1. Oberschulbesuch oder weniger (drunter)
2. Oberschulabschluss
3. College-Besuch oder weniger
4. College-Abschluss
5. Hochschulbesuch oder weniger
6. Promotion


ohne Gewähr

1. Some high school or less - weiterführende Schule...
2. Graduated from high school - Abschluss an einer weiterführenden Schule
3. Some college or less - Hochschulbildung...
4. Graduated from college - Hochschulabschluss
5. Some graduate school or less - Studium mit dem Ziel Promotion oder Master
6. Post graduate study - weiterführendes Hochschulstudium (evtl. auch Postgraduiertenstudium)

Dies Frage wurde in der einen oder der anderen Form schon oefters diskutiert.
Also, erst einmal wollte ich auffuehren, dass man die Abschluesse nicht 1:1 uebertragen kann und dass sie meiner Meinung nach in diesem Fall (EM?) auch nicht unbedingt wichtig sind. Sie dienen eher statistischen Zwecken. Wie wuerde das Ganze denn in einem deutschen Screener stehen?

- Haupt- oder Realschulabschluss
- Abitur
- Lehre/Ausbildung
(- Uni / FH ohne Abschluss)
- Uni / FH mit Abschluss
- Promotion.

Ausserdem sollten Sie Ihren Kunden ueber die Unterschiede aufklaeren und ihm klar machen, dass man das in der jeweiligen Zielsprache lokalisieren muss, da eine 1:1 Uebersetzung unmoeglich und unidiomatisch ist. Man muss die Abschluesse dem jeweiligen Zielpublikum anpassen (hier: Deutschland, in der Schweiz ist es wahrscheinlich noch anders). Manchmal kommt man auch mit weniger Punkten hin, mit weniger Abschluessen.
Also: Wie heissen die Schweizer Schulabschluesse?

high dchool graduate=Maturaabschluss/Reifezeugnis,
college graduate=abgeschlossenes Universitaetstudium
graduate school= Magister- oder Doktoratstudium
postgraduate= Postdoktoral ( weitere Ausbildung nach dem Doktorat),usually called "postdoc"

where they say "some" it just means that the student did not complete the degree, just took courses towards the degree...( had to pass the same entrance exams and requirements, though)

Hope this helps.

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Note added at 1 day21 hrs (2008-05-25 07:19:36 GMT)
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Thank you, Kathi.

Please, for all those who are still confusing college and university ( which is in the USA for all practical purposes, as far as the degree obtained is concerned, THE SAME), consult Wikipedia.
From Wikipedia about college in the USA ( NB it is different in UK and Canada!!!):
"In American English, the word, in contrast to its many and varied British meanings, often refers to liberal arts colleges that provide education primarily at the undergraduate level. The term can either refer to both a self-contained institution that has no graduate studies or to the undergraduate school of a full university (i.e., that also has a graduate school). In popular American usage, the word "college" is the generic term for any post-secondary undergraduate education. Americans go to "college" after high school, regardless of whether the specific institution is formally a college or a university, and the word and its derivatives are the standard terms used to describe the institutions and experiences associated with American post-secondary undergraduate education."


AND Gymnasium is NOT and never will be "college" in the USA. There are some in Europe ( eg. United World College of the Adriatic, etc) but that is just because originally, the word meant a group of persons living together under a common set of rules (con- = "together" + leg- = "law" or lego = "I choose"). in the USA, Gymnasium= high school, Universitaet= college, university. Generally, colleges have a lower student-faculty ratio than universities ( fewer students per teacher) and mostly professors, not teaching assistants (TAs), teach the courses (unlike in many large universities).
Btw, community college is a publicly funded 2-year post-high school educational institution.


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Note added at 1 day21 hrs (2008-05-25 07:48:09 GMT)
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And about the MD studies ( my studies, btw): in the USA, it is considered "professional school", like JD ( law) and, unlike in Europe where students enter med school after high-school, one needs a Bachelor's degree ( completed 1st university/college degree). When one obtaines the MD degree, one can go on to specialize ( called residency). So, MD is generally considered at the graduate level with undergraduate component( MD studies until MD degree is granted and the title "doctor" awarded) and (post)-graduate component (=residency).

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Note added at 1 day22 hrs (2008-05-25 08:55:39 GMT)
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def. of a "college graduate"=someone who has been awarded a degree by a university or college
see : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduate