BTEC International Diploma (Level 3) are career-based qualifications designed to give students the skills they need to move on to higher education at a university or to go straight into employment. It is undertaken as an educational pathway by sixth-form colleges, schools, and students after completion of IGCSE, O'Levels, and Matriculation. BTEC International diploma Level-3 (extended) maintains the same equivalences, benchmarks, and other articulations (for example SCAAT points, UCAS Tariff points) as any other Level 3 qualifications, for example, A'Level, HSSC, high school diplomas, etc.
Applicants must have successfully completed O Level or Matriculation (equivalent to Grade 10) from a recognized examination board.