The Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) is a unified examination for independent Chinese secondary schools in Malaysia. UEC holders have 12 years of education and as a result, many universities in Malaysia do recognise the UEC for direct entry to their Bachelor’s degree programmes. The Unified Examination Certificate is also recognised by universities in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Canada, UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Russia and France. However, according to Germany’s “Hochschulzugangsberechtigung“, or the university admission requirements, it is not one of the recognised pre-university programmes. That means that Malaysian students from independent Chinese secondary schools will not be able to apply to study their Bachelor’s degree in Germany.