University admission in Bangladesh

Official entry requirements

As classified by the country with UNESCO (ISCED 2011), reference year 2023. Universities may set higher requirements.

School-leaving qualification (upper secondary)

• Higher secondary college (Grades 11-12)2 years, from age 16

  Minimum entry: Secondary School Certificate (SSC)

  Awards: Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)

• Alim Madrasah (Grades 11-12)2 years, from age 16

  Minimum entry: Dakhil certificate

  Awards: Alim certificate

Bachelor's or equivalent (first degree)

• Bachelor's Degree (Pass)3 years, from age 18

  Minimum entry: Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)

  Awards: Bachelor's Degree Pass

• B.Sc. Eng. (Leather & Textile)4 years, from age 18

  Minimum entry: Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)

  Awards: B.Sc. Eng. (Leather & Textile)

• Bachelor's Degree Honours4 years, from age 18

  Minimum entry: Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)

  Awards: Bachelor's Degree Honours

• Fazil Degree in Madrasah (Pass)3 years, from age 18

  Minimum entry: Alim Certificate

  Awards: Fazil Degree (Pass)

• Honours Fazil Degree in Madrasah4 years, from age 18

  Minimum entry: Alim Certificate

  Awards: Fazil (Honours) Degree

Short-cycle tertiary (diplomas)

• B.Sc. Nursing, Fine Arts, Music, Unani Medicine & Surgery4 years, from age 18

  Minimum entry: Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)

  Awards: B.Sc. Nursing, Fine Arts, Music, Unani Medicine & Surgery

• Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine & Surgery (BHMS)5 years, from age 18

  Minimum entry: Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)

  Awards: BHMS