Slovak Translation of Diplomas, Transcripts and Qualifications for Uznávanie and Admission

Uznávanie dokladov o vzdelaní: recognition in Slovakia

A Georgian qualification used in Slovakia is recognized through one of two routes. For continuing study, the Slovak university admitting the student recognizes the school leaving certificate or previous degree itself. For employment, the Ministry of Education's Stredisko na uznávanie dokladov o vzdelaní (Centre for Recognition of Diplomas, part of the ministry's ENIC/NARIC function) issues a rozhodnutie o uznaní for academic recognition, and for regulated professions the competent ministry or chamber recognizes the professional qualification - the Ministry of Health for doctors, dentists, pharmacists and nurses, the Slovak Chamber of Civil Engineers for engineers, the Ministry of Education for teachers - often with an examination or adaptation period. Both routes require the apostilled diploma and výpis známok or supplement with úradný preklad, and for degrees the syllabus with hours and credits. Secondary school certificates for university admission are recognized by the regionálny úrad školskej správy or the university. We translate the Georgian packet in the format each office expects and arrange re-certification.

Slovak universities and the medical faculties in Košice and Martin

Georgian applicants to Comenius University, the Slovak University of Technology, the University of Economics and the Technical University of Košice, and to the medical faculties of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice and Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, which run English-language medical and dental programs popular with international students, upload certified translations of the school leaving certificate with national exam results, or the diploma and supplement for graduate programs, and language certificates (Slovak for Slovak-language programs, which are tuition-free, or IELTS and TOEFL for English-language programs). Universities accept certified translations with our stamp for the application and require the apostilled bundle with úradný preklad at enrollment; the student residence permit at the Cudzinecká polícia requires the admission letter, proof of funds, health insurance and the Georgian conviction certificate translated. We translate the full Georgian packet in one business day and prepare the enrollment set for re-certification.

Workers' qualifications for the národné vízum and employers

Georgians recruited to Slovak car plants, suppliers, logistics parks, construction companies and hospitals need translated qualifications where the job requires them: technical school diplomas, výučný list equivalents, welding and machinery operator certificates, driving licenses and professional driver cards, and for healthcare workers nursing and caregiver diplomas with curricula and work records for the Ministry of Health's recognition. Employers and agencies send us candidate groups, which we process with consistent terminology and the Slovak names of occupations from the national classification, so the Úrad práce and the Cudzinecká polícia see uniform files. Georgian nurses and caregivers heading to Slovak hospitals and care homes are a growing group, and our medical translators, who are physicians, translate clinical subjects using the terminology of Slovak medical and nursing faculties.

Slovak degrees for recognition and employment in Georgia

A Slovak 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 Ministry of Education and translated into Georgian and notarized in Tbilisi. We translate the diplom, the dodatok k diplomu, the výpis známok and, when recognition is sought, course descriptions. Slovak medical graduates should expect the recognition body to ask for the špecializačný diplom and Slovak Medical Chamber registration; engineers for Chamber of Civil Engineers authorization where relevant. Graduates of the Slovak Bc., Mgr., Ing., MUDr. and PhD. system sometimes need a translator's note explaining the titles to a Georgian committee, which we provide, and graduates of the Košice and Martin English-language medical programs returning to Georgia are a recurring case.

School certificates, student letters and children's transfers

Slovak families in Tbilisi enroll children in international schools or Georgian public schools with vysvedčenia and potvrdenia o návšteve školy translated; Georgian families moving to Slovakia, including workers' families under family reunification, need Georgian school records translated for the school and the regionálny úrad školskej správy, which places the child in the right year and arranges Slovak language support. Students need potvrdenia o štúdiu and student status letters in the other language for permits, banks and health insurance. Language certificates - Slovak proficiency certificates for citizenship and some jobs, translated into Georgian, and Georgian or English proficiency certificates translated into Slovak for universities - are handled the same day.

Motivation letters, recommendations, CVs and timing

Georgian applicants to Slovak programs ask us to translate or edit motivačné listy and životopisy to Slovak or Europass conventions, and to translate odporúčacie listy while preserving the signature block; doctoral candidates need thesis abstracts and publication lists translated, and researchers collaborating with Slovak institutions use our editors for articles. Native Slovak editors with academic backgrounds handle these texts.

On timing: uznávanie at the Ministry of Education takes one to three months, university applications for Slovak programs close in spring and for the English-language medical programs run on their own calendars, úradný prekladateľ 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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