Validating qualifications

Expert’s advice about the recognition of foreign qualifications

Do you have a

• school leaving certificate
• vocational/ professional education
• study degree (from university)

from abroad?

Do you want to work or study in Germany?

Having your foreign qualifications/ degrees recognized improves your chances of finding a job or starting studies in Germany.

On several days there will be experts in the Welcome Center in VS-Villingen, that will give you advice on this.

They will assist you in the recognition process and help finding the office that is responsible for your case

Please set an appointment with Mr. Wolf for a consultation.

E-Mail: wolf@diakonie-freiburg.de, Phone:  0761 / 88 14 45 04

Leaflet for download

Foreign educational qualifications

Secondary education qualifications -> Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart
Contact: Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart, Zeugnisanerkennungsstelle
Tel.: 0711 904-17170
Informationen hier

University degrees ->  Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg
in Stuttgart, Tel.: 0711 279-3147  oder -3016,
Informationen hier

Tip: Only validate your most recent/highest qualification.

Foreign professional qualifications

• For industry, commerce, gastronomy and the service sector -> IHK FOSA
  Contact: Ms. Ramona Shedrach, IHK Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg
  Romäusring 4, 78050 Villingen-Schwenningen
  Tel.: 07721 922-239, Email: welcome@vs.ihk.de
• For skilled trades -> Handwerkskammer Konstanz
  Contact: Ms. Miriam Braun, Bildung und Ausbildungsberatung
  Webersteig 3, 78462 Konstanz
  Tel.: 07531 205-345
  Email:miriam.braun@hwk-konstanz.de
• The relevant authorities for other professions can be found here: https://www.bq-portal.de/en  under “Assessment authorities/Who does what?”

Advice about validating qualifications

• Liga Erstanlaufstelle und Kompetenzzentrum in Freiburg
  Advice on validating professional qualifications
  Tel.: 0761/881445 00
  Email: freiburg@anerkennungsberatung-bw.de
• Netzwerk „Integration durch Qualifizierung (IQ)“ Baden-Württemberg
  For Spanisch people also in Spanish
  Advice on validating foreign degrees and professional qualifications
  Contact: AEF Projekt ¡Bienvenid@s! – Willkommen in Baden-Württemberg!
  Tel.: 07833 9899001
  Email: info@aef-bonn.de

Financial assistance for the validation of professional qualifications:

• Ask your Employment Federal Agency or your local Job Center
• If you don’t get any financial help of the Employment Agency or Job Center than you can apply for a recognition grant. More information you find here

Interpreter and translator

• Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Übersetzer
  Landesverband Baden-Württemberg e.V.
  Akademiestraße 48
  78133 Karlsruhe
  Tel.: 0721-9211430
  Email: bw@bdue.de

No guarantee can be given that the above information is up to date, correct or complete.