Get your qualifications recognised in Europe

The Professional Qualifications Directive 2005/36/EC (as amended by 2013/55/EU) is the cornerstone of qualification recognition across EU and EEA member states. It creates an automatic recognition regime for seven professions — doctor, nurse, dentist, pharmacist, veterinary surgeon, midwife, and architect — and a general system for all other regulated professions. Automatic recognition means that qualifying certificates issued in one member state must be recognised in all others without a substantive assessment. The general system allows member states to require compensation measures (aptitude test or adaptation period) where significant differences in training content exist.

Every European country operates a national ENIC-NARIC centre as part of the European Network of Information Centres (ENIC) and the National Academic Recognition Information Centres (NARIC). These centres provide official information on academic qualification recognition, issue statements of comparability for foreign degrees, and can advise on the recognition process for your specific qualification. Contacting your host country's ENIC-NARIC centre is often the fastest way to understand what recognition route applies to your qualifications.