International Credential Evaluation Services | NACES Member - WES
Setting the Standard for International Credential Evaluation
World Education Services is the leading provider of credential evaluation services in North America. Our verified reports communicate your educational accomplishments to licensing boards, academic institutions, and employers.
About Credential Evaluations
We offer best-in-class credential evaluation services to meet education, immigration, licensing, and employment needs.
About Credential Evaluations
Types of Evaluations and Fees
Do you know what kind of credential evaluation you need? Learn about your options and preview the potential cost of your evaluation report.
About Evaluations and Fees
Required Documents
To begin your report, WES will need you and your institution to submit certain documents. Preview them below.
About Required Documents
Trusted for More than 50 Years
4M+
trusted evaluations
provided on behalf of international students and professionals
We have knowledge of institutions in
203
countries and territories
Relationships with
60,000+
educational institutions worldwide
In its first five years, the WES Mariam Assefa Fund committed
$37M
in grants and impact investments
Why WES?
As a social enterprise, we care about our customers and our impact. We are committed to ensuring that immigrants, refugees, and international students can learn, work, and thrive whether through our role as a provider of credential evaluations, an organizer of collaborative initiatives, an advocate of policies that recognize global talent, or as a funder committed to economic inclusion.
Your education should be recognized wherever you go, with a verified report that is both accepted and respected by licensing boards, academic institutions, and employers. Your future starts here.
Get a Credential Evaluation
Trusted by 60,000+ educational institutions across 200+ countries, our proven process sets the standard for international credential evaluations. And our seamless integration with Slate makes managing global applicants easier than ever.
Partner with WES
WES is trusted by immigration authorities such as IRCC in Canada and USCIS in the United States, and provides detailed standardized evaluations of international academic credentials, helping immigration officers make informed decisions about eligibility for immigration programs.
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We lead in delivering trusted evaluations that help hiring managers identify the right talent. We support international professionals as they transition into the United States or Canadian workforce, creating a more seamless process for all.
Partner with WES
Licensing bodies face complex decisions that impact both professional standards and public trust. Our proven evaluation process provides the insights you need to make licensure decisions with confidence.
Partner with WES
At WES, we are dedicated to fostering systems change to promote educational, economic, and social inclusion. Our approach includes programming such as initiatives that support the integration of internationally educated professionals into the workforce, public policy and advocacy, mission-aligned investing, and philanthropic grantmaking.
Learn More About Our Social Impact Programs
Good public policy is the bedrock of resilient communities poised to thrive. In both the United States and Canada, WES works with partners to develop and advance policies that enable immigrants, refugees, and international students to contribute fully to the communities where they live.
Learn More About Our Policy Work
A Trailblazing Social Enterprise
We are devoted to the global mobility and success of immigrants, refugees, and international students. We work at the intersection of education, workforce development, advocacy, policy, research, and philanthropy.
Social Impact Programming
WES designs and supports programs that provide immigrants, refugees, and international students with pathways to economic inclusion.
WES Mariam Assefa Fund
The Fund supports organizations focused on increasing immigrant and refugee access to economic opportunity.
Investments
As a global social enterprise, we seek to reimagine what stewardship and fiduciary duty mean for a mission-driven organization. WES engages in a total enterprise approach to achieve our mission.
Public Policy
As a nonpartisan social enterprise, WES advocates the adoption of policies that help shape a more welcoming and inclusive economy.
“Getting my credentials evaluated by WES was more than a formality—it was a moment of validation. It told me, ‘Yes, your hard work matters here, too.’”
Bikram Malla
, WES Applicant
“When the opportunity to participate in the Skilled Immigrant Integration Program (SIIP) came, we immediately decided to apply. SIIP really catalyzed everything we were trying to accomplish.”
Anson Green,
State Director, Texas Adult Education and Literacy
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Ideas and Impact
As we work to bring about educational, economic, and social inclusion, systemic change is often needed. To help effect such change, we partner with organizations, institutions, networks, and governments on programs, policy, advocacy, research, and grantmaking on behalf of immigrants, refugees, international students, and the communities they join.
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