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class="title">Share page</div> <div class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_default_style"> <a class="a2a_dd" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share"></a> <a class="a2a_button_print"></a> </div> <script> var a2a_config = a2a_config || {}; a2a_config.onclick = 1; a2a_config.num_services = 6; a2a_config.prioritize = [ 'facebook', 'x', 'linkedin', 'copy_link' ]; a2a_config.exclude_services = [ 'mastodon', 'hacker_news', 'twitter', ]; </script> <script async defer src="https://static.addtoany.com/menu/page.js"></script> </div>  </div> <div class="field field-ingress ingress"> Recognition of qualifications refers to a decision on the eligibility that foreign qualifications provide when applying for a job or study place. In Finland, recognition decisions are made by competent authorities, educational establishments, higher education institutions and employers. </div> <div class="field body body-wrapper"> <div class="text-long"></div> </div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="primary-infobox bg-dark"> <div class="infobox-content"> <div class="field field-link-list"> <div class="field_link_list field_link_list--odd"> <div class="link-list-hero"> <div class="content-container"> <h2 class="h2 h4 field field-title"> <svg class="icon icon--heading" aria-hidden="true"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/ophfi/dist/icons.svg#chain"></use> </svg> Do I need a decision on the recognition of my foreign qualification? </h2> <div class="field field-link hero-links"> <ul class="list-reset"> <li> <a class="link link--small-arrow-before field field-link hero-links" href="/en/services/recognition-and-international-comparability-qualifications/service-guide-recognition" > Service guide for recognition of qualifications </a> </li> <li> <a class="link link--small-arrow-before" href="https://www.oph.fi/en/services/information-recognition-qualifications-guidance-purposes-0#anchor-flow-chart-is-a-decision-on-recognition-needed-" > New flow charts on the recognition of qualifications in English, Finnish, Swedish and Ukrainian </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field_link_list field_link_list--even"> <div class="link-list-hero"> <div class="content-container"> <h2 class="h2 h4 field field-title"> <svg class="icon icon--heading" aria-hidden="true"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/ophfi/dist/icons.svg#chain"></use> </svg> FAQs on the Recognition of Qualifications </h2> <div class="field field-link hero-links"> <ul class="list-reset"> <li> <a class="link link--small-arrow-before field field-link hero-links" href="https://www.oph.fi/en/faq?themes%5BRecognition%20of%20qualifications%5D=Recognition%20of%20qualifications" > FAQs on the Recognition of Qualifications </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field_link_list field_link_list--odd"> <div class="link-list-hero"> <div class="content-container"> <h2 class="h2 h4 field field-title"> <svg class="icon icon--heading" aria-hidden="true"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/ophfi/dist/icons.svg#chain"></use> </svg> How to apply for a decision: application forms and instructions </h2> <div class="field field-link hero-links"> <ul class="list-reset"> <li> <a class="link link--small-arrow-before field field-link hero-links" href="/en/services/applying-finnish-national-agency-education-decision-recognition-qualification" > Applying to the Finnish National Agency for Education for a decision on recognition of a qualification </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field_link_list field_link_list--even"> <div class="link-list-hero"> <div class="content-container"> <h2 class="h2 h4 field field-title"> <svg class="icon icon--heading" aria-hidden="true"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/ophfi/dist/icons.svg#chain"></use> </svg> Guidance videos on the recognition of qualifications </h2> <div class="field field-link hero-links"> <ul class="list-reset"> <li> <a class="link link--small-arrow-before field field-link hero-links" href="https://youtu.be/jn8PYD8Bskg" > Do I need a recognition decision? </a> </li> <li> <a class="link link--small-arrow-before" href="https://youtu.be/ZtiGp_xgm7s" > I am a teacher. What type of decision do I apply for? </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field_link_list field_link_list--odd"> <div class="link-list-hero"> <div class="content-container"> <h2 class="h2 h4 field field-title"> <svg class="icon icon--heading" aria-hidden="true"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/ophfi/dist/icons.svg#chain"></use> </svg> Regulated professions in Finland </h2> <div class="field field-link hero-links"> <ul class="list-reset"> <li> <a class="link link--small-arrow-before field field-link hero-links" href="/en/services/regulated-professions-finland" > Regulated professions and competent authorities </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-landing-page-row"> <div class="field_landing_page_row field_landing_page_row--odd landing-page-row landing-page-row--image-liftup-group menu-anchored-content"> <div class="image-liftup-group"> <div class="image_liftup_group--content-container"> <div class="grid grid--columns-4 field field-image-liftup"> <div class="grid__item"> <div class="image-liftup"> <a href="/en/services/recognition-and-international-comparability-qualifications/recognition-foreign" class="link link--arrow"> <picture class="image" > <img class="img" src="https://www.oph.fi/sites/default/files/styles/liftup/public/2019-01/kaisatalo_0310.jpg?h=f466d04c&itok=GfeFQWtj" alt="Information for a holder of a foreign qualification" /> </picture> <h2 class="image-liftup__title h5"> <svg class="icon icon--heading" aria-hidden="true"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/ophfi/dist/icons.svg#arrow-line"></use> </svg> Information for a holder of a foreign qualification </h2> </a> <p class="image-liftup__body"> Do I need a decision on recognition? How to apply for a decision? </p> </div> </div> <div class="grid__item"> <div class="image-liftup"> <a href="/en/services/information-recipients-finnish-national-agency-educations-decision-recognition-degree-or" class="link link--arrow"> <picture class="image" > <img class="img" src="https://www.oph.fi/sites/default/files/styles/liftup/public/2020-06/vierut_2018.jpg?h=ae3c4d9e&itok=VEDZG4JM" alt="Information for recipients of a decision on recognition" /> </picture> <h2 class="image-liftup__title h5"> <svg class="icon icon--heading" aria-hidden="true"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/ophfi/dist/icons.svg#arrow-line"></use> </svg> Information for recipients of a decision on recognition </h2> </a> <p class="image-liftup__body"> For persons that have received a decision issued by the Finnish National Agency for Education on the recognition of their degree or studies completed abroad. </p> </div> </div> <div class="grid__item"> <div class="image-liftup"> <a href="/en/services/information-employers-about-recognition-qualifications" class="link link--arrow"> <picture class="image" > <img class="img" src="https://www.oph.fi/sites/default/files/styles/liftup/public/2020-10/img_3287-1.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=wMiFIBMh" alt="Information to employers about recognition of qualifications" /> </picture> <h2 class="image-liftup__title h5"> <svg class="icon icon--heading" aria-hidden="true"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/ophfi/dist/icons.svg#arrow-line"></use> </svg> Information to employers about recognition of qualifications </h2> </a> <p class="image-liftup__body"> Does a job seeker or my employee who has completed a qualification abroad need a decision on the recognition of the qualification? You will find answers to this and other similar questions on this page. </p> </div> </div> <div class="grid__item"> <div class="image-liftup"> <a href="/en/services/information-recognition-qualifications-guidance-purposes-0" class="link link--arrow"> <picture class="image" > <img class="img" src="https://www.oph.fi/sites/default/files/styles/liftup/public/2019-02/design_factory_9806.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=_55WiEBo" alt="For guidance purposes" /> </picture> <h2 class="image-liftup__title h5"> <svg class="icon icon--heading" aria-hidden="true"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/ophfi/dist/icons.svg#arrow-line"></use> </svg> For guidance purposes </h2> </a> <p class="image-liftup__body"> Information and material on recognition of qualifications and on systems of education for guidance practitioners </p> </div> </div> <div class="grid__item"> <div class="image-liftup"> <a href="/en/services/academic-recognition-qualifications-and-studies-0" class="link link--arrow"> <picture class="image" > 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