Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science (BC., B.S., BS, B.Sc. or BSc; less commonly, S.B. or Sc.B. from the Latin Scientist Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years

Typical completion period;

Three years;

Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada (Quebec (In this province, it is preceded by two years in college (CEGEP) following grade eleven-thus it takes a total of five years), Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia (mostly three years, sometimes four), Czech Republic (mostly three years, sometimes four), Denmark, England (three or four years with a one-year placement in industry), Estonia, Finland, France, Germany (mostly three years, but can be up to four years), Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India(three years for B.Sc. and four years for BS(engineering), Ireland (Ordinary), Israel (for most subjects) Italy, Jamaica (three or four years), Latvia (three or four years), Lebanon (three or four years), Malaysia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland (Ordinary), Singapore (honours degree takes 4 years), Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda(mostly three years, sometimes four), Wales and Zimbabwe.

Four years

Albania, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Australia (honours degree), Bangladesh (three or four years), Bahrain, Belarus, Belize, Brunei, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Canada (except Quebec), Cyprus, Egypt (four or five years), Georgia, Guatemala, Greece (four or five years), Indonesia, Iran (four or five years), Iraq, Ireland (Honours Degree), Israel, Japan, Jordan (four to five years)], Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Lithuania, Libya, Malawi (four or five years), Malta, Macedonia (three, four or five years), Montenegro (three, four or five years), Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand (honours degree), People's Republic of China, the Philippines (four or five years), Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland (Honour Degree), Serbia (three, four or five years), Slovenia (four or five years), South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Korea Republic, Sri Lanka (three, four or five (specialized) years), Haiti (three or four years), Ukraine (four or five years), United States (four or five years), Yemen, Zambia (four or five years).India {four years(BS (engineering)}

Five years

 Cuba (five years), Greece (four or five years), Peru, Argentina, Brazil (five years), Colombia, Mexico (4.5 years), Chile (usually four years dedicated to coursework plus one year of research thesis), Egypt(four or five years), Haiti (four or five years), NigeriaSyria, Macedonia and Sierra Leone (four years dedicated to coursework). Slovenia (four or five years), Sudan (five years for BSc honours degree and four years for BSc ordinary degree) (four to five years), 6 months dedicated to SIWES (Students Industrial Work Exchange Scheme) but for most sciences and all engineering courses only. A semester for project work/thesis not excluding course work during the bachelor thesis. Excluding 1 year for the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), para-military and civil service,