Anerkennung ausländischer Berufsqualifikationen - Beamte - Laufbahnfachrichtung Bildung
Anerkennung ausländischer Berufsqualifikationen als Beamtin/Beamter - Laufbahnfachrichtung Bildung
Official English page German-only parts machine-translated, 2026-09-15
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Requirements
• Age
You must not have reached the age of 45 at the time of recruitment or transfer. This age limit is postponed for periods of actual childcare for up to one year for each child under the age of 18 and for periods of actual care for close relatives in need of care (parents, parents-in-law, spouses, registered partners, siblings or children) for up to one year for each close relative according to a medical opinion. Up to a maximum of three years in total.
• Nationality
You have the nationality
• of a member state of the European Union,
• of a state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area,
• of a third country to which the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union have granted a corresponding entitlement to recognition of professional qualifications by treaty.
• Qualification
You offer the guarantee of standing up at all times for the free democratic basic order within the meaning of the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany. You are not unsuitable for public servant status due to professional misconduct, criminal offences or comparable weighty reasons.
Documents you need
• Application for recognition
(under "Online processing")
The application must state which job you are seeking in the public sector.
• For the online application: Please have all required documents and evidence ready to upload in PDF, JPG, JPEG or PNG format. A single file may not be larger than 10 MB.
• Curriculum vitae
Curriculum vitae with a tabular presentation of your professional career
• Proof of nationality
Proof of nationality of the member state or of a contracting state
• Proof of qualifications
Proof of qualifications, e.g.
• Certificate of the higher education entrance qualification
• Certificates, diplomas and, if applicable, other necessary proof required abroad in order to obtain the professional qualification as a teacher or another professional qualification there
• Overviews of subjects and grades (Diploma Supplement, transcript, study book or similar)
German translations by a registered translator must also be submitted for all documents that were not issued in German.
• Proof of good conduct
Certificates or documents from the home country or country of qualification stating that no criminal offences, serious professional misconduct or other circumstances calling the suitability into question are known; the certificates or documents must not be older than three months at the time of their presentation.
• Certificate of authorisation to practise the profession
Certificate from the home country or country of qualification stating which professional practice the professional qualification entitles to there
• Declaration on previous professional recognition procedures
A declaration whether and with which authority within the Federal Republic of Germany recognition has already been applied for; if applicable, a decision issued in this context is to be enclosed.
• Place of residence details
For statistical purposes, the information on the place of residence is required.
• If necessary, proof of exercised activities
Certificates on the nature and duration of activities in the field of the qualification carried out in a member state after the acquisition of the qualification
• If necessary, proof of competences acquired through lifelong learning
Certificates issued by a relevant body on knowledge, skills and competences acquired through lifelong learning
• More documents
The competent authority may request you to submit further information on the content and duration of the completed training and on other professional qualifications in the form of study regulations, examination regulations, course books or in any other appropriate manner within a reasonable period of time, insofar as this is necessary to establish equivalence.
Fees
85,00 bis 340,00 Euro, je Aufwand
Legal basis
• Career Act (Laufbahngesetz or LfbG) §§ 23, 23a gesetze.berlin.de/perma?j=LbG_BE_!_23
• Professional Qualification Determination Act Berlin (Berufsqualifikationsfeststellungsgesetz Berlin or BQFG Bln) § 17 gesetze.berlin.de/perma?j=BQFG_BE_!_17
• Regulation on the recognition of professional qualifications from other countries of the European Union as career qualifications (Verordnung über die Anerkennung von Berufsqualifikationen anderer Länder der Europäischen Union als Laufbahnbefähigung or VO Laufbahnbefähigung EU) §§ 2 et seq. gesetze.berlin.de/perma?d=jlr-BerQAnerkEUVBEV1P2
• Education Career Regulation (Bildungslaufbahnverordnung or BLVO) gesetze.berlin.de/perma?j=BiLbV_BE_Inhaltsverzeichnis
• Professional Qualification Examination Fees Regulation (Berufsqualifikationsprüfungsgebührenverordnung or BQPGebVO) Attachment, tariff unite 100 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-BQPGebVBEV1Anlage
Processing time
The competent authority will confirm the receipt of the documents within one month and, if applicable, inform you which documents are missing. The one-month period begins on the date on which the application is received by the competent authority. The decision on the application will be communicated in writing within four months of submission of the complete documents.
Further information
• Application procedure for the equivalence of a teaching qualification (Lehrbefähigung) with a teaching post (Lehramt) in Berlin (recognition of foreign professional qualifications - teacher) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/329595/
• Information on the recognition of qualifications as a teacher (Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Senate Department for Education) www.berlin.de/sen/bjf/anerkennung/lehramtsabschluesse/#ausla
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Original
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Service number 330025 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/330025/