I live in Catalonia

If you are a student with a foreign baccalaureate qualification, but you live in Catalonia, the Government of Catalonia offers you the possibility of selecting the country where you studied. Consult the basic information on the requirements, the documentation to be presented and the educational systems of the countries that host the majority of students from Catalonia.

• Consult the general requirements for recognition 
• Consult the general requirements of the documentation
• Consult the information on official translation

Steps for obtaining the provisional recognition document:

• Step 1: Make the electronic application  (this does not count as provisional recognition). Apply for recognition
• Step 2: Make the payment. Pay the fees.
• Step 3: Submit the original academic documentation that you want to be recognised or validated. The registry where you present these documents will digitise them and issue the corresponding receipt for submission.

You can go directly to:

• Assistance offices for matters of registration or any of the digitisation and registration points of the Government of Catalonia.
• Post offices, as established by the regulations.
• Spanish diplomatic representations or consular offices abroad. See the addresses.

• You can carry out the process at the following offices :
  • Department of Education.
  • Office for access to vocational training (CEB).
  • Citizen Information Office in La Cerdanya.
  • Citizen Information Office of the Administrative District
  •  Citizen Information Office in Girona.
  •  Citizen Information Office in Tarragona.
  • Territorial Education Services in the Baix Llobregat.
  • Territorial Education Services in Central Catalonia.
  • Territorial Education Services in Lleida.
  • Territorial Education Services in Maresme-Vallès Oriental.
  • Territorial Education Services in Tarragona.
  • Territorial Education Services in Terres de l'Ebre.
  • Territorial Education Services in Vallès Occidental.

If you are a student with a vocational training cycle completed abroad, but you live in Catalonia, and you want to obtain recognition for your studies, the Government of Catalonia offers the Triaeducativa platform, with basic information on the requirements and documentation that must be submitted:

• Check the general requirements for recognition 
• Check the required documentation 
• Check the information on official translation

Make an application to validate your foreign non-university degree. Start the process.

1. If your study is equivalent to a higher vocational training cycle:

In the application form, in the section "Recognition/validation data", indicate the name of the foreign studies you want recognised, and the country and year of completion. In the drop-down menu "Studies you want recognised*", if you have studied a higher vocational training cycle that you want recognised in Spain, you must select "Higher Vocational Training Technician Cycles (CFGS LOE or LOGSE, as appropriate)".

2. If your course is equivalent to an intermediate vocational training cycle:

It indicates "Vocational Training technician qualification LOE or LOGSE, as appropriate)".

To check whether the study in Spain is LOE or LOGSE, enter the file for each cycle, which you will find in the "Professional families" section.

If you are a resident of Catalonia with a university academic background from a foreign university, you have a University Recognition Support Service.

Through this procedure, you can request the recognition of higher education degrees granted by foreign institutions to official Spanish university Bachelor's or Master's degrees that give access to a regulated profession in Spain

The recognition of a foreign degree as equivalent or comparable to a Spanish degree, which allows access to a regulated profession, entails the possibility of exercising the profession under the same conditions as holders of Spanish degrees. In case of not being able to request recognition of the degree, you must request equivalence to the academic level.

What does the declaration of equivalence to the academic level of the degree consist of?

The declaration of equivalence grants the foreign degree, throughout national territory, the same effects corresponding to the academic level as the degrees that are included in the specific area and field of training to which the equivalence has been declared (excluding professional effects with respect to those degrees that can be obtained by recognition).

Useful links:

• Official recognition of foreign higher education qualifications with official Spanish university Bachelor's or Master's degrees that give access to a regulated profession in Spain
• Declaration of equivalence of foreign higher education degrees to academic level of official university Bachelor's degree or Master's degree
• University Recognition Support Service