Ministry of Education and Research General Directorate of Higher Education (men-Dgiu)*

It applies to Romanian citizens and citizens from the member states of the European Union, citizens from the signatory states of the agreement regarding the European Economic Area, and from the Swiss Confederation, who have studied in Romania and who request, for the purpose of conducting teaching activities at the higher education level in one of the member states of the European Union, the European Economic Area, or the Swiss Confederation, independently or as an employee, the issuance of the certificate of conformity of university studies with the provisions of Directive 2005/36/EC regarding the recognition of professional qualifications, with subsequent amendments.

The file for the issuance of the certificate of conformity of university studies includes the following documents:

a) standard application requesting the issuance of the certificate of conformity of university studies, addressed to the Ministry of Education, according to the template;

b) doctoral diploma, in copy;

c) authenticity certificate of the doctoral diploma, issued by the accredited higher education institution, in original;

d) personal identification documents, as well as proof of name change, in case the name on the diploma/study document no longer matches that on the identification document, in copy;

The files for the teaching staff in higher education requesting issuance of the certificate of conformity with Directive 2005/36/EC are processed by the General Directorate of Higher Education within the Ministry of Education – the competent authority designated for the profession of teaching staff in higher education: university professor, associate professor, university lecturer/head of works, university assistant.

The General Directorate of Higher Education checks the existence of the documents in the file and issues the certificate or informs the applicant if the file is found to be incomplete.

The certificate is issued to the applicant by collection at the headquarters of the Ministry of Education, personally or by legally authorized representative, or, upon written request of the applicant, is sent via postal mandate to the indicated address, with postal expenses paid at destination.

The processing period is 10 working days from the date of registration of the file. The processing period may be extended in justified cases.