Recognition of education and qualifications acquired abroad

• Original foreign qualification document and its annex. If the LBC is not able to examine the original language of the education documents, there must be provided official translations of the education documents and their annexes into Lithuanian or English, certified by a notary.
• Identity document.
• Contact information.
• Proof of foreign language skills.
• Motivational letter.
• Confirmation that the information provided is true and correct.
• Consent that LBC may contact third parties (school, university, ENIC/NARIC centers, etc.) to verify the authenticity of the applicant’s documents, the value of his/her education, his/her level of education or his/her studies.
• Additional documents (evidence of work experience, etc.) if they are needed to assess the foreign qualification.

Send original copies of documents by e-mail to [email protected]

Taking a decision on recognition of a foreign qualification

The BIC staff member will use the SKVC’s general guidelines to make a decision on academic recognition. If the SKVC has not issued general guidance on the recognition of foreign qualifications, the BIC staff member must seek individual advice from the SKVC. The decision on academic recognition shall be made only after the recommendation of the SKVC. The final decision on academic recognition shall be based on the original or a certified copy of the documents.

Academic recognition decisions:

• to recognize foreign qualifications. In this case, the applicant is not issued with a confirmation of academic recognition and his/her application for admission to the study program(s) of his/her choice is further analyzed; the fact of the recognition is recorded in the admission decision of the College;
• to recognize a foreign qualification and to grant the holder of the qualification only certain admission rights to study programs in a certain field (groups of fields) or only to higher education institutions of a certain type. The applicant shall be informed of the decision and the reasons for the decision, and shall be offered study opportunities at the College that are appropriate to his/her qualifications;
• will only recognize a foreign qualification if it is accompanied by additional requirements (exam(s), additional courses, studies, etc.) that the holder will have to fulfil. The applicant will be informed of the decision and the reasons for the decision and will be offered the possibility of fulfilling the additional requirements at the College, if available. Once the applicant has fulfilled the requirements set out in the decision, his/her application for admission to the College is considered further;
• not to recognize the foreign qualification, while retaining the possibility of counting the foreign educational program as part of the learning/study program. The applicant shall be informed of the negative decision and the reasons for the decision.

If you have any questions regarding the academic recognition decision, please contact us by e-mail at [email protected]

If a candidate disagrees with the decision on the assessment of the recognition of the qualification, he/she has the right to lodge an appeal within 14 calendar days with the Director of the College, who shall set up an appeal board to examine the candidate’s appeal.

Candidates appeals shall be dealt with in accordance with the College’s appeals procedure, in which the time limits for dealing with candidates appeals and the means of informing candidates of the decisions are described.

If a candidate disagrees with the College’s decision on the academic recognition of a foreign qualification, he/she may, within 30 calendar days of receiving the decision, submit an appeal to the appeals board for the recognition of qualifications and qualifications related to Higher Education and obtained in the framework of educational programs of foreign countries and international organizations, established by the center for study quality assessment, to which the College undertakes to provide all the documents of the applicant.