with at least a Grade B, Very Good or a GPA of at least 3.0 out of 4 |
Location Romania | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Russia | Qualification 4 - 6 year Diplom Bakalavra or Specialist Diploma with an overall GPA of at least 4 out of 5 |
Location Rwanda | Qualification 4-6 year Bachelor Degree with an overall of at least 70% or Grade of 14 |
Location Saint Kitts and Nevis | Qualification 3-4 year Bachelor Degree with grade of B, 3.0 GPA or 2:1 |
Location Saint Lucia | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Saudi Arabia | Qualification 4 - 6 year Bachelor Degree with an overall GPA of 3.75 out of 5 or 3 out of 4 |
Location Senegal | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Serbia | Qualification 3 - 6 year Bachelor degree or Diplom Visokog Obrazovanja (post bachelor) with an overall grade of at least 8 |
Location Sierra Leone | Qualification 3 - 6 year Bachelor degree with a 2.1 Honours |
Location Singapore | Qualification 3 - 5 year Bachelor Degree with a 2.1 or a GPA of 4 out of 5 or 3 out of 4 |
Location Slovakia | Qualification 3-4 year Bakalar with grade of 1.5, B or Velmi dobre |
Location Slovenia | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Somalia | Qualification Masters degree (minimum 2 years) with an overall GPA of at least 3.0 |
Location South Africa | Qualification Bachelor degree (minimum 4 years) with a 2.1 or with an overall grade of at least 70% (4 years) |
Location South Korea | Qualification 4 year Haksa/Hagsa with an overall GPA of at least 3.5 out of 4.5, or 3.3 out of 4.3 |
Location Spain | Qualification 4 - 5 year Titulo de Grado/Titulo de Licenciado/ Titulo de Ingeniero/ Titulo de Arquitecto with an average of at least 7 or 2 (please provide grading system) |
Location Sri Lanka | Qualification Masters degree (minimum 2 years) with a 2.1 or GPA of 3.3 |
Location Sudan | Qualification 4 - 6 year Bachelor degree with either 2.1; 70% or a GPA of at least 3.3 |
Location Suriname | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Swaziland | Qualification Masters degree (minimum 2 years) with at least 70% |
Location Sweden | Qualification Kandidatexamen (min 120 credits/ 180 ECTS), Yrkesexamen (Professional Bachelor) or Magisterexamen (undergraduate Master’s) with a Valgodkand (pass with distinction) |
Location Switzerland | Qualification 3 - 6 year Diplôme/Diplom/Diploma, Diplôme d'État/Staatsdiplom/Diploma di Stato, Licence/Lizentiat/Licenza with an overall grade of at least 8 out of 10, 5 out of 6 or 2 out of 5 |
Location Syria | Qualification (Bachelor's degree) Al-Ijâza fi/Licence (minimum 4 years) with a Very Good |
Location Taiwan | Qualification 4 - 7 year Bachelor degree with an overall average of at least 75%-80%. The percentage requirement is dependant on the awarding institution. Some GPA requirements may be higher |
Location Tajikistan | Qualification Specialist Diploma (completed after 1991, minimum of 5 years) or Masters degree with an overall grade of at least 4.5 |
Location Tanzania | Qualification 3 - 6 year Bachelor Degree with 2:1 classification or 3.5 GPA |
Location Thailand | Qualification Please contact the admissions office as grading systems vary between Universities |
Location Togo | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Tonga | Qualification 3 year Bachelor's degree from University of the South Pacific with GPA of 3.5, Grade B+ or 2:1 |
Location Trinidad and Tobago | Qualification 3 - 4 year Bachelor Degree with hons 2:1 classification or Grade B or 3.0 GPA |
Location Tunisia | Qualification Diplôme d'Ingénieur, Docteur en Médecine, Licence or Maîtrise with grade of 14 |
Location Turkey | Qualification 4 year Lisans Diplomasi or Mhendis Diplomasi with an overall average of at least 80% or an overall GPA of at least 3.0 |
Location Turkmenistan | Qualification 5 - 6 year Specialist Diploma (excluding years between 2001-2007) with an overall grade of at least 4 |
Location UAE | Qualification Bachelor degree (minimum 4 years) with an overall GPA of at least 3 |
Location Uganda | Qualification Bachelor degree (minimum 3 years) with 2:1 classification or Grade B+ or 4.0 GPA |
Location Ukraine | Qualification Please see the University’s admissions qualifications |
Location Uruguay | Qualification 4 - 8 year Título de Licenciado with an overall grade of at least 9 |
Location USA | Qualification Bachelor degree (minimum 4 years) with an overall GPA of at least 3 |
Location Uzbekistan | Qualification 4 - 5 year Bakalavr Diplomi or 5 year Specialist Diploma with a GPA of at least 4 or an overall grade of at least 80% |
Location Vanuatu | Qualification 3 year Bachelor's degrees from the University of the South Pacific with grade of B+, 2:1 or 3.5 GPA |
Location Venezuela | Qualification Licenciado or Titulo de [subject area] (minimum 5 years) with an overall grade of at least 16 out of 20 or 7 out of 9 |
Location Vietnam | Qualification 4 - 6 year Bachelor degree or Masters degree with an overall average of at least 7 |
Location Yemen | Qualification From 2 year Master's degrees with Very Good (jiayyid jissan) |
Location Zambia | Qualification Masters degree or Medicine degree with an overall average of at least 70% |
Location Zimbabwe | Qualification 3 - 4 year Bachelor Degree with a 2.1 or an overall average of at least 65% |