Matura (Matur, Maturita, Maturità, Maturität, матура) is the word commonly used in
Austria,
Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Italy,
Liechtenstein, the
Republic of Macedonia,
Montenegro,
Poland,
Serbia,
Slovenia,
Switzerland and
Ukraine (obsolete in Ukrainian language) for the final exams young adults (aged 18 or 19) take at the end of their
secondary education. In the
Czech Republic and
Slovakia it is officially called maturita, in
Italy was called esame di maturità and now esame di stato, in Austria Reifeprüfung ("examination of maturity"), but matura is used colloquially in these four countries. In
Hungary, the same system is used, but it is called érettségi (vizsga) ("examination of maturity"), the equivalent of matura and in Israel it is called bagrut. In Bulgaria, the official name is държавни зрелостни изпити (darzhavni zrelostni izpiti, "state examinations of maturity"), but the name матура (matura) is almost always used instead. In
South Africa, matura is taken after 12 years of schooling and is referred to as the Senior Certificate or
Matric examination. Matura also occurs among the minority populations in other countries as an additional besides high school - a Canadian of Ukrainian descent, for example, can finish their matura after having achieved the corresponding credits.
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