TU Equivalence of Foreign Degree Online and Physical
Have you completed your degree (Bachelor, Master, or Ph.D.) from abroad and wondering how to obtain degree equivalence from Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal?
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All the Nepalese students who have completed their degree from any foreign country can obtain the equivalence of their degree from Tribhuvan University.
The degree equivalence certificate from TU is necessary when you wish to appear for exams like Lok Sewa for a Government job or register and obtain a license from institutions like Nepal Engineering Council (NEC).
The Curriculum Development Center (CDC) at Tribhuvan University handles all the degree equivalence related activities. The CDC office is located on the right side, less than 100m, when you enter the TU main gate.
CDC at Tribhuvan University has recently accepting equivalence certificate online registration. The step-by-step procedure is given in this article below.
Required Documents for TU Equivalence
First, you need to show all the below-listed documents original to an officer sitting in Window Number 2.
Once he/she checks your documents and says okay, then you need to fill an equivalence form (you can find the form hanged near Window Number 4) and deposit NPR 1000 in Nepal Bank Limited (if your university is recognized by TU) and get the voucher/slip.
If your university is not recognized by TU that case you need to deposit NPR 4000 in Nepal Bank Limited and get the voucher/slip.
Note: Bank account number to deposit 1000 (recognized by TU) and 4000 (not recognized by TU) is different.
If you are only applying for Bachelor’s degree equivalence ignore points 1 to 5.
If you wish to obtain the equivalence of Master and Bachelor degrees at once, you don’t need to prepare separate copies of these documents, One set of all the below-listed documents will work. You only need to fill two equivalence forms one for Bachelor and another for Master along with two Bank vouchers.
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List of Documents
- Master Degree Certificate or Passing Certificate
- Transcript or Mark Sheet of Master Degree
- Character Certificate of Master Degree
- Syllabus or Curriculum of Master Subjects (if your university is not recognized by TU)
- Master Thesis or Project Work (if your university is not recognized by TU)
- Bachelor Equivalence Certificate (If already have)
- Bachelor Degree Certificate
- Transcript or Mark Sheet of Bachelor Degree
- Character Certificate of Bachelor Degree
- Class 12 or A-Level Equivalence Certificate or Voucher from Sanothimi, Bhaktapur
- Transcript of +2 or GCE Certificate of A-level
- Statement of Results (SOR) Certificate or Provisional Result copy stamped by British Council (For A-Level)
- Migration Certificate (For A-Level)
- Character Certificate of +2 or A-Level
- SLC Marksheet
- SLC Certificate
- Character Certificate
- Filled Equivalence Form
- Nepal Bank Voucher
- Passport / Visa for all other countries except India
For submitting an application for equivalence of bachelor or master degree, a student has to get an equivalence of class 12 or A level from the Higher Secondary Education Board, Sanothimi.
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+2 Equivalence Certificate
Following is the list of documents required for students having a degree from the HSEB Board.
- Bank voucher of Rs. 500
- Photocopy of citizenship card
- Photocopy of +2 transcript
- Two passport size photographs
- Filled equivalence form
Once the application is submitted, the officer will stamp the voucher and give it back to the student. You won’t receive an equivalence certificate on the same day. It takes a week and the timing to collect the certificate is after 3:00 PM.
The payment voucher/slip you have collected from Sanothimi is required while applying for a Bachelor equivalence at TU.
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A-level Equivalence Certificate
Following is the list of documents required for students having an A-Level degree from the Cambridge Board, UK.
- General Certificate of Education
- Statement of Result or Provisional result certificate stamped by the British Council, Nepal
- Migration Certificate
- Character Certificate
- SLC mark sheet, certificate, and character certificate
- Payment of Rs. 1000
- Filled equivalence form
All the photocopies of the above-listed documents must be notarized. The notary centre is located outside near the highway.
You will receive an A level equivalence certificate on the same day (Generally within 1 hour).
For the students who have their higher secondary passing certificate from other boards such as CBSE, etc., they need to submit mainly notarized copies of the transcript, degree certificate, character certificate, etc.
Once you have all the documents listed above, submit them in Window Number 1. You will get your degree equivalence certificate in 2 days (because of Covid-19), but the time duration may change when everything goes back to normal.
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Equivalence Certificate Online Registration
Follow the below steps to apply for an equivalence certificate online.
- Go to the website of TU Curriculum Development Center, click on the Registration for Equivalence button and enter your email and mobile no. Register yourself with the system. Don’t use other people’s mobile and email.(त्रिवि पाठ्यक्रम विकास केन्द्रको वेवसाइट www.tucdc.edu.np मा गइसकेपछि Registration for Equivalence बटममा क्लिक गरी आफ्नो इमेल र मोवाइल नं. राखेर आफुलाई सिस्टममा दर्ता गराउनुहोस् । अरुको मोवाइल र इमेल प्रयोग नगर्नुहोला । )
- After registering your email, go to the Inbox of your email and click on Activation Link to activate it. (तपाईंको इमेल दर्ता भइसकेपछि त्यसलाई Active गर्न इमेलको Inbox मा गई Activation Link मा क्लिक गर्नुहोस् ।)
- Now log in to the system using your email and password (अब तपाईंले युजर आई डीको रुपमा इमेल र पासवर्ड प्रयोग गरी सिस्टममा प्रवेश गर्र्नुहोस् ।)
- The applicant should enter his / her name under the Personal Info of the Profile Section, Full Name and Address as mentioned in the educational certificates. Also, mention your official address. (आवेदकले आफ्नो नाम Profile Section को Personal Info अन्तरगत Full Name र Address लगायतका विवरण शैक्षिक प्रमाणपत्रहरुमा उल्लेख भए अनुसार नै प्रविष्ट गर्नुपर्नेछ । साथै आफ्नो आधिकारिक ठेगानालाई नै उल्लेख गर्नुपर्छ ।)
- Then choose the university where you studied and the subject you studied. Then click Next. If this is a topic that has been decided by TU, you can choose that topic and move forward. But if there is a new university and a new subject, type your subject by clicking on Add New University and Add New Subject (आफुले अध्ययन गरेको विश्वविद्यालय र पढेको विषय छनौट गर्नुहोस् । त्यसपछि Next गर्नुहोस् । त्रिविबाट निर्णय भइसकेको विषय हो भने तपाईंले सो विषय छनौट गरी अगाडि बढ्न सक्नुहुनेछ । तर नयाँ विश्वविद्यालय र नयाँ विषय रहेछ भने Add New University र Add New Subject मा क्लिक गरी आफ्नो विषय टाइप गर्नुहोस् ।)
- Then in the second tab, all the certificates and documents that you have received should be in PDF format. Upload the file (file must be at most 5 MB). For the level of educational certificate to be equivalent, the level of educational certificates and the level below that level of educational certificate and transcript should also be scanned and uploaded. If the lower-level educational certificate has been studied in Nepal and other foreign educational institutions except for the National Examination Board and TU, then the certificate has to be submitted by making it equivalent (त्यसपछि दोस्रो ट्याबमा आफुले प्राप्त गरेको सबै प्रमाणपत्रहरु र कागजातहरु पि.डि.एफ. फायल (बढिमा ५ एमबिको फायल हुनुपर्छ) मा अपलोड गर्नुहोस् । जुन तहको शैक्षिक प्रमाणपत्रको समकक्षता गराउनु पर्ने हो, सो तहको शैक्षिक प्रमाणपत्रहरु र सो तहभन्दा तल्लो तहको शैक्षिक प्रमाणपत्र र ट्रान्स्क्रिप्ट पनि स्क्यान गरी अपलोड गर्नुपर्नेछ । तल्लो तहको शैक्षिक प्रमाणपत्र राष्ट्रिय परीक्षा बोर्ड र त्रिवि बाहेक नेपालभित्र र विदेशी अन्य शैक्षिक संस्थाबाट अध्ययन गरेको भएमा सोको समेत समकक्षता गराएर प्रमाणपत्र पेश गर्नुपर्ने छ ।)
- Then send your application and pay the application fee online in the next third tab. To pay the fee online, you will see the Esewa and Khalti logos. Click on it to pay the application fee shown to you by the system. Since you will not be refunded after paying the fee, you should pay only after making sure about the fee. The fee paid by the service recipient for the application will not be refunded (त्यसपछि तपाईंको आवेदन Send गर्नुहोस् र अर्को तेस्रो ट्याबमा अनलाइनबाट दस्तुर आवेदन शुल्क तिर्नुहोस् । अनलाइनबाट शुल्क तिर्न तपाईंले इसेवा र खल्तीको लोगो देख्नु हुनेछ । त्यसमा क्लिक गरेर तपाईंलाई सिस्टमले देखाएको आवेदन दस्तुर तिर्नुहोस् । तपाईंले शुल्क तिरिसकेपछि फिर्ता नहुने हुँदा शुल्कबारे आफु सुनिश्चित भएर मात्र तिर्नुहोला । सेवाग्राहीले आवेदनबापत तिरिसकेको शुल्क रकम फिर्ता हुनेछैन । )
- The application submitted by you will be forwarded and the information will come in the Remarks after verifying your form (तपाईंले पेश गर्नुभएको आवेदन अगाडि गएर बस्नेछ र त्यसमा देखिएको Remarks मा तपाईंको फारम रुजु भइसकेपछि जानकारी आउने छ ।)
- The status of your application will be reflected within a maximum of three working days, except on holidays. If your document is insufficient, information will be added to add the document (तपाईंको आवेदनको स्टाटस के भइरहेको छ भनेर बिदाको दिन बाहेक बढीमा तीन कार्य दिनभित्र कैफियतमा देखिनेछ । यदि तपाईंको कागजात अपुग भएको अवस्थामा कागजात थप गर्न जानकारी आउनेछ ।)
- In case your document has been received and the form has been approved while verifying, you will see a status saying your application has been approved and you can Collect an Equivalent Letter from TU CDC, Kiritpur. Only then you can visit on the office time and collect your equivalency certificate (तपाईंको कागजात पुगेको छ र रुजु गर्दा फारम स्वीकृत भएको अवस्थामा Your Application have been Approved and You can Collect Equivalent Letter from TUCDC, Kiritpur भनेर कैफियतमा आउनेछ । त्यसपछि मात्र तपाईंले कार्यालय समयमा आएर आफ्नो समकक्षता प्रमाणपत्र बुझेर लैजान सक्नुहुनेछ ।)
- After the verification of the form of the service recipients who have paid the application fee of Rs. 4000, the service recipient will receive notification in the system to submit copies of the document in the file to window number 1 within 3 days. After submitting the file, the office will provide a letter stating that it is in process (प्रक्रियामा लैजान चार हजार आवेदन शुल्क तिर्नुहुने सेवाग्राहीहरुको फारम रुजु भइसकेपछि कागजातको प्रतिलिपीहरु कार्यालयमा पेश गर्न बिदाको दिन बाहेक बढिमा तीन कार्य दिनभित्र सिस्टमबाटै जानकारी गराइनेछ । कागजात पुगेको भनी सिस्टममा जानकारी प्राप्त भएपछि सेवाग्राहीले सो कागजातको प्रतिलिपी फायलमा राखेर तीन दिनभित्र कार्यालयको झ्याल नं. १ मा बुझाउनु पर्नेछ । फायल बुझाएपछि कार्यालयले प्रक्रियामा रहेको भनेर पत्र उपलब्ध गराउने छ ।)
- If there is any error or discrepancy in any of the details filled in by the service recipient online, the service recipient should be responsible himself. The office will not be held accountable for this. Therefore, the service recipients are requested to read the information in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) carefully and fill the application carefully (अनलाइनमार्फत सेवाग्राहीले भरेको कुनै पनि विवरणमा त्रुटी भएमा वा फरक पर्न गएमा सेवाग्राही स्वयम् जिम्मेवार हुनुपर्नेछ । यसमा कार्यालय जवाफदेहि हुनेछैन । त्यसैले सेवाग्राहीले बारम्बार सोधिने प्रश्नहरु (FAQ) मा राखिएको जानकारी राम्रोसंग पढेर सचेततापुर्वक आवेदन भर्न हुन अनुरोध छ ।)
- If you encounter any problems while filling out the equivalence certificate online form, please send an email to helpdesk.cdc@tu.edu.np. The officer will discuss your problem and reply via email. Due to the current situation, CDC TU are unable to provide you with technical information in the office (अनलाइन फारम भर्दा कुनै पनि समस्या आएमा तपाईंले यो इमेल ठेगाना helpdesk.cdc@tu.edu.np मा लेखेर पठाउनुहोस् ।)
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