Publicado: 03-feb-2016
THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION ANNOUNCES THE NEW REGULATION FOR PROCESSES OF VALIDATION OF FOREIGN ACADEMIC DEGREES:
Those through Resolution No 06950 of May15, 2015, the procedures and requirements for the recognition of degrees granted by foreign higher education institutions or institutions legally recognized by the competent authority in the respective country to grant higher education degrees are modified.
The Ministry of National Education provides all the necessary advice at no cost and does not provide any information through outside persons or intermediate agents. For more information use the channels provided for this purpose.
Remember that these documents must be digitized and loaded into our VUMEN Validations system
Photocopy of the degree that will be validated, duly legalized or apostilled in the country of origin. To validate postgraduate degrees you must attach your undergraduate degree if it is national or the resolution of recognition of the undergraduate degree if it is international.
Transcript of the program corresponding to the degree that will be validated, duly authenticated or apostilled in the country of origin
Accounting Degrees
Remember that to validate undergraduate degrees in accounting, you must prove specific studies:
Law Degrees
Remember that to validate undergraduate degrees in law you must prove specific studies:
Health Degrees
Remember that to validate undergraduate degrees in health you must prove specific studies
For undergraduate degrees:
Certification of performance of a rotating internship, duly legalized or apostilled.
For postgraduate degrees:
a) Surgical or consultation record issued by bodies or institutions authorized to develop academic and welfare activities in the area of health.
b) Documents proving academic and welfare activities.
Under resolution 2590 of 2012, the rates set for the process of validation of foreign higher education degrees by 2015, are:
UNDERGRADUATE: $ 472,300 Colombian Pesos (0.733 Current Legal Minimum Monthly Salary)
POSTGRADUATE: $ 536.700 Colombian Pesos (0.833 Current Legal Minimum Monthly Salary)
To make the payment, you will receive a notice of our information system to the email address entered; payment will be made by PSE (Secure Online Payment) this is why you must verify that your bank is on the list of registered banks for this service. Make sure your savings account, has the option to make electronic payments through PSE enabled.
The validation process can take from 2 to 4 months, depending on the type of processing assigned to your application.