Teachers

Formalities in Spain 

Applications for recognition must be sent to:

• Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
  Subdirección General de Títulos, Homologaciones y Convalidaciones
  P° del Prado, 28
  E-28014 Madrid
  tel.: +34/1/420.16.93 and 
  tel: +34-91-701.85.00
  E-mail: información@educ.mec.es

Your application should specify the level at which you wish to teach (primary school, secondary school, higher education) and the subjects you offer.

Supporting documents 

• A document providing proof of your nationality;
  qualifications and diplomas;
• a certificate indicating the duration and content of your training;
• where applicable, your curriculum vitae;
• if there is any doubt, you may be asked to produce a certificate issued by the competent authority of your home Member State showing that you are, by virtue of your diploma(s), a fully qualified teacher;
• a certificate showing that you have undergone training primarily in the EC, if your diploma was issued by a country which regulates the profession;
• a certificate drawn up by a competent authority in your country showing that you have three years' professional experience (only if you obtained your diploma in a country outside the European Union);
• a certificate showing that you have exercised the profession of teacher for a period of two years out of the previous ten (only if the teaching profession is not regulated in the country from which you come).

You should submit either the original documents (together with copies) or copies certified by a Spanish consular office in your country or by any other competent certifying authority in your country. You will be asked for an official translation into Spanish.

Recognition will enable you to obtain a teaching contract in private teaching establishments and to take part in examinations ("oposiciones") for access to the teaching profession in the public service, under the same conditions as holders of Spanish diplomas. You should therefore satisfy all the other conditions set out in the notice advertising the examination.

If your application is refused, the decision will tell you how to appeal and within what time-limit.

Reference documents 

• Royal Decree 1665/1991 of 25 October 1991 (Boletín Oficial E No 280 of 22 November 1991);
• Ministerial Order of 23 January 1995 (Boletín Oficial E No 24 of 28 January 1995), which contains the list of documents to be supplied and the form on which to apply for recognition.

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