Danish Translation of Diplomas, Transcripts and Qualifications for Assessment, Authorization and Admission

Uddannelses- og Forskningsstyrelsen: assessment of Georgian degrees

A Georgian degree used in Denmark for employment, for SIRI's Positive List and Pay Limit cases, for union membership or for salary grading goes to the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science (Uddannelses- og Forskningsstyrelsen) for a vurdering, which states which Danish level the qualification corresponds to - erhvervsakademi, professionsbachelor, bachelor, kandidat, ph.d. - and is free and applied for online; employers, SIRI and unemployment funds use it widely, and the agency also assesses foreign vocational qualifications and issues recognition for regulated professions outside health. It requires the diploma and transcript in the original with translations into Danish or English by a translator, and it may verify the diploma with the Georgian university. We translate the Georgian packet in the agency's format, using the terminology Danish universities use for the same subjects, and advise on whether Danish or English serves you better.

Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed: authorizing Georgian doctors, dentists and nurses

Healthcare professionals with Georgian qualifications apply to the Danish Patient Safety Authority (Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed) for autorisation through the route for education outside the EU/EEA, which involves an assessment of the diploma and curriculum, the Prøve i Dansk 3 language test, professional tests (fagprøver) in medicine or nursing, a course in Danish health legislation, and a period of evaluation employment (evalueringsansættelse) before full authorization. The document stage requires the apostilled diploma, the full curriculum with hours, specialization certificates, the Georgian license and proof of practice, and a certificate of good standing, translated by a professional translator into Danish or English with certification. Georgian doctors and nurses are a growing group on this route, and our medical translators, who are physicians, translate clinical subjects using the terminology of Danish medical faculties.

Danish university admission

Georgian applicants to Danish universities - the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus, DTU, CBS, SDU, Aalborg, Roskilde and the university colleges and business academies - apply for bachelor's programs through optagelse.dk, which requires the Georgian school leaving certificate with national exam results assessed for equivalence (Georgian applicants generally need additional university study to meet the Danish entry level) and proof of English, and for master's programs through each university's portal with the diploma and transcript in the original and in translation; most international programs are in English, non-EU students pay tuition, and a few scholarships exist. Institutions accept certified translations with our stamp; the SIRI study permit requires the admission letter, proof of tuition payment and funds, and is applied for online. We translate the full Georgian packet in one business day and coordinate with the deadlines, which fall in January and March for September intake.

Danish degrees for recognition and employment in Georgia

A Danish degree used in Georgia - for a work permit, for a teaching, medical or engineering 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 Udenrigsministeriet and translated into Georgian and notarized in Tbilisi. We translate the eksamensbevis, the karakterudskrift, the Diploma Supplement and, when recognition is sought, course descriptions. Danish degree titles - bachelor, kandidat (cand.mag., cand.scient., cand.polit., cand.med.), professionsbachelor, ph.d., and the older civilingeniør and other titles that still appear on diplomas - and the Danish seven-point grading scale (12, 10, 7, 4, 02, 00, -3) are explained in a translator's note for a Georgian committee; medical graduates should expect the recognition body to ask for the Patient Safety Authority's autorisation. Georgians returning from Copenhagen, Aarhus and DTU are the largest group here.

School certificates, student letters and vocational qualifications

Danish families in Tbilisi enroll children in international schools with afgangsbeviser and skoleudtalelser translated; Georgian families moving to Denmark need Georgian school records translated for the kommune and the school, which places the child in the right year and arranges Danish language support in modtagelsesklasser. Students need studiebekræftelser and student status letters in the other language for permits, banks and SU where applicable. Georgian workers going to Denmark with vocational qualifications - welding, electrical work, construction, driving, agriculture - need certificates translated for employers and the Agency for Higher Education's vocational assessment; Danish svendebreve and erhvervsuddannelse certificates used in Georgia are translated and notarized for Georgian employers.

Motivation letters, recommendations, CVs and timing

Georgian applicants to Danish programs ask us to translate or edit motivation letters and CVs in English - Danish institutions value concrete, modest applications - and to translate recommendation letters from Georgian professors while preserving the signature block; doctoral candidates need research proposals, thesis abstracts and publication lists translated, and researchers collaborating with Danish universities use our editors for articles. Native Danish and English editors with academic backgrounds handle these texts.

On timing: master's deadlines fall in January and March, optagelse.dk closes in March, the agency's assessment takes two to three months including verification with the Georgian university, the Patient Safety Authority route takes years overall but the document stage months, and the apostille on a Georgian diploma can take up to five business days. Start the apostille early, since the apostilled diploma is reusable, and ask for a digital certified translation first so you can upload it while the paper originals are in process.

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