ENIC NARIC AUSTRIA | Credential Evaluation

• Please note that applications for assessment of higher education qualification(s) for professional purposes can be submitted via www.aais.at only (subject to a fee).

• Fees

  As part of the preliminary review of the documents, it will be checked whether an assessment is possible. Only then the applicant will receive a payment request via e-mail.

  The following cost contribution is due for the assessment:

  € 150,- for the assessment of up to two qualifications per application

  € 50 additionally for each further qualification per application

  Payment can only be made by credit card. The applicant will receive a payment confirmation together with the completed assessment.

  Please note that, in order to provide complete documentation of a higher education pathway, all consecutive higher education qualifications have to be included in the assessment (e.g. the assessment of a Master’s degree also requires the assessment of the underlying Bachelor’s degree). Only one application needs to be submitted for the assessment of multiple higher education qualifications of an applicant.

• Funding for Professional Recognition
  The Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF) offers financial support to asylum seekers, beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, immigrants, and Austrian citizens who have obtained qualifications abroad. Among other things, fees for the evaluation of higher education qualifications may be reimbursed. Further information: Förderung Berufsanerkennung
   

ENIC NARIC AUSTRIA | Credential Evaluation is not responsible for this. 

• Applications for the assessment of school qualifications can be submitted via www.asbb.at.

• Applications for the recognition of foreign vocational training can be submitted via Gleichhaltung oder Bewertung einer ausländischen Berufsausbildung. 

Some professions are regulated in Austria (e.g. physician, registered nurse, and, in public institutions: preschool teacher, teacher). This means that a formal recognition process must be completed before practicing the profession (EU professional recognition and nostrification). In such cases, an evaluation is not sufficient. Further information on regulated professions and the respective authorities responsible for the recognition process can be found in our FAQs and at www.berufsanerkennung.at.

Please use the extensive information available on following websites: 

• For information on starting and continuing your studies in Austria, please visit https://studyinaustria.at/en/

• Information on professional recognition is available at https://www.berufsanerkennung.at/en/

• For information on the use of academic titles, please refer to our Empfehlung (currently available in German only)

ENIC NARIC AUSTRIA | Credential Evaluation is not a career counselling centre. The following organisations offer support:

• For advice on vocational and educational issues and for support in recognition procedures, please contact the Contact Points (Anlaufstellen) for people who gained professional qualifications abroad. Contact details can be found at https://www.anlaufstelle-anerkennung.at/anlaufstellen.

• ABA – Work in Austria offers guidance and counselling for skilled workers on residence law issues and all aspects of living and working in Austria. Further information and contact details can be found at www.workinaustria.com/en.

Please note that ENIC NARIC AUSTRIA | Credential Evaluation cannot provide a pre-assessment of foreign study offers. The following websites offer assistance in assessing foreign higher education institutions (no liability assumed):

• anabin (German database for recognized higher education institutions worldwide)

• www.hochschulkompass.de (directory of recognized higher education institutions in Germany)