A Guide to Applying for Education Credential Assessment (ECA)

Please confirm your purpose for the evaluation first. If you are applying for a job or to a university, write to them first to confirm if they have a specific organization by which they accept evaluations from or if they require it at all.

Steps to Applying for Degree Equivalency in the USA

1. Review your options.

   • Many organisations may have the authority to do a credential assessment of your qualifications. Choose the organisation based on your requirements on the basis of fee and timeline. In general, we suggest using ECE.

   • Application processes are usually simple and may or may not require you to courier your documents and the application to Canada as hard copies.

     • For example, here are the documents required of Indian students for ECE.org.

2. Select a credential evaluator.

   • Based on the relevant factors for your application (e.g., timeline, fees, hard copy requirements, translation requirements, etc.), select the agency that you will use.

3. Complete the application on that organisation's website.

   • As an example, see below for detailed steps to apply for ECE.org evaluation.

4. Write to them or to us for any clarification or confusions while filling the application and then wait for the assessment to be completed.

For application to ECE

1. Create a new account here and select 'individual'.

2. Fill out your basic information and create your account.

3. Activate your account from the email received and login.

4. Select the country you need evaluation for - USA and start application.

5. Fill out the personal information section and select the delivery method.

6. If there is a particular institute that you have applied to in the said country and wish for the report to be sent to them directly, please add that institution to the 'Institution Delivery Section'. If there isn't, simply select 'continue'.

7. Please select the reason for requesting the report. If you have applied to a higher education institution, then select 'further education', if you wish to work in the target country, please select 'employment'. If 'further education' is selected, please select the level at which you wish to pursue your education in the selected country and not the education you have already completed. Then select the field of study (for example - Computer Science, Humanities, Business, etc.) However, if you wish to study and work together or consecutively, you can select multiple options.

8. Please select the kind of report you wish to receive according to the level of details you need. 'General report' is the most commonly requested.

9. Fill out your education details for all your educational qualifications. However, at the end select the section 'I wish for this degree to be evaluated' only for the one that you wish to be evaluated and 'Do not wish to be evaluated' for your other qualifications.

   • 💡Important Note: If it is a Woolf degree, please add the institute name as 'Woolf'. Under 'country or region of education' select 'Malta' and city as 'Valletta'.

10. Follow closely the instructions for the submission of the documents. To request WOOLF to send the documents directly please email document.verification@woolf.university. 

11. Read the final instructions carefully.

12. Select report options - Select Rush service for additional payment if you wish for the results to be delivered sooner. Select 'I will submit photocopies or translations' if your degree is from Woolf which will be in the English language.

13. Confirm all your details are correct.

14. Please carefully read the customer agreement and sign it. Then submit the application and pay the fees.

Steps to Applying for Degree Equivalency in Canada

For Canadian applicants, we suggest using CES. Access the application here.

1. Choose application type - General use.

2. Collect documentation to be submitted.

   • Identification (Passport advised).

   • Proof of name change if the name in the identification and the degree to be evaluated are different.

   • Scanned colour copies of your consolidated marksheet and degree certificate of the qualification you wish to be evaluated.

3. Create your profile and add all your details.

4. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before giving your consent.

5. Select general application (document by document).

6. Attach your documents (identity, qualification, etc).

7. Add your education information.

   • For academic institution name as 'WOOLF'.

   • Institution location as 'VALLETTA' and country as 'MALTA'.

   • Name of your degree certificate to be uploaded for evaluation.

   • Please confirm the official length of the program from WOOLF degrees as it is possible you might've finished it at a faster pace.

   • Specialisation (if any).

   • Dates attended 'from' means your date of enrollment and dates attended 'to' means the date your degree was awarded.

   • Date awarded and date issued will be the same (this is an online course and therefore your degree is issued to you the same day it is awarded).

   • Attach your 'final award' or degree certificate and academic transcripts.

8. If you wish to get more qualifications evaluated that you might've received before your Woolf degree, you can select 'add credential'.

9. Please select 'none' if you want your evaluation to be delivered to you via email. If you need to get a hard copy, please select as many as needed.

10. If you have applied to an institute or for a job that has asked the evaluation to be delivered to them directly, please select the box for 'Send an additional copy of your ECA to a Third Party'.

11. Confirm agreement and submit the application.

Please feel free to contact Woolf at support@woolf.university any time during the application process if you need further assistance.