Entry Requirements
In the list below you can check if you fulfill the minimum requirements for entry into undergraduate programmes in Icelandic universities. This will provide you with information about your opportunities before you prepare your application. Please note that further requirements may be made by the each university.
This list is not exhaustive of neither countries nor qualifications giving access to higher education in Iceland. If you have any questions regarding language requirements or specific admission requirements, please contact the university you intend to apply for.
This list is not exhaustive of neither countries nor qualifications giving access to higher education in Iceland. If you have any questions regarding language requirements or specific admission requirements, please contact the university you intend to apply for.
Minimum requirements for admission to Icelandic universities
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Baccalauria + 1 year of higher education studies.
Dëftesë pjekurie Baccalauréat or Diplôme de Bachelier de l’enseignement secondaire général + 1 year of higher education studies. Titulo de Bachiller + 1 year of higher education studies. High School Certificate + Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) or University Admission Index (UAI) Reifeprüfung/Matura or Reife- und Diplomprüfung or Berufsreifeprüfung. Orta Tahsil Haqquinda Attestat / Orta mekteb attestati / Svidetel'stvo/o Srednem Obrazovanii, completed after 1999 + 1 year of higher education studies. Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) + 1 years of higher education studies. From 1999: Atestat ab agul'naj sjarednjaj adukacii /Attestat o (Obschem) Srednem Obrazovanii or Diplom o Srednem Spetsialnom Obrazovanii + 1 year of higher education studies. Before 1999: Atestat ab agul'naj sjarednjaj adukacii /Attestat o (Obschem) Srednem Obrazovanii or Diplom o Srednem Spetsialnom Obrazovanii + 2 years of higher education studies. Diploma van secundair onderwijs. Certificat d’enseignement Secondaire Supérieur (C.E.S.S.) Abschlusszeugnis der Oberstufe des Sekundarunterrichts. Diploma/Grado/Titulo de Bachiller + 1 year of higher education studies. Diploma o zavrsenoj gimnaziji or Svjedozba o maturi or Diploma o polozenom zavrsnom ispituor Diploma/technical. Certificado de Ensino Médio or Certificado de Conclusão de Ensino Médio Supletivo or Diploma de Técnico de Nivel Medio + 1 year of higher education studies. Diploma za (Zavarsheno) Sredno Obrazovanie / Diploma za Sredno Obrazovanie Diploma za Sredno – Spetzialno Obrazovanie (11 years education) + 1 year of higher education studies. After 1999: Diplôme des Humanités Générales + Diplôme d’Etat + 1 year of higher education studies Before 1999: Certificat Homologué des Humanités Complètes + 1 year of higher education studies Attestation de Fin d'Etudes Secondaire de l'Enseignement General/Diploma of Upper Secondary Education + 2 years of higher education studies. Diplome de Bachelier de l’Enseignement du Second Degre / Baccalaureat de l’Enseignement Secondaire. or GCE Ordinary Level Examinations (at least 4 subjects passed) + Cameroon GCE Advanced Level Examinations (at least 3 subjects passed). or Brevet de Technicien / Diplome de Bachelier de Technicien (Admission only to same study field as in Cameroun) High School Diploma or Secondary School Diploma or Diplome d’Etudes Collegiales (DEC) / Diploma of Collegial Studies (DCS) or Complete Grade 12 Standing/Division IV Standing passed with at least 60%. Licencia secundaria + 1 year of higher educational studies. (Applicants with exams taken in 2000 or later may be admitted without a year of higher educational studies if the GPA is at least 6) Certificate of Graduation from Upper Middle School + Chinese National University Entrance Examination (CNUEE)/Gao Kao + 1 year of higher education studies (university), or + 2 years of higher education studies (college). or Certificate of Graduation from Upper Middle School + NAHEEE + 3 years of higher adult education studies. Bachillerato / Diploma de Bachiller + 1 year of higher education studies. Maturalna svjedodzba or Svjedodzba o zavrsenom srednjem obrazovanju or Svjedodzba o zavrsnom ispitu-maturior Svejdozba o maturi or Svjedodzba o zavrönom ispitu or Svjedodzba o zavrsenom srednjem obrazovanju or Svjedodzba o zavrsnom ispitu-maturi. Diploma de Bachiller en Ciencias y Letras/Título de Bachiller + 1 year of higher education studies Técnico Medio/Maestro Primario (documented with a "Certificación de Estudios Terminados + title of the education) + 1 year of higher education studies Apolytirio (απολυτήριο) from Enaiou Lykeio (Γενικό Λύκειο) Vysvedceni o Maturitní Zkousce or Maturitní zkouška or Maturita from gymnazium. Studenterexamen or Höjere Forberedelses Eksamen (HF) or Höjere Teknisk Eksamen (HTX) or Höjere Handels Eksamen (HHX). Certificación/Pruebas Nacionales de Conclusion de la Educación Media + 1 year of higher education studies or Diploma de Conclusión de la Educación Media + 1 year of higher education studies or Diploma/Título de Bachiller en ... + 1 year of higher education studies or Certificado Oficial de Suficiencia en los Estudios Secondarios + 1 year of higher education studies or Diploma /Título de Bachiller General + 1 year of higher education studies Bachillerato/Titulo de Bachiller en Arte/Ciencias (before: Titulo de Bachiller en Humanidades Modernas) or Bachillerato/Titulo de Bachiller Unico Integral or Bachillerato/Titulo de Bachiller Técnico Thanaweya A’ama (General Secondary School Certificate) + 1 year of higher education studies. Título de Bachiller (academic) + 1 year of higher education studies Eritrean Secondary Education Certificate Examination Keskkooli Loputunnistus or Gümnaasiumi Lıputunnistus or Lõputunnistus põhihariduse basil kutsekeskhariduse omandamise Kohta or Lõputunnistus keskhariduse baasil kutsekeskhariduse omandamise kohta + Riigieksamenitunnistus From 2011: University Entrance Examination Certificate (UEEC) + 1 year of higher education studies Before 2010: Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination (EHEEE) + 1 year of higher education studies European Baccalaureate (EB) After 2013: Gymnasieuddannelser Before 2013: Studentereksamen, Højere forberedelseseksamen (HF), Højere handelseksamen (hhx), Højere teknisk eksamen (htx) or Højere eksamen inden for fiskeri Ylioppilastutkintotodistus/studentexamensbetyg or Tutkintotodistus/Ammatillinen perustutkinto Baccalauréat général or Baccalauréat technologique or Baccalauréat professionnel. Sashualo Skolis Atestati/Attestat + 1 year of higher education studies. Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife (Abitur) or Zeugnis der Reife or Reifezeugnis or Zeugnis der Fachgebundene Hochschulreife or Zeugnis der Fachhochschulreife. Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) + 1 year of higher education studies. or West African School Certificate (WASC/O level) + West African Higher School Certificate Examination (WAHSC/A level) with a minimum of 3 A-levels and 5 O-levels From 2007: Apolytirion Geniko Lykeiou (ΑΠΟΛΥΤΗΡΙΟ ΓΕΝΙΚΟΥ ΛΥΚΕΙΟΥ) or Apolitirio Epangelmatiko Lykio Before 2007: Apolitírio Enaíou Lykeíou (ΑΠΟΛΥΤΗΡΙΟ ΕΝΙΑΙΟΥ ΛΥΚΕΙΟΥ) or Pthychíon Techniká kai epagelmatiká ekpedeftíria (TEE) Diploma de/Título de Bachiller en Ciencias y Letras + 1 year of higher education studies (university) or Diploma de/Título de Bachiller en Ciencias y Letras con Orientación Técnica (Agroforestal, Computación, Diseño Gráfico, Electricidad, Mecánica Automotriz, Textiles og Turismo) + 1 year of higher education studies (university) Bachillerato/Titulo de Bachiller en Ciencias y Letras + 2 years of higher education studies or Titulo de Bachiller en ... / Titulo de Maestro en ... / Titulo de Perito ... / Título de Técnico Medio en ..... + 2 years of higher education studies Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) or Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) + Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE) or Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) + Hong Kong Advanced Supplementary Certificate (HKASC) Gimnazium erettsegi bizonyitvany or Szakközepiskola erettsegi bizonyitvany All India Senior School Certificate (AISSC) from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) + 1 year of higher education studies. or Indian School Certificate (ISC) from Council for the Indian School Certificate (CISCE) + 1 year of higher education studies. or Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) + 1 year of higher education studies. IJAZAH Sekolah Menengah Atas or Madrasah Aliyah (SMA / MA) + 2 years of higher education studies. or Surat Tanda Tamat Belajar Sekolah Menengah Umum (SMU) + 2 years of higher education studies. International Baccalaureate Diploma 3 years High School Diploma and Pre-University diploma+ 1 year of higher education studies or 4 years High School Diploma + 1 year of higher education studies. Al-Edadiyah + 1 year of higher education studies or Al-Idadiyah (Sixth form baccalaureat) + 1 year of higher education studies or Certificate of Preparatory Studies + 1 year of higher education studies Leaving Certificate (Established), showing at least 6 subjects of which at least 2 Higher Level subjects or Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme. (LCVP) Te'udat Bagrut - תעודת בגרות Liceo Classico or Liceo Scientifico or Liceo Linguistico or Liceo – Indirizzo science sociali Kotogakko Sotsugyo Shomeisho + 1 year of higher education studies. General Secondary Education Certificate/ Tawjihi (GSEC) + 1 year of higher education studies General Vocational Secondary Education Certificate (GVSEC) + 1 year of higher education studies Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) + 1 year of higher education studies. Diplome per kryerjen e shkolles se mesme te pergjithshme – gjimnazin or Diplome per kryerjen e shkolles se mesme te larte - gjimnazit Orta bilim turaly attestat /Attestat o (obschem) Srednem Obrazovanii + 1 year of higher education studies or Diplom o Srednem Spetsialnom Obrazovanii + 1 year of higher education studies Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) + 1 year of higher education studies. Diplome per kryerjen e shkolles se mesme te pergjithshme – gjimnazin or Diplome per kryerjen e shkolles se mesme te larte - gjimnazit Shahadat-al-thanawia-al-a’ama (General Secondary School Certificate) + 1 year of higher education studies Atestäts par visparejo vidëjo izglïtïbu or Atestäts par vidíjo izglïtïbu. Baccalauréat + 1 year of higher education studies. Secondary Education Certificate + 1 year of higher education studies. Maturazeugnis (Type B or E) Brandos Atestatas Diplôme de Fin d'Etudes Secondaires/Diplôme de fin d'Etudes Secondaire Classiques Diplôme de Fin d'Etudes Secondaires Techniques/Diplôme de Fin d'Etudes Générales Diploma za polozen zavrsen ispit or Diplome per dhenien e provimit te pjekurise or Svidetelstvo za zavrseno sredno obrazovanie or Diploma za polozen zavrsen ispit (strucna) or Diplome per dhenien e provimit te pjekurise (profesionale) or Svidetelstvo za polozen zavrsen ispit vo uciliste za sredno obrazovanie or Svidetelstvo za stepen na strucna podgotovka/ Dëftëse per fazen e pergatitjes profesionale Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM/Certificate of Education) + Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM/Malaysia Higher School Certificate) or Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM/Certificate of Education) + Matriculation Certificate (Matrikulasi) Matriculation Certificate Certificado de Bachillerato + 1 year of higher education studies After 2002: Diploma de bacalaureat Before 2002: Diploma de bacalaureat + 1 year of higher education studies. Before 1992 students need to have completed the Dund bolovsrolyn ünemlech gerchilgee + 2 years of higher education studies or equivalent supplementary studies. After 1992 students need to have completed Buren dund bolovsrolyn ünemlech gerchilgee + 2 years of higher education studies or equivalent supplementary studies. Diploma o Završenoj Srednjoj Školi or Svjedocanstvo o stecenom stepenu strucne spreme or Svjedocanstvo o stecenom stepenu strucne spreme Baccalauréat + 1 year of higher education studies. Certificado de Habilitações Literarias + 1 year of higher education studies. Higher Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate (NSSC higher + ordinary level) with at least 6 subjects where at least 5 are at higher level and passed with the grade 3 or higher + 1 subject at ordinary level and a total of at least 46 points. Higher Secondary Certificate + 1 year of higher education studies Proficiency Certificate + 1 year of higher education studies Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO) or Hoger Algemeen Voortgezet Onderwijs (HAVO) + Propaedeutische Diplom/Verklaring National Certificate Educational Achievement Bachiller en Ciencias y Letras (Bachillerato) + 1 year of higher education studies. Senior School Certificate + 1 year of higher education studies. or West African Examinations Council School Certificate (GCE O-level) and West African Examinations Council Higher School Certificate (A-level) (showing 5 subjects passed at O-level and 3 subjects passed at A-level). or Ordinary National Diploma + 1 year of higher education studies or Nigerian Certificate of Education combined with University Board Matriculation Examination (UME) Diploma za polozen zavrsen ispit (gimnazia) or Diplome per dhenien e provimit te pjekurise or Svidetelstvo za zavrseno sredno obrazovanie Vitnemål Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) or Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) or Intermediate Examination or Intermediate Certificate or Diploma of Faculty of Arts or Science (FA/FSc) or Certificate/Diploma/Intermediate in Commerce PLUS: Before 2005: + 2 years of higher education studies From 2005: + 1 year of higher education studies Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) + 1 year of higher education studies Certificado Oficial de Estudios + 1 year of higher education studies. or Certificado de Educación Secundaria Común Completa (quinto) + 1 year of higher education studies. or Bachillerato + 1 year of higher education studies. or Titulo de Bachiller + 1 year of higher education studies. High School Diploma (kurso sa sekundarya) + 2 years of higher education studies. Swiadectwo Dojrzalosci From 2007: Certificado/Diploma de Fim de Estudos Secundários (from Cursos científico-humanísticos) Certificado/Diploma de Fim de Estudos Secundários from Cursos técnologicos Diploma de Ensino Secundário / Certidão de Habilitacões from Cursos tecnológicos Diploma de estudos secundários from Cursos profissionais / Certificado de Fim de Estudos Secundários from Cursos profissionais Before 2007: Certificado/Diploma de Ensino Secundário (from Cursos gerais de ensino superior) Diploma de Bacalaureat / Liceu teoretic From 1999: Attestat o Srednem + 1 year of higher education studies Before 1999: Attestat o Srednem + 2 years of higher education studies Advanced General Certificate of Secondary Education + 1 year of higher education studies or Diplôme/Certificat d’Humanités Techniques - Diplôme d'Etudes Secondaires Professionelles A2/ Professional Certificate of Secondary Education Level A2 - National Advanced Certificate of Technical Education A2 + 1 year of higher education studies. Secondary Education Certificate (Shahadat al-Thanawiyyah al-'Ama or Shahadat al-Marhalat al-Thanawiyyah) + 1 year of higher education studies. or Secondary Vocational School Dioploma (Diplom al-Madaaris al-Thanawiyyah al-Mihaniyyah/Tijaaryyah) + 1 year of higher education studies. Diploma o polozenom zavrsnom ispitu or Diploma o Završenoj Srednjoj Školi or Diploma o polozenom maturskom ispitu or Diploma o stečenom srednjem obrazovanju (Диплома о стеченом средњем образовању) or Diploma o stepenu strucne spreme Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level exam Vysvédcenie o maturitnej skúske Maturitetno spriéevalo or Spricevalo o Poklicna matura Shahaadada Dugsiga Dare/Secondary School Leaving Certificate + 2 years of higher education studies. National Senior Certificate (NSC) Ilbankye Kodung Hakkyo (Academic High School Diploma) Título de Bachiller or Bachillerato (Baccalaureate). Sri Lanka General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (O level) with at least 6 subjects passed and Sri Lanka General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (A level) with at least 3 subjects passed on one and the same occasion with a minimum points of 135 and a mark of not less than 30% for the Common General Paper. Mathematics and English are compulsory. Slutbetyg Maturitatszeugnis (MAR) or Certificat de Matruité (RRM) or Attestato di Matruitá or Fachmaturitätszeugnis Al Shahada Al Thanawiya or Baccalauréat + 1 year of higher education studies. Senior High School Leaving Certificate (高級中學畢業證書) meets the general entry requirements. National Form IV Examination Certificate/General Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) (O level) and National Form VI Examination Certificate/the Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education (ACSE) (A level) + 1 year of higher education studies. Matayom VI (M6) / Maw 6 + 1 year of higher education studies. Baccalauréat de l'enseignement secondaire Baccalauréat de l'enseignement professionnel From 2009: Lise Diplomasi Before 2009: Lise Diplomasi + 1 year of higher education studies 6 subjects on Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) + 3 subjects (principal subjects) + General Paper on Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) 1 subject on the principal subject level can be replaced with 2 subjects on the subsidiary subject level General Certificate of Education (GCE) with examination in at least 5 GCSE subjects and 3 GCE subjects at A-level. The demand of 3 subjects at A-level can be met by either 3 A-levels, 2 A-levels and 2 AS-levels or 1 A-level and 4 AS-levels. At least 1 A-level is required. or International IGCSE/GCE O-level and GCE A-level offered internationally by Edexcel and Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) need to meet the same requirements as above. or Cambridge Pre-U with 3 Principle Subjects + 5 subjects at GCSE level or BTEC National Certificate and National Diploma (Admission can be limited to the same study field) BTEC National Award does not meet the entry requirements. or Scottish Qualifications Certificate or Scottish Certificate of Secondary Education + Certificate of Sixth Year Studies or at least 5 Scottish Higher Level subjects. After 1999: Atestat pro povnu zagal’nu srednju osvitu + 1 year of higher education studies. Before 1999: Atestat pro povnu zagal’nu srednju osvitu + 2 years of higher education studies. High School Graduation Diploma + 1 year of higher education studies. or High School Equivalence Diploma (General Education Development) + 1 year of higher education studies Bang Tu Tai Hai (baccalaureat II) or Bang Tot Nghiep Pho Thong Trung Hoc + 1 year of higher education studies. or Giay Chung Nhan Pho Thong Trung Hoc + 1 year of higher education studies. |