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

["RenE J.V. Bertin" <rbertin@DROPMEccr.jussieu.fr>]

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 13:07:58 +0200, "Erik-jan Malta" <erih.malta@DROPMEuca.es> wrote regarding "[mcfa-int]
recognition of academic titles/SOLVIT"

I know a Spanish woman who is in exactly the same situation: she has a French PhD, and can't get it homologated in Spain. She blamed it on the fact that she's Catalan, but apparently it is a more generally applied 'principle' :(

I have contacted the legal adviser of the FNAK, the French official organisation responsible for support to foreign researchers in France. I'm afraid to say that he confirms (I'm translating here) that it is still very difficult to have "certain diplomas" recognised throughout Europe. Because although "we" are trying to put in place a European system (LMD, License, Master, Doctorate), it is still for the moment a NATIONAL right to recognise a diploma, or not. So I'm afraid that means that a European procedure will stand little chance on the short term, if this info is correct.
There is however a European network of 'Mobility Centres', coached in Spain by the "Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología "(FECYT). He attached a list of main mobility centres which I will copy below: maybe that there you can find some useful information, or support.

Best of luck!

RenE Bertin


-               Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT)
-               Fundación para el Fomento en Asturias de la Investigación Científica Aplicada y la tecnología (FICYT) 
-               Universidad de Cantabria (UNICAN)
-               Universidad de Navarra (UNAV) 
-               Universidad de Valladolid (UVA)
-               Universidad de León (UNILEON)
-               Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
-               Fundació Cata lana per la Recerca (FCR)
-               Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC)
-               Universidad de Zaragoza (UNIZAR) 
-               Fundación Madri+d
-               Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)
-               Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)
-               Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) 
-               Universidad de Castilla la Mancha (UCLM) 
-               Fundación Séneca 
-               Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
-               Red de Universidades Valencianas para el Fomento de la Investigación, el Desarrollo y la Innovación (RUVID) 
-               Universidad de Granada (UGR) 
-               Asociación Red Vasca de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (SARETEK)