Recognition of level or specific recognition of a foreign diploma

NARIC-Vlaanderen decides on the level of your foreign certificate in Flanders.

Examples of decisions:

• Diploma of secondary education - general secondary education
• Higher vocational education (hbo5) graduate
• Bachelor
• Master

This procedure applies to you if:

• the knowledge of the level of education suffices to apply for a job (applicable in most cases)
• you do not (no longer) have all the obligatory supporting documents needed for a specific recognition: for example, individuals with the status of asylum seeker, recognised refugee or subsidiary protected
• there are no corresponding study programmes in Flanders (for example, mining engineer). Check here whether your study programme exists in Flanders (in Dutch)(opens in new window).

This procedure costs 90 euros unless you are exempt from payment.

NARIC-Vlaanderen decides on the specific Flemish qualification to which your foreign certificate is equivalent.

Examples of decisions:

• Certificate of healthcare assistant
• Bachelor of business administration with specialisation in accountancy-expertise in taxation
• Bachelor of social work
• Master of Arts in architecture
• Doctor of Applied biological Sciences

This procedure applies to you if:

• recognition of equivalence to a specific certificate is required for a particular job (in exceptional cases)
• if you want to work in a regulated profession (e.g. physician, nurse, architect, accountant, etc.) on the basis of a qualification earned outside the EEA
• you want to use a protected title: e.g. industrial engineer, commercial engineer, master, civil engineer, civil engineer-architect, bioscience engineer, physician, dentist, veterinary surgeon, pharmacist, architect, interior architect, midwife, social worker etc.

This procedure costs 180 euros unless you are exempted from payment

This procedure costs 300 euros for doctorates.