Recognition of foreign professional qualifications

You have a foreign professional qualification as a tax clerk or assistant tax clerk. Would you like to work permanently in this profession in Germany? Then you can have your foreign professional qualification officially recognized.

If you want to access the telematics infrastructure (TI) in healthcare, you need an electronic health professional card (eHBA) as a person in a healthcare profession.

Do you want to provide interpreting or sign language interpreting for courts and authorities? Here you can find more information about the requirements you need.

Do you want to translate for courts and authorities? Here you will find further information on the requirements you need to fulfill.

If you would like to work as a farrier's apprentice, you will need state recognition.

To practice the profession of "State-certified food chemist" and in Germany as a national of an EU/EEA member state or a third country, you need recognition of the training you have acquired abroad.

If youwould like to usetheprofessional title "State-certified food chemist", you must submit an application for recognition of the professional training you have acquired.

If you want to train learner drivers as a driving instructor, you need a driving instructor license.

You would like to work as a doctor in Germany? Then you need a state licence, the Approbation. You can also obtain the licence to practise medicine with a foreign professional qualification. To do so, you must have your professional qualification recognised.

If you have acquired your professional qualification abroad and would like to work as a doctor in Germany, you can apply for a state license, the so-called Approbation, under certain conditions.

If you want to practice the profession of psychotherapist in Germany temporarily without a license to practice as a psychotherapist, you generally need a permit.

Do you have a foreign professional qualification as an educator? In order to work in this profession in Germany, you need to have your professional qualification recognized.

If you would like to work in road passenger transport in Germany and have a foreign professional qualification, you can apply for its recognition.

If you want to train learner drivers as a driving instructor, you first need a candidate license.

You come from abroad and would like to work as a tax consultant in Germany? Then you must apply for admission to the qualifying examination.

You have a foreign professional qualification in the field of agriculture. Would you like to work permanently in this profession in Germany? Then you can have your foreign professional qualification officially recognized.

Do you have a training qualification from abroad? Then you can apply to the Chambers of Industry and Commerce (IHK) in Germany for official recognition of your training qualification.

You would like to work as a doctor in Germany? Then you need a state licence, the Approbation.
You can also obtain the licence to practise medicine with a foreign professional qualification. To do so, you must have your professional qualification recognised.

Do you want to work permanently as a self-employed tradesperson in Germany? Then you must be entered in the register of skilled crafts. To do this, you need a specific professional qualification. You must have your foreign professional qualification recognized.

You would like to work permanently in Germany in a profession in the skilled trades or a trade similar to the skilled trades at journeyman level? Would you like access to a master school or examination? Then you can have your foreign professional qualification in the skilled crafts officially recognized.

Would you like to work permanently in Germany in a craft or similar trade that does not require a license at master craftsman level? Then you can have your foreign professional qualification officially recognized in the skilled crafts sector.

Do you have a foreign university degree and would like to have it assessed for further studies at a German university or for professional purposes? Find out more about certificate evaluation here.

If you want to practice the profession of psychological psychotherapist in Germany without restrictions, you need a state license, the Approbation.

If you want to practice the profession of child and adolescent psychotherapist in Germany without restrictions, you need a state license, the Approbation.

If you want to use the job title "dietician", you need a permit.

If you use the job title "geriatric nurse" or "geriatric nurse", you need a permit. You can find out more here.

If you use the job title "health and nursing professional" or "health and nursing professional" you need a license. You can find out more here.

If you would like to use the job title "pediatric nurse", you need a permit. You can find out more here.

If you have the job title medical-technical radiology assistant you need a permit. You can find out more here.

If youwould like to usethe professional title "midwife", you need a license. You can find out more here.

If you want to use the job title "occupational therapist", you need a license.

If you have the job title "Orthoptist" or "orthoptist", you need a license. You can find out more here.

If you want to work as a pharmaceutical-technical assistant you need a license. You can find out more here.

If you use the job title "physiotherapist or physiotherapist", you need a license. You can find out more here.

If you wish to use the professional title "podiatrist" or "podiatrist", you need a license. You can find out more here.

If you want to use the professional title "speech therapist", you need a license to do so. You can find out more here.

Have you acquired your professional qualification abroad and want to work permanently in your profession in Germany? Here you will find information on the recognition of your foreign qualification.

If you have passed teacher training-related university examinations or acquired a teaching qualification in another country in the Federal Republic of Germany, you can apply for recognition of your qualifications.

The Europe-wide Single Point of Contact network provides you with information on legal requirements and helps with the handling of procedures.

Do you have a professional qualification as a teacher from abroad and want to work in Germany? Then you need to have your professional qualification recognized.