Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, the recognition decision remains valid.

Yes, the recognition decision is valid.

You would need to apply in the new host Member State for recognition of your qualifications. Since you obtained your qualification before 1 January 2021, Directive 2005/36/EC applies to the recognition. The qualification was issued by the United Kingdom as a Member State (until 31 January 2020) or during the transition period set out in the Withdrawal Agreement (until 31 December 2020). This means that for EU nationals, qualifications obtained in the UK before 1 January 2021 are considered EU qualifications. The same rules apply as for the recognition of any other EU qualifications, with no time limit.

If the qualifications were obtained before 1 January 2021, Directive 2005/36/EC applies. These qualifications were issued by the United Kingdom as a Member State (until 31 January 2020) or during the transition period set out in the Withdrawal Agreement (until 31 December 2020). This means that for EU nationals, qualifications obtained in the UK before 1 January 2021 are considered EU qualifications. The same rules apply as for the recognition of any other EU qualifications, with no time limit.

Professional qualifications obtained after the end of the transition period set out in the Withdrawal Agreement are third-country qualifications under Directive 2005/36/EC. You need to obtain initial recognition in a Member State according to national rules and procedures.

If you want to have your qualifications recognised under EU law in another Member State than the Member State where your third-country qualifications were first recognised, the initial recognition needs to be followed by 3 years of professional experience in the EU Member State where your qualification was first recognised. Otherwise, you need to apply for recognition following the national rules and procedures of the EU Member State where you would like to have your qualification recognised.

Yes, but only if you obtained your qualifications before 1 January 2021, Directive 2005/36/EC remains applicable to the recognition of your professional qualifications. This includes the qualifications covered by the Directive’s system of automatic recognition, which is in place for seven key professions (doctors, nurses responsible for general care, midwives, pharmacists, dental practitioners, veterinary surgeons and architects). If your UK qualification is listed in Annex V of the Directive, it is covered by automatic recognition.

Yes, as long as you are already residing in another EU Member State, where you got your qualifications recognised, you can provide your services on a temporary and occasional basis in another Member State, in line with Directive 2005/36/EC. The conditions for this initial recognition under Directive 2005/36/EC in the home Member State are described in the answers above.

If you are established outside the EU, you can generally not rely on this simplified procedure to provide your services temporarily in an EU Member State, with the exception of citizens established in Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland (for which specific rules apply).

Yes, the recognition decision and European Professional Card remain valid for the remainder of the card's validity period. If you are an EU citizen, then the rules and conditions regarding the European Professional Card continue to apply in the context of Brexit, as long as you are protected by the UK Withdrawal Agreement.

Yes. The guidelines outlined in the preceding answers apply equally to the recognition of UK qualifications for the purpose of obtaining a European Professional Card.

Equivalence  is the process by which compares study program, the number of transferable credits, content, training, field of specialization, professional qualification (Diploma Supplement) with the local educational system, to determine the level on which they confer Romanian education. 

By  recognition  means accepting a diploma or study document as genuine (issued by an accredited educational institution in the country of origin). Her assessment is based on: the type of degree program, the number of transferable credits, content, training, field, specialty, professional qualifications (Diploma Supplement) compared with Romanian educational system, to determine the level on which they confer in the Romanian education. 

Where, in the transcript or diploma supplement shows that the studies were begun in Romania and completed abroad, diploma applicant is recognized only if initial studies were performed in a  school unit  or  institution of higher education  accredited in Romania

The procedure  is a specific number of shares or the necessary operations must be executed in the same way to always get the same result under the same conditions (eg, emergency procedures). Less precisely speaking, this word may indicate a sequence of tasks, steps, decisions, calculations and processes, which when taken in the sequence provided produce the results described. A procedure induces usually change.

The methodology  is a method, a description of a process, a set of documented procedures, a list of steps to be followed to analyze files equivalence / recognition.

Bologna  - the Bologna Declaration, signed on 19 June 1999 education ministers from 29 European countries, meant the first major document for the development of higher education in the European and the creation of the European Higher Education unit. Objectives "process" Bologna are adopting a system of diploma comparable and implementation of Annex administrative Diploma (Diploma Supplement), creating a shared architectures of higher education based on two cycles: undergraduate and postgraduate, creating a scoring system transferable credits - ECTS, promotion mobility of students and other persons involved in education, higher education quality assurance, promoting the European dimension in European higher education.

Bachelor- university corresponding to between minimum 180 and maximum 240 ECTS; having full-time education, a normal duration of studies 3-4 years and corresponds to 60 ECTS for one year of study (duration Graduating technical education is 4 years) and evening courses, a lasting a year higher than the full-time education in the field. Undergraduate studies provide an adequate level of qualification to practice a profession insertion in the labor market through general and specialized knowledge appropriate. Within undergraduate studies is mandatory internships and practical knowledge and skills offered broad fields of study. Students who have completed undergraduate studies you can practice their profession under the appropriate skills and diplomas acquired rights, or continue university studies by Masters. Undergraduate studies may be pursued through university masters or doctorate.

Master  - postgraduate studies corresponding to a number of transferable credits included, usually between 90 and 120. By way of exception, depending on the length of undergraduate studies, the lower limit may be 60 transferable credits. At the full, normal master studies it is 1-2 years and corresponds to 60 ECTS for one year of study. Cumulative total duration of cycle - undergraduate studies and cycle II - Master's degree must meet to obtain at least 300 ECTS. Admission to master academic studies is conditioned by obtaining a diploma awarded after completing undergraduate studies.

PhD  - university, usually lasting 3 years. In special cases when the subject matter requires a longer period of study or trial duration may be extended by 1-2 years, with the approval of the university senate, at the suggestion of the doctorate. Doctoral thesis can be done within 3 years from completion of doctoral studies. The diploma certifies that the holder has acquired general knowledge and skills and specialized and specific cognitive abilities.

Period of study  is the situation where the student attends a number of courses, which result in a form of evaluation and obtain the related number of ECTS, in another educational institution, remaining or not registered at the university who upheld.

European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)  was created under a project of the European Commission in 1988-1995 in order to promote mobility of students, recognition of study periods abroad, to ensure flexibility and transparency and creating closer links between education systems European higher. ECTS is as a whole affected numerical values for each subject, the volume of work that the student must perform it for each of them, they are not the expression of quality, content or level of education. 

Credit allocation is in accordance with international academic practice, following the European Credit Transfer System methodology, that 60 credits is the numerical equivalent to the normal amount of specific work of an academic year, and 30 credits correspond usually a semester of higher education. 

In allocating the number of credits for each subject / activity is envisaged exclusively amount of work (workload) applied for discipline / activity in question, relative to the total amount of labor necessary to promote a full year of study.

The syllabus  is a broad description in writing articles and / or chapters each subject taught in an institution of higher education for a certain specialization.

Administrative annex to the diploma, the Diploma Supplement (Diploma Supplement)  is a document attached to the diploma of higher education offering a standard description of the nature, level, context, content and status of the graduate studies he has carried out successfully. Administrative Annex Diploma ensure transparency and facilitate academic and professional recognition of qualifications (diplomas, university degrees, certificates). Administrative annex to the diploma is issued by educational institutions in accordance with a model that was developed by a working group composed of the European Commission, Council of Europe and UNESCO. The Diploma Supplement is composed of eight sections (information on the holder thereof to qualification, qualification level, content and results Finality information (role) qualification, additional information, data validation Annex and information on the national higher education system. The supplement must contain information on the national higher education system, in which the holder has studied. 

Diploma Supplement is a mandatory document annexed study documents mentioned above.

Joint degrees (Joint Degree)  is a specific combination of study programs or types of diploma a student is enrolled concurrently. 

JDP (Joint Degree Program) are being developed and proposed by academic units involved, with the consent of the deans of the respective institutions. Such a program approved includes a set of agreements between participating institutions on admissions, counseling, and school curricula.

Academic recognition  is the evaluation of a diploma by: type of degree program, the number of transferable credits, content, training, field, specialty, professional qualifications (Diploma Supplement), compared with the Romanian education system in order to establish the level which they confer in the Romanian education. Academic recognition is performed in further learning in a State other than that in which the degree was obtained concerned.

The principle of total  academic recognition - the Student surveys in another university replaced the effective and full study period comparable within the home university, including examinations and other forms of evaluation, even if there are differences in the structure and content of the program.

Regulated profession  is business or a set of professional activities access to which, one way of exercise or exercise is subject, directly or indirectly, by virtue of laws, regulations and administrative provisions to the possession of specific professional qualifications.

Knowledge are the result of assimilation through learning of information; they comprise a set of facts, principles, theories and practices for a particular field of work or study.

Ability is the ability to apply and use knowledge to carry out tasks and solve problems.

Competence is the proven ability to select, combine and use the appropriate knowledge, skills and other acquisitions (values and attitudes) in order to resolve successfully a special category of work or learning and professional development or personal conditions effectiveness and efficiency.

Learning outcomes are given set of knowledge, skillsand competences that a person has acquired and is able to demonstrate after completion of learning a particular school cycle.

Workload (workload)  can be quantified by reference to the number of hours allocated to a course preparation and completion rate based on attendance at lectures and seminars, individual amount of labor required for subsequent successful completion of the course. Individual work consists of: collecting and sorting relevant information, completion and deepening their preparation for examination, drawing a paper or an essay, individual work in the laboratory.

For the purpose of the National Higher Education Qualifications (NQF)  qualification is official recognition of the value of individual learning outcomes for the labor market and the education and continuous training, through a  study document  (diploma, certificate, certificate) that confers a legal right to practice a profession or trade.

The profession  is  the qualification  obtained through studies.

Meseria este complexul de cunoştinţe dobândit prin şcolarizare sau prin practică, necesare pentru executarea anumitor operaţii de transformare şi prelucrare a obiectelor muncii sau pentru prestarea anumitor servicii.

Funcţia este activitatea desfăşurată de o persoană într-o ierarhie funcţională de conducere sau execuţie.

Occupation is under COR, useful activity, income generating (in cash or kind), it carries a person normally in a social and economic unit constituting for this source of existence. Occupation is therefore own active people, practicing an activity recognized by society as useful for itself and its neighbors.

Occupation specialty (qualification) to work effectively exercised. The occupation of a person can be expressed by job function exercised by it.

The occupational standard  is the document that specifies the competency units and the quality level of the results of the activities included in an occupation. 
The criterion chosen based on a standard classification of occupations can be by:
- qualification , that is what a person is qualified to do or
- occupation (profession) that what a person actually do a certain job.

Defining the professional skills is through occupational analysis or functional analysis.

Occupational analysis is defined in the glossary of terms published by the International Labour Organization (ILO) as:

"Action consisting of identification through observation and study activities and technical factors that make up an occupation. This process involves: Description of tasks to be fulfilled and the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to be effective in an occupation".

Methodological, occupational analysis can be achieved by developing a training curriculum (Developing A Curriculum DACUM) technique proposed in Canada and based on teamwork, low cost, a group of experts.

Functional analysis is not an accurate method to identify the information needed on skills, but represents a deductive approach based on a skills strategy to be defined, from defining the purpose of having productive functions as the main instrument interview.

Professional Recognition involves taking into account the level of qualification and professional experience. This type of recognition is performed in order to exercise a profession in a State other than that in which the degree was obtained concerned.