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# Recognition of foreign professional qualifications
Did you obtain professional qualifications abroad and would you like to
work in your profession in Germany? Find out here what you need to do to have foreign
professional and educational qualifications recognised and considered on an equal
footing with German qualifications.
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If you want to set up as a non-medical practitioner to practice medicine, you need a license.You would like to work in Germany as a medical-technical laboratory assistant? Then you need a state permit. You can have your foreign professional qualification recognized for this purpose.You come from abroad and would like to work as a tax consultant in Germany? Then you must apply for admission to the qualifying examination.You would like to work in Germany as a medical-technical radiology assistant? Then you need a state permit. You can have your foreign professional qualification recognized for this purpose.You would like to work as a speech therapist in Germany? Then you need a state permit. To obtain the state permit, you can have your foreign professional qualification recognized.Do you have a foreign university degree and would like to continue your studies at a German university? Find out more about the certificate evaluation here.
These Assistance Services support you in exercising your rights and fulfilling your duties in the European internal market.
The pan-European network of Points of Single Contact can provide you with details of any legal requirements and help you to complete relevant procedures.The assistance centre provides information for citizens from the EU, the EEA and Switzerland on the recognition of professional qualifications in Germany.The Office for the Equal Treatment of EU Workers provides information on living and working in Germany in easy-to-understand language in 11 EU languages.