Recognising qualifications in Litvanya

Apply to SKVC for academic recognition

Submit your degree certificate, transcript, and supporting documents to SKVC (Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education) at skvc.lt. SKVC will issue an academic recognition decision that maps your foreign higher education qualification to the Lithuanian qualification level. This decision is required by all third-country nationals before entering a regulated profession and is the employer-facing document for unregulated roles. Processing normally takes 30 to 60 days.

Identify whether your target profession is regulated

Check whether the profession you intend to practise in Lithuania is listed as regulated. Regulated professions (healthcare, law, architecture, certain engineering roles) require a licence or chamber membership before practice is lawful. For unregulated professions, the SKVC academic recognition decision alone is sufficient as employer-facing evidence.

For healthcare professions (EEA applicants): apply directly to VASPVT

EEA-trained practitioners in the seven sectoral professions (doctor, dentist, pharmacist, nurse, midwife, and equivalent) may apply directly to VASPVT for a practice licence without a prior SKVC step. Submit the application with your degree, certified transcript, certificate of good standing from your home country authority, and evidence of Lithuanian language proficiency at B2 level for patient-facing roles. VASPVT typically decides complete EEA applications within 4 to 8 weeks.

For healthcare professions (third-country nationals): obtain SKVC recognition first

If you trained outside the EEA, obtain an SKVC academic recognition decision for your healthcare degree before approaching VASPVT. Once SKVC has issued its decision, submit it together with your degree, transcript, certificate of good standing, and Lithuanian language evidence (B2) to VASPVT for a practice licence assessment.

For architecture: apply to the Lithuanian Chamber of Architects

Present your SKVC academic recognition decision (for non-EEA applicants) or your qualifying certificates (for EEA applicants under the automatic recognition route) to the Lithuanian Chamber of Architects (lpr.lt). Chamber membership is required before independent architectural practice is lawful in Lithuania.

For law: apply to the Lithuanian Bar Association

EEA-qualified lawyers may practise under their home-country title in Lithuania and, after three years of regular practice of Lithuanian law, integrate into the Lithuanian Bar (Lietuvos advokatūra). Non-EEA lawyers must meet Lithuanian professional qualification requirements and go through the general-system recognition route, which may include an aptitude test or adaptation period.