| Country | Year 10 Equivalence | Year 12 Equivalence |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Australian Year 12 Senior Secondary Certificate of Education – satisfactory completion | |
| Argentina | Education Polimodal (General Education or Integrated technical education) / General or bachillerato school/technical and specialised school (Completion of Year 10 or Year 11) |
Bachillerato/Tecnico de Nivel Medio/Bachillerato Especializado |
| Bangladesh | Secondary School Certificate – pass(DIBP requires completion of Year 11) | Higher Secondary Certificate/vocational higher secondary certificate (Minimum CGPA is 3.5 or 60% in HSC/First Division pass) GCE A-Level (2 passes) |
| Bhutan | Bhutan Middle Secondary School Certificate | Bhutan Higher Secondary School Certificate or Middle Secondary School Certificate plus 2 year relevant vocational diploma |
| Brazil | Certificado de Ensino Medio (Year 10 or Year 11 equivalent) | Certificado /diploma de Ensino Medio (Year 12 equivalent) |
| Brunei | GCE O-Levels with 4 passes | Brunei Cambridge General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (Brunei-Cambridge A level) – 2 passes |
| Cambodia | DIBP requires completion of Year 11 for student visa | Diploma of Upper Secondary Education/Baccalaurate |
| Canada | Successful completion of Grade 11 | High School Diploma |
| Chile | Educacion Media (Year 10 or Year 11 equivalent) | Licencia de Educación Media (Certificate of Secondary Education Certificate) Tecnico-Profesional or Tecnico |
| China | Senior Middle 2 (DIBP requires completion of Year 11) |
General Senior Secondary Unified Graduation (Certificate of Graduation |
| Columbia | Bachillerato Upper Secondary Schooling (Year 11 equivalent)(DIBP requires completion of Year 11) | Bachillerato (Secondary School Certificate) |
| Cuba | Secundari Basica/Basic Secondary (Completion of Year 11) | Diploma de Bachiller en Ciencias y Letras/Título de Bachiller (nivel medio superior de la Education General Politecnica Laboral) – Certificado de Fin de Estudios Secundarias/Técnico Medio/Maestro Primario, etc. (Certificado de Fin de Estudios Secundarias) |
| Czech Republic | Maturita (Matriculation Certificate)/School Leaving Certificate | |
| Denmark | Studentereksamensbevis (Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate) | |
| Egypt | General Secondary Education Certificate, Al-Azhar Secondary Education Certificate, Technical Secondary Education Certificate, Commercial Secondary Certificate or the Agriculture Secondary Certificate |
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| Fiji | Fiji Form 7 Examination/Fiji School Leaving Certificate (FSLC) | |
| Finland | Ylioppilastutkintotodistus (Certificate of Matriculation) Secondary School Leaving Certificate | |
| France | Brevet fundamentals | Baccalaureat/ Brevet professionelles |
| Germany | Realshule or Hauptschule | Achgebundene Hochschulreife/Fachgebundene Hochschulreife (Leaving Certificate) or Zeugnis der Reife or Reifezeugnis or Abitur or Fachhochschulreife |
| Greece | Apolytirio Lykeiou (Leaving certificate) | |
| Hong Kong | Secondary 4 or Secondary 5 or Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) | Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) or Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE) |
| Hungary | Gimnaziumi Erettsegi Bizonyitvany, / Gymnasium Maturity Certificate | |
| India | All Indian Secondary School Certificate, Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE SX) Secondary Certification, GCE O-Levels (4 passes) DIBP requires completion of Year 11 for student visa |
All India Senior School Certificate or Indian School Certificate or Certificate of Vocational Education or Senior Secondary Certificate or State Boards of Secondary/Senior Secondary Education certificates, GCE A-Levels (2 passes) |
| Indonesia | Secondary School:SMU 3 or SMK 3 | Certificate of Completion of Senior Secondary Education (Ijazah/STTB SMA/STTB SMK) or Certificate of Graduation (SKHUN) |
| Ireland | GCE O-Levels (4 passes) | Leaving Certificate/GCE A Levels (2 passes) |
| Israel | Teudat Bagrut (High School Certificate) | |
| Italy | Diploma di scuola secondaria di primo grado | Diploma di Superamento dell’Esame di Stato conclusivo dei Corsi di Istruzione Secondaria Superiore (Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate) or Diploma of State Examination |
| Japan | Completion of Kotogakko Year 1 Lower Secondary Leaving Certificate | Upper Secondary School Certificate of Graduation (Kotogakko Sotsugyo Shosho) |
| Jordan | Twajihi (General Secondary Education Certificate) | |
| Kenya | GCE O-Levels (4 passes) DIBP requires completion of Year 11 for student visa | Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) or GCE A level – 2 passes |
| Lebanon | 1st year completion of General SecondarySchool/Technical Secondary School DIBP requires completion of Year 11 for student visa | Baccalaureat Libanaise (Baccalaureat 2) or Baccalaureat Technique/ Technicien or Certificat Professione/ de Maltrise/Technicien |
| Macau | GSE O-Levels (4 passes), Senior Secondary School Diploma (Year 11) or Form 5 | Senior Secondary School Diploma Year 12, or GCE A Level – 2 passes, or Form 6 |
| Malaysia | SPM or GCE O-Levels (4 passes) or Senior Middle 2 | STPM Senior Secondary Certificate of Education or GCE A Levels – 2 passes , UEC |
| Mauritius | GCE O-levels (4 subject passes) | GCE A-level – 2 passes |
| Mexico | Certificado de Educacion Secundaria (Certificate of Secondary Education) | 2-3 year Preparatoria or Bachillerato program |
| Mayanmar | Matriculation/Basic Education High School (BEHS) (Completion of Year 10 or Year 11) 45% or higher or GCE O – Level (4 subject passes)(DIBP requires completion of Year 11) | Matriculation/Basic Education High School (BEHS) plus minimum completed 2 years at Professional College or Secondary Technical College or GCE A- Level (2 subject passes) or A level (1 A and 2 AS level passes) |
| Nepal | Completion of Higher Secondary Education Board Certificate, DIBP requires completion of Year 11 for student visa | Higher Secondary Education Board Certificate (Grade 12) |
| New Zealand | National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) – Level 3, minimum 60 credits | |
| Netherlands | Voorbereidend wetenschappelljk onderwijs (Diploma VWO) or Hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs Diploma HAVO) | |
| Nigeria | Senior Secondary School (WAEC/NECO) examinations pass grade, GCE O-Levels (4 subject passes) | Senior Secondary School (WAEC/NECO) examinations (5 subjects passes C grade average) GCE A Levels (2 passes) |
| Norway | Vitnemal fra den videregaende skolen (Certificate from upper secondary school) | |
| Oman | School Leaving Certificate | |
| Pakistan | Secondary School Certificate DIBP requires completion of Year 11 for student visa | Higher Secondary School Certificate/Intermediate Certificate |
| Papa New Guinea | Higher School Certificate | |
| Peru | Secundaria / Education Secundaria (Completion of Year 11) | Certificado de Educación Secundaria Común Completa (Secondary Common Education Graduation Certificate) plus a Technical Diploma or entrance to University |
| Phillippines | High School Diploma or National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) + one year of Bachelor Degree (DIBP requires completion of Year 11) | High School Diploma or a Certificate of Graduation + two years of bachelor degree |
| Poland | Matura Swiadectwo Dojrzalosci Liceum Ogolnoksztalcacego (Certificate of Matriculation of the General Lyceum) | |
| Portugal | Certificado de Fim de Estudios Secundarios or Diploma de 12 Ano de Escolaridad (Secondary Certificate) | |
| Russia | Attestat o Srednem (polnom) Obshchem Obrazovanii (Certificate of Secondary (Complete) General Education) | |
| Saudi Arabia | Shahadat al-thanawiyyah al-‘aama or shahadat al-marhalat al-thanawiyyat (General Secondary Education Certificate) Form 7 or University Foundation Year | |
| Singapore | GCE 0-Levels (4 subject passes) | GCE A-levels – 2 passes |
| Slovakia | Maturitni Vysvedceni/Maturitnej Vysvedcenie (Matriculation Certificate | |
| Slovenia | Spričevalo o poklicni mature or Spričevalo o poklicni mature or Svidetelstov zo polozen zavresen | |
| South Africa | National Senior Certificate / Senior Certificate Year 11/10 | National Senior Certificate (Year12) Senior Certificate (Year 12) GCE A-Levels 2 Passes, International Baccalaureate Diploma |
| South Korea | Completion of Senior High School Grade 1 or equivalent | General/Academic Senior High School Certificate/Diploma (Immumgye Kodung Hakkyo Choeupchang |
| Spain | Titulo de Bachiller | |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lankan GCE O-Levels (4 subject passes) DIBP requires completion of Year 11 for student visa | GCE A-levels – 2 passes |
| Sweeden | Slutbetyg Från Gymnasieskola | |
| Switzerland | Federal Maturity Certificate/ Maturitätszeugnis, Certificat de Maturité/ Attestato di Maturità | |
| Taiwan | Senior High School (1st or 2nd Year) | Senior High School Diploma or Senior Vocational School Diploma |
| Thailand | Upper Secondary School (Matayom 5/ Matayom 4) | Matayom 6 or MS 6. (Certificate of Secondary Education) |
| Turkey | Lise Diplomasi (Secondary School Diploma) Technical or Vocational School Diploma (Teknik or Meslek Lise Diplomasi) | |
| United Arab Emirates | Tawjihiyya or Thanawiyya Al-A’ama (General Secondary Certificate), Technical Secondary School Certificate, Commercial Secondary School Certificate or Certificate from an Agriculture Institute | |
| UK | GCE O-Levels (4 subject passes) | GCE A-Levels (2 subject passes) |
| Venezuela | Educacion Media (10 years of secondary schooling minimum) | Educacion Media – Academic or Tecnico (Medio), Bachillor |
| Vietnam | Upper Secondary schooling (Year 10 or 11 equivalent) (DIBP requires completion of Year 11) | Bang Tot nghiep Trung hoc Pho thong (Upper Secondary Education Graduation Diploma) |
| Zambia | ZSC Year 12 (4 passes) GCE O Levels (4 passes) | ZSC Year 12 (5 subject passes C grade or better) GCE A-Levels (2 subject passes) or A-levels 1 A and 2 AS level passes or Diploma in relevant area (1 year minimum) |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe General Certificate of Education (ZGCE) GSE O-Levels (4 subject passes) | Zimbabwe General Certificate of Education at Advanced Levels (A Levels)– 2 passes, or International Baccalaureate Diploma |