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The recognition of Foreign Qualifications can be made through academic recognition or professional recognition. Academic recognition is the process by which a foreign academic qualification is compared to a Portuguese qualification concerning the level, duration and program content. 

The equivalence is regulated under the Decree-Law Nr. 283/84, dated 21st.June, and is the procedure by which a foreign academic qualification is compared to a Portuguese qualification, concerning the level, duration and program content, being also fixed the scientific area of the granted equivalence.

The recognition is the procedure by which a foreign academic qualification is compared to a Portuguese qualification merely on the level and is ruled by the Decree-Law Nr. 283/83, dated 21st. June.

The registration is a new recognition regime of foreign academic level degrees, with objectives and nature identical to the university graduate, master and doctor, awarded to Portuguese Higher Education Institutions, conferring to their owners all the rights inherent to these academic degrees. This new recognition regime is ruled under the Decree-Law Nr. 341/2007, dated 12. October.

For the doctorate degree registration may be requested at one of the following institutions chosen by the person concerned:

• Portuguese Public University (Rectory)
• Directorate-General for Higher Education
• For the university graduate and master degrees the registration can be requested a tone of the following institutions chosen by the person concerned:
• Portuguese Public University (Rectory)
• Portuguese Public Polytechnic Institute (Central Offices)
• Directorate-General for Higher Education

The registration request must always be accompanied by the following documents:

• Original of the diploma or the document issued by the competent authorities of the foreign Higher Education Institution;
• Original or certified copy of the document that justifies the final classification, issued by the competent authorities of the foreign Higher Education Institution;
• A copy of the dissertation/thesis (digital or paper format) for the cases of registration of a Master's or Doctor degree. (A translation will be requested when the documents are written in a foreign language other than Spanish, French, English or Italian)
  
  
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