Recognition of equality
Nostrification
Validation exam
Legalization of documents regarding the level of education
Agreement between the governments of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic
Application
Legislation

Recognition of Equality and Nostrification of Certificates Issued by Schools Abroad

Recognition of equality

Certificate recognizing the equality of a foreign school credentials is issued by the department of education of the MHMP (Municipal Council of Prague) in cases, where the Czech Republic has international agreements regarding equality of educational documents with the country where the school is established and recognized. If a foreign school certificate does not clearly show the subjects studied, the applicant shall provide a document stating the content and scope of programmes  he/she studied.

·         A list of agreements  on mutual recognition of equivalence of educational documents (doc.23 kB)

Nostrification 

If the Czech Republic is not bound by an international agreement on the recognition of equality of educational documents  concluded with a country where a respective foreign school is set up and recognized, it is the department of education of MHMR that makes a decision upon the validation of a submitted foreign school certificate original, or its officially certified copy. In case hat a foreign educational document does not show clearly the subjects studied, the applicant is obliged to submit an overall outline of the programme he/she studied.

Validation exam

In case that the content and the scope of the programme of a school abroad differs in parts, or in case that the applicant does not submit complete documentation showing the content and scope of subjects studied, the department of education of MHMP orders a validation exam. Passing the exam is a pre-requisite of the issuance of the document recognizing the validity of a foreign school certificate in the Czech Republic.

Legalization of documents regarding the level of education

Unless the international agreement does not set otherwise, the authenticity of signatures and stamps on the original certificate from abroad and the fact that the school is recognized in the state where the certificate has been issued needs to be verified by a respective representative office of the Czech Republic and by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the state, where the school which has issued the certificate is based (or by a notary of that state). The officially certified translation of the educational documents into Czech shall be enclosed with the application.

·         The list of states with whom the CR has an agreement on the recognition of documents without the need for further verification (doc, 29 kB)

Agreement between the governments of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic

Agreement between the governments of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic on mutual recognition of the equality of educational documents issued in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic was signed on March 23^rd, 2001 – Communication of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs  No.33/2001.

Pursuant to the Article 13 of the above mentioned agreement “all the documents on education indicated in the Agreement are valid in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic without the need for further verification”.

 

Fee

The fee paid for the recognition of validity or for the issuance of a certificate recognizing the equality of elementary, secondary or college education received in a foreign country is defined by the Law No.634/2004 on administrative charges; it amounts to CZK 200.

 

Processing of Application

30-60 days (governed by the Rules of Administrative Procedure)

 

Applications processed by

Department ofEducation of MHMP  

address:	Municipal Council of Prague, dpt.of education, Učńovská 100/1, 190 00 Praha 9
officials:	Mgr. Martin Fučík, room No.: 602a, tel.: 236 005 214 Mgr. Iva Pospíchalová, room No.: 605, tel.: 236 005 269
	Jana Neumanová, room No.: 609, tel.: 236 005 266 Lenka Kálalová, room No.: 606, tel.: 236 005 268
Opening hours:	Monday 9,00 – 17,00 hod.
	Wednesday  9,00 – 18,00 hod. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday – upon telephone arrangement

Legislation

·        Act No.561/2004 on Pre-school, Elementary, Secondary, Higher and Other Types of Education (Education Act)

·        Regulation of the Ministry of Education No.12/2005 on the conditions for the recognition of equivalence and nostrification of certificates issued by schools abroad

Agreements on mutual recognition of equivalence of educational documents

·        Agreement between the government of the CSSR and the government of Afghan Democratic Republic on mutual recognition of equivalence of documents regarding the education received and degrees awarded (Prague, 24 June, 1981) – No.111/1982.

·        Agreement between the government of the Czech Republic and the government of Bulgarian People’s Republic on mutual recognition of equivalence of documents regarding the education received and degrees awarded in the CSSR and BPR (Prague, 14 April 1982) - No.43/1983

·        Agreement between the government of the CSSR and the Executive Council of the Socialist Federal republic of Yugoslavia on mutual recognition of equivalence of documents regarding the education received and degrees awarded in the CSSR and in the SFRY (Beograd, 12 September 1989) - No.89/1991 (valid for the Republic of Slovenia – No.52/2000, deemed to be valid for the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, not valid for Croatian Republic – No.56/2000, for the Republic of Macedonia – 59/2000 and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – No.99/2000).

·        Agreement between the government of the CSSR and the government of the Hungarian People’s Republic on mutual recognition of equivalence of documents regarding the education received and degrees awarded in the CSSR and HPR (Prague, 10 November 1989) – No. 327/1990.

·        Agreement between the government of the CSSR and the government of the Polish People’s Republic on mutual recognition of equivalence of documents regarding the education received and degrees awarded in the CSSR and the PPR (Warsaw, 12 December, 1987) – No.122/1991.

·        Agreement between the government of the Czech Republic and the government of the Slovak Republic on mutual recognition of the equality of educational documents issued in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic(Prague, 23 March, 2001) – published in No.5/2001 of the Bulletin of the Ministry of Education and No. 33/2001 of the Coll.

·        Protocol on the equality of documents regarding the education received and degrees awarded in the CSSR and the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (Prague, 6 June 1972) – No.123/1973 – not valid for the Russian Federation (No.119/2002), Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,  Belarus, not deemed to be valid for Armenia, Lithuania and Kyrgyzstan, not settled with Moldova, Azerbaidijan, Tadjikistan, Georgia and Turkmenistan 

The list of states with whom the Czech Republic concluded the agreement on the recognition of documents without the need for further verification 

state	agreement published in the collection	article
Afghanistan	44/83 Col.	14
Albania	97/60 Col.	12
Algeria	17/84 Col.	17
Belgium	59/86 Col.	13
Bulgaria	3/78 Col.	10
France	83/85 Col.	18
Italy	508/90 Col.	13
Yemen	76/90 Col.	14
Yugoslavia	207/64 Col.	15
Valid for the Republic of Slovenia (No. 52/2000 Col.), Croatian Republic (No. 6/2000 Col.), Republic of Macedonia (No. 59/2000 Col.), Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (No. 99/2002 Col.), deemed to be valid for the Republic of  Bosnia and Hercegovina
North Korea	93/89 Col.	8
Cuba	80/81 Col.	13
Cyprus	96/83 Col.	14
Hungary	63/90 Col.	15
Mongolia	106/78 Col.	15
Poland	42/89 Col.  + 206/89 Col.	15
Romania	1/96 Col.	23
Austria	9/63 Col.	21
Greece	102/83 Col.	14
Slovakia	209/93 Sb.	4
Syria	8/86 Col.	19
Spain	6/89 Col.	11
USSR	95/83 Col.	11
Valid for the Russian Federation, Belarus, deemed to be valid in the relations with Kyrgyzstan (No. 119/2002 Col.), not valid for Lithuania, Latia, Estonia, Ukraine (No.123/2002 Col.), Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, not deemed to be valid in the relations with Armenia, not settled with Moldova, Azerbaidijan, Tadjikistan, Georgia and Turkmenistan
Switzerland	9/28 Col.	6
Ukraine	123/2002 Col.	18
Vietnam	98/84 Co.l	13