In principle, it is necessary to distinguish between two basic terms – the recognition of professional qualification
(i.e. qualification to practise a profession) and the recognition of professional education (in other words proof of
the completion of education).
Recognition of Professional Qualifications (i.e. professional recognition) It focuses on assessing
the knowledge and skills of a specific person, with this knowledge and skills being possible to prove by a document
of formal qualification (education and preparation) but also by a document of an actual performance of the relevant
activity or other document. The outcome of the process of professional recognition is a decision as to whether the
person in question has sufficient knowledge and skills to be able to perform the specific profession or activity.
Recognition of Education Attained (i.e. academic recognition) This can be defined as the recognition
of diplomas, qualifications or parts of study programmes of a (domestic or foreign) educational institution by
another educational institution. Such recognition is usually considered as the basis for acceptance for further study
at the second institution or as recognition allowing a certain type of exception from an obligation to repeat a study
of some parts of the programme. Academic recognition is characterised by a detailed comparison of the study plans,
whether is or is not equivalent to the education provided in the Czech Republic.
The Brochure "Recognition of Foreign Education and Qualifications in the Czech Republic“ is a complex and
comprehensive guide about the process of the recognition of foreign education and/or qualification.
The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020, it entered the transition period, which will
last until 31 December 2020.
Recognition of a professional qualification is a necessary condition for the practise of a regulated profession if
that qualification has been obtained in another Member State of the European Union, the European Economic Area or
Switzerland.
It focuses on assessing the knowledge and skills of a specific person, with this knowledge and skills being possible
to prove by a document of formal qualification (education and preparation) but also by a document of an actual
performance of the relevant activity or other document. The outcome of the process of professional recognition is a
decision as to whether the person in question has sufficient knowledge and skills to be able to perform the specific
profession or activity.
This is the recognition of diplomas, qualifications or parts of study programmes of a (domestic or foreign)
educational institution by another educational institution. Such recognition is usually considered as the basis for
acceptance for further study at the second institution or as recognition allowing a certain type of exception
from an obligation to repeat a study of some parts of the programme.
