Academic recognition of qualifications and studies

The Lisbon Recognition Convention, a convention on the recognition of higher education qualifications in the European region, is in force in Finland. The Lisbon Convention is in force in nearly all European countries. It aims at facilitating academic recognition of qualifications by improving the recognition procedures and increasing transparency.

In Finland, the universities and universities of applied sciences, the National Defence University, and the Åland University of Applied Sciences come within the scope of the Lisbon Convention.

Recommendations on among others the use of qualifications frameworks as tools in recognition, the criteria and procedures for the assessment on foreign qualifications, transnational education, joint degrees, and recognition of qualifications held by refugees have been accepted as appendices to the Lisbon Convention.

The Finnish National Agency for Education has published diagrams on foreign systems education. They are meant for guidance and counselling purposes as well as for student admission professionals. You can access the diagrams and international sources of information on the page intended for guidance and counselling professionals.