Survey Report on the Status of Foreign Schools in Foreign Countries

(Extract related to the qualification for entering a college or university)

July 8, 1999

1. Subject of the Survey

(1) Survey on the governments, etc.
   The survey covered 23 countries/regions listed below.

(2) Survey on foreign schools
   The survey covered 199 international schools in the countries/regions listed above.

2. Summary of the Survey Results

Access to a college or university by the graduates from foreign schools.

(1) With regard to the access to a collage or university, most countries/regions do not institutionally recognize the qualification to enter a college or university in that country merely by the graduation from a foreign school (1country out of 13 countries and 11 states). In many countries, states, etc., students are required to have a certain qualification such as the baccalaureate, etc. or to make a certain score on the nationwide standardized test of that country in addition to the graduation from a foreign school in order to acquire the "qualification for entering a college or university".
   Furthermore, some countries do not have any specific institutional arrangement.

(2) In the school survey, in reality, for only a few schools, the graduation from a foreign school is recognized as the qualification to enter a college or university (2 schools out of 107 schools), and in most cases, the graduates are required to have a certain qualification such as the baccalaureate, etc. or to make a certain score on the nationwide standardized test of that country in addition to the graduation from a foreign school in order to acquire the qualification for entering a college or university in that country.
   Furthermore, graduates do not have any way to acquire the qualification for entering a college or university in about one-fourth of the schools.

Survey on the governments, etc. (Total number of respondents: 13 countries and 11 states, etc.)

There are multiple answers for "specific requirements."

Content of aggregation			Number of correspondents	Name of countries, states, etc.
Possible to acquire the qualification for entering a college or university of that country by graduation from a foreign school			One country	Thailand (in the case of international schools)
Possible to acquire the qualification for entering a college or university of that country/region by satisfying specific requirements			Eight countries/regions, nine states, etc.	Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bayern and Hamburg in Germany, Italy, Zurich, Bern, Thurgau and Basel Land in Switzerland, Queensland in Australia, British Columbia in Canada, Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Taiwan
	Specific requirements	International Baccalaureate, Baccalaureate, Abitur	Two countries, seven states, etc.	Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bayern and Hamburg in Germany, Italy, Zurich, Bern, Thurgau and Basel Land in Switzerland, Thailand (in the case of schools other than international schools)
		Nationwide standardized test	Seven countries/regions and three states	Italy, Bern, Thurgau and Zurich in Switzerland, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Taiwan
		A foreign school satisfies requirements such as the curriculum specified by the state government	Two states	Queensland in Australia, British Columbia in Canada
		Other (a transcript certifying GCE-A level or higher)	One country	Singapore
No system has been specially arranged. (the discretion of each college or university, etc.)			Five countries and two states	California and Nevada in the U.S., India, Philippines, Malaysia, Myanmar, Korea

Survey on schools (Total number of respondents: 107 schools)

There are multiple answers on specific requirements.

Content of aggregation			Number of correspondents (number of countries/regions)	Name of countries, regions, etc. (number of schools)
Possible to acquire the qualification for entering a college or university of that country by graduation from a foreign school			Two schools (2)	India (1), Thailand (1)
Possible to acquire the qualification for entering a college or university of that country/region by satisfying specific requirements in addition to graduation from the foreign school in question			78 schools (16)	The United States (16), the United Kingdom (5), France (9), Germany (11), Italy (10), Switzerland (3), Australia (1), Canada (5), India (5), Singapore (1), Sri Lanka (1), Thailand (1), Nepal (1), Philippines (3), Hong Kong (4), Taiwan (1)
	Specific requirements	International Baccalaureate,Baccalaureate, Abitur	53 schools (13)	The United States (15), the United Kingdom (1), France (5), Germany (10), Italy (8), Switzerland (1), Canada (2), India (3), Singapore (1), Sri Lanka (1), Thailand (2), Philippines (3), Hong Kong (1)
		Nationwide standardized test	17 schools (8)	The United States (5), the United Kingdom (2), Italy (2), Switzerland (2), India (2), Thailand (1), Nepal (1), Hong Kong (2)
		Examination on a national language of that country	Six schools (3)	France (4), Australia (1), Taiwan (1)
		Other (preliminary course attached to a college or university, etc.)	Seven schools (4)	The United Kingdom (2), Germany (1), Canada (3), Hong Kong (1)
There is no way to acquire the qualification for entering a college or university in that country or region after graduation from the foreign school in question			27 schools (13)	Germany (1), Switzerland (1), Canada (1), Indonesia (5), Singapore (4), Sri Lanka (2), Korea (3), China (2), Bangladesh (1), Pakistan (1), Malaysia (3), Myanmar (1), Taiwan (2)

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