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Belgium - Flemish Community

Name of the qualification in original language

Diploma van het secundair onderwijs (SYNTRA-Vlaanderen)

Translation in English

Diploma of secondary education (SYNTRA-Vlaanderen)

Transliteration in Latin alphabet

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Awarding body

Vlaams Agentschap voor Ondernemingsvorming - SYNTRA-Vlaanderen (Flemish Agency for Entrepreneurial Training)

Total number of years of schooling

at least 5 school years after the first 2 years of secondary education

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 and certificates issued by SYNTRA-Vlaanderen since 2002 can be verified in the “LED-database”.

  • Do mind that the database only guarantees complete records for diplomas issued by SYNTRA-Vlaanderen issued since 2011.

  • Alternatively, diplomas can be verified by contacting the issuing center for adult education.

Useful links

Website SYNTRA

Decree Learning and Working

list of SYNTRA schools

Comments/Additional Information

In order to be able to start in the system of learning and working, students have to be either 16 years of age or 15 years of age and have completed the first two years of secondary education.

This type of education is based around of system that combines studying and workplace learning and was implemented in the school year 2008-2009 (based on the "Decree Learning and Working").

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Update date of the records: 01/04/2022