# Transcripts & Degrees

##  Transcripts & Degrees

## Stern has no minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) requirement and accounts for variances in grading systems around the world. Our students come from a variety of academic backgrounds, including liberal arts, engineering, social sciences, and business.

- [Degree Requirements](#deg-req)
- [Transcript Requirements for the Online Application](#transcript-req)
- [Official Transcript Requirement for Enrollment](#req-enroll)
- [Degrees from Countries Outside the U.S.](#intl-degrees)

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**Degree Requirements**
Students entering a Stern MBA program are required to hold a four-year bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in the U.S. or an equivalent degree from a foreign country (in some cases, this is a three-year degree).

If you submit your application prior to the conferral of your bachelor's degree or equivalent, we will accept and evaluate your application. If an offer of admission is made, it will be contingent upon graduating from your undergraduate program prior to the first day of class.

<a class="ck-anchor" id="transcript-req"></a>**Transcript Requirements for the Online Application**
You must include transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions you have attended showing a list of all courses taken, credits earned, grades received and the name of the degree earned (if any). You must submit an unofficial transcript via the online application by uploading a scanned copy of your transcript.

<a class="ck-anchor" id="req-enroll"></a>**Official Transcript Requirement for Enrollment**
Admitted students are required to provide an official copy of all academic transcripts and proof of their degree conferral prior to enrollment. [Instructions for Submitting Official Transcripts and Degree Conferrals](https://web-docs.stern.nyu.edu/admissions/Official%20Transcript%20and%20Degree%20Conferral%20Instructions%20-%20FINAL.pdf?_ga=2.239683523.1703880467.1698845025-457953057.1695824517).

Do not send official transcripts to NYU Stern unless instructed to do so.

<a class="ck-anchor" id="intl-degrees"></a>**Degrees from Outside the U.S.**
Below is a list of recommended degrees/credentials from outside the U.S. This list is not all-inclusive.

**Australia**
Honours bachelor's degree, bachelor's degree (ordinary), or Higher National Diploma (HND).

**Bangladesh**
All three-year bachelor's degrees are sufficient to apply.

**Brazil**
Completion of all courses and thesis or professional exams required for the titulo or degree of licenciado or bacharel.

**Canada**
Three-year bachelor's degree from Quebec and Ontario; four-year bachelor's degree from all other provinces.

**Central America**
Completion of all courses and thesis or professional exams required for the titulo or degree of Licenciado or Bachiller.

**People's Republic of China**
A bachelor's degree representing four years of university study. Official academic records, including a graduation certificate in Chinese, must be submitted with a complete English translation listing all courses and grades. All records must be certified by the issuing institution or appropriate government official.

**Colombia**
Completion of all courses and thesis or professional exams required for the titulo or degree of licenciado.

**France (or French-patterned educational systems)**
A maitrise or a diploma requiring four years of post-baccalaureate study from a university or a Grand Ecole, or a three-year License degree.

**Germany**
A university diploma, magister artium, staatsexamen, three-year bachelor's degree, or five-year master's degree. Graduates of Fachhochschulen and Berufsakademies are eligible. The Vordiplom by itself is not sufficient.

**India**
All three-year Bachelor's degrees are sufficient to apply.

**Indonesia**
Sarjana or Sarjana Legkap, awarded after five years of university study.

**Italy**
Diploma di laurea, requiring four to six years of study or the three-year business degree.

**Mexico**
Completion of all courses and thesis or professional exams required for the titulo or degree of licenciado.

**New Zealand**
Honours bachelor's degree, bachelor's degree (ordinary), or Higher National Diploma (HND).

**Pakistan**
All three-year bachelor's degrees are sufficient to apply.

**South Africa**
Honours bachelor's degree, bachelor's degree (ordinary) or Higher National Diploma (HND).

**South America**
Completion of all courses and thesis or professional exams required for the titulo or degree of Licenciado, Bachiller or Bacharel.

**Sri Lanka**
All three-year bachelor's degrees are sufficient to apply.

**Spain**
Completion of all courses and thesis or professional exams required for the titulo or degree of licenciado or diplomado.

**Switzerland**
License, diplome or diploma following four to five years of university study.

**The Netherlands**
Bachelor, master, Getuigschrift Hoger Beroepsonderwijs, or Doctoraalexamen.

**United Kingdom (or British-patterned educational systems)**
Honours bachelor's degree, bachelor's degree (ordinary) or Higher National Diploma (HND).

If you have additional questions regarding degrees from non-U.S. schools, please email <sternmba@stern.nyu.edu>.

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