posted by Charles H. Russo on Oct 25
The validated university studies or degrees are, from the date the relevant documents are released and issued, completely the same as the Spanish equivalents for academic effects in all the Spanish territory, in accordance with the legislation currently in force.The validation of your university studies or degrees is a long and hard process but it is possible. It is essential if you want to develop a career in Spain that will be based in your studies. Firstly you must be sure that all the documents submitted to these validation procedures are official and released by the competent authorities. No kind of legalisation is required for the documents released in any Member State of the European Union or any contracting party to the European Economic Area Agreement, including: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, The Netherlands, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Czech Republic and Sweden. In accordance with the bilateral agreement between Switzerland and the EU, this country must also be added.
Compulsory documents
When applying for the validation of foreign studies as the equivalent to Spanish Degree Courses, Engineering, Architecture, Diploma in Higher Education, Technical Engineering and Technical Architecture, the applicant must enclose:
a) Authenticated copy of the document used as proof of identity and nationality of the applicant. This must be official and released by the competent authorities of the foreign country or by the Spanish foreign affairs authorities. For Spanish citizens, a certified photocopy of the National Identity Card is required.
b) Authenticated copy of the degree you wish to validate, containing all the information that is included in the actual degree (personal data of the applicant, denomination of the degree, academic institution that releases it, centre where the studies were taken, date of release of the certificate) and authenticated copy of the academic transcript corresponding to the studies that require validation, clearly stating the official duration expressed in academic years, the syllabus and particular courses taken, and the contact hours for each course.
When applying for the validation of a Ph. D. Degree the applicant must also enclose:
a) A briefing of his/her doctoral thesis (translated into Spanish), a copy of the thesis itself (no translation required), the names of the doctoral thesis committee, and the grade obtained.
How to apply for the validation
It is the applicant who must decide to begin the validation procedures. All the application forms must be submitted to the different registration offices related to the particular administration bodies.
* Registro General del Ministerio de Educaci?n, Cultura y Deporte (General Registration Office of the Spanish Department for Education and Skills) and Registros Auxiliares (other Registration Offices):
C/ Los Madrazo, 15-17; P? del Prado, 28 (Madrid)
C/ Serrano, 150 (Madrid)
C/ Torrelaguna, 58 (Madrid)
* Functional Areas of High Inspection for Education of the Government Offices in the Autonomous Communities, or Provincial Offices of the Spanish Department for Education and Skills in Ceuta and Melilla.
The European Union joins forces in order to boost the validation of university studies and degrees
In May Ministers and people responsible for education from 45 European countries met in Bergen (Norway). They committed themselves to boosting the validation of university studies and degrees along with the quality standards to speed up the pace of the creation of a common space on higher education in 2010.
The Bergen Declaration defends the systematic introduction of internal mechanisms related to the common quality standards in order to facilitate mobility. This declaration also urges the nine member countries within the process that have not signed the Lisbon Convention on validation of studies to do so. Other points included in the declaration refer to the external dimension of the European space on higher education, promoting cooperation with other geographical areas.
The unit responsible for making the final decision on the application cases for the validation of foreign university studies in the Spanish system is:
Subdirecci?n General de T?tulos, Convalidaciones y Homologaciones
Servicio de Homologaci?n de T?tulos Extranjeros Universitarios
Paseo del Prado, 28. 28014 MADRID
For further information in Spain:
MINISTERIO DE EDUCACI?N Y CULTURA
Centro de Informaci?n y Atenci?n al Ciudadano.
Secci?n de Informaci?n Educativa.
Alcal?, 36. 28014 MADRID
Phone number: (+34) 91 - 701 85 00
For further information in other countries:
Available information can be found in all the Consular Offices of the Embassy of Spain in the different countries.
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