Answer four quick questions about your IGCSE / A Level / IB grades, subject of interest and budget. We'll return a personalised shortlist of up to 10 universities across the 14 destinations international students most commonly apply to — tagged reach, target and safety, sorted by QS World 2026 ranking, so you can build a balanced application list.
🇬🇧 46 UK (Oxbridge, Russell Group) · 🇺🇸 50 US (Ivy League, MIT, Stanford) · 🇨🇦 23 Canadian (U15) · 🇦🇺 28 Australian (Group of Eight) · 🇳🇿 8 NZ (Auckland, Otago, AUT) · 🇸🇬 13 Singapore (NUS, NTU) · 🇲🇾 13 Malaysian (UM, Monash MY, Taylor's) · 🇭🇰 8 HK (HKU, HKUST) · 🇯🇵 15 Japanese (UTokyo, Kyoto, Keio) · 🇦🇪 10 UAE (NYU AD, Khalifa) · 🇳🇱 14 Dutch · 🇩🇪 24 German (TU9, LMU, Mannheim) · 🇨🇭 11 Swiss (ETH, EPFL, Basel) · 🇮🇪 8 Irish (Trinity, UCD). Built for GCSE, IGCSE, A Level & IB students applying in the UK and worldwide — most tools are UK-only.
Also speaks 11 local national boards natively — no manual grade conversion needed: Matric/FSc (Pakistan), CBSE/ICSE (India), SSC/HSC (Bangladesh), NEB (Nepal), HKDSE (Hong Kong), SPM/STPM (Malaysia), Sri Lankan O/A-Level, US High School GPA, Thanaweya Amma (Egypt) and Tawjihi (Jordan & Saudi Arabia).
Pick the destinations you'd realistically apply to — we'll show your top 10 matches across them. Most international students apply to 2–3 countries.
Select at least one country to continue.
Applying for a Master's, MBA or PhD instead? This wizard matches A-Level / IB / IGCSE grades to undergraduate degrees — for postgraduate study, tell us your programme and qualifications directly.
Already know where you're applying? You don't need to wait for final results — submit your details now with predicted grades to avoid application delays.
Oxbridge, Russell Group, and 46 of the UK's most-applied-to universities for international students.
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Group of Eight (Melbourne, Sydney, ANU, UNSW, Monash, UQ, UWA, Adelaide) plus 20 tier-2 universities.
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NUS, NTU, SMU, SUTD, SIT, SUSS plus private universities (SIM, MDIS, PSB, LASALLE) and branch campuses (Curtin, JCU, ESSEC).
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TU9 leading technical universities + LMU Munich + Heidelberg + Berlin's three top universities. Most public German unis charge minimal tuition — top international value.
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All 13 Dutch research universities including TU Delft, Amsterdam, Leiden, Utrecht, Erasmus Rotterdam, Maastricht — plus Hanze University of Applied Sciences.
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Ivy League (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, UPenn, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth) + MIT, Stanford, Caltech + top public universities (Berkeley, Michigan, UCLA, UVA).
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U15 research universities including Toronto, McGill, UBC, McMaster, Waterloo, Western, Queen's, Alberta. Lower tuition than the US plus strong post-study work rights.
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Trinity College Dublin, UCD, UCC, NUI Galway, DCU, University of Limerick — Ireland's main research universities. English-taught, lower fees than the UK in many subjects.
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HKU, CUHK, HKUST, PolyU, CityU, Baptist, Lingnan and EdUHK — all eight UGC-funded universities, all English-taught; the first five are consistently world-top-100. Hong Kong is a leading Asian hub for international IGCSE and IB students.
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NYU Abu Dhabi, Khalifa, American University of Sharjah, Zayed, UAEU, University of Sharjah, Abu Dhabi University, plus Dubai branch campuses of Heriot-Watt, Birmingham and American University in Dubai. English-taught, with strong scholarship pipelines for Gulf IGCSE and IB students.
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UM, USM, UKM, UPM, UTM (the public Big 5), Monash Malaysia and Nottingham Malaysia branch campuses, plus private and international universities Taylor's, Sunway, IIUM, Multimedia University and UCSI. English-taught, lower international fees than the UK / AU.
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ETH Zurich + EPFL (world top-30 STEM) plus University of Zurich, University of Geneva, St. Gallen (top European business school), Basel, Bern, Lausanne, Fribourg, Lucerne and USI Lugano. Surprisingly low fees for public Swiss research universities.
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Auckland, Otago, Canterbury, Victoria Wellington, Massey, AUT, Waikato and Lincoln — New Zealand's eight major universities. Lower fees than Australia plus generous post-study work rights.
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University of Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Tohoku, Waseda, Keio, Institute of Science Tokyo, Hokkaido, Nagoya, Kyushu, Sophia, ICU, Hitotsubashi, Ritsumeikan APU and Doshisha — Japan's most internationally-applied-to universities. Most now have fully or partly English-taught undergraduate streams.
Open Japan shortlist →
International qualifications are always available to every student — plus, if you say which country's curriculum you're actually following in step 2, your local national board appears alongside them too. No manual grade conversion, no guessing your equivalent A-Level band.
Following a board that isn't listed yet, or moved countries but still follow your original curriculum? Pick whichever international option matches your actual grade scale — the wizard's "Which country's curriculum are you following?" selector never restricts which qualification you can choose.
🇦🇪 Based in the UAE? Most Tutopiya students there are already on IGCSE, A Level or IB — international qualifications, always available — or CBSE/ICSE (select India as your curriculum market). Choose 🇦🇪 UAE from the dropdown so we can route your shortlist and enquiry to the right team.
Most shortlisting tools stop at "here's a list of universities." We go further — every result on your shortlist carries the same depth of detail a Tutopiya counsellor would pull together for you manually.
Every match is tagged against your grades so you build a genuinely balanced list, not just a wishlist.
See prestige at a glance, checked against QS's latest global rankings for every institution we track.
Country-by-country deadline calendars — UCAS, Common App, uni-assist and more — so you never miss a cycle.
Know upfront whether a course is taught in English, German, French, Dutch or Japanese — critical outside English-speaking countries.
Typical score bands per country, plus the common waiver for 2+ years of English-medium schooling like IGCSE / A Level / IB.
UCAT, LNAT, TMUA, STEP, SAT/ACT and country-specific Medicine and Law pathways — so you can start preparing early.
Filter matches by international fee tier, from premium to budget-friendly, in local currency per country.
Export your shortlist as CSV, a print-ready PDF, or email it to yourself in one click.
Submit a free enquiry for any university on your shortlist and Tutopiya's admissions team will guide you through the application — personal statements, interview prep and deadlines — at no cost.
The UK's Complete University Guide Uniselect is a great tool — but it's UK-only, and it stops at grade matching. International IGCSE and IB students rarely apply to just one country, and grades are only the first filter — deadlines, language of instruction, English test requirements and entrance exams decide whether an application is actually realistic. The Tutopiya University Shortlist Builder covers all 13 destinations international students most commonly apply to alongside the UK — US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan, UAE, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Ireland — with all of that detail attached to every match. It also speaks IGCSE / IB grades natively, so you don't need to manually convert to UCAS points or SAT scores.
Most shortlisting tools also assume every applicant is on A-Level, IB or IGCSE — but a huge share of the world's international-university applicants aren't. We built the wizard to ask which national curriculum you're actually following, then surface your local board — Matric/FSc (Pakistan), CBSE/ICSE (India), SSC/HSC (Bangladesh), NEB (Nepal), HKDSE (Hong Kong), SPM/STPM (Malaysia), Sri Lankan G.C.E. O/A-Level, US High School GPA, Thanaweya Amma (Egypt) or Tawjihi (Jordan and Saudi Arabia) — right alongside the international set, so you enter your actual grades instead of guessing an A-Level equivalent yourself.
For deeper background, see Tutopiya's complete IGCSE-to-university pathway guide.
Universities across the UK, US, Canada, Australia, NZ, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan, UAE, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Ireland can request a new listing or update an existing profile (entry grades, courses, QS rank, fees, scholarships). Free for any institution international IGCSE / A Level / IB students would want to see here.
How the shortlist works, which countries we cover, and how to use it as an IGCSE / IB student.
The Tutopiya University Shortlist Builder covers the 14 destinations international IGCSE and IB students most commonly apply to: United Kingdom (Oxbridge, Russell Group + more), United States (Ivy League + MIT, Stanford, Caltech, top publics), Canada (U15 + more), Australia (Group of Eight + tier-2), New Zealand (Auckland, Otago, Canterbury, VUW, Massey, AUT), Singapore (NUS, NTU, SMU, branch campuses), Malaysia (UM, USM, UKM, UPM, UTM + Monash/Nottingham/Taylors/Sunway/IIUM), Hong Kong (all 8 UGC-funded universities — HKU, CUHK, HKUST, PolyU, CityU, Baptist, Lingnan, EdUHK), Japan (UTokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Tohoku, Waseda, Keio, Sophia, ICU + more — English-taught streams), UAE (NYU Abu Dhabi, Khalifa, AUS, Zayed, UAEU + more), Netherlands (all 13 research universities), Germany (TU9, LMU, Heidelberg, Mannheim + more), Switzerland (ETH, EPFL, UZH, UniGE, St. Gallen, Basel + more) and Ireland (Trinity, UCD, UCC + more). 270+ universities total, all hand-curated for international IGCSE / IB applicants.
Yes — the wizard, the personalised shortlist and the country-specific FAQs are all free. A free Tutopiya account is required to see your shortlist and to download it as CSV or PDF. The same account unlocks every Tutopiya tool (GPA Calculator, Grade Predictor, Revision Checklists, the full Learning Portal). No payment is required at any step.
Tutopiya is a tutoring company, not a paid admissions consultancy. The shortlist tool is free; subsequent tutoring sessions with a Tutopiya tutor — for the personal statement, BMAT / UCAT / LNAT prep, interview practice — are paid. Your school's careers counsellor remains your first port of call for the application paperwork.
Yes. Pick the IGCSE option in the curriculum step and select your predicted band (high / good / average). The shortlist will show you a realistic university range based on the A Level / IB grades you'd likely achieve at that IGCSE profile. As you progress to A Level / IB and your predictions firm up, come back and re-run the tool with the actual grade band.
Yes. Alongside the international qualifications — A Level, IB Diploma, IGCSE/GCSE and O-Level — Tutopiya's shortlist builder speaks 11 local national boards natively, no manual grade conversion needed: Matric / FSc (Pakistan), CBSE / ICSE (India), SSC / HSC (Bangladesh), NEB +2 (Nepal), HKDSE (Hong Kong), Singapore-Cambridge O-Level / A-Level (Singapore), SPM / STPM (Malaysia), G.C.E. O-Level / A-Level (Sri Lanka), US High School Diploma (GPA), Thanaweya Amma (Egypt) and Tawjihi (Jordan and Saudi Arabia). In step 2 of the wizard, choose which country's curriculum you're following and your local board appears alongside the international options — international qualifications always stay available too, since a student may have relocated but still follow their original board.
It's a guide, not an oracle. The matching uses each university's typical international entry threshold for flagship courses — individual courses at the same university may demand higher or lower. Always cross-check the specific course page on the university's own admissions site (linked in every result card). The reach / target / safety tiers are designed to help you build a balanced shortlist, not to predict admissions outcomes.
Yes — after the shortlist appears, click Download CSV or Print View / Save as PDF to export it. Both options are gated by a free Tutopiya account so the team can route follow-up support; once you sign up (same account works across every Tutopiya tool), the export runs immediately and you can share the file via email, print or upload to your school's admissions portal.
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