Re: [mcfa-int] recognition of academic titles/SOLVIT

[Peter Slootweg <p.slootweg@DROPMEimperial.ac.uk>]

Dear All,

I had not quite the same problem in 1990 in France, where my employer
wanted an official
French translation of my RUU diploma (which is in Latin). Luckily the
Utrecht University 
was able to provide this. (otherwise I would have had to pay around 1000
Euro to a licenced
translator).
However when I tried for a job as visiting professor in Barcelona in
1989, I had the luck that the CSIC secretary of the host institute was
licenced to endorse copies of official documents and
could as such stamp a copy of my diploma that was subsequently accepted
(Latin and all).
So it pays to search for such an official.

Peter Slootweg
Imperial College London

At 13:07 14/10/2004 +0200, Erik-jan Malta wrote:
> Dear
> all,
> Those of the Spanish MCFA list are familiar
> with this case, I'll shortly explain for the others. I hold a Dutch PhD
> title in sciences from the university in Nijmegen. I am living in Spain
> and trying to apply for a job as assistent professor at a spanish
> university. This means trouble. All (or most there might be some good
> ones around) universities and other government institutes do not accept
> the foreign title but require a so-called homologation by the spanish
> ministry of both the PhD and MSc title. This procedure costs about 300
> euors and takes 6 months at the very least, usually longer - check the
> MCFA-ES archives for horror stories on this subject. The point is, that
> to my (and others) best knowledge this is illegal and Dr titles should be
> accepted in the entire EU. However, when I try to apply for a job they
> always exclude me because of this. I am now going to try and fight it
> using the SOLVIT agencies of the EU DG Internal Market. Therefore I would
> like to know if there is anyone among you who tried this before and what
> your experiences are. I am also very interested if someone has tried to
> fight a similar problem in Spain or another European country before.
> Let's try to break down these mobility barriers!
> Thanks,
> Erik.
>  
> Dr. Erik-jan Malta
>  
> Dpto. de Biología
> Facultad de Ciencias del Mar
> Universidad de Cádiz
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>  
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