ENEB Master Thread

[lillingworth]

For people in the U.S. who have a master's degree from ENEB and don't have a bachelor's degree, how do you list this education on your resume?

Do you list it as:

"Bachelor's Degree Equivalent – Master in XYZ"

or simply as

"Master in XYZ"?

I’m considering purchasing access to ENEB's master's for my partner, who doesn’t have a bachelor’s degree. A traditional route to earning a bachelor’s would take too much time. Afterward, we plan to have the degree evaluated by ECE to obtain documentation of its equivalency to a bachelor’s degree.

TIA!

What is the motivation for getting it evaluated? If it's just for employment, most employers will not care about FCE or even know enough to ask for one. Lots of people study abroad and list foreign education on their resume without question. Also, is there a reason why you want ECE when other evaluators in the US will see it as a Masters? 

I'm not sure if my tone is coming across properly here but I don't mean any type of rudeness, just asking because you might be planning to spend money unnecessarily. 

I list mine as Master in XYZ and MBA from Isabel, because that's what the diplomas will say.

You are fine. I understand your concern. I don’t want to spend an extra $200+ if I don’t have to either.

It will mainly be for employment purposes. The reason I was considering an FCE is that it might seem odd to have a master’s degree without holding a bachelor’s. I work in higher education, so I’m aware that some colleges abroad accept students without a bachelor’s degree into master’s programs if they have sufficient professional experience. However, I’m concerned that HR at generic companies might not understand that.

That said, if you haven’t encountered any issues with it, I’ll probably skip the FCE.

I've never had an employer ask about my degrees. I would just list the masters only. Don't do something like list an associates and then masters lol. My husband was the same way before finishing his BSBA at TESU. He's worked in some big name companies across 4 countries and none of them cared about education. It's just a box to check. Now that he has the BSBA and MBA and another Masters, nothing has changed. Nobody is asking him about it. 

If your partner gets asked about it, you can always agree to pay for FCE upon employment offer if it's a really good job. Or if you wanna be extra, you could always wait for a sale and get 2 Masters, evaluate one through ECE (or whoever will say it's a bachelors) and evaluate the other through Validential (sp?) so it's a recognized masters. 

Honestly though, just do the masters, add it to the resume, and see how it goes. If they ask for proof, cross that bridge when you get there. It's a legitimate degree.