Recognition of foreign diplomas
Nurse, care assistant, auxiliaire de vie, midwife, physiotherapist or doctor with a diploma obtained abroad? Answer a few questions and get the exact list of steps to practise in Luxembourg: diploma recognition, language requirements, authorisation to practise.
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- Nurses: getting an EU diploma recognisedNursing diploma conforming to Annex 5.2.2 of Directive 2005/36/EC: automatic recognition, direct application for the authorisation to practise. Otherwise, prior recognition by MENEJ or MESR (75 €).
- Nurses: getting a non-EU diploma recognisedNursing diploma obtained outside the EU: mandatory prior recognition (MENEJ or MESR depending on the level), possible compensatory measures, then authorisation to practise from the Ministry of Health.
- Care assistants: getting a foreign diploma recognisedNo automatic recognition for care assistants: mandatory equivalence with the MENEJ (75 €, 2 to 6 weeks), then authorisation to practise from the Ministry of Health.
- The authorisation to practise a healthcare profession in LuxembourgThe final step for everyone: the authorisation to practise from the Ministry of Health. Conditions, file (criminal record and medical certificate less than 3 months old), 75 € via MyGuichet.lu, lapse rules and reintegration internship.
- Languages and documents: the requirements common to every pathB2 level in French or German (INLL test possible), sworn translations, criminal record and medical certificate less than 3 months old, apostille for non-EU documents, residence permit: the common core of every procedure.
- Doctors, midwives, physiotherapists: three different recognition regimesMidwife: automatic recognition like nurses. Physiotherapist: MESR mandatory and master's level required. Doctor: recognition via a Member State, 450 € authorisation with the advice of the Collège médical.