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Belgium - Flemish Community
Name of the qualification in original language
Diploma van secundair onderwijs (algemeen, technisch en kunstsecundair onderwijs)
Translation in English
Diploma of secondary education (general, technical and artistic secondary education)
Transliteration in Latin alphabet
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Awarding body
secondary school
Total number of years of schooling
6 years of primary education + 6 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
In Flanders, evaluation is part of schools’ autonomy. Schools decide for themselves how they evaluate students (for example: through exams) and communicate results to students (for example: through percentage scores)
Period of issue
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Expiry date
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Comments/Additional Information
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