Estonian Translation of Diplomas, Transcripts and Qualifications for Recognition and Admission

ENIC/NARIC Estonia: assessment of Georgian qualifications

A Georgian degree used in Estonia for employment or for a regulated profession is assessed by the Estonian ENIC/NARIC centre within the Education and Youth Board, which issues a free hinnang stating the level of the qualification in the Estonian system and, for regulated professions, refers the applicant to the competent authority - the Terviseamet for doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists, the Ministry of Education for teachers, professional chambers for engineers and architects. The assessment requires the diploma and akadeemiline õiend (transcript) in the original with translations into Estonian or English, and the centre verifies the diploma with the issuing Georgian university. Universities recognize foreign qualifications for continuing study themselves. We translate the Georgian packet into English, which the centre accepts and which serves other purposes too, or into Estonian with vandetõlk re-certification where a regulated profession's authority requires it, and our medical translators, who are physicians, handle clinical subjects for the Terviseamet route.

University of Tartu, TalTech, EBS and the DreamApply portal

Georgian applicants to the University of Tartu, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn University, the Estonian Business School and the Estonian Academy of Arts apply through the DreamApply portal, uploading the diploma and transcript or the school leaving certificate with national exam results, proof of English (IELTS, TOEFL or an interview), a motivation letter and for some programs a portfolio or test; Estonian universities run many English-language bachelor's and master's programs and offer tuition waivers and scholarships to strong applicants. The portal accepts certified translations with our stamp; universities require apostilled originals or digitally verified documents at enrollment; and the student residence permit at the PPA requires the admission letter, proof of funds and health insurance. Georgian students at Tartu and TalTech are a steady presence, and we keep each student's transliteration on file for the whole degree. We translate the full Georgian packet in one business day and deliver it digitally for upload.

Estonian diplomas - often digital - for recognition and employment in Georgia

Estonian universities issue diplomas on paper and, increasingly, as digitally signed documents verifiable through the Estonian Education Information System (EHIS), and an Estonian degree used in Georgia - for a work permit, for a teaching, IT 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 an Estonian notary, on paper or digitally, and translated into Georgian and notarized in Tbilisi. We translate the diplom, the akadeemiline õiend, the Diploma Supplement and, when recognition is sought, course descriptions from the university's ÕIS system, and we attach the EHIS verification for digital diplomas. Estonian degree titles - bakalaureusekraad, magistrikraad, doktorikraad, rakenduskõrgharidus - are explained in a translator's note for a Georgian committee. Georgians returning from Estonian universities, many of them from IT and e-governance programs, are the largest group here.

School certificates, student letters and vocational qualifications

Estonian families in Tbilisi, mostly with development projects and companies, enroll children in international schools with tunnistused and õppimise tõendid translated; Georgian families moving to Estonia need Georgian school records translated for the school and the Education and Youth Board, which places the child in the right year and arranges Estonian language support. Students need õppimise tõendid and student status letters in the other language for permits, banks and health insurance. Georgian workers going to Estonia with vocational qualifications - construction, IT support, welding - need certificates translated for employers and, for regulated trades, the competent authority; Estonian kutsetunnistused from the Kutsekoda used in Georgia are translated and notarized for Georgian employers.

e-Residency, digital nomads and the documents that follow

Thousands of Georgians hold Estonian e-Residency and run Estonian companies from Tbilisi, and the program itself requires no academic documents, but the Estonian service providers, banks and payment institutions that e-Residents use apply their own onboarding, which sometimes asks for proof of qualifications or profession, and the digital nomad visa and the startup visa require evidence of employment, income or the startup's substance. We translate Georgian diplomas, professional certificates, portfolios and business records into English for these purposes, deliver them digitally signed, and advise on what Estonian institutions typically ask a Georgian e-Resident to provide.

Motivation letters, recommendations, CVs and timing

Georgian applicants to Estonian programs ask us to translate or edit motivation letters and CVs in English - Estonian universities value concision and concrete plans - 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 Tartu and TalTech use our editors for articles. Native Estonian and English editors with academic backgrounds handle these texts.

On timing: DreamApply closes in spring for the autumn intake, ENIC/NARIC assessment takes about a month including verification with the Georgian university, vandetõlk re-certification takes a few days, 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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