# Recognition of qualifications

_Programme · The Kurdish Cooperation Organization · https://kurds.global/opportunities/programmes/recognition-of-qualifications/_

Information and referrals on getting degrees, diplomas and licences recognised abroad.

## Record

- **Platform**: Opportunities
- **State**: in-preparation
- **Lede**: Many Kurds hold qualifications from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Türkiye or the former USSR that are hard to have recognised. This programme explains the paths and points to the official bodies.
- **Guides by country**: How recognition works in each host country, with links to the official bodies.
- **Regulated professions**: Licensing paths for fields such as medicine, nursing, law and engineering.
- **Missing documents**: What official bodies say about recognition when diplomas or transcripts cannot be obtained.
- **Referrals**: Pointers to public advice services and recognition centres.
- **Audience**: Skilled migrants, Refugees with qualifications, Students moving between countries, Professionals without their papers
- **Step 1**: Read: start with the guide for your host country.
- **Step 2**: Prepare: list the documents you have and those you lack.
- **Step 3**: Refer: contact the official body or a public advice service.
- **Step 4**: Share: tell us where a guide is out of date.

## Provenance

Records updated 2026-11-11. Every value keeps its measure, year, source and label (verified, secondary, to verify); unknown is shown as unknown. Verify, add a source or report this record on its page.

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## See also

- [Opportunities](https://kurds.global/opportunities/)