My brother has done Bachelors of Science in Chemistry (4 yrs) from American University of Sharjah. And after BS (Chem) he has done 1 yr of post graduate diploma in Computer Science from Virtual University of Pakistan. According to Wes free assesment tool his 4 yrs bachelors is considered as 4 yrs bachelors in Canada. Will his Post graduate diploma will be considered as a second certificate or one year graduate study or diploma? Or will it be considered as one year of undergraduate major? Is one year diploma is enough or he have to do a masters degree of another 2 yrs? As I have seen in the forum lots of people from india and pakistan done masters but still got canadian equivalancy of 1 yr diploma. Please help in this regard
Question about ECA two or more degrees
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But according to your experience and knowledge looking at the cases of other people what do you think will both credentials get evalulated or post graduate diploma is in other major so they will recognize as undergraduate? What is your personal take on this situation?Stanlee said:
I cannot say conclusively, how WES would treat it. But looking at it, they will definitely not treat the PG Diploma as Masters. Mostly, it looks like WES would assess it as 'a Bachelors and a diploma' which will make your brother eligible to choose 'two or more degrees..'.fatani said:
I was asking on behalf of my brother he did not went through with this idea may be you can try
I understand that was just wanted to make sure if WES accepts PGD or specialisation certificate as a seperate degree or diploma.
Dear Fatani,
Kindly update us regarding the result of assessment of Virtual University's post graduate diploma of 1 year.
I have graduated as an Industrial Engineer from NED University in Karachi. I went for 4 months diploma in Supply Chain Management from Pakistan Institute of Management (PIM) but WES did not recognize 4 months diploma from PIM. WES however recognized my NED Bachelors in Engineering Degree as being equivalent to Canadian 4 year bachelors degree.
To boost my score further, I am considering getting 1 year diploma from Virtual University of Pakistan in Business Administration. Virtual University of Pakistan is recognized by WES as authentic institute according to WES Canada website (Documents Required Section). I have no idea if the post graduate diploma is equivalent to diploma in Canada or not. If you or your brother have applied for assessment of this diploma from VU, kindly update us regarding the outcome so that many students could better decide and save their time.
It would be really helpful. Thank you for your cooperation.
Can you guys help me with identifying any post graduate diplomas in Pakistan which are proven to be assessed positively by WES Canada? It would be very helpful for a lot of bachelor graduates in Pakistan as they need a masters or a diploma to boost their scores. Sharing any such experience would be appreciated where a diploma from any university in Pakistan was positively assessed by WES Canada for immigration.
