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Belgium - Flemish Community
Name of the qualification in original language
Diploma secundair Onderwijs (Examencommissie)
Translation in English
Diploma of secondary education (Examination Board)
Transliteration in Latin alphabet
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Awarding body
Examencommissie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap voor het Secundair Onderwijs (Secondary Education Examination Board)
General requirements for access to higher education
The Diploma of secondary education provides general access to higher education and admission to all higher education programmes. However, For a number of programmes, there are additional requirements:
- Fine Arts and performing arts: Students who want to follow an artistic higher education programme must first pass a skill test, the artistic entrance exam, if they wish to enter a programme in the fields of study ‘Audiovisual and Visual Arts’, ‘Music’ and ‘Performing Arts’.
- Medicine: For the university programme in medicine, you have to pass and obtain a favorable ranking in the entrance exam (numerus clausus).
- Dentistry: For the university programme in dentistry, you have to pass and obtain a favorable ranking in the entrance exam.
- For certain Bachelor's programmes: participation in a non-binding admission test is a condition for enrolment.
EQF level
4
NQF level
4
Grading system
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Period of issue
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Expiry date
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Verification information
Diplomas of secondary education issued by the Secondary Education Examination Board since 1/1/2014 can be verified in the “LED-database”.
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