EQUIVALENCY CHART FOR CVs

EQUIVALENCY TABLE FOR CVs
FRENCH TERM
GB
USA
Baccalauréat
A levels
French HS diploma
Bac S
Bac ES
A levels in Sciences
A levels in Economics
French HS diploma, Science major /
Economics major
Bac avec mention
Bac avec mention "bien"
Bac avec mention "très bien"
With merit
With distinction
With honors
With high honors
With highest honors
Prépa pour le concours /
2-year post A-level
programme
A 2-year advanced placement
program /
A 2-year advanced preparatory course
for institutes of higher education
BTS
HND
2-year technical college degree
DEUG en espagnol
2-year undergraduate certificate Major:
Spanish
DUT en économie
Associates Degree in economics
Licence en sciences
Bachelor's degree
Major: science (BS)
Master’s es sciences
Master's degree in science (MS)
Diplôme d'ingénieur
Master's degree equivalent
DESS; DEA
Master’s degree
Doctorat
PhD
Grande école
Institute of higher education (with selective admission requirements)
AgrosupDijon
National Institute of Agronomy
Stage
Internship / Placement / Training period
Stagiaire
Intern / Trainee
Permis de conduire
Clean driving licence
Connaissances en
informatique
Driver's license
Computer literate
highest
level
NB: Capitalize the first letter of
languages (ex. English, not
english / French, not french,
Spanish, not spanish.)
basic
mother tongue (langue maternelle)
bilingual
fluent (in English/Spanish)
very good working knowledge (of Portuguese /Italian)
working knowledge (of Russian/Hebrew)
functional (in German/Japanese)
notions (of Chinese/Dutch)
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AgroSupDijon – JT
Septembre 2011