Recognition of Foreign Higher Education Documents for the purpose of further education

The recognition of a foreign higher education document is a procedure through which the holder of the document is granted the right to continue their education at the faculties of the University of Novi Sad or at the University of Novi Sad itself.

The procedure for the recognition of a foreign higher education document for the purpose of further education is initiated electronically through the University of Novi Sad Portal for the Recognition of Foreign Higher Education Documents for the Purpose of Further Education, available at:

https://priznavanje.uns.ac.rs/

After submitting the online application, applicants are required to submit the complete documentation in paper form no later than before collecting the decision on the recognition request.

Required Documentation

The list of required documents is available here:

Procedure Fees

Candidates are obligated to conduct payments for both fees (Fee for the recognition and Republic administrative fee) in accordance with the instructions below.

• Instructions for the payment in dinars:

Fee for the recognition of a foreign higher education document for the purpose of further education, for domestic and foreign citizens, is 30,000.00 RSD (thirty thousand dinars) - (Payment instructions)

Republic administrative fee for academic recognition of foreign higher education documents is 14.900,00 RSD (fourteen thousand nine hundred dinars) - (Payment instructions)

• Instructions for the payment in Euros:

Fee for the recognition of a foreign higher education document for the purpose of further education, if the payment is made in a foreign currency from abroad, is 260 EUR (Payment instructions)

Republic administrative fee for academic recognition of foreign higher education documents is 14.900,00 RSD (Payment instructions).

Note regarding the payment of the Republic administrative fee in a foreign currency:

The candidate conducts the payment according to the foreign currency buying exchange rate of the National Bank of Serbia on the day of payment NBS exchange rate list

The candidate conducting the payment needs to enter in the field 70 (field 70 – details of payment) the number of the dinar account for Republic administrative fee „840-742221843-57“ and the Reference number „97 6422302316“.

Banking fees and transaction fees are the responsibility of the candidates themselves, and they should enter „OUR“ in the corresponding field.

Note: All bank transaction fees are at the expense of the person submitting the request and they are not included in the fees. Please check your bank’s transaction fees prior to making the payment, so as to avoid them being deducted from the amount that needs to be covered for the recognition process.

Legal Framework

Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region

Law on Higher Education

(Decision on the Fees for the Evaluation of Foreign Study Programmes and the Recognition of Foreign Higher Education Documents for the Purpose of Further Education (Consolidated Text) – Effective as of 1 November 2025)

Additional information

Higher education public document issued in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 27 April 1992, in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro until 16 June 2006, and in the Republic of Srpska do not fall under the recognition procedure of foreign higher education documents and have the same legal effect as public documents that are issued in the Republic of Serbia.

The recognition of foreign higher education documents for the purpose of employment (professional recognition) is implemented by the Qualifications Agency of Republic of Serbia, ENIC/NARIC Center.

Recognition of foreign high school documents is implemented by the Qualifications Agency of the Republic of Serbia, ENIC/NARIC Center.

Contact and visiting hours

All additional information regarding the procedure of recognition of a foreign higher education document for the purpose of further education can be received via e-mail priznavanje@uns.ac.rs, telephone number +381 21 485 2021 or in person, during visiting hours (Monday and Thursday, from 10.00 a.m. until 12.00 p.m.) at the Rectorate of the University of Sad, 21101 Novi Sad, Dr. Zorana Đinđića 1, with prior notice via e-mail priznavanje@uns.ac.rs.