Applies to Romanian citizens as well as citizens of Member States of the European Union, citizens of States that are signatories of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and of the Swiss Confederation, who have studied in Romania and who request, for the purpose of carrying out 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 on the recognition of professional qualifications, as amended.

The file for the issuance of the certificate of conformity of university studies shall contain 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 model;

b) doctoral diploma, in copy;

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

d) personal identification documents, as well as proof of name change if the name on the diploma/academic record no longer coincides with that in the identity document, in copy;

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

The General Directorate for Higher Education verifies the presence of documents in the file and issues the certificate or notifies the applicant if the file is incomplete.

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

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