How do I get my foreign diploma recognised? · Luxembourg

Direct answer

Two different things: academic recognition (for further study or a general statement of comparability) and professional recognition (to practise a regulated profession: nurse, teacher, engineer, electrician). Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur — reconnaissance des diplômes (mesr.gouvernement.lu) — the ENIC-NARIC centre for Luxembourg — issues the comparability statement and tells you whether your profession is regulated and which authority recognises it. Regulated professions go to the competent authority per profession; EU qualifications benefit from the automatic or general system. Ministère des Affaires étrangères — Bureau des passeports, visas et légalisations (247-88300) handles school and higher-education recognition. Your diploma may first need an apostille and a sworn translation — Direction de l'immigration (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (247-84040).

Call firstMinistère de l'Enseignement supérieur — reconnaissance des diplômes

Report toMinistère des Affaires étrangères — Bureau des passeports, visas et légalisations

If that failsDirection de l'immigration (Ministère des Affaires étrangères)

🗣️ What to say

"I hold [diploma], awarded by [institution, country] in [year], and want to [work as … / continue studying in …] in Luxembourg. Is the profession regulated, which authority recognises the qualification, and what documents and translations do you need?"

🪜 Step by step

Regulated or not?Check the EU regulated-professions database or ask Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur — reconnaissance des diplômes. Unregulated: employers decide, a comparability statement helps.
Comparability statement: Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur — reconnaissance des diplômesOnline application, copies of diploma and transcript, translation. Weeks to a few months.
Regulated: the competent authorityMinistère de l'Enseignement supérieur — reconnaissance des diplômes names it. EU diplomas: recognition within months, possibly with an adaptation period or test.
Apostille and translationOften required for non-EU documents; the apostille comes from the issuing country. See the apostille page.
Refugees and missing documentsThe European Qualifications Passport for Refugees and interview-based assessments exist; ask Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur — reconnaissance des diplômes.

📇 All contacts

Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur — reconnaissance des diplômesRecognition and homologation of diplomasRecognition of foreign qualifications🔗 mesr.gouvernement.lu/fr/services-aux-citoyens/reconnaissance-diplomes.html

Ministère des Affaires étrangères — Bureau des passeports, visas et légalisationsApostille and legalisationFor documents to be used abroad📞 247-88300 🔗 guichet.public.lu/fr/citoyens/citoyennete/documents-officiels/legalisation-apostille.html

Direction de l'immigration (Ministère des Affaires étrangères)Residence permits, nationalityFor residence and nationality📞 247-84040 🔗 guichet.public.lu/fr/citoyens/immigration.html

ADEMRegistration, unemployment benefitOn the first day without work📞 247-88888 🔗 adem.public.lu

❓ Frequently asked

Does an EU diploma need recognition?

For a regulated profession yes — but the procedure is faster and often automatic (doctors, nurses, architects…). For an ordinary job, no.

What does it cost?

Comparability statements are cheap or free; professional recognition has fees per authority. Ask before you apply.

My profession is regulated and I am from outside the EU

Recognition is case by case, sometimes with an aptitude test. Start early; it can take a year.

📎 Sources

Last checked: 2026-09-26

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