Macedonian Translation of Diplomas, Transcripts and Qualifications for Nostrification, Admission and Recognition in Georgia

Nostrification at the Ministry of Education and Science

A Georgian degree used in North Macedonia for employment, for a regulated profession, for state service or for further study goes through нострификација (recognition of foreign higher education qualifications) at the Ministry of Education and Science, which issues a decision stating the corresponding Macedonian level and, for professional recognition, the field; the application requires the apostilled diploma and додаток на диплома or уверение за положени испити with court translator translations, the наставна програма for professional recognition, and for regulated professions such as medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, architecture and law the additional documents the professional chamber requires before its own registration. The ministry may verify the diploma with the Georgian university and can take months; recognition for continuing studies is decided by the university. Georgian graduates working in North Macedonia are few, but Macedonian citizens who studied in Georgia - medicine and dentistry in Tbilisi among them - bring Georgian diplomas home, and we translate the Georgian packet in the ministry's format with re-certification arranged.

Admission to Macedonian universities

Georgian applicants to Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, St. Clement of Ohrid University in Bitola, the University of Tetovo, Goce Delčev University in Štip, the South East European University and the private universities (some teaching in English) apply with the apostilled diploma or school leaving certificate and transcript, translated by a court translator or, at application, with a certified translation, proof of Macedonian, Albanian or English by program, and for undergraduate programs the nostrification of the Georgian school certificate by the ministry. Erasmus+ exchanges between Macedonian and Georgian universities generate learning agreements, transcripts of records and enrollment letters in both directions. The Ministry of Interior's student residence 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.

Macedonian diplomas for recognition and employment in Georgia

A Macedonian 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 competent basic court and translated into Georgian and notarized in Tbilisi. We translate the диплома, the додаток на дипломата, the уверение за положени испити and, when recognition is sought, the наставна програма. Macedonian degree titles - дипломиран (bachelor, 180 or 240 ECTS), магистер, доктор на науки, and the pre-Bologna дипломиран инженер, професор and доктор по медицина titles which the universities issued until the late 2000s - are explained in a translator's note for a Georgian committee, together with the Macedonian grading scale of 5 to 10. Bilingual Macedonian-Albanian diplomas from the University of Tetovo and SEEU are translated from the Macedonian with the Albanian checked. Macedonian coaches, engineers and medical graduates are the largest groups here.

School certificates, vocational qualifications and student letters

Macedonian families in Tbilisi enroll children in international and Georgian schools with свидетелства and ученички книшки translated; Georgian families in North Macedonia need Georgian school records translated for the основно or средно училиште, which places the child in the right year, and the Ministry of Education recognizes foreign school certificates for enrollment. Students need потврди за редовен студент and enrollment letters in the other language for permits, banks and scholarships. Macedonian workers coming to Georgia with vocational qualifications - construction, hospitality, driving - need свидетелства and certificates translated for employers and inspectors; Georgian workers going to North Macedonia need theirs translated for the Employment Agency and employers.

Coaching licenses and sports qualifications

North Macedonia and Georgia exchange football and other sports coaches, and coaching qualifications cross with them: UEFA A, B and Pro licenses issued by the Football Federation of North Macedonia and the Georgian Football Federation, diplomas from the Faculty of Physical Education in Skopje and Georgian sports academies, and the licenses of the handball and basketball 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 Macedonian programs and Macedonian 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 Macedonian and English editors with academic backgrounds handle these texts.

On timing: Macedonian admission rounds run through the summer, nostrification at the ministry takes two to six months including verification, professional chamber 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 the ministry, the university and the chamber, and ask for a digital certified translation first so you can send it while the paper originals are in process.

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