Higher is one of the national school-leaving certificate exams and university entrance qualification accredited by the Scottish Qualifications Authority. If you are considering applying to a Scottish university – you can start your educational journey in your home country by studying Highers online.
 
The aim of the Highers programme is to enable students to gain a coherent body of qualifications and skills to enable students to progress into higher education. Good Higher results are highly regarded as a qualification on its own right and are necessary for entry to undergraduate courses at universities in the UK.

Every Higher course consists of:

• A compulsory core which all candidates must complete
• Optional elements which a candidate and/or centre choose to study
• Three Unit Assessments, (commonly referred to as NAB's after the National Assessment Bank from which these assessments are selected by teachers).
• A final exam which determines the grade and level of pass and, where applicable, any coursework.

In order to pass a course, the candidate must pass all Unit Assessments as well as the final exam.