To have a diploma obtained abroad recognized in France

Verified 02 May 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Do you want to have your foreigners diploma recognized to study or work in France? The criteria for the recognition of diplomas are different according to the organization of your studies and according to the profession envisaged. The Enic-Naric Center: titleContent can provide you with a certificate of recognition of your foreigners diploma, called attestation of comparability. This information concerns you regardless of your nationality.

To study

The procedure for recognizing your foreigners diploma is different depending on whether you come to study in a European program or not.

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General case

Recognition by the host institution

Each institution defines its own admission criteria, based on your past experience and the requirements of the proposed training.

The recognition of your foreigners diploma can therefore only be granted by the host institution in France, at the time of your application for registration.

Statement of comparability

The hotel may ask you to provide a attestation of comparability of your degree.

Warning  

the statement of comparability shall have no legal value and shall not be compulsory. The final decision rests with the training institution.

The statement of comparability shall be issued by the Enic-Naric Center: titleContent where the foreigners diploma can be compared to a level of training in France.

This is a opinion on evaluation foreigners diploma.

This certificate describes the level of study of the foreigners diploma and compares it to the level of French studies using an analysis grid that applies the principles of international texts.

Only a diploma recognized by the issuing country may be the subject of a comparability certificate.

Diploma courses are the only ones to be taken into account.

Warning  

diplomas attesting to a knowledge of languages only and diplomas whose specialty makes it possible to pursue a regulated profession are not concerned.

You must request the certificate online on the website of the Enic-Naric Center: titleContent.

Request a certificate of comparability of a foreigners diploma

Once the diplomas have been examined, you will receive a certificate of comparability by email.

The issue of the certificate of comparability shall be subject to payment, except for asylum seeker or a refugee.

Its cost is €90.

Payment is made online at the time of application.

Studies organized by a European program

If you come to study in France as part of an organized mobility (Erasmus+ program or bilateral exchange, for example), the recognition of your diplomas will normally be provided for in the exchange agreement. Such recognition may also be provided for by the application of European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS).

Check with your university or school's international relations office.

To work

If you wish to work in France with a diploma obtained abroad, the criteria for recognition are different depending on whether your profession is regulated or not. A special procedure is also provided for diplomas in sports education.

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Non-regulated profession

It is your future employer who evaluates the qualifications or diplomas presented and the professional level. They may ask you to provide them with a attestation of comparability.

The statement of comparability shall be issued by the Enic-Naric Center: titleContent where the foreigners diploma can be compared to a level of training in France.

This is a opinion on evaluation foreigners diploma.

This certificate describes the level of study of the foreigners diploma and compares it to the level of French studies using an analysis grid that applies the principles of international texts.

Only a diploma recognized by the issuing country may be the subject of a comparability certificate.

Diploma courses are the only ones to be taken into account.

Warning  

diplomas attesting to a knowledge of languages only and diplomas whose specialty makes it possible to pursue a regulated profession are not concerned.

You must request the certificate online on the website of the Enic-Naric Center: titleContent.

Request a certificate of comparability of a foreigners diploma

Once the diplomas have been examined, you will receive a certificate of comparability by email.

The issue of the certificate of comparability shall be subject to payment, except for asylum seeker or a refugee.

Its cost is €90.

Payment is made online at the time of application.

Regulated Profession

There are 2 types of regulated professions:

  • The liberal professions and ministerial offices (e.g. lawyer, commissioner of justice - former bailiff and judicial auctioneer -, architect, doctor)
  • Trade and craft occupations (e.g. mechanics, hairdressers)

The procedure may differ depending on the regulated professions and whether you have obtained your degree in the European Union or not.

To know the steps to be taken, inquire at the Enic-Naric center.

Sports education diplomas

The approach is different depending on whether the diploma was obtained in a member country of the European Union (EU) or not.

Diploma obtained in an EU Member State

You can request recognition of your qualifications.

This application for recognition is necessary to practice the profession of sports educator in France. It will allow you to obtain the professional card of sports educator, essential to declare oneself and work.

You must apply online on theArquedi: titleContent.

Application for recognition of a qualification obtained in the European Union (EU) and for equivalence of a non-French diploma obtained outside the EU (sports sector)

The request for recognition on the Arquedi is free.

Diploma obtained in a non-EU country

You can apply for the equivalence of your diplomas in sports education.

This request for equivalence is necessary to practice the profession of sports educator in France. It will allow you to obtain the professional card of sports educator, essential to declare oneself and work.

You must apply online on theArquedi: titleContent.

Application for recognition of a qualification obtained in the European Union (EU) and for equivalence of a non-French diploma obtained outside the EU (sports sector)

The request for recognition on the Arquedi is free.