Education Evaluation

[srloring13 12]

Has anyone, or their spouse, had their degree's from Nigeria, or any other country in Africa, evaluated or used to pursue a different educational path here in the United States? Basically, what proof did you need to submit with regards to your degree/diploma obtained in Africa? Did any colleges,universities, or schools require an evaluation of your transcripts/degree? If so, what agency was used and what was the cost?

Basically I am looking for information because my husband is interested in maybe pursuing a different degree and I'm hoping that the classes he has already taken can help him meet some of the degree requirements for the new course of study.

[Sam and Fen 41]

This information is more then 20 years old so hopefully some one with more current info will be able to help you.

There used to be an agency in NY that evaluated degrees from across the globe to US equivalents. I got my Engineering degree evaluated from there. I submitted my degree and transcripts of what I had studied to get there.

[Aya820 33]

A lot of people I heard use this website: WES

[Sam and Fen 41]

A lot of people I heard use this website: WES

Could not remember the name but that's the one I used too.

[olumides_wife 17]

Has anyone, or their spouse, had their degree's from Nigeria, or any other country in Africa, evaluated or used to pursue a different educational path here in the United States? Basically, what proof did you need to submit with regards to your degree/diploma obtained in Africa? Did any colleges,universities, or schools require an evaluation of your transcripts/degree? If so, what agency was used and what was the cost?

Basically I am looking for information because my husband is interested in maybe pursuing a different degree and I'm hoping that the classes he has already taken can help him meet some of the degree requirements for the new course of study.

Well I hate to piggie back ride off of your post but this is also what I need help with so thanks for asking and if I could also ask in addition to what the OP asked...can we start the process while husband is still in Nigeria? and if we wait until he is here what does he need to bring with him?

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Sometimes it depends on the school itself. Some use the one mentioned and others used IREF . Most serives will want the transcipt sent directly from the school. They also will be asking where you want to send the results. If you already know where you want to go you can start now but if you don't you may want to wait because reports after they do the eval usually cost more than those when you first do the eval. You should recieve a personal copy but once opened additional schools won't accept it and will ask you to get a new one. Make sure to keep the name of the person that helped you at the school.

[ProudAfrican 5]

Look up on here: http://www.naces.org/members.htm

And WES is a member. Any member from NACES has dealt with international transcript evaluation.They work with almost many institutions

[olumides_wife 17]

Sometimes it depends on the school itself. Some use the one mentioned and others used IREF . Most serives will want the transcipt sent directly from the school. They also will be asking where you want to send the results. If you already know where you want to go you can start now but if you don't you may want to wait because reports after they do the eval usually cost more than those when you first do the eval. You should recieve a personal copy but once opened additional schools won't accept it and will ask you to get a new one. Make sure to keep the name of the person that helped you at the school.

Thank you for the information!