Grades and study results

The National Examinations Board (NEB) assesses lower secondary education study results (Certificate – Secondary Education Examination, Grade-10) as follows:

Checking lower secondary education study results online

You can check lower secondary education study results online. Please note: on Nepali documents, dates are displayed according to the Nepali calender. The Nepali year is often followed by the year according to our (Gregorian) calender in brackets. Check in which Nepali year the diploma was obtained and use 1 of the following links to verify the study results:

• 2057-2073 study results
• 2074 study results
• 2078 study results

From 2018, the NEB assesses upper secondary education study results (Migration Certificate – School Leaving Certificate Examination (Grade XI & XII)) as follows:

Checking upper secondary education study results online

Sometimes, you can check upper secondary education study results online. Please note: on Nepali documents, dates are displayed according to the Nepali calender. The Nepali year is often followed by the year according to our (Gregorian) calender in brackets. Check in which Nepali year the diploma was obtained and use that year to check the study results online.

Examples of stream subjects

When checking the study results of the Migration Certificate – School Leaving Certificate Examination (Grade XI & Grade XII), we also check if the student has passed at least 4 different stream subjects. The stream is not mentioned on the diploma. Therefore, we give examples of subjects from the education, humanities, law, management and science streams below. You can use these examples for evaluating the diploma yourself.

Please note: there will probably no longer be streams for diplomas from 2022 onwards. It is not yet clear what this means for our credential evaluations. If you would like to know the level of a diploma obtained in 2022, please contact us for a credential evaluation.

The National Examination Board (NEB) issues the official secondary education documents. Students conclude lower and upper secondary education with NEB exams for the following diplomas:

• Certificate – Secondary Education Examination, Grade 10 (lower secondary education). Students do not receive a transcript, the results are mentioned on the diploma.
• Migration Certificate – School Leaving Certificate Examination (Grade XI & XII) (upper secondary education). Students receive 2 documents: a diploma and a transcript.

Please note: students often receive a character certificate from the high school as well. Character certificates are not official diplomas. Only diplomas and transcripts issued by the NEB are sufficient for a credential evaluation.

In higher education, educational institutions have their own grading systems to assess study results. On the websites of higher education institutions, you can find information about the grading systems they use. Currently, Tribhuvan University assesses study results as follows:

Checking higher education study results

Sometimes, you can check higher education study results online. Usually, you can find the possibilities by checking the section ‘Results’ or ‘Notices’ on the websites of the educational institution. For example, see the website of Tribhuvan University’s Faculty of Law.

Please note: was it not possible to check the study results online? Then there is another possibility: there is often an online register for study programmes concerning a regulated profession i , in which you can check if students are registered. If you can find students in the register, then you know for sure that they have obtained the diploma. There are registers for the following fields of study:

• dental surgery and medicine: Nepal Medical Council database;
• engineering: Nepal Engineering Council register;
• law: Nepal Bar Council register;
• midwifery: midwifery register of the Nepal Nursing Council;
• nursing: nursing register of the Nepal Nursing Council;
• pharmacy: Nepal Pharmacy Council register.

After completing a higher education study programme, students receive a diploma and a transcript.

Please note:

• Students often receive a character certificate from a campus as well. Character certificates are not official diplomas. The official diplomas are always issued by the university of a campus.
• Please note: on Nepali documents, dates are displayed according to the Nepali calender. The Nepali year is often followed by the year according to our (Gregorian) calender in brackets. If it is not, please search the internet for ‘date converter Nepal’ and enter the Nepali date. You can then convert the Nepali date to the date according to our (Gregorian) calender.