Hjort wrote:
Duke
"Q: Will you consider my application with a degree less than a 4-year Bachelor's Degree from the U.S.A.?
A: Generally, we will accept International Bachelor's degrees. Most of the degrees we see are at least four years. Three-year degrees are fairly common in all U.K. based systems. Level exams frequently are equal to the 1st year of college; therefore, a 3-year degree from England, Scotland, Wales and Australia are usually equivalent to a four-year program. There are two exceptions: In Germany, a 3-year degree is called the vordiplom; and a six-year degree is a diploma. Many students leave the University system with a vordiplom. This is not sufficient to apply for admission to Fuqua. A vordiplom plus an additional year at the University may be; however, each application will have to be evaluated individually. In India, the Bachelor's of Commerce degree is 3 years, but is usually the equivalent of a U.S. Business degree."
https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/admin/daymba/ ... s/faq.html
The UK system was slightly more complicated than that - and has probably evolved since they wrote it.
Instead of Level exams it should read "A Level exams", the standard exams for 18 year olds going to University in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but not usually in Scotland.
Traditional three year bachelor degrees in England, Wales and N. Ireland were of the standard equivalent to a 4 year US bachelor degree. Scotland usually offered four year master of arts degrees, though the first year could be skipped with A Levels, and the standard was of a bachelor degree, even though the designation was MA. Also Oxford and Cambridge Universities may award MA degrees to those of bachelor of arts standing (even scientists may get arts degrees at Oxford and Cambridge !)
Many science and engineering subjects now have four year first degrees, of a standard at least as high as a bachelor degree, and these may be called masters. Most English degrees are very specialist, if you do maths, you will not just major in maths, it is all you will study, no history of art module to get your class (GPA) up.
I should think that admissions tutors that have a lot of UK applicants would be familiar with the practice here.