PDF application form for teacher recognition

Please follow the instructions, which you will find below. They explain which documents to enclose and how to submit your application.

You should not disclose any sensitive or confidential personal data in your application.

Prepare your application

Before opening the application form, you should have the documentation ready.

See which documents to include and in what form:

Documentation requirements (new window)

PDF application form

You can download and save the form. Open the form with a PDF reader to fill it in on-screen.

Please remember to sign the form when you have completed it.

• Get the application form for recognition of teaching qualifications (pdf, new window)

How to apply

1. Fill in the application form. Fields marked * are required. Please see below for details about filling in the fields.
2. Sign the form.
3. Enclose all of the required documentation. See the section on documentation below.
4. Send the application, or hand it in at Haraldsgade 53, Copenhagen Ø.

Letter post

Send to:
Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science
Assessment and Recognition of Qualifications
Haraldsgade 53
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø

If you send in original education documents, you should send them by registered post. We always return original education documents by registered post. You can also choose to collect the documents at our reception. In that case, you must call us to make an appointment.

Certified copies are normally returned by ordinary post.

Digital Post

If you have a Danish CPR number and MitID you can send your application by Digital Post, unless you are to submit original documents (see "Documents from certain countries" below).

1. Fill in and sign the application form.
2. Scan the form followed by the documentation into a single PDF document not exceeding 9 MB.
3. Log in to post.borger.dk using your MitID,
   or use this link Digital Post to the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science (new window, log in with MitID) and skip to step 7.
4. Select "Skriv ny post".
5. Click the search field and search for ”Uddannelses- og Forskningsstyrelsen”.
6. Select this category under "Øvrige": "Vur. og anerkendelse af udenlandske uddannelser" (i.e. Assessment and recognition of foreign qualifications).
7. Attach the PDF document and send your message.

After applying

You will receive confirmation of your application within 14 days. We will contact you in case any information or documents are missing.

You will normally receive a decision no more than three months from submitting all of the required documents. If you have a Danish CPR number and permanent residence in Denmark, you will receive the assessment as a pdf sent by Digital Post (unless you are exempt from Digital Post, in which case you get it by letter post).

Processing of your personal data

Read about the Agency's processing of personal data in qualifications assessment and recognition cases

Filling in the application form

Please do not give any sensitive personal information in your application.

1. Personal details

• Previous name: Fill in if your name has changed since the documents were issued.
• Danish civil registry no.: If you have no Danish civil registry number, please write your date of birth: day- month-year.
• Street address, e.g. ”Main Street 12, 3rd floor”.
• Any other address information: If, for example, your name is not on the door/letter box, please write “C/o” followed by the name that is.
• Telephone number (daytime): A phone number where we can reach you during office hours (9h–16h).
• Email: Please write your e-mail address very carefully.

2. Purpose

• Tick the appropriate box to say which teaching profession(s) you are seeking recognition to practise. Please note that you can only apply for recognition to teach at the same level(s) that you are qualified to teach in another country. If you want to teach in general upper secondary school, you must also state which subject(s) you want to teach.
• Prior assessment: Tick ”Yes” if you have received any written assessment of your qualification before from the Agency or from other bodies in Denmark or abroad. This also applies if you have been granted approval to teach outside your country of education.

3. Teaching qualification

If you have completed more than one teacher training programme, please add a copy of this part of the form.

• Qualification: Name of the diploma/degree in the original language using Latin letters (abcd etc.).
• Educational institution: Name of the educational institution in the original language using Latin letters (abcd etc.).
• Subjects: Which subjects are you allowed to teach in the country where you qualified? If you are not trained to teach one or more specific subjects but are qualified to teach all subjects within a certain age range, please write: “All subjects”.
• Official length of programme: How many years and months were officially required to complete the programme according to the curriculum, including any compulsory internships/periods of work practice?
• Internship etc.: Did the programme include any compulsory period of teaching practice? If yes, mention the duration and place.
• Thesis etc.: Did the programme include a thesis, dissertation or other large project? If yes, fill in title, nominal duration (months officially allotted for this work) and study points, if any.

4. Other higher education qualifications

University education or other studies that normally require at least an upper secondary school leaving certificate.

If you have completed more than two higher education programmes, please write the additional information on a copy of this part of the form.

• Qualification: Name of the diploma/degree in the original language using Latin letters (abcd etc.).
• Educational institution: Name of the educational institution in the original language using Latin letters (abcd etc.).
• Nominal length of programme: How many years and months were officially required to complete the programme according to the curriculum, including any compulsory internships/periods of work practice?
• Internship etc.: Did the programme include an internship or other practical training in a workplace? If yes, mention the duration and place.
• Thesis etc.: Did the programme include a thesis, dissertation or other large project? If yes, fill in title, nominal duration (months officially allotted for this work) and study points, if any.

5. Professional experience as a teacher in or outside Denmark

Please list the periods of employment where you have worked as a teacher after completing your teaching qualification.

The information about your professional experience may influence the decision on recognition.

6. Additional information

Information about any other circumstances relevant to the assessment of your qualification, for example:

• study periods completed at another institution
• credit transferred from another institution
• credit granted for professional experience.

Do not give any sensitive personal information.

7. Contact to authorities in the country of education

We ask you to accept that we may contact your educational institution or a relevant authority in the country where you obtained your qualification, in case we want to have confirmation of information about the qualification.

If your answer is no, you must state the reasons why.

8. Signature of the holder of the qualification

As a qualification holder you are asked to accept that the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science carries out an assessment of your qualifications, and you do this by signing the application form.

By signing the form you also certify that the information given in the application is correct and that the enclosures are authentic documents relating to you.