Recognition of Completed Education at Secondary Schools

Recognition of leaving certificates and diplomas issued by secondary school in another state is performed at the Regional Office of School Administration (Regionálny úrad školskej správy) in the region of the permanent residence of the applicant or the region of the university location.

The application is submitted on the application form or by own signed letter that includes the first name and surname of the applicant, permanent address or address of similar stay of the applicant, full name and address of the issuing primary or secondary school, year of completion of the education, the type of Slovak document it should be compared with, and applicant’s signature. If the applicant is underage, the application is filed by his/her legal guardian.

The application includes the following documents:

1. for documents which are subject to a bilateral mutual recognition agreements signed with Slovak Republic
   • copy of identification document,
   • certified copy of the leaving certificate or diploma (Slovak court translators),
   • proof of payment of the application fee.
2. for all other documents
   • copy of identification document,
   • certified copy of the leaving certificate or diploma (Slovak court translators),
   • transcript of completed courses and completed exams,
   • in case of vocational secondary education, a confirmation issued by the secondary school about the scope of practical education,
   • proof of payment of the application fee.

The application fee for the recognition

• 7 EUR if the qualification is covered by a bilateral agreement signed between the Slovak Republic and the country of origin: Hungary, Germany, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, China (code in the web and mobile application eKolok: 7262)
• 40 EUR if the qualification is not covered by any of the bilateral agreements (code in the web and mobile application eKolok: 7263)

Application fee payment options:

1. via Receipt of Payment of Administrative / Judicial Fee(eStamp or eKolok), which can be purchased at selected offices of Slovenská pošta, a.s. (Slovak Post) in the required value
2. via eKolok Mobile Applicationwhich is available at GooglePlay / App Store
3. viaeKolok Web Application, also called Virtual Kiosk, available at https://m.ekolky.gov.sk

The applicant is also obligated to present certified translation of the educational documents into the official language.

More info

Application form Regional School Administration Office Trenčín