The short answer
No. The Bachaloria is a secondary-school certificate — you earn it at the end of the third secondary year and apply to university with it. A bachelor's degree is a university degree — you earn it when you finish your faculty, such as a bachelor's in commerce or in engineering. The Bachaloria comes before university; the bachelor's comes at the end of it.
Why do the names look alike?
Because both come from the same Latin root. *Bachelor* comes from the Medieval Latin *baccalaureus*, and *baccalaureate* (the Bachaloria) from the Modern Latin *baccalaureatus*. French named its end-of-secondary-school qualification the *baccalauréat*; English named the first university degree the *bachelor's degree* — and that is where the confusion comes from.
The Egyptian Bachaloria in particular
The Egyptian Bachaloria is a secondary-school system that began in 2025/26 as an optional path alongside Thanaweya Amma. Its total, out of 600, is built up across the second and third secondary years; after that the student applies to university — which is where they study for a bachelor's.
- The difference between the Bachaloria and Thanaweya Amma
- What the Bachaloria total is out of and how it adds up
In everyday speech
- "A Bachaloria student" = a secondary-school student on the Bachaloria system.
- "A bachelor's graduate" = someone who has finished university.
- A bachelor's degree usually takes three to six years, depending on the faculty and the country.
On GoBachaloria
GoBachaloria is a platform for secondary school on the Egyptian Bachaloria system — the stage before university. Find out more about GoBachaloria.