PDF application form

Please follow the instructions, which you will find below. They explain which documents to enclose and how to submit your application.

You should not disclose any sensitive or confidential personal data in your application.

PDF application form

You can download and save the form. Open the form with a PDF reader to fill it in on-screen.

Please remember to sign the form when you have completed it.

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How to apply

1. Fill in the application form. Fields marked * are required. Please see below for details about filling in the fields.
2. Sign the form.
3. Enclose all of the required documentation. See the section on documentation below.
4. Send the application, or hand it in at Haraldsgade 53, Copenhagen Ø.

Letter post

Send to:
Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science
Assessment and Recognition of Qualifications
Haraldsgade 53
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø

If you send in original education documents, you should send them by registered post. We always return original education documents by registered post. You can also choose to collect the documents at our reception. In that case, you must call us to make an appointment.

Certified copies are normally returned by ordinary post.

Digital Post

If you have a Danish CPR number and MitID you can send your application by Digital Post, unless you are to submit original documents (see "Documents from certain countries" below).

1. Fill in and sign the application form.
2. Scan the form followed by the documentation into a single PDF document not exceeding 9 MB.
3. Log in to post.borger.dk using your MitID,
   or use this link Digital Post to the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science (new window, log in with MitID) and skip to step 7.
4. Select "Skriv ny post".
5. Click the search field and search for ”Uddannelses- og Forskningsstyrelsen”.
6. Select this category under "Øvrige": "Vur. og anerkendelse af udenlandske uddannelser" (i.e. Assessment and recognition of foreign qualifications).
7. Attach the PDF document and send your message.

Documentation

The assessment will be delayed if we have to ask for further information or documentation. It is therefore important that you carefully follow the documentation requirements below.

Required documents

1. Diploma/certificate for each qualification that you want to have assessed. If you have more than one higher education qualification (e.g. a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree), please enclose all of the documents.

2. Transcript of records for each qualification that you want to have assessed. If you are unable to provide the transcript, please list in your own words the subjects studied and passed.

3. Translation of the diploma/certificate for each qualification that you want to have assessed, unless it is in Norwegian, Swedish, English, German, French, or Spanish. If you attach a Diploma Supplement issued in one of the languages ​​mentioned, translation is not necessary (see point 6).
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4. Translation of transcript for each qualification that you want to have assessed, unless it is in Norwegian, Swedish, English, German, French, or Spanish. If you attach a Diploma Supplement issued in one of the languages ​​mentioned, translation is not necessary (see point 6).
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5. Prior diploma/certificate that enabled you to study for the qualification that is to be assessed.

6. If you have a Diploma Supplement, please enclose it. The Diploma Supplement is issued by the higher education institutions in the EU/EEA countries.

7. Proof of nationality: passport or ID card.

8. Evidence of professional experience if you have worked as a teacher or educator, in or outside Denmark: e.g. references or labour book.

9. Teacher certificate/letter of authorisation or other documentation by which you are entitled to work as a teacher or educator in the country of education. This only applies to countries issuing such certificates.

10. If the name on any of the documents is different from the name you are currently using: name change documentation, e.g. marriage certificate.

11. If your qualifications have been assessed before: previous assessment(s) or recognition decision(s).

12. If you have been granted professional rights to work as teacher in an EU or EEA country based on teaching qualifications obtained outside EU/EEA or Switzerland: Attestation that you have worked as a teacher in the Member State that recognised your qualifications from the non-Member State.

The Agency may ask you for further documentation of your qualifications, including original documents.

By signing the application you certify that the information given in the application is correct and that the enclosures are authentic documents relating to you. The Agency conducts routine verification of foreign documents. Cases of fraud (including the use of documents belonging to another person) will be reported to the police.

Power of attorney

If you want another person to communicate with the Agency about your application, you must give that person power of attorney to do so. The power of attorney must be dated and signed, containing the name, address, postal code and town, email address, phone number, civil registry number (if none: date of birth) of the person you have authorised to act on your behalf.

Documents from certain countries

If you want assessment of qualifications from one of the following countries, you are encouraged to enclose the original documents or other special documentation.

We ask for original documents because it has proved necessary, on several occasions, to ask applicants for original documents from the countries mentioned in order to provide sufficient basis for our assessment.

After applying

You will receive confirmation of your application within 14 days. We will contact you in case any information or documents are missing.

You will normally receive a decision no more than three months from submitting all of the required documents. If you have a Danish CPR number and permanent residence in Denmark, you will receive the assessment as a pdf sent by Digital Post (unless you are exempt from Digital Post, in which case you get it by letter post).

Processing of your personal data

The Agency registers the information you provide in your application or afterwards, in order to process the application and to be able to answer any inquiries regarding the processing and the decision later.

The Agency may contact the educational institution or the relevant authority in the country of education to confirm your qualifications if you have consented to this in the application form. The country does not necessarily have data security rules preventing information from reaching unauthorised persons, unless it is an EU/EEA country, Andorra, Argentina, the Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Israel, Jersey, New Zealand, Switzerland, South Korea, the United Kingdom or Uruguay.

You have the right to withdraw your consent. If you do so the Board may be unable to make the assessment you have applied for.

In some cases, the Agency asks an educational institution for an expert opinion. In that case, the Agency may disclose information about your education so that the educational institution can evaluate your qualifications.

If you get a positive decision, the Agency passes information about you and the assessment on to Statistics Denmark, which uses the information for statistical purposes only.

The Agency processes the information in accordance with the Assessment of Foreign Qualifications Act (Consolidated Act No. 579 of 1 June 2014) and the Executive Order on Assessment of Foreign Qualifications (Order No. 602 of 25 June 2003).

You can contact the Agency's Data Protection Officer at email: dpo@ufm.dk, tel.: 72 31 89 09, post: Ministry of Higher Education and Science, Bredgade 40-42, 1260 Copenhagen K, "att. Data Protection Officer".

You are entitled to object to the processing of your personal information.

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Filling in the application form

Please do not give any sensitive personal information in your application.

1. Personal details

• Previous name: Fill in if your name has changed since the documents were issued.
• Danish civil registry no.: If you have no Danish civil registry number, please write your date of birth: day- month-year.
• Street address, e.g. ”Main Street 12, 3rd floor”.
• Any other address information: If, for example, your name is not on the door/letter box, please write “C/o” followed by the name that is.
• Telephone number (daytime): A phone number where we can reach you during office hours (9h–16h).
• Email: Please write your e-mail address very carefully.

2. Purpose

• Tick the appropriate box to say which teaching profession(s) you are seeking recognition to practise. Please note that you can only apply for recognition to teach at the same level(s) that you are qualified to teach in another country. If you want to teach in general upper secondary school, you must also state which subject(s) you want to teach.
• Prior assessment: Tick ”Yes” if you have received any written assessment of your qualification before from the Agency or from other bodies in Denmark or abroad. This also applies if you have been granted approval to teach outside your country of education.

3. Teaching qualification

If you have completed more than one teacher training programme, please add a copy of this part of the form.

• Qualification: Name of the diploma/degree in the original language using Latin letters (abcd etc.).
• Educational institution: Name of the educational institution in the original language using Latin letters (abcd etc.).
• Subjects: Which subjects are you allowed to teach in the country where you qualified? If you are not trained to teach one or more specific subjects but are qualified to teach all subjects within a certain age range, please write: “All subjects”.
• Official length of programme: How many years and months were officially required to complete the programme according to the curriculum, including any compulsory internships/periods of work practice?
• Internship etc.: Did the programme include any compulsory period of teaching practice? If yes, mention the duration and place.
• Thesis etc.: Did the programme include a thesis, dissertation or other large project? If yes, fill in title, nominal duration (months officially allotted for this work) and study points, if any.

4. Other higher education qualifications

University education or other studies that normally require at least an upper secondary school leaving certificate.

If you have completed more than two higher education programmes, please write the additional information on a copy of this part of the form.

• Qualification: Name of the diploma/degree in the original language using Latin letters (abcd etc.).
• Educational institution: Name of the educational institution in the original language using Latin letters (abcd etc.).
• Nominal length of programme: How many years and months were officially required to complete the programme according to the curriculum, including any compulsory internships/periods of work practice?
• Internship etc.: Did the programme include an internship or other practical training in a workplace? If yes, mention the duration and place.
• Thesis etc.: Did the programme include a thesis, dissertation or other large project? If yes, fill in title, nominal duration (months officially allotted for this work) and study points, if any.

5. Professional experience as a teacher in or outside Denmark

Please list the periods of employment where you have worked as a teacher after completing your teaching qualification.

The information about your professional experience may influence the decision on recognition.

6. Additional information

Information about any other circumstances relevant to the assessment of your qualification, for example:

• study periods completed at another institution
• credit transferred from another institution
• credit granted for professional experience.

Do not give any sensitive personal information.

7. Contact to authorities in the country of education

We ask you to accept that we may contact your educational institution or a relevant authority in the country where you obtained your qualification, in case we want to have confirmation of information about the qualification.

If your answer is no, you must state the reasons why.

8. Signature of the holder of the qualification

As a qualification holder you are asked to accept that the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science carries out an assessment of your qualifications, and you do this by signing the application form.

By signing the form you also certify that the information given in the application is correct and that the enclosures are authentic documents relating to you.