Certificate Explained

Certificate may refer to:

• Birth certificate
• Marriage certificate
• Death certificate
• Gift certificate
• Certificate of authenticity, a document or seal certifying the authenticity of something
• Certificate of deposit, or CD, a financial product commonly offered to consumers by banks, thrift institutions and credit unions
• Investment certificate
• Stock certificate

Computing

• Authorization certificate or attribute certificate
• Certificate (complexity), a string that certifies the answer to a computation
• Public key certificate, an electronic document used in cryptography
• Self-signed certificate, a public key certificate not issued by a certificate authority

Academic qualification

• Academic certificate
• Medical certificate
• Professional certification, a vocational award
• A confirmation that a person has passed a Test (assessment) to prove competence
• Global Assessment Certificate is a university preparation and foundation studies program
• Graduate certificate

Australia

• Higher School Certificate (New South Wales), a school qualification in New South Wales, Australia
• Victorian Certificate of Education, a school qualification in Victoria, Australia
• Certificates awarded by TAFE colleges, see

Ireland

• Junior Certificate, a qualification attained by school students
• Irish Leaving Certificate, a higher qualification attained by school students
• National Certificate, an older higher education qualification
• Higher Certificate, a newer higher education qualification
• Certificate (HETAC), a subdegree qualification offered by the Higher Education and Training Awards Council

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination

United Kingdom

• Certificate of Higher Education, awarded after one year full-time study at a university or other higher education institution

Other uses

• The Certificate, a 1967 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer

See also

• Certificate of Achievement (disambiguation)
• Certification
• Certified (disambiguation)
• Certify (disambiguation)
• Academic degree
• Motion picture rating system