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# Recognition of 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 qualifications recognised and considered on an equal footing with German qualifications.

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Wenn Sie Ihr Humanmedizinstudium in Deutschland abgeschlossen haben und danach im EU-Ausland arbeiten möchten, benötigen Sie in vielen Fällen eine EU-Konformitätsbescheinigung.You have a foreign university degree and would like to continue your studies at a German university? Find out more about the evaluation of certificates here.Wenn Sie Ihr Zahnmedizinstudium in Deutschland abgeschlossen haben und danach im EU-Ausland arbeiten möchten, benötigen Sie in vielen Fällen eine EU-Konformitätsbescheinigung.If you want to handle or trade in explosive substances, you need a certificate of competence. You can find out more here.
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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 about living and working in Germany in simple easy-to-understand language in 11 languages.