With the increasing mobility of students and professionals, applications for the recognition of academic qualifications, whether obtained abroad or obtained in Italy for use abroad, are ever more frequent. Students move to other countries to obtain a degree or a master's, and established professionals need to have their professional or academic qualifications recognised abroad for employment purposes.
MMW supports clients throughout the recognition process, before the competent Italian or foreign bodies, indicating the correct procedure to follow under the applicable rules. As a first step, the recognition of a qualification requires its sworn translation before the Court by an official translator; private institutions in Italy and abroad often accept a certified translation by the translator.
In general, the recognition of non-university qualifications may be requested in order to enrol in a secondary school or vocational course, to enrol at university, or to take up employment requiring a diploma. The application for recognition of equal value and effect (equipollenza) of a qualification obtained abroad is submitted to the competent Italian authority, together with the qualification in original or certified copy, legalised or apostilled in the country of study, the sworn translation and, where required, the declaration of value issued by the Italian diplomatic mission.
For the recognition of a foreign qualification the document is required in original or certified copy, with the Apostille or legalisation of the country of study and, in the cases provided for, the declaration of value. The guide on preparing your documents sets out the requirements of form. For specialist assistance with equivalence and recognition procedures, see mmwtraduzioni.com.