Degree Recognition: Making Your Effort Count Here

Your Degree Is Your Pride

You have dedicated years of study, sleepless nights, and great sacrifice to earn your university degree. It is unfair that upon crossing a border, that effort seems to vanish. We know how painful it is to have the ability to practice your profession and be unable to do so due to a lack of administrative recognition.

"Medicine, engineering, or teaching are universal. Your degree should be too. We fight for your education to be recognized in Spain."

Validate Your Knowledge

Professional Degree Recognition is the official process by which Spain recognizes the validity of your foreign degree, equating it to a qualifying Spanish degree. It is an essential procedure for practicing regulated professions (doctors, nurses, engineers, lawyers, etc.) and for accessing public service.

Reclaiming Your Profession

At Legal & Cloud, we understand the academic and bureaucratic complexity of this process:

  1. Academic Analysis: We review your curriculum and course load to ensure correspondence with the Spanish degree.
  2. Document Management: We guide you through the legalization and translation of your documents so they are accepted without issues.
  3. Persistent Follow-up: Recognition is a lengthy process; we maintain constant follow-up with the Ministry of Universities to move your file forward.

The Destination: Pursuing Your Passion

Imagine putting on your white coat again, signing your projects, or entering a classroom, but this time in Spain. Recognition returns your professional identity and allows you to work in what you love and trained for.

Procedure Information

📋 Type of Recognition Required

Degree Recognition (to practice a regulated profession):

  • Regulated professions: Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine, Architecture, Engineering, Law, etc.
  • Requires full degree recognition
  • Managed by the Ministry of Universities
  • May require complementary training or aptitude tests

Professional Recognition (EU Directive 2005/36/EC):

  • For EU/EEA citizens
  • Simplified procedure
  • Automatic recognition in many health professions
📄 Requirements and Documentation

General Documentation:

  • Original university degree or certified copy
  • Complete academic certificate (curriculum, subjects, credits/hours)
  • Documentation accrediting the official duration of studies
  • Identity document
  • Payment of fees

Document Legalization:

  • Hague Convention: Apostille
  • Without convention: Diplomatic channel legalization
  • EU Countries: No legalization required

Translation:

  • All documents must be translated by an official sworn translator

Process:

  1. Online application on the Ministry's electronic portal
  2. Submission of documentation
  3. File review (6-12 months or more)
  4. Resolution:
    • Full recognition
    • Partial recognition (with deficiencies to cover)
    • Denial (with possibility of appeal)

If Additional Training Is Required:

  • Aptitude test, OR
  • Adapted practical training period

Fees:

  • Variable depending on type of degree

Important:

  • The process can be lengthy (1-3 years)
  • Each profession has specific requirements
  • Recognition does NOT automatically guarantee employment, only enables you to practice

Don't hang up your degree. Let us help you validate it and return to practicing your profession with pride.


Official Information: Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities - Degree Recognition

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