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Name of the qualification in original language

Diploma van secundair onderwijs (beroepssecundair onderwijs)

Translation in English

Diploma of secondary education (vocational 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 and 7 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 communite results to students (for example: through percentage scores).

Period of issue

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Expiry date

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Verification information

• Diplomas of secondary education issued by secondary schools since 2001-2002 can be verified in the “LED-database”.


• Alternatively, diplomas can be verified by contacting the issuing secondary school

Useful links

General requirements for access to higher education

List of secondary schools

Codex of secondary education

Flemish qualifications framework