Legalization and Recognition of Diplomas
To work in Russia, one must make their diplomas and degree certificates valid in the Russian Federation. There are two procedures to do this: legalization and recognition.
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Email: ifaculty.support@hse.ru
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To work in Russia, one must make their diplomas and degree certificates valid in the Russian Federation. There are two procedures to do this: legalization and recognition.
Select the package of documents that you want to submit for your employment at HSE University (please bear in mind that this is a minimum package – you can have all of your non-Russian documents legalized if you want them to be published on your personal page on the HSE University portal):
Identify what legalization type you need for each of your diplomas: you can look up the country where your documents were issued here. We strongly recommend legalizing your diplomas, as well as transcripts (grade sheets) accompanying these diplomas.
The last stage of legalization is making notarized translations of your legalized documents. Please be aware that this must be done in the Russian Federation. This means that you can do it upon your arrival or ask your coordinator to help.
The recognition procedure might be not required if:
Please contact your coordinator for details.
If you find out that your diploma or/and PhD certificate must get recognized, you can do it via several authorities:
If you choose to get your diplomas recognized at HSE University, send your coordinator (CC’ed to ifaculty.support@hse.ru) the following documents:
[1] If you do not have a grade sheet, you can provide a programme description.