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Gain insights into the Morocco higher education framework, academic culture, teaching methods, and grading system to prepare for your studies.
2 years
A job-focused diploma from a university technology institute. It can lead into the third year of a Licence Professionnelle (a job-focused bachelor's).
3 years, 180 ECTS (credits: points for each course you pass)
A 3-year bachelor's degree. The first year is a general year.
2 years, 120 ECTS
A 2-year master's after a Licence. A research master's leads to a doctorate.
At least 3 years
A doctorate after a master's degree.
Morocco uses 3 levels: Licence (a 3-year bachelor's), master's (2 years) and doctorate (at least 3 years). This is called the Licence-Master-Doctorat system.
Public universities, engineering and business schools, and private universities.
12 public universities with 126 colleges and schools between them, teaching law, economics, science, medicine, engineering, business and more.
•Foreign students enter through the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI).
•You do not pay tuition at public universities.
10 national business schools (ENCG, in French: Écoles Nationales de Commerce et de Gestion) train managers over 5 years.
•In Agadir, Marrakech, Settat, Casablanca, El Jadida, Kenitra, Fez, Oujda, Tangier and Dakhla.
A not-for-profit university that you apply to directly and that charges fees. It teaches in English on the American system.
•Approved by a US group of colleges, NECHE (New England Commission of Higher Education), and recognised by Morocco's Ministry of Higher Education.
A university with bachelor's, engineering and master's programmes, some taught in English.
•You apply directly, with entrance exams.
The research-based bachelor's at a university.
The job-focused bachelor's at a university.
The engineering degree from an engineering school.
Research or job-focused master's degrees.
Very Good
The highest result level.
Good
The next level down. Needed for a master's place through the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI).
Fairly Good
The level below Good. The lowest level AMCI accepts for a bachelor's place.
Degrees are counted in semesters and credits.
Public universities count ECTS credits. AUI counts credits the American way (credit hours). They are not the same.
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