Recognition of Foreign Academic Certificates for Employment & Doctorate at the Uni Bremen

Educational certificates from outside of Germany have to be officially recognized for admission to doctoral studies as well as for employment.

The administration of the department / institute, where the employment is to take place is in charge. The supervisor of non-employed doctorate candidates will direct you to the the person in charge of forwarding the documents. From there, the certificates will be forwarded to the International Office by e-mail, indicating a "Kostenstelle" or billing address (fees 128,- €).

Processing time is approx. 1-3 weeks.

Following documents are required for evaluation:

• PDF files of all university diplomas in the original language (e.g. bachelor´s , master´s degree certificate)
• PDF files of all subjects and marks in the original language (University Transcipt)
• PDF files of a German or English translation of all documents produced by a certified translator: always for documents in non-Latin script - otherwise on request

After examination of the submitted documents, the faculty will be informed about the result. The examination result is only to be used within the respective university.

Important: Please note that this service is only available in connection with employment or doctoral studies at the University of Bremen. For private use or applications outside the University, please contact the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB).