What regulations govern the recognition of foreign degrees in Germany?
The recognition of training undertaken by a national of a Member State of the EU leading to a (state) regulated professional qualification acquired in a member country of the EU is subject to Directive 2005/36/EC. This directive states that a lawful academic title acquired upon successful completion of “a post-secondary course of at least three years’ duration” in an EU country must, in principle, be automatically recognised in all other EU countries. The directive states further that such qualifications and rights of pursuing the profession must be recognised if the profession which the applicant is entitled to practise in the host member state without undertaking any further training is equivalent to the profession he or she might wish to practise in Germany. An assessment is then made to determine whether the training in question is substantially comparable with the equivalent training in Germany. If this is the case, the qualification is immediately recognised. If there are substan
