WES recognizes selected Indian three-year bacheloras degree

In the past, holders of the three-year bacheloras degree were told that they could not apply for graduate admission without completing a fourth year of study. Now, some U.S. universities, including Carnegie-Mellon and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, are prepared to consider applications for graduate admission from candidates who hold three-year degrees.

WES receives number of applications for credential evaluations from students educated in India. As a result, over the past thirty-five years, the organization has acquired extensive expertise in the Indian education system. aThe WES policy on three-year degrees from India permits qualified students to compete for graduate admission in the U.S. At the same time it allows U.S. universities to recruit from an expanded pool of graduates from India and compete with universities in Australia and the UK for the best candidatesa said Mariam Assefa, WES executive director.

For students who have earned their B.A., B.Com or B.Sc., with Division I and II from colleges accredited by NAAC with a grade of aAa or better, WESas assessment may result in an evaluation that equates their degree to the U.S. bacheloras degree. aThis will help students gain full credit for their Indian education and save them an extra year of coursework, which some students undertake to meet the requirement of sixteen-years of education for admission to the U.S. universitiesa, said Dr. Rahul Choudaha, associate director and a specialist in international education.