University Degree Recognition for Work

University degree recognition is essential to ensure that foreign qualifications match German standards and are directly relevant to the job.
If the degree is not closely related to the field-for example, an IT specialist with a linguistics degree-it is treated as if the person does not have a relevant qualification.

—> In such cases, additional requirements or alternative pathways apply (such as the specialist path of the German National Visa schemes).

Each country has its own national recognition authority. You can find them all listed:

In this section, we will mostly focus on Germany, but the general information is valid for most other EU countries.

—> If your degree or university does not show, you might need to go through the ZAB process (see below)

—> if degree and/or university is not in Anabin

University Degree Recognition for Higher Education (if interested)