Ask HN: US Equivalent of Anabin?

13 points | by xqb64 8 days ago ago

5 comments

  • Jahnavi_Aleti 22 minutes ago ago

    There isn’t a single US Anabin equivalent. Foreign degrees are usually evaluated by private NACES agencies like WES, ECE, or SpanTran, and each school/employer chooses whom they accept.

  • brudgers 8 days ago ago

    In the US, there is no central hub for evaluating foreign educational credentials.

    Two institutions might evaluate your credentials differently.

    Likewise states for professional qualifications.

    • xqb64 8 days ago ago

      I see. Thanks for your answer.

  • shabbir1993 13 hours ago ago

    There are some,

    TEC (https://evalcompany.com/) IEE Evaluation (https://myiee.org/)

  • canary-digital 7 days ago ago

    Unlike Germany (or most European countries), the US does not have a centralized, state-run database or federal ministry for evaluating foreign degrees. Education is highly decentralized here.

    Instead, the US relies entirely on private credential evaluation agencies. The most universally recognized ones are members of NACES (National Association of Credential Evaluation Services).

    If you need an evaluation for immigration (USCIS), university admissions, or a job, you usually have to pay a service like WES (World Education Services) or ECE (Educational Credential Evaluators). They maintain their own massive, proprietary databases of global institutions which act as the de-facto 'Anabin' for the US, but unfortunately, those databases aren't public to browse.