Albanian Translation of Diplomas, Transcripts and Qualifications for QSHA, Albanian Universities and Recognition in Georgia

QSHA: njohja e diplomës for Georgian degrees in Albania

A Georgian degree used in Albania for employment, for a regulated profession, for state service or for further study goes through njohja (recognition) at the Qendra e Shërbimeve Arsimore (QSHA), the agency under the Ministry of Education and Sports that assesses foreign qualifications, issues a recognition decision stating the corresponding Albanian level (bachelor, master i shkencave or profesional, doktoraturë) and keeps the register of recognized foreign diplomas; the application is made through e-Albania with the apostilled diploma and transcript, sworn translations into Albanian, the curriculum for professional recognition and, for regulated professions such as medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, architecture and law, the additional documents the professional order requires before its own registration. QSHA verifies diplomas with the issuing university and can take months. Georgian graduates working in Albania are few, but Albanian citizens who studied in Georgia - medicine and dentistry in Tbilisi among them - bring Georgian diplomas home for recognition, and we translate the Georgian packet in QSHA's format with re-certification arranged.

Admission to Albanian universities

Georgian applicants to the University of Tirana, the Polytechnic University of Tirana, the University of Medicine, the Agricultural University, the universities of Durrës, Shkodër, Vlorë and Korçë and the private universities (Epoka, Polis, the Catholic University Our Lady of Good Counsel, which teaches in Italian) apply through the university and, for undergraduate programs, through the Ministry's admission portal with the apostilled diploma or school leaving certificate and transcript, translated by a sworn translator or, at application, with a certified translation, proof of Albanian, English or Italian by program, and QSHA's recognition of the school certificate for undergraduate admission. Erasmus+ exchanges between Albanian and Georgian universities generate learning agreements, transcripts of records and enrollment letters in both directions. The student residence permit requires the enrollment certificate, proof of means and health insurance. We translate the full Georgian packet in one business day and coordinate with the summer admission rounds.

Albanian diplomas for recognition and employment in Georgia

An Albanian degree used in Georgia - for a work permit, for a teaching, medical, engineering or coaching position, for admission to a Georgian master's or doctoral program, or for recognition at the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement - must be apostilled by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and translated into Georgian and notarized in Tbilisi. We translate the diplomë, the lista e notave or the suplementi i diplomës and, when recognition is sought, the programi i studimit. Albanian degree titles - bachelor, master i shkencave, master profesional, doktor, and the pre-Bologna diplomë e nivelit të dytë and the older five-year diplomas - and the Albanian ten-point grading scale are explained in a translator's note for a Georgian committee; Albanian universities' Italian-influenced structures (the Catholic University's Italian-language degrees, joint programs with Italian universities) are described where they matter. Albanian coaches, engineers and medical graduates are the largest groups here.

School certificates, vocational qualifications and student letters

Albanian families in Tbilisi enroll children in international and Georgian schools with dëftesa and vërtetime translated; Georgian families in Albania need Georgian school records translated for the shkollë, which places the child in the right year, and the Ministry of Education recognizes foreign school certificates for enrollment. Students need vërtetim studenti and enrollment letters in the other language for permits, banks and scholarships. Albanian workers coming to Georgia with vocational qualifications - construction, hospitality, driving - need dëftesa and certificates translated for employers and inspectors; Georgian workers going to Albania need theirs translated for the AKPT employment service and employers.

Coaching licenses and sports qualifications

Albania and Georgia exchange football and other sports coaches, and coaching qualifications cross with them: UEFA A, B and Pro licenses issued by the Albanian Football Federation and the Georgian Football Federation, diplomas from the Sports University of Tirana and Georgian sports academies, and the licenses of other federations, all of which clubs and federations require translated for registration and work permits. We translate these with the terminology of UEFA's coaching convention and the federations' registration rules, alongside the contracts and personal documents on the same file.

Motivation letters, recommendations, CVs and timing

Georgian applicants to Albanian programs and Albanian applicants to Georgian ones ask us to translate or edit motivation letters and CVs, and to translate recommendation letters from professors while preserving the signature block; doctoral candidates need research proposals, thesis abstracts and publication lists translated, and researchers collaborating through Erasmus+, Horizon Europe and Western Balkans-Eastern Partnership programs use our editors for articles. Native Albanian and English editors with academic backgrounds handle these texts.

On timing: Albanian admission rounds run through the summer, QSHA recognition takes two to six months including verification, professional order registration weeks to months after that, and the apostille on a Georgian diploma can take up to five business days. Start the apostille early, since the apostilled diploma is reusable across QSHA, the university and the professional order, and ask for a digital certified translation first so you can upload it to e-Albania while the paper originals are in process.

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