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

[aitor mugarza <amugarza@DROPMElbl.gov>]

Dear Erik,

My wife, as an italian teacher of Foreign Languages trying to teach in Spain had the same experience with the homologation of her MA. The worst of it is that if they decide not to homologate your degree they won't tell you which credits should you take to homologate it next time. And they might reduce the duration of the procedure, but last year it was 1 year for Europeans, and up to 3 years !! for non europeans. I agree we should fight to break down these barriers. Unfortunately now we are living in the US for the following 2 years, and if it is difficult to contact the burocracy from there it is much more from here. Anyway it'd be interesting to create a network of people having this problem.

Good luck

Aitor

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
Pol. Río San Pedro S/N
11510 Puerto Real (Cádiz)
Spain

 

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