| Diploma | Comparable to |
|---|---|
| Rwanda Advanced Certificate of Education | a HAVO diploma |
| Professional certificate of secondary education A2 | a HAVO diploma for the general education part |
| Advanced diploma | 3 years of HBO |
| Ordinary bachelor’s degree (duration: 3 years/360 credits) | 3 years of HBO or 1 year of WO |
| Honours bachelor’s degree (duration: 1 year after an ordinary bachelor’s degree) | an HBO bachelor's degree or 2 years of WO |
| Honours bachelor’s degree (duration: 2 years after an ordinary bachelor’s degree) | an HBO bachelor's degree or WO bachelor's degree |
| Honours bachelor’s degree (duration: 4 years/480 credits) | an HBO bachelor's degree or 2 years of WO |
| Honours bachelor’s degree (duration: 5 years/600 credits) | an HBO bachelor's degree or a WO bachelor's degree |
| Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (duration: 5 years) | a WO bachelor's degree |
| Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (duration: 6 years) | 1 year of a 3-year WO master's programme in medicine |
| Ordinary master’s degree (duation: 1 year) | an HBO master's degree or a WO master's degree |
| Honours master’s degree (duration: 2 years) | an HBO master's degree or a WO master's degree |
- You can find information about the Dutch diplomas on our web pages about the education system in the Netherlands.
- You can find more information about how we compare diplomas via Credential evaluation.
- Do you want to work in the Netherlands? Go to Working in the Netherlands with a foreign diploma.
- Do you want to study in the Netherlands? Go to our website Study in NL.
- Do you have a question about the Rwandan education system? Please contact us.