title: Certificate
text: # Certificate
  
  Certificate may refer to:
  
  * Birth certificate
  * Marriage certificate
  * Death certificate
  * Gift certificate
  * Certificate of authenticity, a document or seal certifying the authenticity of something
  * Certificate of deposit, or CD, a financial product commonly offered to consumers by banks, thrift institutions and credit unions
  * Investment certificate
  * Stock certificate
  
  ## Computing
  
  * Authorization certificate or attribute certificate
  * Certificate (complexity), a string that certifies the answer to a computation
  * Public key certificate, an electronic document used in cryptography
  
  ## Academic qualification
  
  * Academic certificate
  * Medical certificate
  * Professional certification, a vocational award
  * A confirmation that a person has passed a Test (assessment) to prove competence
  * Global Assessment Certificate is a university preparation and foundation studies program
  * Graduate certificate
  
  ### Australia
  
  * Higher School Certificate (New South Wales), a school qualification in New South Wales, Australia
  * Victorian Certificate of Education, a school qualification in Victoria, Australia
  * Certificates awarded by TAFE colleges, see Technical and further education § Qualifications awarded by TAFE colleges
  
  ### Ireland
  
  * Junior Certificate, a qualification attained by school students
  * Irish Leaving Certificate, a higher qualification attained by school students
  * National Certificate, an older higher education qualification
  * Higher Certificate, a newer higher education qualification
  * Certificate (HETAC), a subdegree qualification offered by the Higher Education and Training Awards Council
  
  ### Hong Kong
  
  * Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination
  
  ### United Kingdom
  
  * Certificate of Higher Education, awarded after one year full-time study at a university or other higher education institution
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * The Certificate, a 1967 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer
  