Recognition of foreign qualifications

The assessment offered by the Danish Agency for International Education (previously CIRIUS) is a brief statement saying what your foreign qualification corresponds to in Denmark: Which educational level and, if possible, which field of education.

How to obtain an assessment:

• Fill in the application form and sign it:
  Application form

• Send the form to the Danish Agency for International Education enclosing documentation:
  Documentation requirements

Our assessment is free of charge, but does not include translation of documents.

From application to assessment

1. You send the application form and documentation to the Danish Agency for International Education.

2. We examine the documentation. You may be asked to provide further documentation.

3. We make an assessment of your qualification. This normally takes 1-2 months from the time you send the application and the required documentation.

4. You receive an assessment letter. If you want careers and educational guidance, you can take the assessment with you to the nearest guidance centre (Studievalg) or job centre.

Read more about the assessment document: After the assessment.

What can an assessment be used for?

You can use the assessment if you want to …

• Look for a job: An assessment makes your qualifications easier to understand for an employer.

• Apply for admission to a study programme: The assessment shows whether your qualification has the overall level required.

• Apply for membership of an unemployment fund: If a certain level of education is required, the assessment shows whether you have got it.

• Clarify your opportunities: The assessment makes it easier to examine education and job opportunities. It may also facilitate a competence assessment.

Some jobs require authorisation

If you want to work on a permanent basis in a profession that is subject to special regulation in Denmark, you need authorisation by the responsible authority. For example, this applies to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, primary and secondary school teachers, fishermen and forklift truck drivers. If this is the case, you should not ask us for an assessment.

Look here to see if your profession is regulated and how to gain access:

• Regulated professions.

Admission to a study programme

• Check to see if your qualification gives access to higher education in Denmark: Foreign qualifications for entry to higher education.

• Contact a student counsellor at the educational institution concerned to ask whether
  you need to take any supplementary courses in order to be eligible.

• Application deadline for higher education: 15 March, 12 noon. See www.optagelse.dk

Read more about continuing your education.

Credit transfer appeals

If you have applied for credit transfer to a Danish programme of education and you are dissatisfied with the institution's decision, appeals procedures are available:

• Qualifications Board.