Foreign degree accreditation is obtained at the Ministry of Education and Culture at two General Offices:
a) the Technical General Office, in charge of the accreditation of foreign degrees of higher education from any country and
b) the General Office of Higher Education, in charge of the accreditation of medical, pharmaceutical, and nursing degrees.

Higher education foreign degrees can be equivalent to the corresponding Spanish degrees, such as "Diplomado", "Licenciado", and "Doctor", provided they are sufficiently equivalent to a Spanish official degree in use at present, granted by any Spanish University at the time of the accreditation request. It should be distinguished between the accreditation procedure of foreign degrees for any foreign graduate regardless of the country that granted the degree and the accreditation procedure for professional practice established by the European Community Guidelines, exclusive for community citizens holding a degree from a European Community country allowing the practice of a certain regulated profession.

Summary of Admission Steps

Application submission:

* First, students shall submit their applications at any of the following offices of the Registry of the Ministry of Education and Culture:
- Street: Los Madrazo 15-17, Paseo del Prado, 28, Madrid;
- Functional Area of Higher Education Inspection at the Government Office of the Autonomous Community where the applicant shall have his or her usual place of residence;
- Consular Office that corresponds to the applicant's place of residence.
Requested documents:

*To obtain the equivalence to the Spanish titles of "Diplomado" or "Licenciado":
- Nationality certification (certified copy of ID or passport).
- Original degree or original certified copy of the issuance thereof.
- Academic record certifying the studies completed (academic years, courses, marks, hours, credits, curricula, etc.).

For further information

* In Spain:
Citizen Information and Assistance Center, Ministry of Education and Culture. Street: Alcalá 36. 28014. Madrid. Phone: (34) 91-701-8500. Fax: (34) 91-701-8637.
General Office of Degrees, Equivalences, and Accreditations. Paseo del Prado 28. 28014. Madrid.
Phone: (34) 91-506-5600.

*Abroad:
Education Counseling Institutions and Consular Offices, Embassy of Spain at the candidate's country of origin.