People’s Republic of China (28/08/2017)

A qualification is exempt from assessment and qualifies for the indicated points if:

the qualification is listed in the Academic Qualifications Table; and
the awarding institution is listed in the Awarding Institutions Table; and
the qualification abbreviation is listed in the right-hand column in the Awarding Institutions Table; and
the qualification was awarded from the year listed in the right-hand column in the Awarding Institutions Table; and
the qualification is not excluded by the notes listed under the Academic Qualifications Table.

Academic Qualifications Table


Qualification	Abbreviation¹	Level in NZQF terms	Points under SMC
Bachelor degree (学士学位) 1985–1992 Certificate of Bachelor degree (学士学位证书) 1993 onwards² (With the exception of the degrees listed below)	B	7	50
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (动物医学) Bachelor of Veterinary Science (动物科学)	Requires assessment by NZQA
Master degree (硕士学位)³1985–1992 Certificate of Master degree (硕士学位证书)³1993 onwards² (With the exception of the degrees listed below)	M	9	70
Master of Business Administration (工商管理硕士) Certificate of Master of Business Administration (工商管理硕士证书) Executive Master of Business Administration (高级管理人员工商管理硕士) Certificate of Executive Master of Business Administration (高级管理人员工商管理硕士证书)	Requires assessment by NZQA
Doctoral degree (博士学位) 1985–1992 Certificate of Doctoral degree (博士学位证书) 1993 onwards²	D	10	70

¹Abbreviations used are for the purposes of this list only

²Degree certificates awarded from January 2008 will have a certificate number. If the number is preceded by a ‘T’ (alternate route) or ‘Z’ (professional degree) the qualification should be referred to NZQA for an International Qualifications Assessment.

³In addition to a master degree, evidence of a bachelor degree at Level 7 is required.

Notes:
Award certificates must be provided in their original language for all qualifications.

The following must be referred to NZQA for an International Qualifications Assessment:
-    All honorary degrees.
-    All listed qualifications where study was completed at any institution outside of the country, including any overseas campuses of any listed awarding institution
-    All listed qualifications that contain cross-credited courses or papers
-    All qualifications awarded after 2015

All degrees certificates must be endorsed with ‘Awarded according to the Regulations Concerning Academic Degrees in the People's Republic of China’ (中华人民共和国学位条例).

Between 1985 and 1992, the degree certificate and graduation certificate for bachelor, master and doctoral degrees were combined into a single booklet called the ‘Graduation Certificate’. This booklet must state both approved for graduation (准予毕业) and awarded an academic degree (授予学位).

From 1993 the degree certificate and graduation certificate were separated and students were awarded with both documents. Both a certificate of degree and a graduation certificate must always be provided for all degrees as evidence of the degree having been awarded. Qualifications with a graduation certificate only must be referred to NZQA for assessment.

For bachelor degrees awarded between 1993 and 2007, the certificate of bachelor degree (学士学位证书) will generally show the category as Regular higher education (普通高等教育). If the degree certificate does not state this, then the graduation certificate (毕业证书) must show evidence that the degree is a Regular higher education (普通高等学校). A graduation certificate alone will not be acceptable.

After document format changes in January 2008, ’Regular higher education’ (普通高等教育) must be written at the bottom of all certificates of bachelor degree. Awarding Institutions


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