SPM and STPM – International Academic Qualification Equivalence (Malaysia)
Submitted by Alvin Nyau on 12 July 2010 – 11:10 pm2 Comments
Having trouble comparing the academic qualification from your country of origin to that of Malaysia? Want to know whether you are qualified to pursue study in Malaysia? In this entry, we’ll show you a list of academic qualification equivalence as a quick reference to compare your academic qualification with that of Malaysia. The list is by no means exhaustive. For further information, please visit the website of Malaysia national quality agency at www.mqa.gov.my.
Minimum Academic Admission Requirements For International Students | |||
| No. | Foreign Qualification | Country | Malaysian Equivalence |
| 1. | Australia Year 10 Australia Year 11 Australia Year 12 | Australia | Year 10 = SPM Year 12 = STPM |
| South Australia Matriculation (SAM) | STPM | ||
| Tertiary Entrance Education | STPM | ||
| Victoria Certificate of Education (VCE) | STPM | ||
| Western Australian Certificate of Education | STPM | ||
| 2. | Tawjahiya (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) | Bahrain | STPM |
| 3. | Secondary School Certificate | Bangladesh | SPM |
| Higher Secondary School Certificate | STPM | ||
| 4. | GCE ‘O’ Level | Brunei Darussalam | SPM |
| GCE ‘A’ Level | STPM | ||
| Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Ugama (STPU) | Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia (STAM) | ||
| 5. | Upper Secondary (Grade 12) | Cambodia | STPM |
| 6. | General Certificate of Education Examination Advanced Level | Cameroon – Republic of Cameroon | STPM |
| 7. | High Secondary School Diploma (Grade 12)/ Canadian Grade 12 | Canada | STPM |
| Canadian Pre-University (CPU)/ Ontario Secondary School diploma | STPM | ||
| Canadian Grade 11 | SPM | ||
| 8. | Senior High School Diploma | China | STPM |
| 9. | Hong Kong Advanced Level Examinations (HKALE) | China-Hong Kong | STPM |
| Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) | SPM | ||
| 10. | Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate (COHSC) / GCE Advanced | China – Macau | STPM |
| Ensino Secundario Complementar | STPM | ||
| Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) / GCE O Level | SPM | ||
| 11. | Senior High School Leaving Certificate | Taiwan | STPM |
| 12. | Bevis for Studentereksamen | Denmark | STPM |
| Bevis for Hojere Forberedelseseksamen (HF) | STPM | ||
| 13. | Thanaweya A’a,a (General Secondary School Certificate) | Egypt | STPM |
| Al-Azhar General Secondary School Certificate | STPM | ||
| 14. | Baccalaureat + Grandes Ecoles (entrance examination) | France | STPM |
| 15. | Zeugnis Der Reife / Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife / Abitur | Germany | STPM |
| 16. | Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (since 1993) | Ghana | STPM |
| West African Higher School Certificate / GCE A Level | STPM | ||
| West African School Certificate/ GCE O Level | SPM | ||
| 17. | West African Examinations Council GCE A level | Gambia | STPM |
| West African Examinations Council School Certificate /GCE O Level | SPM | ||
| 18. | Indian School Certificate / Secondary School Certificate | India | SPM |
| Higher Secondary Course Certificate / Higher Secondary School Certificate | STPM | ||
| 19. | Sekolah Menengah Umum 3 / Sekolah Menengah Atas | Indonesia | STPM |
| 20. | High School Diploma + KONKUR | Iran | STPM |
| 21. | Sixth Form Baccalaureat | Iraq | STPM |
| 22. | Leaving Certificate Examination passed at Higher | Ireland | STPM |
| Leaving Certificate Examination at Ordinary | SPM | ||
| 23. | Upper Secondary SchoolLeaving Certificate (Kotogakko Sotsugyo Shomeisho) | Japan | STPM |
| 24. | Tawjihi (General Secondary Education Certificate) | Jordan | STPM |
| 25. | East African Certificate of Education (EAACE) / Kenya Certificate of Education (KCE) | Kenya | SPM |
| East African Advanced Certificate of Education (EAACE) / Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education (KCE) | STPM | ||
| Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) | STPM | ||
| 26. | High School Diploma | Korea –South Korea | STPM |
| 27. | Shahadat-al-thanawia-ala’ama (General Secondary School Certificate) | Kuwait | STPM |
| 28. | Baccalaureat | Laos | STPM |
| 29. | Senior High School Certificate | Liberia | STPM |
| 30. | Secondary School Certificate / Secondary Education Certificate | Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | STPM |
| 31. | Cambridge School Certificate / General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level | Mauritius | SPM |
| Higher School Certificate Examination / General Certificate of Education Advanced Level | STPM | ||
| 32. | Baccalaureat | Morocco | STPM |
| 33. | Basic Education High ,School Examination / Matriculation | Myanmmar | SPM |
| 34. | Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate (COHSC)/GCE A Level | Namibia | STPM |
| IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) | SPM | ||
| Cambridge School Certificate (CSC)/ Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC)/GCE O Level | SPM | ||
| 35. | School Leaving Certificate Examination | Nepal | SPM |
| Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) | STPM | ||
| 36. | Pre-University Education/Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO- Diploma) | Netherlands | STPM |
| Senior General Education/ Hoger Algemeen Voortgezet Onderwijs (HAVO – diploma) | SPM | ||
| 37. | National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA Level 3), New Zealand | New Zealand | STPM |
| NCEA Level 2, New Zealand | |||
| NCEA Level 1, New Zealand | SPM | ||
| 38. | West African School Certificate / GCE O-Level | Nigeria | SPM |
| West African GCE A-Level | STPM | ||
| West African Examinations Council Senior School Certificate (WAEC Senior School Certificate) / NECO (Nigerian Examination Council) | STPM | ||
| 39. | Thanawiya amma ( Secondary School Leaving Certificate / General Secondary School Certificate) | Sultanate of Oman | STPM |
| One year Certificate / Foundation Year (Taken Before Bachelor Degree) | STPM | ||
| 40. | Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Board of Secondary Education, Karachi | Pakistan | SPM |
| Higher Secondary Certificate Examination (HSC)/ Intermediate Certificateissued by Board of Intermediate Education Karachi | STPM | ||
| 41. | Bachillerato | Panama | STPM |
| 42. | Tawjihi (General Secondary Education Certificate) | Palestine | STPM |
| 43. | High School Diploma | Phillipines | STPM |
| 44. | Swiadectwo Dojrzalosci / Matura | Poland | STPM |
| 45. | Al-Thanawaya Al-Amah (General Secondary Education Certificate) | Qatar | STPM |
| 46. | Attestat (Certificate of Secondary Ecuation at Grade 11) | Russia | STPM |
| 47. | General Secondary Education Certificate (GSC) | Saudi Arabia | STPM |
| 48. | Scottish Certificate of Education (SCE) HIGHER GRADE, Scottish Examination Board | Scotland | STPM |
| The Scottish Certificate of Education (SCE) STANDARD GRADE, Scottish Examination Board | SPM | ||
| 49. | Senior School Certificate | Sierra Leone | STPM |
| West African Higher School Certificate (WAHSC) / GCE A level / Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate (COHSC) | STPM | ||
| West African School Certificate (WASC) / GCE O level / Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) | SPM | ||
| 50. | Singapore Cambridge General Certificate of Education ‘Ordinary’ level | SPM | |
| Singapore Cambridge General Certificate of Education ‘Advanced’ Level | Singapore | STPM | |
| 51. | General Certificate of Education (O Level), Sri Lanka | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | SPM |
| General Certificate of Education (A Level), Sri Lanka | STPM | ||
| 52. | Senior Certificate (No Matriculation Endorsement) | South Africa | SPM |
| Senior Certificate (Withmatriculation Endorsement) And At Least BBBCC At Higher Grade | STPM | ||
| 53. | Secondary School Leaving Certificate | Somalia | STPM |
| 54. | Selectividad | Spain | STPM |
| Bachillerato Unificadoy Polivalente (BUP) / Graduado en Educación Secundaria | SPM | ||
| 55. | Sudan School Certificate (formerly called the Secondary School Certificate or Higher Secondary School Certificate) | Sudan | STPM |
| 56. | Avgangsbetyg (Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate)/ Slutbetyg (Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate [Technical Streams] ) | Sweden | STPM |
| 57. | Maw6/ Grade 12, Upper Secondary School Certificate | Thailand | STPM |
| Islamic Study Upper Secondary School | STPM | ||
| 58. | Tawjihiyya (General and Religious) | United Arab Emirates | STPM |
| 59. | GCE Advanced, UK | UK | STPM |
| International Baccalaureate (IB), UK | STPM | ||
| GCSE Ordinary Level/ University of Cambrigde International Examinations General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level | SPM | ||
| Scottish Certificate of Education (SCE) (Higher Grade) issued by Scottish Examination Board | STPM | ||
| Scottish Certificate of Education (SCE) (Standard Grade) issued by Scottish Examination Board | SPM | ||
| 60. | Grade 12, High School New York | USA | STPM |
| Grade 11, High School New Yoke | SPM | ||
| 61. | Upper Secondary (Grade 12) [High School] | Vietnam | STPM |
| 62. | Al-Thanawiya (General Secondary Education Certificate) | Yemen | STPM |
Dear Sir,
I’ve passed the HSC certificate this year.
Would like to higher study any University around KL.
Please send details about addmission/cost etc.
Regards/M.Tasin
Dear Sirs,
I’m from malaysia and was study until secondary form 2 and I wish to further my study and target to achieve higher level of education.I’m currently working as a project manager in interior fitout industry for several of year and my employer asked me to further my study to achieve at lease a diploma certificate to gain the opportunity for my career level promotion.
I wish to seek for your advise to my study plan with the unqualified educational background. Kindly guide me the route to achieve the higher level educational in management course and those necessary step or pre qualification course that I needed to take before I could achieve my objective.
Your kind advisory is highly appreciated and hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Alex Tham